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"AMOROUS COOLIE

SENTENCED.

CAUGHT MAKING LOVE TO AN AMAH

INDIAN SEDITION TRIAL OPENS.

COMMUNISTS APPEAL TO RAMSAY MACDONALD,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

GETS THREE MONTHS. MOSCOW BADGES WORN

"Returning home yesterday from a call on friends, the wife of n merchant living on the first floor of 125, Hollywood Road heard screams of "Save Lifer and rush- ed into a room occupied by an

emanated.

She told the Court to-day that she came upon a spectacle which out raged her sense of propriety. Her ricksha coolie was caught in the act of making love to the amah, while the latter, a young creature

THURSDAY, JUNE 13,

MUSICAL JOTTINGS. RECENT EVENTS AT SERIOUS CHARGE

Cancellation of Concertsa Kubelik's Programme-Records of the Month.

(BY "ALLEGRO.")

FOCHOW.

INVESTIGATED.

ANGLO-CHINESE AMITY. AT KING'S BIRTHDAY.

ALLEGED DETENTION OF A SING-SONG GIRL.

It was perhaps just as well that FLOODS NOW ABATED. NO BAIL REDUCTION.

Jan Kubelik arrived too late to Meerut, June 12, give his recital Inst Friday, for ho

Fonchow, June 6. The case in which two mon wore There were exciting scenes when would have had an appallingly bad The birthday of H.M. King charged with illegally detaining & the thirty-one Communist con- "house" at the Theatre Royal; but George was celebrated quietly by sing-song girl of 16 years was cou- spirators who were arrested in it is to ba.hoped that the handful reception at the British Consu- tinued at the Contral Magistracy March for wedition arrived at the of people who had taken tickets late. A large number of gupstu, before Mr. B. W. Hamilton this Court where they are being tried. learnt of the cancellation In time Including representatives of many morning, when evidence was given amah whence the cries for help Court in two strongly-guarded nothing. This is the second time Consul, Mr.. A. L. Tuson, who has

The accused were brought to the to save them making a journey for nations, attended. The acting by the girl and her mother

Defendants were reprosented by lorries, and when they alighted that an artist has been timed to just arrived, made a brief and ap- Mr. F. X. d'Almada, Jr. they shouted "Down With Imperi arrive here at 6 pan, on the oven-propriate speech in which he quot At the first hearing, about a alium: Up With Revolution!"

ing of the advertised performance fed from the King's message to his week ago, it was stated by the They wore red badges with the Argentina's boat was two hours friends throughout the world, prosecution that the girl was one Moscow insignia thereon, and they late and we had to wait until 10 thanking them for their sympathy of many who made their living by all cabled to Mr. Ramany Mac-pm, for the curtain to rise. during is flness. Mr. Chen, re- singing to guests in the native of twenty summers, was resisting Donald asking him to stand by

I would suggest that this is run-presenting the Provincial Govern-restaurants of the central district. and...protesting against his atten-Indian labour and repeat the anti-ning things too fine. In Hong-ment, also spoke, expressing the While, going the round of the worker legislation and to trans-kong, people cover long distances Government's appreciation at the houses in the carly morning of The Magistrate (Mr. E. W. fer the case to the Metropolitan to get to the theatre for an even-friendly attitude of Great Britain June 6. she was accosted by ons Hamilton) who was called upon to High Court for trial by jury, con- ing performance and as it is not and its hope that this feeling of the defendants, and was given Inyoallgate a charge of assault cluding with the query "or will against the coolie, desired to be the Labour Government repeat the easy to let everybody know about might grow to the benefit of all the impression that her services

a postponement at the last mo- nations.

were required.. Informed of what was happening history of 1924 is the Cawnpore ment, there is bound to be a lot of The annual meeting of the Foo She was taken to room No. when the witness appeared on the conspiracy case?"

disappointment' and disgust when chow Recreation Club took place 18 at the Ko Chow Boarding A strong posse of police guarded scene. His Worship said he hated the court at the opening of the they turn up and are confronted two days ago, when Messrs. All-House at Connaught Road Central, to embarrass her, but it was noces. sary that the Court should be in formed.

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Witness gave particulars of the compromising situation in which the coolle was found, and, turning to the coolic, she asked him if he

were bureft of all sense of shame. The coalie replied that his mis- tress had always sided with the amnh in their quarrels. He went

Mr. Milner White. The accusod

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artist's boat is delayed.

