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ATTACK ON PEAK AMAH.

UNEMPLOYED MAN GETS THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE.

:

GUILT ADMITTED.

WALSALL SUFFER

HOME DEFEAT.

BLACKBURN IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF CUP.

LEAGUE SURPRISE.

London, Jan. 15.

ground.

took both points,

Watford

To-day's results, as cabled by Reuter, follow:

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16; 1931.

FEDERAL INDIA NOW PICKPOCKETS SENT EARLY EXTRALITY

A PRACTICAL ISSUE.

(Continued from' Page 1.)

Without them, no Constitution would be acceptable to Moslems.

Non-Brahmins Gratified.

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On the contrary, the non-Brah- min spokesmen welcomed the Re port, pledging the support of their people to put it into operation. They expressed confidence that the Hindu-Moslemt differences would be settled when they returned to India.

TO GAOL,

ACTION.

OPERATING DURING JUGGLING | FOREIGN MINISTER'S LATEST

PERFORMANCE,

PUPIL CONFESSES.

STATEMENT.

RETROCESSION HOPE.

It is considered most olgnificant that tho'

While on duty at the junction of

Tientsin, Jan. 18. The maximum penalty of twelve

In the Cup re-play between

Tat Nam and Pet Ho Street at Declaring that the National Goy- months' hard Jabour and twenty- four strokes of the birch was im- Walsall and Blackburn Rovers, the

about one o'clock yesterday, the aus arnment is determined to effect the posed by Mr. Lindsell, at the Cen-home team falled to interrupt the

picions of a Chinese detective were retrocession of at least ten Con- tral Police Court this morning, on sequence of failures to win after

aroused regarding two men who cessions and Settlements in 1931, The Rovers won

were on the fringe of a large crowd the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. an unemployed Chinese who ap- drawing away.

watching a juggling performance. C. T. Wang, is credited with saying peared on a charge of atealing a by three clear goals. Not one of

Mr. Chintamani (Liberal) and The detective kept the two men that he will concentrato his atton- pair of car-rings from an amah em- the nine clubs that drew away on ployed at 356, The Peak, the real-Saturday managed to win on Ite Mr. Joshi (Labour) supported the under observation for a quarter of tion this year on the abolition of dence of Mr. L. N. Murphy, of the The Southern Division of the Report, though the former was not an hour, and saw one of them tap-extrality which he hopes to accom- Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Third League Northampton re in connexion with

In

enthusiastic over the reservations ping the pockets of three on-lookers, pish unconditionally.. Corporation.

Amance, car while the second kept a look-out for

police. On seeing the detective, that Mr. Wang atated the The defendant pleaded gulity to celved a bad shock.

rency and exchange.

the second man signalled to the the charge.

Acceptance Urged.

first, who stopped his operations.bolition of extrality would be an tional Assembly in opened in May Colonel Haksar expressed the The detective then went up and are accomplished fact before

rested them.. view that the outline of the can..

this year. titution they had sketched satis- fied all essential criteria. The had been safeguards provided ргоронці anit accepted in the profound and honest belief held by both sides that they were in India's interests, and it was under. Blackburn Rovers have qualified stood that they would disappear to meet Bristol Rovers in the soon as India's development in men sitting by the side of the road. Fourth Round of the Cup, at certain spheres renders them un-of having attempted to přek pockets. sent to the gradual relinquishment

His Worship:--It practically amounts to highway robbery?

Detective Sergeant Flattery: Yea; at first we thought we would charge him with that.

Walsall

F. A. Cup Re-play.

Blackburn R. Describing the Incident, the pro-

Third Division (South). it was the accuting officer naid

down Northampton 2 Watford complainant's habil to go town every Sunday to make her

Third Division (North), Carlisle 3 Lincoln

own purchases and last Sunday at going down about noon she was Peak Rond on her way to call on a friend at No. 18. When she ar rived at No. 22, she noticed three

After she had passed the men, one of them suddenly slapped her face from behind and at the same time wrenched off her ear-rings. It was not known whether that man was the defendant or not. The woman'a cars were injured and bled. She cried out and Was pushed to the ground by the men, who then ran away up Peak Road.

Certain information WAR re- ceived by Chinese detective who arrested the defendant, The car- rings had been pawned half an hour after the robbery. They had been given by the defendant to n marine hawker who had handed them to an old woman to pawn. They were worth about $20 and pawned for $16.

