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No. 21,85

TRAFFIC CASES.

LONG LIST BEFORE MAGISTRATE.

二拜禮

TUESDAY, 號九十月一英港香

“LITTLE HSU”.

JANUARY 19, 1926.

DOUBLE TRAGEDY, : [LAWYER'S

TWO MEN KILLED DURING

六月二十

#INOLE; BOPT 10 CENTS

$3 PER ANNUM

WILL.

A long list of trafsle cases wad dealt with by the Second

In the majority of the

UNIFYING CHINA. Magistrate (Mujor Willson) this A report to hand from Shui- morning. kwan states that the New Year

cases, the offences were the usual was ushered in with peace in the ones concerning various breaches region north of Ying Tak right of the true regulations.

up to the boundaries of Kiangst

tion against unan

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JACK TAIS ENDANGERED.

number of

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DEATH ENQUIRY ECHO.

ASSASSINATION STORY UNTRUE.

WAS EXECUTED. According to a lengthy article in the N, C. D. News by Mr. Rodney Gilbert, "Little Hsu," whose tragic death was reported recently, was neither bombed nor shot at sight. but was exceuted:

RAID..

Two men who were surprised in 4 public raid on No. 289, Queen's Road Central, in the spall hours of this morning, met their death by jumping from the second floor

verandah of the building.

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not one of what age termed

In any event, one of the

OFFICIAL TRUSTEE AS EXECUTOR.

NO POWER TO ACT.

ARCHITECT & POLICE TERRIFIC STORM.

INSPECTOR.

SEQUEL TO MOTOR COLLISION.

HURRICANE SWEEPS THE CANARIES.

GREAT DAMAGE.

It was stated by the Chief Las Palmas,

mour Road, the defendant's car

trate.

As a

Arising from the same incident,

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Several villages were destroy-

-Reuter.

cemeteries

As a sequel to a recent collisioni between Mr. Colbourne Little's car

Madrid, Jan. 18. That the Official Trustee in and Chief Inspector Kent's car out-

Several persons were seriously Hongkong was incapable of taking side the police quarters at Caine

Road, Mr. Little's driver was injured and a hundred rendered the grant of administration, and |

Consequent on the receipt of that the powers conferred on hith charged to-day, before Major Chomeless as a result of a hurri- information that the floor was by the will were so limited that Willson, with a number of offences cano breaking on the Canary Ie- In the first case, it was stated

being used for an undesirable the grant could not stand, were face dent.

which were all discovered after the lands, according to messages from and Hunan, and that banditry is by Chief Inspector, Kent, who

purpose, a party of detectives, reasons advanced by Mr. Eldon at dawn, after he had been un- at the mininum. The latter con-prosecuted, that a

A deluge of rain swelled the dition is due in a great measure sailors on their way to Church on ceremoniously pulled from a train, under the charge of a European Potter, K.C., when before Sir Henry Inspector that on going down Sey- .to the active co-operation of varia Sunday morning were scattered by soldiers of the Kuominchusat about one o'clock this morning,

Inspector, went up the, staircase Gollan, sitting in, Probate Jurisdic-collided against his own car which mountain torrents with the result in Garden Rond when a motor car acting ander long-standing orders and discovered as they had been tion this morning, he asked that was left against the side channel, that bridges, roads and tramways ous detachments. of the Local forged up the road. The driver. Guards. How long this state of who was charged with disregard from the Christian General Feng led to expect the presence of a probate of the will of the late Mr. in spite of the fact that the driver

were swept away. affair will last is doubtful. Aing the "stop" signal of the points-Yu-hsiang.

number of women in the premises. Matthew John Denman Stephens that he could possibly require abead had a clear space and all the space spell of quietness has also exist man, had a long list of previ-

They were too late to prevent the od, in the samps of the troops us offences against him, and was