Had Kubelik been backed by the Sedgwick were elected to the Com- in the room. The one who brought

mittee for the coming year.

her to the boarding, house then are charged with "attempting to Hongkong Musical Society, the deprive his Majesty the King and

The floods which recently inun-left, locking the door after him Emperor of his sovereignty and number of disappointed patrons dated all the low-lying ground and left the girl with the other would have been much greater around Foockow, have now disap-defendant who, she alleged, replace the existing government it is the object of the Society to peared, and for more than a week assaulted her. with the Moscow system.” the case

Although she cried for help, she The prosecuting counsel sald give advance information to the weather has been uniformly

members about forthcoming confine without being too hot Our stated, nobody came to her not involva: certs and there are doubtless many Own Correspondent.

assistance and she was forced to FL national conspiracy, but

who wondered why they received

apend the night in the room. Be- was an anti-national movement,

yond a certain incident which she to the extent of auggesting that definitely anti-God, anti-family no notice about Kubelik.

told his Worship, who had just a decent.- anti-everything

few minutes before cleared tho Court, she was not further molested for the rest of the night. She was allowed to leave the next morning anil, meeting a constable in Queen's Rond, told him what had occurred. After doing so, she wandered about in the streets and did not go home till about 6 p.m.

the girl was not averse to hlu attentions.

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Remarking that it was not Hikely that the girl would risk the publicity of Court proceedings merely for the sake of making a falke accusation against the

coolio, his Worship found the case proved. He sentenced the coolle to three months' hard labour.

COOK ASSAULTS HIS ASSISTANT.

SENT TO PRISON FOR ONE MONTH'S HARD LABOUR.

An assault which might have described before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith,, at the. Kowloon Magistracy this morning, when the head cook of the Peking Hotel, Yaumati, was charged with assaulting a foki with a chopper.

led to more serious results was

The defendant pleaded guilty.' Detective Sergeant Fitches and the defendant was the chief cook at the Peking Hotel while the com- |

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and Reuter.

BOMB OUTRAGE..

INDIANS RECEIVE A LIFE

SENTENCE.

The principal reason is that Mr. Strok omitted to furnish the Secretary with any advance information about the concert, but we must make certain allowances for the over-sight because his eldest daughter was about to be married in Shanghai The first thing thali was known about the recital was a small announcement in the press just over a week beforehand, and thenceforth the advertising was on

very small scale.

Egyptian State rallways have awarded Messrs. Milburna con tract for 100,000 tons of Welsh colliery-screened steam coal, and Messrs. Tabb Burletson a contract for 80,000 tons.

vióus occasion; the present serves as yet another illustration-and a The mother was the next witness Delhi, June 12.

double one, seeing that Kubelik called. She told the Court what way down to play that collection her daughter, told her when she Convicted in connexion with the

of fireworks, Weiniawski's Souvenir|renched hume. Beyond being bomb atrage in the Legislative

Had the Society received ade de Moscow, which seems to be te frightened, she said, her daughter Assembly on April 8, Bhagat Singh

the worse for her ex- and Buteskwara. Duit were Ben-quale notice, however, it is a moot popular with violinist-virtuosos as was none

perience. tenced to transportation for life.point whether they would have Liebestraum is with pianists.

The case was adjourned till 11 Both received the sentence with the been justified In boosting an artisti

One of the local gramaphone 30 o'clock on Monday morning. shout "long live the proletarian who has had his day" and of

When Mr. d'Almada applied revolution."Reuter,

whom one hears very indifferent dealers was quick to digest the

reduction of the ball, Two bonths were dropped in the accounts. Kabelik was at his zenith remarks in the last Jollings about for the Legislative Assembly and several in the first ten years of the cen-advertising records. A day or so his Worship refused, saying that persons were injured. The Housetary, after which I believe he anflater, Anderson's put an advertise- he thought the sums rather small was crowded at the time and pante fered badly from neuritis. People ment in the press of the King's considering the gravity of the prevalled. Two men found in pos-might wish to hear him for the Speech at Gateshead, or a Colum charge.. session of lambs, and pistols were sake of the past, in the same way a disc; this coincided with the arrested. The injured included that they still go to see Fachmann, King's birthday.

I understand. Sir George Schuster and Sirhut Kubelik nowadays is not a the idea was quite successful and Bamanjee Dalal, Sir John Simon Kreisler, a lleiftz or a Thibaud] numbers of copies of the record was in the President's Gallery at and $6 is too much to charge under were sold. I made the suggestion the time.]

the circumstances. After all, the free gratin and for nothing" and society has a certain responsibility it appears to have been well worth

the money! In backing concerts and its mem ber should have the feeling that thuse to which it lends its support

WATER,

plainant was one of hals assistants. WOMEN, FIGHT OVER Early yesterday morning the com- plainant was aroused from his sleep by the defendant and order- ed to perform certain duties. A quarrel ensued and the defendant plcked up a chopper with which he struck his assistant-across the shoulder, inflicting a nasty incised wound.

If the blow had been higher, a more serious charge might have been preferred against the defen- dant, added the prosecuting officer.

The defendant was sentenced to one month's hard labour.

NOT A FIGHT ÖVER WATER.

A KOWLOON QUARREL OVER RENT QUESTION.

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With such regularity have enacs of fighting at street fountains come before the local Magistrates that the mere mention of a quarrel or a disorderly disturbance in the street is immediately associated with the constant trouble, when occurs among water-carriers,

When a Chinese pleaded guilty to a charge of assault before Mr T. S. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, his War. ship's first words were in the form of a query as to whether the case was another of those street foun- tain fights.

