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OBITUARY"

WEDNESDAY, JULY

DEATH OF MR. J. MACKAY.

6,

1927.

A CELEBRATION.

SEQUEL TO AUSTRALIANS

VISIT.

41

THE CONFIDENCE TRICK.

"A PROFIT OF £250,000,"

BETTING BLACK LI

DEFAULTING BOOKMAR

Inquiries mado in official.

The donth occurred at his resid- once at Eltham, n-London suburb, A drunken melee outside the Before Mr. Graham Campbell at a representative of the on May 25th of Mr. Joseph Mackay: Europe Hotel at Singapore result- Bow-struct Police-court John Mc-Telegraph into the likelihood a former resident of Hongkong and od in the appearance of two E- Kay, 34, described as a salesman make use of the list of defa

Department of Excise being Bangkok. On the 8th September ropeans before Mr. N. D, Mudie, with no fixed abode, was charged Inst your Mr. Mackay was laid up the District Judge.

bookmakora drawn up by with having been in an hotel in sull'e for some ten days but was getting

The accused, Fenwick and Hay Bloomsbury for an unlawful pur-Hamilton of Dalzell, as a St

Committeo, which botter. On the 22nd September ho

Johore PDAC He pleaded guilty.

of the Jockey Club, offered thu was drossing when he was strickon Lowis, were described as Railway

nt he had been helpless ever since. Oficials attached to the

mit to the representative of It was stated by Mr. J. F. Enst-Treasury in the House of Mrs. Mackay, Mr. Mackay's sister Railways.

Mr. Cooper, counsel for the acwood, who prosecuted on behalf show that under the Financ and trained nurses did all that do- voted attention could do for him, but cused, addressed the Court, and of the Commissioner of Police, of 1926 the department ha there was nothing that could be stated that he had advised his that, posing as a Tasmaniar, the cretionary powers as to t done boyond watch and wait eclients to plead guilty. He stated prisoner made the acquaintance of of bookmakers' licenses or and the strain" of the nurs-that Fenwick and Hay Lewis were Mr. John Wilson, a visitor to thising any defaultors from a Queensland. He meeting. Auy man can tal ing told' on Mrs. Mackay, employed in the Johore Railways country from

him. and were now in the first year of took a room at Mr. Wilson's hotel, a certificate as a boolmaker d who passed nway, before In his last illuoss the wireless was their agreement. Whatever ac-and the two went about together, ment of $10, and he is not installed in his bedroom, in the tion the Court took would have an the prisoner taking, or pretending upon to give any particulars hope that it might interest the in- effect on their employment as they to takie, photographs. After a day his fitness to hold one,:

If a boomaker is convič Valid. But he had no paticnes with would probably be dealt with de- or two they met a third man, who the dance and jazz music whichpartmentally. On the day in quas was pointed out by McKay as a poured forth at certain times of the tion, continued counsel, the nc-friend of his who had just made any offence In connexion w day and was not very enamoured of

cused came down from Johore to £250,000 by speculating on the business a magistrate may wireless. Happily though incapaṀ

see the Australian cricketers. Stock Exchange in Liverpool. Up him to be disqualified for oitated his brain remained unaffect

They had booked a table at the on being greeted by the prisoner, period as he may think fit. or and he was able to look after Europe Hotel for Saturday night the stranger at first said "I don't license is endorsed according hir business nfinirà and instruct his

but for some reason they could know you but eventually admit the Excise Authorities are wife's nephew to attend to things.

Joseph Mackay was born at Dum not get it when they went round.ted acquaintanceship, and explain-of the particulars. Since barton in 1857, ochicated at Glas-They then visited other places anded that he had mistaken McKay came into operation there ha and his companion for reporters, several such cases before the gow and in New Zealand, and serv had no recollection of what 20-and that he did not desire public and the bookmakers' cort ed his apprenticeship at Greenock, tually took place,

Acting on the advice of theirity of the fact that he had made have been suspended. Shoul Following came some years at sen

£250,000. He went on to say that qualified bookmaker after between Calcutta, Hongkong and counsel Fenwick pleaded guilty to he represented a very large busi- carry on business or take Haiphong. Having secured bis cer- using criminal force and Hayness house in New York, receiving other certificate in an assume he would render hitmself i tificates from the Board of Trade Lewis to trespass into, Captain)

a salary of £5,000 a year, but he very heavy penalties. The both in Hongkong and Glasgow he Geofrey Freyberg's car. Jeft the sea in 1854 to become works