The story is told at great length escape of two men, who, without granted on July 6th, 1925, be of him: Damage was done to the

ed and banana plantations devas- since the New Year, but activity, fined $25, or one month's hard by a member of General Isu's thinking of what they were doing, revoked and declared to be null running board of witness' car, com-

pensation for which had been paid. tated, including one which was by the 2nd Army Corps is now

labour.

entourage, who was at first impri-jumped over the verandah of the and void to all intents and pur The accident was attributed by the lately sold for a million pesetas noticeable.

floor into the street. The drop soned but was Inter released. From information gathered from

measured some thirty feet, and poses whatsoever because the same officer to careless driving.

incuriam. A recent death enquiry was re- From this account it appears that both men were killed almost in-was made per military circles it is stuter that

He result of the accident, three and which was obliterated by the the 2nd Army Corps is preparing called by the charging of the General Hsu and twelve others stantaneously.

further asked that examplication of charges were preferred against Mr. in-running sea.

Celbourne Little's driver, thesel to advance into ilunan, as the driver of motor lorry No. 16. left Peking by rail on the after- It is stated that the house was the probate which was granted on being (1) failing to report the

Las Palmas town is a desolate first step is the endeavour to with having a defective foot- unify China, and that negotiations brake. It was explained that noon of Desember 29th, and at maisons touterses subjected to September 24th, 1025, by the accident, (2) failing to keep to his sight. A number of houses have having been completed with Sum this was a case in which there bout 11.30 p.m. the train steam-police supervision.. It is alleged Principal Registrar of the Frobate own side of the road, and (3) fall collapsed and whole streets have

ing to notify a change of address. Hung-ling, his forces; about eight was an enquiry some time backed into Langfang station, where to be one of a large number of Division of His Majesty's High On all counts the driver was found fallen in. Even the thousand strong, are mobilising into the circumstances of the

secret flats which are known to

in' different parts of Court of Justice in England, be guilty and fined $25 by the Magis are wrecked and collins torn out. on the Kwangsi-Human frontier.death of a pedestrian who was appeared that a military recepexiat

These forces are said to be now killed outside the Government tion had been arranged in honour the town. Where informaton in sealed by the Court in respect of in alliance with Tan Yen-kai, and Civil Hospital by being knocked of General Hsu and párty. On available, these raids are carried the personal estate and effects of it was also discovered that Mr. [The Canaries are a group of will be employed in the expedi- down by this lorry. The jury in the left platform there were 80 cut, and the keepers arvested and deceased gentleman within the Little had failed to obtain a renewal volcanic Islands belonging to

these that enquiry returned a verdict of dismounted cavalrymen and on ned. troops are veterans in warfare, "Death by misadventure" and the right the same number of cther inmates or thefe visitors Colony of Hongkong and that the of his car licence.

A representative sent up to the Spain, off the north-west coast. of and have a thorough knowledge although no blame was attached Feng's "Big Sword Squad." with are held by the police and the costs be paid out of the estate.

There are, in all, seven Court by Mr. Little conveyed, the Africa. of the country since they have to the driver, it was discovered in their headsmen's swords and rash action of the two fan is at-

Mr. Eldon Potter, KC, with Mr. latter's regrets, explaining that large islanda-La Palma, Hierro, been carrying on guerilla war-investigatione by the traffic office, pistols. As soon as the train came tributable to

F. C. Jenkin, appeared in support the delay was due to a change of Gomera, Teneriffe, Grand Canary, fare for years in that part of the that one of the foot-brakes of the to a standstill, two of the swords-is usually shot,

of the motion, and the Hon the staff. A clerk who had been country. Apart from this, by lorry was defective. Sergeant men were placed at every door of of thêye raids. reaching, a

Attorney General, Mr. J. H. Kemp, instructed to obtain the, new Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. common understand-Tucker, who appeared in the case, the train carriages, and no run- The bodies of the men were K.C.; represented the Official cenge left the office without having The total area of the islands is ing with Sun Hung-ying, it is said that this had been seen, to, and ning to and fro was permitted to taken to the Mortuary, where they

discharged this duty, an omission 2,808 square miles, and the popu- said that the political situation the brake was now in working or anyone..

were identified by relatives this in Kwangsi, where he has been a der. A nominal fine of $5 was Scarcely had the train stopped morning.

