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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933.

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MONEYLENDER'S ACTION

COURT EVIDENCE

REVIEWED

The hoaring of an Indinu money lender's claim against a former colleague for $25,000 for malicious prosecution and false imprison. ment, was continued before the Chlef Justice, Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Supreme Court this morning.

Hazara Singh, of 8. Morrison Hill Real là thọ plaintiff, and Sawan, nisu u registered money lendor, of 9, Morrison Hill Rond, is the defendant.

RECOGNISED BY

PHOTOGRAPH

SMART ARREST. BY

for

SGT. FRANKLIN

Vincent Androw Nunes, whom a warrant of arrest had been issued in respect of a larceny, was sitting inside a shop on Tues- day when Sergeant Frankiin passed by, and recognised by his photo- graph arrested him.

Sergeant Franklin__had_never Been Nanes before. A month ago,

report was made to the Yaumuti Police Station to the effect that Nunes har stolen jewellery and In addition to the main claim clothing to the total value of $148 there are claims for costs, etc., from the house of Messra..Samad amounting to $6,178. The par- and Singham, of Ceylon, who re- ticulars allege that defendant pro-sided at No. 23 Pikem Street. cured plaintiff's arrest on false and Nunes had already left for Canton malicious information and that he and a warrant for his arrest was obtained his committal for trial by accordingly taken out. falso and malicious representations on two chargen. The case was thrown out by the Attorney Géheral.

The defendant denies legations.

the

Sergeant Franklin had seen his photograph, supplied to the Police by the complainants.

Prosecuting Nunes before Mr. al-Butters at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. Sergeant Franklin sak the complainants and the defendant were friends. He stayed with them for a few days but on June 29 disappeared with their. jewellery and clothing.

Mr. Duncan MacNeill, assisted by Mr. Loo D'Almada, Inr., and in- structed by Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios, appears for the plain- tiff, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instruct- by Messrs. Lo and Lo represents the defence.

Plaintiff gave evidence yester 'day and was partly cross-examined.

POLICE EVIDENCE.

Defendant pleaded gulity and was sentenced to 10 weeks hard

labour.

A-Chinese, Ho Siu, who pawned on overcoat belonging to the con- This morning the relevant plainants and which was recognised evidence given at the magistracy as one of the articles stolen by wwna read to the jury and Mr. Nunes, was sentenced to a month Jenkin continued his cross-examiria- | in prison. tion.

nt

Mr. Jonkin asked plaintif if he agreed with the evidence of fl Chinese borrower who stated the police court that plaintiff had told him that Ganga Singh was his brother and as he, himself, going to India, he had transferred

SVILN

CAMBRIDGE UNION CHANGES

the Promissory Notes to Gana New Buildings and New

Singh. Another Chinese had said plaintiff told him he would be in

India for 14 months.

Plaintiff said this was

untrue.

He also denied a suggestion that

ed.

Mr. Jenkin reminded plaintiff that he had admitted owing only $3,500 and 3500 in Hongkong and he suggested that the figure was much larger. Did his indebted ness to the money lending business amount to about $30,000?

Atmosphere

transforence

London.

The Union, which was founded in 1815 and is one of Cambridge's oldest institutions, has decided to expend £12,500 in a scheme of modernisation that will give it unrivalled amenities.

with a bar. case are

LEADING MACAO OFFICIAL

DR. J. P. MAGALHAES PASSES AWAY

Dr. J. Poreira Magalhaes, for

many years a

· Macao, Aug, 0.

member of the

Portuguesa Colonial Service, and who has served the "motherland" with distinction, died here to-day following, a lingering Illness,

the service of

WOMAN'S DEATH

JURY'S VERDICT OF MISADVENTURE

A verdict of "death by misad- venture" was returned by the firs Mr. Schofield into the death of at the Coroner's enquiry held by unknown womnu, who-wan killed aftor being knocked down by a along Causeway Bay Road on the car, driven by Yuen Chi-sum night of July 12.**

car out

Ho was brought up in the legal profession and early deer for having taken a

The jury also censured the driv- tinguished himself, but entered that did not conform to the re- the Government, gulations, in that the bulb of the rendering considerable ausistance front right head-lamp was ap only a foot brake. They further parently missing, and that it had suggested that the lighting of this stretch of Causeway Bay Road, if possible, be improved.