Blackburn,

Four decided:

Reading v. Crystal Palace. Charlion v. West Brom. A. Stoke v. Muncheater Un. Middlesbro. v. Bradford C.

games have yet to

SWEEPSTAKES.

HOME OFFICE AND AN INQUIRY.

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Mr. Day

asked the Home whether, in recently Secretary vlew of the present condition of the Inw on the subject of sweep- ho atakers, lotterics, and raffles, would consider the appointment of a committee for the purpose of recommending legislation with a view to clarifying the positioning

Mr. Clynes Under the unemployed. He had recently law, public lotteries of whatever

Speaking of the defendant, the officer mentioned that he had been employed as a "boy" an board the A. Charles Hardouin and other Canton boats, but was now

arrived from the country.

on

His Worship:-Why are the police authorities not considering the case for commital?

Detretive Sergeant Pinttery:- Ile (defendant) bas

identified in any way.

forn and whether promoted in this country or not are litegal in this country, and while that is the case, the authorities have no alternative but to carry out the law,

Under the Customa Acts,

not been vertisements or notices of lotteries

ad-

are contraband, and upon importa-

bo

Is Worship:-You mean to saytion, by whatever means, car

you dealt with accordingly. The send-

if it were not of his plen would not be able to prove the ing of lottery tickets or advertise- сане?

ments through the post is niso pro- Defective Sergeant Plattery:hibited, and letters suspected of relating Yes, although we would have been containing correspondence able to prove the receiving charge. to lotteries may be opened.

In view of the fact that com- Statute provides heavy penalties mittal had not been asked for, the for breaches of the law.

officer asked his Worship Impose the maximum penalty.

BARONET AND A

`BUTLER.

MIDNIGHT SCENE IN A WOOD RECALLED.

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to

The

were satisfed of the If I existence of any general demand that I should look into the question of setting up a committee to con sider, as a practical question, the conditions and safeguards which would be necessary and appropriate if lotteries were to be permitted as a method of raising money for ap proved public purposes, I should be prepared to consider what would be the best method of giving effect to euch a demand.

necessary.

While

England recognised india's claim to manage her own affairs, the Indian delegates realls ed not merely the advantage of the

RINGRANICZENTACIONADORBICARUZANNENKO

THE "TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT.

To-morrow's Pictorial

Features.

To-morrow's issue of the Telegraph Art Supplement will contain an extremely interest- ing selection of pictures of topical interest.

A feature will be a whole page of winning exhibits at the recent exhibition by the long- Kong Univeraity Amateur Pho- tographic Club, amongst which will be found many of marked artistic merit.

The Lai Wah Cup match be- the tween the Chinese and Army will be illustrated, whilst there will also appear a group photograph of the South China Athletic Association's 1st Divi- sion football team. Members of the S.C.A.A. swimming see- tion will also be shown enjoy- iny sen-bathing on New Year's Day!

The wedding of Mr. J. and Miss Phyllia Harrop Goodnil will be illustrated, and amongst other groups will be one of the boy sopranos of the Westminster Glee Singers, who are to appear in Hongkong shortly.

Several portraits will also be given, these including studio pictures of Dame Clara Butt and Mr. Kennerley Rumford; Mr. C. D. Melbourne, who has just retired from the Govern- ment service; Mr. Joel Choi Anock, of Macao; and Mr. Wang Yuan-lang, noted Chi- nese cinerna netor on a visit to Hongkong in connexion with a scheme for Chinese talkies.

JUNKIMULIYAMINITAARBLUNUROLO

Substantial Advance.

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The two men, Fok Tong and Choi Wah, were produced by Detective Sergeant Goodwin before Mr. But tors, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, clinrged with at tempted pick-pocketting.

The first defendant stated that he was watching the show when the detective came up from behind and struck him a blow and accused him

the Na-

The Nanking Minister has made an appointment to interview the United States and Dutch Ministers nt Peking on Saturday, when he intends to open negotiations with them on the abolition of extrality.

Peking messages state that the consensus of opinion in the Leme tions is that the Powers may coll He did not know the second defen-of extrality privileges. dant, and received no signal from him.

The second defendant said he was being inftated by the first defen- dant Into the art of picking people's pockets. He was very unwilling and told the first defendant that he had not the courage to do it, no he feared death.

Mr. Bulters convicted both defen. dants and sentenced them to ten weeks' imprisonment each.

guards, which they thought went

too far.