Addressing the Court, Mr. Eldon of which Mr. Little was ignorant lation is 420,000. The chief town when the card of General Chang

Potter said he would ask them to until he received a notice from the menace for the last four years, imposed.

is Las Palmas, situate on Grand will be solved.

Chih-chinng, Tuchun of Chahar,

believe that the motion was being Traffic Department. made without any captious or For thus failing to renew his li Canary island. The principal Thus the field of operation. is

was sent in with a verbal fequest The Indian driver of a lorry be that General Hsu should inspect

fault-finding spirit. It was being cence, Mr. Little was fined $10. left clear for the Canton list

lunging to the Texan Oll Com-the guard of honour and Army to send four Army Corps to advance into Henan and Kiangai Pay, when charged with disobey have tea with General Chang in in four directions, while Kwangsi, ing the order of the Sikh points-his quarters. In response to this being free from political embar-man at the junction of Arsenal request, General Hau, who had rassment, will be able to give as Street and Queen's Road East, al- long since turned in, replied in

was polite terms that he was extreme-" The Hongkong Football Associa-created by the appointment in its

THE "FEICHING" SIGHTED sistance to Fan Shek-sang to at leged that the accusation

falsely brought, as the result of ly tired after his three days in tion have decided to play an inter-present form. tack Tang Chi-yao,

prejudice against his religion.

Their submission, shortly, was Peking. He therefore. sent a port trial match at Kowloon on

That the s.s. Feiching has not

-------་ Evidence had been given that a friend, a Brigadier General, to act Saturday between Wynne's eleven that the creation of a corporation

QUESTION OF BISHOP'S signal was given him to stop at for him and convey his apologies, and Stewart's eleven. Bob Wynne sole was, olearly for the purposes, yet succeeded in getting off Thun-

ARREST. next port received at the Harbour this point to enable a tramear to Later, a noise was heard among is the only player definitely pick of the Ordinance and for no der Head would appear from a re- negotiate the curve from Arsenal the soldiery, one officer shouting ed for the match at Shanghai and other purpose, and their Street into Queen's Road East. out: "If he refuses to come out, he has been elected captain, with step that, this being a corporation Office this morning from the mas

Budapest, Jan. 18. Had not the tram been stopped drag him out." Detailing what the training arrangements left in created under the statute, the ter of the 9.8. Sunning.

He reports having passed the

The Public prosecutor has asked by the pointsman, it would have then happened, the narrator of his hands. All possible Interporters only powers were

itself. vessel about tiffin time on Sunday the examining magistrate to ar been involved in a collision with the story says:-"Meanwhile theore

expected to turn up for granted by

The only reason for the eon- She was then discharging cargo, In connection with the report of the lorry which was then pro-train had been held during a training at the Club ground on the arrival of the newly-trained ceeding in an easterly direction period which it would be hard to Tuesdays and Thursdays,

stitution of the office corporation The master state that the vessel rest Bishop Zadravecs, the Chaplain connection with the banknote scan- The teams for Saturday are:

sole was for the purpose of the is heavily stranded on the seaward General of the Hungarian Army, in side. There were two other ves- strike pickets at Chin Shan, near into the continuation of Queen's dotermine accurately and both

dal. The magistrate has refused corridors leading into our parlor Wynne's XI. Stewart's XI.

Mr. Potter went on to explain sela of the China Merchants' Steam and the Chamber of Indictments Macao, a further report states these Road at Wanchai.

car had filled up with members:

Rodger. Clark,

Company in the of Feng'a Big Sword Squad (Ta

Wynne. Tao Tul), We

moniously.

STRIKE PICKETS.

HELPED BY TROOPS NEAR MACAO.

new arrivals are all well armed and

ALLEGED RELIGIOUS FEUD.