to the authorities in various du-

Mr. C. W. Langley was the fore-

partments. Eventually ho was seconded for service in the Colonial Office, and coming out to Macno for the first time some years ago, was of great help to the Government in drawing man of the jury and the others. up important reporta.

were Mr. E.. Allen and Mr. D. F. He served as Officer Administer- | Lopes, ing the Government at Mucao on Sub-Inspector Saunders testified several occnsions, and was mainly that the car was a Hupmobile Instrumental, among many other touring car about four years old, important matters, in securing the and in fair mechanical condition. solution of the problem of the The glass of the front right, head hvater supply through the help rea- lamp was missing, and there was, dered by him to the Water Com-

a small dent on the top of the side pany, and in securing the establish lamp. At 15 miles THOSE DREADFULment of direct Government control foot brake stopped the car in ten an hour the. over the preparation and sale of feet. Witness made no mention of a handbrake stretch of

Describing this

Mr..T. V.Soong photographed alongside the great Imperial Airways machino in which he flow from Lon-

don to Paris recently.

:

MONGKOK BLAZE DISASTER

A CHARLATAN SHEIK

CLAIMS ORDAINED

ін

POWERS

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poignant feature of the ease that she was an expectant mother of another child.

A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

Of the 16 ensualties removed to the two Hospitals on the mainland, six were discharged in the course of the morning but the remainder are detained as serious cases in- cluding the pastry cook.

NINETIES!

OLD DAYS RECALLED BY J. P.

London.

"Those dreadful days of the TO PARDON ALL Nineties" were recailed by Mfr. Douglas Gordon, who lins just SINNERS completed 40 years as a Justice of the Peace for the County of London, in an interview with

Kenter.

"We were always complaining

Istanbul. Supposed to be able to pardon A gruesome discovery was made sinners and to open the gates of i noon to-day which has added porndise to those who show the of bad times," he said, "just as another to the list of fatalities re-greatest fervour in their devotion | We are to-day! But they were very sulting from the fire. This was to him, a famous Dervish Sheik good times really and the Nineties of a 78-year-old Chinese woman, is being tried as a charlatan by

were rollleking days. surnamed Taci whose charred the Amassia Criminal Court.

"Those were the times of what were found on the first flour of 395 when firemen

known

the 'morning DR com- He is Mir Sald, an old man of drunks'-men who became intoxi- menced to rake up the debris patriarchal appearance, very tall cated in the morning," he continu- consequent on reports of other in-and with a long snow-white bearded. mates missing. She appears to

mains

on she was suffocated by smoke.

THE CAUSE.

quelled.

revolt and

were

opium.

The assistance granted by Dr.. Magalhaes to the Portuguese Gov- crament has also included service as Delegate for . Portugal to several conferences.

on various commissions and

Dr. Magalhacy, by his courtesy and tact, is popular not only with the Portuguese residents of Macao, but also with the Chinese com- munity, which holds him in very high regard. He also has large numbers of friends among Chinese officers and business men in Canton and elsewhere.Our Own Corres pondent.

NOTED SOLDIER.

Brigadier General Fendall. LONG ARMY CAREER,

London, Aug. 9. death is

announced of Brigadier General Charles Fendali poudent. at the age of 92.-Our Own Corres

The

road, witness' said that there were many places where it was very difficult to see n pergon dressed in dark clothes.

After Trame Sergeant, Clarko had given evidence of the identi- fication of the decensed and the arrest of the driver, Sub-Inspec tor Rogers, attached to Bay View Police Station, testined that when Dr. Shin, the driver of another car going in the opposite direction, made his report, he was not quite sure whether he had his head- lights on or whether he had dim-

med them.

Witness also bore out Sub-In- spector Saunders in that it was almost impossible to see a person dressed in dark clothes at a de tance while driving at night on this rond. He suggested that! it would be better lighted. If the lamps were to be placed in the centre of the road. The bulb of the right head light of the car was missing when he examined 51, though the plug was in the socket.

Driver's Evidence. “Yuen Chi-aum, the driver of the car, said that he first noticed the approach of Dr. Shin's car when it was about twelve feet in front

he had made a telephone appoint Extensive alterations to the have been unable to move far on reaching down to his waist. His "That reminds me of a funny ment with Sawan so that he could Cambridge Unlon Society are con-account of her advanced years, and faze is always hidden by a green story. As licensing magistrates, make his own departure unhinder-templated, which will entail the the position in which her remains shawl.

we used to inspect public houses of the magnificent were found suggest that early!