The Foreign Minister has issued an emphatte denial of the Japanese report that the Russian military. authorities have dispatched fresh troops, to the Manchurian frontfer to protect the Chinese Eastern Rail- way and to bring pressure on the Moscow conference, hoping that by a further demonstration they will force the Chinese yield to the Kharbarovsk Protocol.

Mr. Wang said that despite tha absence of General Mo Teh-hui.

his assistants at the Moscow Con- ference are endeavouring to con-

tinue

the discussions with the

On this point, Lord Rending said he thought these safeguarde Russian delegates on the C.ER. had been misunderstood, ' Their

question. Rumours of Nanking's whole purpose was to preserve the intention to change all the dele- financial credit and stability of kates participating in the Moscow India in the world markete pend. Coference have also been denied ing the period of change. That by Mr. Wang.Jle added, however, applied equally to the safeguarde that Nanking had appointed new regarding internal loans and there assistants to help General Mo. was no intention to interfere with Budget Loans and no intention to interfere with the Budget, unless arrangements were being made, HATRY SEES HIS WIFE, Affecting India's credit. Ho favoured the Reserve Bank being established as soon as possible.

Glory of British Empire.

The Maharajah of Kashmir said

LONG INTERVIEW AT

LAW COURTS,

Clarence Hatry, the financier who

that the Federation of over three in serving a term of 14 years' penal hundred million people would be servitude for fraud, kad an affect-

Л immense force towards the ing interview with his wife recent- maintenance of world peace andly at the Law Courts. would be conducive to the glory of the British Empire.

on

Sir Tej Behadar Sapru said that if they put aside minor differences, he believed that the broad question of principle, a very substantial measure of agrec- ment had been reached.

He was expected to be called as

a witness in an action respecting one of the companies with which he was concerned, and he spent the whole day in a consultation room, guarded by two warders,

At lunch time a full course lunch, including wlae, was taken to the room, and Hairy was afterwards soon to bo smoking a cigar.

Late in the afternoon Mrs. Hatry, dressed in a long fur coat, walked quickly down the long corridor and

Bikaner's Warm Support. The Maharajah of Bikaner said he warmly supported the schemes of Federation which they had evolved and on behalf of hig Nubjects ho wished to Ex- press their absolute and willing was allowed to see her husband, consent to enter into this federa- Hatry embraced her and Mrs. Hatry tion if, as they were confident, the burst into tears. remaining detalls were settled as satisfactorily as had already begni done in regard to details obtain ted in their report,

India

The instant she entered the room

Tea Together.

A midnight incident in a wood near Maidstone, where a woman

Enforcing the Law, was alleged to have been stripped

Mr. Day Does the Home and covered with blacking by Sir Gerald Maxwell Willshire, was re- Secretary consider that raffles held called at the Old Bailey recently, at bazaars for the purpose of for religious and

They sat at the end of a table James Robinson (57), a butter, raising funds was charged with assaulting Sir charitable purposes also come un-

He had no doubt that the near a fire talking In low tones, Gerald at South Kensington Station. der the Act?

Mr. Clynes-I have tried to British connexion, but also the majority of the States would join Hatry smoking innumerable ciga Sir Gerald said that when the in-

rettes and his wife occasionally cident occurred he took Robinson

tea to- cover the general aspects of the advantages of certain restrictions in the Federation as co-e by the collar, "ran him outalde,"question embodied in the question at any rate for the time being partners, aubject to the safeguards joining him. They had

gether. on the Paper, and I hope my hon. upon the ample liberty of India. necessary for existence and the and gave him into

Mrs. Hatry frequently wiped her In cross-exa Custody.

by Mr. friend (Mr. Day) will consider He urged that the bulk of the protection of the rights and eyes, and when the interview closed

and the internal Eustace Fulton (defending), Sir that that is sufficient for the day. proposals be gladly and whole- sovereignty

her husband affectionately kissed heartedly adopted so that the autonomy of the States.

hor. Gerald admitted that he was con- (Laughter.) victed at Maidstone Assizes in 1927 Sir N. Grattan-Doyle (C, New-necessary atmosphere be created

Indian British Opinion,

Since Hatry was sentenced at and sentenced to six months' im-castle, North)-In view of the for the developments still to come.

Sir Hubert Carr, on behalf of the has appeared in court as a witness the Old Bailey on Jan. 24 inst he prisonment for assaulting a wo-fact that a Bill to regulate the

non-official British community in on four occasions. man whom he drove in his car from absurd position of the law at the

India, cordially welcomed the Re London to Maidstone,

present time would be practically

Mr. Jadhar sald the Mahrattasport, with which he felt the British Courts on April 3 in a case in which He gave evidence in the Law Counsel: You got there about non-contentious in this House, why

and the other allied communities community. would have every the Photomation Parent Corpora one o'clock in the morning? cannot he introduce it? About that.