A fine of $10 was indicted..

EUROPEAN'S COAT.

wax

were

then

which casion

INTERPORT TRIAL.

TEAMS FOR MATCH AT

KOWLOON...

uniformed. Up to the present no The driver of a car owned by a seized most efficiently but undere-Mitchell.

suddenly Bishop.

To every one of our Sima.

were two soldiers, each of whom took one of our arms and twisted it behind our backs while we were hustled,

General

Wheeler.

Xavier. McGreavey; Stewart.

Leung Yuk-tong. Brlatowo. Taylor. Forsyth. Humberstone.

Charlesworth. Howard... Gosano.

Mackleworth,

Trustee.

made because the more they went

on with the administration of the estate of the late Mr. Stephens,, the more it became apparent what really practical difficulties were

Ordinance.

the powers

the statute

STILL AGROUND.

that the Official Trustee had no Navigation capacity to take the grant, the vicinity.

only times when he could act as trustee being when a trustee hand- ed over the trust to him. He had no power to act as executor, con- trary to the law at Home, where the Public Trustee was specifically empowered to do so.

Is Lordship-There is no de- finition of trustee.

Mr. Potter:What I mean to

JAPANESE SHIPPING

MERGER.

produce of the islands comprises bananas, onions, wine and tobac co.]

BANKNOTE SCANDAL.

has also declined to prosecute the Bishop on the ground that he is not engaged in criminal transac- tions and not attempting to flee from justice.

Count Apponyl, in a speech at a social club, declared that the sup porters of legitimism were organis. Ing not on political but social lines, and the next step would be the Institution of an organisation of The Directors of the Nippon Hungarian women under the presi

SUGGESTED BIG COMBINE.

Tokyo, Jan. 18.

TOY PISTOLS.

He

complaint of any kind against their small Chinese syndicate which has conduct has been heard. As China garage in Caine Road Shan la considered an important charged with failing to return an party of 13 there

overcont left by a customer in the centre of communication with out-car. side places, the small detachment The summons was taken out not very gently, on to the station | of pickets is not sufficient to dis-under an Ordinance which requires platform. Some of us were fully Sun Kam-shun. Butler. charge the duties efficiently, and that when articles are left in motor-clad and some were not.

Brown. consequently a battalion of the cars by customers they must be Heu had no time to put on his 5th Army Corp has been sent by returned to the police at once, the clothes but was taken out in his

say is that there is no express pro-Yusen Kaisha and the Toyo Kisen dency of Countess Apponyi. General Li Fook-lum to assist the maximum penalty for an offence undertrousers and a wadded silk Minister to Great Britain.. Two vision that he can be appointed Kaisha aro separately discus- added that the wasp's nest of for pickets. When more of the pickets being a fine of $250 or six weeks' cloak that he threw ever his sentries were posted at each door executor. The Public Trusted at sing plans for a

merger, and gers must be smoked out-Reuter have completed their training, they imprisonment.

shoulders, He was barefooted. and they were changed every hour. Home is given express powers in definite announcement is expect- will be sent to replace the troops.

ed shortly. It is understood that The defendant stated that the A great search was made for At the first glimmer of dawn, thirty that regard. overcoat was left in the car by Mr. papers and documents; the idea Big Sworda" under an officer, came Proceeding on the second point, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will A. Ross, of Messrs. Leyer Bros. being that we carried all sorts of info the compound and, without Mr. Potter said that the will made take over the pacific regular ser PICKPOCKET JAILED. but he was not aware of the fact damning messages from Marshal ceremony, proceeded to drag Gen-it clear that it was not intended vices and facilities in exchange at the time. He kept the overcoat Tuan. The party in all had 36 eral Hsu and Mr. Hsieh out of their by the testator that the Offcial Re- for one hundred thousand shares

A LICENCE NECESSARY, for two days, thinking that the pieces of baggage.. These were rooms. It might be stated at this ceiver should have the power while the Toyo Kisen Kaisha will owner might return to claim it, taken off the train while we point that we had meanwhile been which he had had under the grant. in future confine its activity