Charles Peara Fendall, C.B., for alteration and so on, and one C.M.G., D.S.O., was the eldest son It was stated that Hazara Singh | Fairfax-Rhodes Hbrary to that

He is credited with extraordin-morning I went round in a han- of the late Rev. C.B., Fendall and had received money from Ganga room which is at present the club

ary powers and many of his de som and inspected three in Ken- Frances, the eldest daughter of on which he had paid ng interest | drawing. room.

votees still belleve in him.

Mir sington. the reason being that some of it

I got back to the hall Rev. Robert Pears of Woodcote The cause of the fire is still the Sald belongs to the centre of trou- in Plecadilly, where the Justices House, He was born in November, subject of Police investigation, and ble near Smyrna two or three years were sitting, turned round to the 1860, nt Windlesham, Surrey, and was for lending out and the rc- mainder was deposited for safe

it is only known that it broke out ago. They tried to

of him. He switched off his head lights and put on the side lights. kooping..

amongst gunny sacks, and matting blood was spilt before they wereen driver, and naked 'How much?" was educated at King's School, with which the shop in No. 398

Sherborno, from where he passed The head-lights of Dr. Shin's car "The cabble looked utterly was stacked. With the inflamable

on to the R.M. Academy at Wool-were on. He did not notice any- Mir Said allows certain of his me and gasped: I'm blanked If Artillery.

staggered. He started down at wich. Entering *the Royal body on the road, but suddenly material provided, it was not long There will be two new squash before the fire spread up the stall disciples to enjoy the pleasures of I know, Sir-I thought you was afleutenant in 1879, captain in 1887. angle across the road towards his

ho was promoted a SAW

person run at an obliquo courts-and-changing-rooms-new-case-on-to-the-first floor of the

paradise while they are still-in morning drunk kitchens and a lounge furnished adjoining house, and from there this world. In this connection, it

major in 1889, lieutenant colonel în car. The person, was then only The hall and stair-to other upper hoors which were must be remembered that Moslems

1905 and colonel in 1910. He re about five feet away. He applied to be redecorated and all burnt out. Fortunately it was believe that paradise is one con-

tired from the Army in 1911. the footbrake and swerved to the more commodious rooms will be brought within the limitation of tinual round of plensure.

from 1886 to 1886. He was in struck the person about the legs, He took part in the Burmese War right, but the right mudguard allocated to the ladies.

only the two buildings by a muss

His admirers will make any

command of Section 3/1 (Mn.) She fell backward, her head strik The Union has 13,500 members, of water from hoses placed at all but the old fashioned atmosphere advantageous angles from the visit him they kill sheep, fast for sacrifice for him. Before going to

S.I.D.R.A. with the Eaeterning the right head lamp and of the place has caused

Frontier Column, later becoming a breaking the glass. The accident many roof of a house across the street several weeks and multilate them- under-graduates to favour other and from other points on buildings selves. Some crawl on their hands that perpendicular drinking is Taungdwingyi, he commanded in nearly level with each other. The "A landlord told me recently staff officer of the column: At occurred when both cárs,wero cluba for reading and entertain at the back.

car Within an hour-and-a-half from and knees for miles to reach his going out of fashion. He meant dependent columns on several oc- ing. The Trustees and Committee

had four-wheel footbrakes. hope that the proposed Innova- the time the Brigade got to work,

that people no longer stand at the casions, being mentioned in des- only. tion will bring abreast of the times the fire was under control. al.

His arrest munde à great stir bars. They prefer to sit down at D.S.O. He was also in the Chitral private driver to Mr. Tetley of the patches three times and winning the Witness admitted that he was a. this famous Institution which has though for some time afterwards and a huge crowd gathered out- a table.

rellef force.

Naval Yard, but said that he been the scene of so many historic they were engaged in turning over side the court-room at Amassia, debates.-Reitor.