Viscountess Astor-Will. he bear in the Bombay Presidency, would

He expressed the earn- tion was sued, and on May 29, May sympathy. sub est hope that it would be adopted, 30 and June 4 at the Guildhall Fo Did you stop your car and take in mind the fallure of the Betting regard the scheme as

stantial advance and would

co-though he pointed out that approval lice Court in connexion with the her into some woods there, stuff Act?

must be subject to the post-John Gialdini Inquiries. Mr. J. Hudson (Soc. Hudders-operate. some cotton wool in her mouth, "tio her hands behind her back, strip field)-Is the Home Secretary Sir A. P. Patro expressed agree. tion of. British people in

On several other days Hatry and her naked, and cover her with black aware that there is a considerable ment with the general features of being made quite clear and to an his three associates were within the ing and leave her alone in the wood body of evidence in the country in the report on behalf of the Execn-admission that in future full safe-precincts of the court, but were not and drive away 7That is accord-ready taken in this matter, and Non-Brahman Federation, saying civil and criminal rights, their

favour of the action that he has tive Committee of the All-India guards would be provided for their called as witnesses. ing to the evidence. I said at the time of the trial that my recollection what grounds, therefore will there it placed India in a line equal to education privileges and their in- of what happened was very hazy, bo for any considerable change in other States in the British Com-dustrial and commercial position.

At the concert to be given at the I was in a neurasthenia state at the the law?

Referring to the

Further Inquiry.

Kowloon branch of the Helena May time, and had indulged in alcohol. Captain Gunston (C, Thornbury)monwealth.

Institute this evening, the following Mr. Jayakar's support of the artistes have consented to appear Is the Home Secretary satisfied difficulty over the Minorities, he Detective-Sergeant :Jonkins said that he can enforce the present still believed a solution would general principles of the Report Mrs. Arnold, Missos J. and C, Braga, eventually be reached, if not now, was again mado clear, but he ex-Miss E. Rogers, Mr. J. Brags, Mr. that Robinson had been in service law?

Mr. Clynes--Well we can only then in India. He assured the pressed the opinion that the faan-Li Chor-chl. Mrs. Banger and Mr. Mosioms that the reasonable safe-cial safeguards were excessive, G. D'Aquino with Hias C. Braga and guards they required would be He agreed with the reservations Mr. George Grimble as accompanista. provided as the Premier had regarding defence and external

but suggested a further in-| promised, in the rules and in the Constitution, together with those quiry to see if any parts of the letter to the newspaper The States- required by all the other minori-reservations were transferable im- man endorses that journal's com- ties. He and his party would mediately.

plaint that Mr. Gavin Jones, the stand to secure the rights and Sir To Sapru agreed with this British Indian delegate to the Round Table Conference in London, The public is reminded of the lecinterests of all minorities. No viewpoint. fare being given in the Cathedral Constitution would stand unless Mr. Chintamani expressed the falled to represent British opinion Hall at 5.30 to-day on "The Social that was done.

opinion that a term should be put in Indis in advocating responsible Work of the League of Nations."

to the period of transition Government for the contral ad The lecture has been arranged by

British Wireless and Reuter. Hongkong, and the lecturer will be Mr. The League of Nations Society In Bascom Johnson, who the Chair man of the Commission of Enquiry into the Trasie in Women and Children in the East

40 Yonts Good Character.

as a butler since 1890, and bore the highest character. For 25 years he was butler to the late Lord Kest even, and afterwards to other ment bers of the family.

Robinson, in the

the witness-box said he merely pushed Sir Gerard away. The Jury, without leaving the box, found Robinson not guilty, and expressed the opinion that he ought nover to have been charged.

The Recorder: Do you wish me to say that he leaves the court with- out any stain on his character?

The Foreman: Emphatically, my lord.

The Recorder (to Robinson): I entirely agree with what the jury

have said.

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begin to enforce the law when the facts are revealed to us. I admit that therein there is some diguity, but once the facts are before us we have no alternative but to do our best to enforce the law.

Jarring Note,

ministration.

Finance Misunderstanding? Like Mr. Chintamani, Mosers.

Mr. Travera repudiates the viewa expressed by Mr. Jones, and says Jayakar and Jinnah, while express

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