Detective Sergeant Fitchen, how- ever, informed his Worship that the quarrel between the compl inant and the defendant did not originale at a street fountain, but, was the result of some dificulty they had had about their ront.

The defendant was alleged to have struck complainant over the

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SOUTH AFRICA AT

THE POLLS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

Each month some new complete nures for their safety, even though are fully worth going to hear. opera is produced by the gramo- it means socking a homie olac-.

phone companies, and Columbia where."

The inanifesto quoted the prin Kubelik's intended programme have now done "Aida" which is ONE SAID TO BE AS BAD

was a fairly short one. It contain-well recorded by the La Scala elple laid down in a Kenya White AS THE OTHER, -

ed, of course, Lalo's Symphonic E-Records I would specially recom- Young report agreed, that the in- Chorus and various Italian artists. Paper, with which the Hilton pagnole, which was played here by: Two Chinese women, fighting for Thibaud, Cecilia lansen, Tim (Cesar Franch) Violin: Serenade paramount, and asks, "Who dare menu aro: Organs Pastorale, torests of the natives must be priority of a water fountain in balist, Mischa Liman and probably Molancolique Pokfulam Road, were taken lato others. I

(Tschaikowsky).ay that the British Dominion, Wish that violinists Piano Musical Box, (Friedman), which General Smuts strives after, Chinese would constable and were charged before afield for their repertoires. The Michaels; Selection: Mister Cindersa Kafir state?" eustody yesterday by a

sometimes look farther tumorous: The Fourth Form at St. will be a white man's land and not Mr. B. W. Hamilton, this morning me hackneyed works are played (Debroy Somers Band); Fox Trots; with disorderly conduct.

in the front rank have a splendid The above are all Columbia records. over and over again. Violinists Rag Doll, Laughing Marionette.

Gen. Smuls' Repudiation, General Smilts, in a statement

One of the women toll the Court that he fought only after being hit by the other woman, but the opportunity of introducing to the The Victor Co. has brought out an Jater repudiated the construction. public lesser-known works of merit electric version of Tschaikowsky's constable said she gave as much as but they seem to narrow down un-Fourth Symphony, a lovely work, put on his speech at Ermelo Both women were hound over to which they choose the pieces they call-Curels Lo, here the Gentle Nationalist triumvirate," and said necessarily the collection from magnificently played and recorded, the "scare manifesto of the keep the peace' for six months.

play to us. But I have given vent Lark" is a good record, but her it was a "complete travesty of his to this grouse at length on a pre-pronunciation is weak.

she took.

TRAMWAY STRIKE IN TIENTSIN.:

"BLACKLEGS" TORTURED

BY UNION.

Tientsin, June 12.. Chinese employees of the traça- ways in Tientsin have struck work. Their demands for an increase of pay and revision of the conditions of the workers has been ignored by Both side are the Company, remaining firm. The strikers are adopting strong measures in deal- ing with those labourers who have returned to work. Four of the "traitors" discovered were subject- ed to tortare by the men of the Union, says a Chinese report.

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BIBLE ISSUED IN 618 LANGUAGES.

nose with his fist, causing a slight RECORD ́ SALES ANNOUNCED. injury.

In fining the defendant 25, hla Worship ordered both parties to be hound over on personal bonds to be of good behaviour for a period of six months.

To the British and Foreign Bible Society, which held its 125th an- nuut meeting in London recently, it was reported that 11,399,540 volumes were issued during the past twelve months.

This number was 1,400,000 more The Rev. Mr. Leung, minister than that of the preceding year of the Chinese Presbyterian and a record for the society. Church, Sydney, N.S.W., arrived The increase applied both at In the Colony on the ea. Changte home and abroad, the most striking

on a holiday trip of a few months, advance being in Africa.. granted by the Foreign Mieslon It was also announced that the Committed of Sydney. During society now issued volumes in 618 the voyage the Rev. Mr. Leung languages-ten having been added has been holding crowded Sunday to the fate during the year. sórvites with the

The income of the society` was passengers aboard the abip.

£417,040..:

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and the first thing I'll do when I sell my Invention will

bo to buy this building and toss YOU out.".

remarks, deliberately meant to mislend public opinion and stam- pede the public on the native question. The document could only have the effect of making them odious to all those South Africans and Britishers who were building up European civilisation in the states northward. That the Prime Minister and two Mine-, ter of the Crown should sign such a document was а crowing humiliation to public life and an

ill omen of the future..

́TRADING JUNK` FOUNDERS.

STRIKES A ROCK NEAR;

CAPSUIMUN.

A trading junk, on her way to Bhum Chun from West Point Inst night with about 400 picula of general cargo, was badly holed when she struck the Ranaapslah Rock near Capsulmun at about 8 p.m. with the result that sho sank in 20 minutes.

In a report to the Harbour Office this morning, the master of the Junk stated that the crew was saved, but the craft cannot be traced, probably owing to its hav ing been carried to deep water.

The cost of the cargo was cɛti- mated at $8,000 and the cost of the junk together with the pro- perty of the crew, was aanensed at $2,000,

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