"This means that we are showing During the War, he was A. A occasionally drove for the Fly and raking out the half-burnt He entered the court accompanied a distinct tendency to emulate the and Q.M.G. at Dover in 1914-15, Garage at night. He also said material from the gunny bag shop by six of his favourite disciples Continental cafe which is a de- and in 1915 was appointed A.A.Gthat there was co

Two motor pumps and three hydrants were employed.

and made a-spirited speech in his finite improvement on the old put East African Force. For this right head lamp after the accident defence.

lic house. There is a great move work, he was awarded the C.M.G. but the pieces were sticking to

In 1918, he was D.A. and Q.M.G. the plug. There are so many witnesses to ment that way.

of the East African Force. Pro-

Plaintiff Bald It might be so. Re-examined, witness said it was usual for money-lenders to enter many bishis.

He did not leave on the day of the Sikh festival because he thought he would be unnoticed then. In fact he attended at the Sikh Temple with Ganga Singh early that morning.

Motta Bhag Singh then

gave evidence of money lender's pro- cedure with regard to bishia.

The coac jo proceeding

Cutting Belgian Pensions

EX-SOLDIERS TO SUFFER

Brussels.

STRATOSPHERE ATTEMPT

LIEUT. SETTLE

FORCED DOWN

The outbreak occurred at ap- proximately 1.30 a.m. and started,

house.

It is believed, on the first floor of be heard that the trial may lust No. 393, Reclamation Street, which a long time.-Reuter. was occupied by a firm of card-: board makers,

On the ground floor, the Chung)

Chang Keo firm of gunny-bag

makers, soon found themselves involved and within a very short time of the first alarm, the flames

were roaring through the whole

Undeterred by the failure of his first offort, Lieut. Commander T. G. W. Settle plans to make another attempt to beat the, stratosphere house. height record shortly.

Both buildings involved were The disablilty pension of Bel- His first venture, on Saturday, almost completely burned out. gian ex-soldiers is to be reduced | unded very quickly. Sented in his by 10 per cent, under a widespread gondola, he ascended at 2.05 a.m. economy scheme.

but ten minutes later he was

Under special emergency powers down again. He said that after WOMEN POSSESS the government is effecting a num-reaching 5,000 feet, a valve stuck

* ̈ber of economies which Include:-¦ And the balloon began to hurtle,

A 5 per cent cat in state to the ground. He throw 2,200 salories, old age ponsions and pounds of ballast overboard, but invalid ponalons,

could not keep aloft.

balloon WAR

A reduction up to 20 per cent.

In State subsidius, and

A reduction up to 10 per cent in

all administrative credits.

cont,

and the increase will apply to all

In addition the "crisis tax" le increased by one half per

sections of the community.

A programme of public works

up by the government includes the

complete reorganisation of exist-

Ing unemploymont legislation, and

Tho damaged.

slightly

OFFICE BOY CHARGED

OF

and industrial development drawn | ALLEGED · FORGING

A LETTER

GOVT. PROPERTY

MISSING SLIPWAY

HOSES FOUND

THE EUROPEAN

ASSN.

ITS POSITION IN INDIA

FUTURE BEING CONSIDERED

"He never dreamed I should be in a condition to pay his proper fare because, as I had paid visits to three publie houses, he thought should be sure to be 'under the influenée long ago!

I

"I always hoped-and I bollevo we are on the high road to it now. -that the so-called public house would be a place to which a nar ried man could take his wife, and an unmarried man his 'best girl' without fear or reproach.

"I remember a very charming old woman-with 200 convictions against her for being drunk and incapable Sha was a very nica old soul and very..well known in those days, and when she entered the Black Marin, she used to make a curtsey to the warder and say 'Home, James!' "—Renter.

BRIGHTER TRAINS

AUSTRALIA COLOURS ITS "FLIERS”.

Bombay. Anticipating the Introduction of reforms and administrativo changes, the Europeana in Indio Three boat-people, two women are considering the question of the and a man, were charged before futurs of their organisation-the Mr. Buttera at the Kowloon Ma- European Association.

*Coloured trains are the Intest gistracy this morning with being Several suggestions bave been fashion in New South Wales. The in unlawful possession of two made for reconstituting thaAs Jenolan Caves Exprosa, a popular hoses belonging to the Yaumati sociation and a sub-committee of "fler," is now vivid blue and Government Slipway:

members from the various Sergeant I stated that on vinces, has been appointed to con- Express red and cream, and the Tuesday he was called to the offico sider them,

South Coast Daylight Express,

officer in charge of the Yaumati|

The blue and cream Caves Ex-

He has published a book entitled "The East Africa Force, 1915-18."