Chief Court Inspector Meredith had offended his principals be-of the Commissioners are au manager of the West Point Iron Works in Hongkong. The following stated that the first accused, Fen-cause his coup on the Liverpool ed to ask every bookmaker! your he went to Bangkok as auperin wick, committed a most unpro-exchange had got into the Press, duce bis certificate, and if tendent engineer of the Bangkok voked assault on Captain Frey-He was, he continued, in a posito do so he may be arrested Deck Co. Ltd., and four years berg, the Mastor Attendant. Caption to make large sums of money, officer. later was muile Manager. After tain Freyberg, who was in the hut he wanted to carry on his several years at the Dock, Mr. Mac- Europe Hotel that night came out operations through someone elso,

and was looking for his car, when and he suggested that McKay anded with the relations betw kny started in business on his own

a bet, but only with the him. necount and for a long time successFenwick suddenly seized him and A. Wilson might be able to assist bookmaker and the man who standpoint," said an official v An Exposition.

consulted. "We have no p fully managed an increasing volume tore his raincoat, and knocked him of trade. The firm was known as down. He also used the most Mackay and Macarthur, and in filthy language it was possible to

In order to show what he could refuse a certificate to any

pays the £10." 1907 Mr. Mackay dissolved the part- use: With considerable difficulty nership and joined permanently the he was taken to the Marine Sta-30, he obtained £1 from each of sullying of the good name Government service as Superintention with the assistance of athem, and, after an absence of ing," referred to by Lord H about half an hour, he handed for Dalzell, appears to rest to dent of Marine Surveys. In the traffic constable.

them back 30s cach, saying he had quietude of the Harbour Depart

trates, who can suspend th Regarding the second accu-

led to a further transaction be-makers certificates, and in t ment the remaining years of Mr.sed Hay Lewis, Mr. Meredith said made a profit of 50 per cent. This extent in the hands of the Mackay's service in Siam passed that at the Marine Station he got tween the stranger and McKay, in ance of the officers on a ra pleasantly enough till he retired.

into Captain Freyberg's mafor-car

which a sum of £27.000 was sup in detecting defaulters. During his career here he took a considerable interest in a variety of and refused to get out. He cauposed to be involved and a profit a standing arrangement sed considerable annoyance: of £3,000 made, but it appeared which a body of officers atte .commercial and" indial enter

From the Marine Station both that there was some difficulty at race meeting, and these hav prises. With the

r. Henry sted in the accused were taken to the Cen the bank about a guarantee. Mc- quite adequate since the A Hooker he became

tral Station whence Inspector Kay suggested that Mr. Wilson into operation, the whole m several tin and wolfram ventures.

On leaving Siam Mr. Mackay wont Bostock released them on per-might assist in the matter, and ar having worked with perfect to America, and bo and Mr. Mansonul bail as they said they had rangements were made for another meeting the next day. While this

It was gathered from kay sought home in the mild important business up-country. climate of the western States, but Captain Freyberg, after aak was going on in a West-end re- after a year or two home tics called, ing permission of the Court to staurant police-officers had been made in other quarters tha and the trates have no jurisdicti and despite the servant problem say a few words, stated that in keeping observation, they went home and settled just view of the apology he did not prisoner apparently got to know of starting price bookmakers outside London. Mr. Mackay took an office in High Holborn." He join wish to press the charges but this and left his hotel in a great not attend the racecourses ed the Board of Messrs. Louis T. would leave the matter with His hurry, but was arrested outside. Honour to deal with as he thought Thanks to the prompt action of the Leonowens Ltd. after settling in London. Each year Mr. and Mrs.fit. He also wished to say that he potion, added Mr. Eastwood; the that the man not in cast Remarking that a stop was not knocked down by Fenwick result of the affair as far it had the guiding spirit in the st put to the class of offenc Mackay went to Scotland, for a

but was dragged down as Fenwick gone was that Mr. Wilson was 10s

in pocket. good holiday spent among their re- Intives. Mr: Mackay was president fell.

His Honour cautioned and dis-

Mr. Vaughan, appearing on be-Was very rife at the prese

the magistrate passed a of the St. Andrew's Society in Bang

half of the prisoner, suggested of three months' imprison charged the accused. kok from 1804 to 1901.

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It is, perhaps, somewhat strange that although the practice of rub- bing with rubber was first intro- duced into Britain some 150 years ago, it is only within recent years that any attempts have been made to expand this carly use of the com- modity. It was round about 1770 that the English chemist, Priestley, popularised the use of caoutchouc- for erasing pencil marks and in- cidentally, gave the product the name by which it is more common- ly known.

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