Holding that toy pistols came Chief. Inspector Kent referred) were held and

were broken offered nothing to eat or drink His Lordship: Is this another to tramp steamers.-Reuter.

within the meaning of the Arms The theft of a gold watch and to the Ordinance and said it was or slit open, no inquiry being and that no suggestion of stoves, case where a lawyer has made a purse from a man's pocket, in Stan- only as a result of Mr. Ross report made

Ordinance, the Attorney General is for koya. When the cigarettes or other luxuries had will for himself? ley Street, was the charge prefering the loss to him and recollecting search for papers was exhausted been made on either hand,

Mr. Potter-We are not sure it send an agent to Hongkong at the responsible for an order being red against a Chinese before, Mr. the number of the car that the over- the soldier made merry with our "After General Hau had been was rande in England in 1914. It expense of the estate. As a mat R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Ma- cont was recovered. The overcoat personal effects and were childishly dragged out, with his arms twisted might have been more clearly ex-ter of fact, added Mr. Potter, Mr. issued prohibiting the possession of gistracy this morning..

was stated by Mr. Ross to be worth delighted when they found a watch, behind him by two soldiers as pressed.. The owner of the articles, a $120. Chinese, aaid he was walking Defendant, who had a good re- along the street, with a gold watch cord, was fine $100, or six weeks. and purse in his pocket, when (Continued on Pane (.) suddenly a Chinese bumped into

STOLE WATCH AND PURSE.

him, and extracted the watch and purse from his pocket, and attempt- ed to escape with them. Ho suc- coaded in holding on to the defen- dant until he was arrested.

The defendant denied that he took the purse, and" stid he was only stooping down to pick it up.

Accused was sent to prison for three months with hard labour,

TO-DAY.

6.03 p.m.

Dollar on domand 28.4.9/16d. Lighting-up....... Temperature (2 p.m.) Barometer...(2'p.m.) Humidity (2 p.m.)

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R. F. Mattingley here had been such weapons and making offend-. usual, Mr. Hsieh came into view, His Lordship:Apparently the appointed agent. or a pearl handled penknife,

ers liable to punishment under the "Having passed this season of whereupon the officer in charge Official Trustee is allowed to in

The Hon. Attorney General said Arms Ordinance. exposure-I don't know the hour shouted: Put him back, we don't termeddle without, penalty,

he had no objection to the motion.

As a sequel to this order, and '· HeHe advised the "Offelal Trustee acting on the instructions of the Mr. Potter: Perhaps 80. we were taken some little distance want him." from the station to what was onco Through the windowa and cracks was intended to be solely in the some, three years ago that he did Captain Superintendent of Police, a school but what seemed to serve most of us saw General Hsu led position of a receiver. He was not have the capacity to become Sergeant Kennedy charged two as military headquarters, where away in the dim light by the 30 merely intended to be a custodian. an executor. He did not oppose shopkeerers before Mr. E. W. the barracks-like arrangement of guards and, perhaps a hundred It must have been in the testator's the motion.

Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magia. the rooms enabled our captors yards from our quarters, saw him mind that he must have someone Sir Hoary Gallan said he had no tracy this morning, with being in to lodge each of their thirteen fall, after two shots had been in Hongkong who would act pend-doubt that he should accede, but possession of a number of toy vietima in A separate call. fired which we all thought were ing Instruction from the Public he thought he had better consider platole without a licence and asked General Hau was in the first room revolver shots." The rest of the Trustee at Home.

whether he should not deliver that the men be cautioned as a and next to him was Mr. Hsieh, the account deals with the treatment Ho referred to the concluding formal judgment. The applicants warning to others, e second son-in-law of Yuan Shih-kal accorded to other members of the paragraph of the will which em-could consider the order as being The defendants were accordings

bely cautioned. powered the Public Trustee to made. and the grandson of a former | party.