SIR W. GALLAGHER.

Former Commissioner

Of Customs.

KNIGHTED IN 1916.

London, Aug. 9.

bulb in the

away

moted a Brigadier General, he was Under cross examination, wit mentioned in despatches and made not having seen the other car un- ness explained the reason for his a C.B.

til it was ten feet away by saying that it must have turned the cor--- ner near the East Point garage. He admitted, however, that the accident occurred, near the pola ground, which according to tho Coroner is nearly 500 feet from the tram terminus.

Coroner Sums Up Addressing the jury, Mr. Scho fleld outlined the chief aspects of willam, Gallagher, the late Com-dence of the driver was far from The death has occurred of Sir the case, and said, that the avi- missioner of Customs and Excise reliable. No doubt he was In-A Our Own Correspondent.

nervous state when he had mado Sir William Gollagher, Kt., was his statement to the police, and born in 1851, the son of the late he was naturally worried about Mr. Michael Gallagher. Knighted | the case, In 1916, he was made a C.B. in In his opinion, It was, cortainly 1920, He married fn 1876 not advisable for a driver of a cur Margaret Theresa, daughter of the to run two jobs at once. The Inte George Calhoun, of Ebrington question, however, for the jury to House, Londonderry. Ho leaves | decide Was whether the driver two sons and four daughters. His was keeping a proper lookout at wife died in 1921.

pro- cream, the Sydney to Nowenstle Jan

of Mr. V. H; W. Chittondon, the has been accepted that there / Breen and cream,"

Kiepura Saved by

NOW GOING TO HOLLYWOOD

the time. In considering that question, Mr. Schofield asked the jury to keep in mind the fact that the driver had not seen the other. Icar until it was ten feet away, In spite of the fact that his head lights were on. Concluding, bo. said that he was inclined to think that the deceased had contribute ed to the accident by her own: nég- ligence.

The jury-returned their verdict and riders as stated above.

the inclusion of provision for com- Hip Kong, 21, an office boy of Government Silpway, and there should be some Rystem of Co pulsory labour, and a subsidy of Messra. Thomas Cook & Son, was 1,100,000,000 francs to the rail- charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones saw one of the accused. On being ordinating European opinion in press, which traverses the famous ways to enable them to extend in the Control Mugarage-Jones questioned she and she had Indin, that old tool the Blue Mountains is now, according A Miracle thair system and improve their morning with forging a letter ad bought it for $1.60, but not con- lines of the Associated Chambers to Austral News, the world's Tolling stock.Router.

dressed to the Hongkong and

tent with her explanation, he ar- of Commerce and that there should fastest stoom mountain-climbing rested her.

be a central organisation to retrain. It covers the 68 miles from Sydney to Katoomba, which is Shanghai Bank, and uttering the Later on, her husband came to present all European Interests 1,380 foot above sea level, at an

doctors despaired of his life but he document.

the station and fold the same

mado a miraculous recoverya da ban the legislatures Det-sergeant McRobbie anid an-

average spood of 37 miles an hour.

Now Klepura has come to Poland other man, employed at the Queen's story, as a result of information, The proposals approved by the

To carry ont a vow he made 18 sing at Czestochowa before the Theatro, a friend of the defendant,

sub-committoo will be placed for ́a 'socônd woman Was AIFoated with

1wo years ago, Jan Klopura, the "miraculous image of the Virgin,” ho was not another hose in her possession, retineation before the gandral

The marriage is announced to take famous tenor who starred in the which is an object of krunt, venar HUNG-On August 10, 1983, at St. was involved but

Paul's Hospital, Jacky, fourth son charged as there was not sirf His Workshió: disőharged the mosting, of tha Association, and it place in the near future of Mr. WAR}} Britishi"plotura: Vity of Song and Itions to Bolem SE FINANSIN at Hung Hing cham Acient evidence of guilty knowledge, man but convicted the two women hoped to get the new organisa-Lambert banker, Embankment Street Tell Me To Night has arrived here DUI ALBULL, Kimura | CORE

Enve tön working by the beginning of Shangha), to Mian Edith Jackson, of D-Two years ago Klemira watoa toholmWONKO METIN Funeral will pass the University The caso will be heardachte Imposing Clio, 9:30 OLA

Horsforth Yorkabir 70 PRATHONT TO MAN

DEATH.

Warsaw.