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"BUCKET SHOP" CASE BEFORE THE COURT. What is called in popular par-between the Chinese Company, Hong

In a friendly billards match played lance a "bucket-shop" case came kong Police Reserve, and H.M.S. before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Castor, on Thursday evening at the Central Police Court Festerday Police Reserve Club, the contest ended afternoon, when

Chinese in a win for the farmer, by 187 points.: were charged with conspiracy and Scores: with obtaining goods by false pre- · H.K.P.I. tences, and on credit, to the tolul F. C. Mowfung 150 Purches value of $5,600.

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A dozen Chinese firms and Leung. shops, ranging between a print- Chenli- ing shop and a leather manufac- Kwok tory, are named as the victims of Wong conspiracy.

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For the prosecution, Mr. E. S. C. Brooks said that the accused bolonged to an organization, which, styling itself the Kwong Fook Wing Firm, in May last Chinese Chamber of Commerce yea- At the monthly meeting of the moved into premises which had been vacated by the Kwong Fatterday afternoon, the names Wing Firm, on giving up business. Mesars, Chau, Yue-tong and T. N Details regarding tenancy were been elected Chinese representatives Chan were. announced as having arranged with the man who leased of the Chamber on the newly form- the premises, and a red paper wred Harbour Board. Mr. M. K, Lo, put up bearing the legend "Kwong who had been elected, declined to ac- Fook Wing" as a signboard,

cept the post, which was subse- Shortly afterwards, the new tenants commenced business; the quently offered to Mr. Chau Yue- method by which this was carried; out was detailed by Mr. Brooks asi folluwa:

The first accused, or any one of them, would go into various shops in the neighbourhood and order goods, in some cases in the name of the defunct Kwong Fat

teng.

LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.

Wing Firm, in other cases in that puzzle on another page.

Here is the solution to the

of the Kwong Fook Wing Firm.

LATE, HATE, HATS, HAWS,

But when the latter course was REWS, NEWS. carried out the representation would be made that the latter firm was an agent of the former.

"Show" Purposes.

culties, assistance having been Also, goods would be ordered by withheld by some" overseas sup- any of the accused individually, porters, and anally, in May last, and In that case, payment was it was obliged to give up business. guaranteed at the Kwong Fook The firm closed down, and be- Wing. In all cases, when goods fore giving up tonnney of the were delivered at the shop, It was floor, it parted with its furniture the chop of the Kwong Fat Wing to witness as a set-off against ar that was applied to the delivery rears of rent that had been in- books.

curred.

On May 20 last, witnesa 10- ceived a visit from a man whom Mr. Brooks produced a book he recognized was the first which he said was all that was cused. The proposal was made used by way of accounts. Other that the floor vacated by the books were submitted by him as Kwong Fat Wing should be taken having been kept only for "show" over by the firm which accused said he represented. The neces It was thought that the second sary details having been carried accused would turn King's evi- through, the Kwong Fook Wing, dence, but when the question was as represented by the accused, put to him by Mr. Brooks, he re-took up tenancy. turned an emphatic denial.

purposes,

ac-

They put up a signboard over The first witness called was ful the staircase landing outside thefr Hung-kwong, master of the Wing own floor, bearing un inscription Wa Keo firm, of No. 11, Connaught, which was interpreted as meaning: Road West. He said that his firm that the Kwong Fook Wing, then vecupled the first and third floors established, WBS a branch of a of that address, and that the Arm of that name in Canton. second floor, until May Inat, WHE The caso was adjourned until rented out to the Kwong Fat Wing next week, firm.

Mr. A. E. Hall is appearing for The Kwong Fat Wing was a firm one of the accused and Mr. of ten years' standing, but towards) F. X. d'Almada, Jr., for three of the end, it was in financial dif- the others,

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