1934-01-30 — Page 17

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934.

FATAL BISCUIT FACTORY BLAZE

GAMBLING IN THE SHAMSHUIPO

MARKET

SEVEN COOLIES

CONVICTED

Seven coolies of tho. Western Market were charged before Mr.: Balfour In the Central Police)

OUTBREAK

ONE KILLED AND TWO INJURED

Court this morning with gambling. MIDNIGHT FIRE

The first defendant, who happen- ed to have the bank at the time of the rald, was charged with being the keeper of a gaming house on the first floor of the market premises.

Det.-Sergt. Mellobble said de- fendants were playing on a meat stall.. Table money picked up amounted to $1.80.

First defendant was fined $15 or two weeks, while the remainder were fined $3 or three days each. The table money was added to the Poor Box funds,

who were Four defendants, absentoca, had their ball of $3 each estreated by the Court.

PEAK THEFT COOLIE TAKES

COTTON, WHEAT APPEAL TO PRIVY

SILVER

COUNCIL

LATEST NEW YORK CHINESE RESTAURANT

QUOTATIONS

Messrs. Swan, Cubertson and Fritz

LITIGATION:

CARGO JUNK THEFT

500 BUNDLES OF SUGAR CANE

Li King, 36, master of a cargo junk, pleaded guilty botero Mr. Balfour in the Central Police Court this morning to a charge of larceny by ballee of 500 bundles

An unsecured creditor of the of sugar cane. now liquidated Chinese Restaurant and the

Mr. W. M. Brown, prosecuting, was granted leave to appeal to the delivery of 3,500 bundles. There complainants took Privy Council by a Full Court of was a balance of 850 and when Appeal eltting at the Supreme they went to take delivery they

Court this morning.

have received the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat and silver exchanges for yesterday.

Colton

Jan. 27. Jan. 20.

The appellant la Chu Yun-chi, found only 350. Enquiries were Closing Closing

widow, of 1, Wood Road, who was made on the waterfront and it Range Rango

11.17 11.36-11.38 interested in the Restaurant to the was found that the missing bund- 11.92 11.62-11.64 extent of $64,000. The respondents les had been sent to the Hung 11.00-11.70 are Au Wing-ki and Au Wing-yun, clients asked his Worship to tako Sung Chungfruit stall His 11.50 11.84-11.86 of 26, Des Voeux Road Central, to serious vlow na the defondant 11.77 12.01-12.01 Chinese Restaurant was mortgaged master of the junk was in charge

whom cortain property of tho

11.45

A disastrous fire at a biscuit factory in Shamshuipo last night resulted in one employee being trapped in the building and burnt March- to death, while two others suffer-

May July ed minor injuries.

The outbreak occurred at Nos. October 75, 77 and 79 Aplju Street, the December ground floors of which were occu- January 1935 ..

11.50 pied by the Garden Biacult Fac- Spot tory Co., and the cause is believed

Wheat-Chicago to bave been the ignition of fire- wood which had been left to dry

Jan. 27. alongside a stove,

The alarm was received by the Fire Brigado at 11.50 p.m., and Mny two appliances from the Kowloon July Station, under Mr. Moss, as well September. as two from Mongkok in charge of

Assistant Station Officer Cash,

were soon on the scene.

Due to the presence of about a dozen barrels of lard on the pre- May JOINT, the blaze soon assumed big July

dimensions, but good work by the. Brigade confined it to the ground floors.

LAD INCINERATED.

March

May July

11.73

.11.08-11.08

11.70

Close

Jan, 20: Closing

Range

90%

92% 02

88%

20% 01

89% Wheat-Winnipeg"

024 024

Jan, 27. Clone

0814

៩០

43.75 44.25 44.70

Jan. 29. Closing Range 80% 89% -70% 70% Jan. 27. Jan. 20. Close Closing

Range 44.70-44.80 46.20-46.26 46.70-16.80

Total sales for the day:

3,400,000 OzB. 8,025,000 ozk. (136 Contracts) (321 Contracts)

OF. MEAT Mak Pat, a newspaper deliverer this morning at The Penk, was sentenced to one month's imprison- A lad named Chung Kwok-hing, ment by Mr. Hamilton, at the Cen-aged 18 years, was trapped in the iral Magistracy, for the theft of building whilst endeavouring to a joint of meat, the property of make his escape, and his incinera Mrs. Lock, of No. 181, The Peak ted body was discovered later Sergeant Cordeaux Baid Mr. among the debris. He was found Lock had bought the joint of beneath a pile of timbers, having tents suffered badly from fire and meat at the Dairy Farm. On re-avidently been knocked down by turning homo, Bho left the parcel some heavy motal boxes failing to water. in her car and entered the house. the ground. She then had left the parcel behind, and sent the boy to fetch it. He went to the car and found the meat Fortunately, the building was was missing. He saw the defend-of concrete, with stairways of the ant walking down Stubba Rond. same material, and this enableri with a parcel which he first said people in the upper floors to contained pineapples, but which escape. The building itself was

not greatly damaged, but the con- hour.

remembered

that she

was found to contain the ment.

To-morrow

An old woman and a girl re- ceived minor injuries, and were went to hospital.

$10,000 DAMAGE.

The total damage is placed at about $10,000. The premises were insured with the New Zealand In- surance Co. for $20,000.

Thanks to the effective work of the fire-fighters, the blaze was got under control in less than half an

GMCENS

ALL THE THRILLS

OF A LIFETIME

packed into a

short

journey as the air-express

speeds from Le Bourget

to Croydon.

A

MYSTERY THAT

KEEPS YOU GUESSING.

AND GASPING ALL THE

TIME !!!

To-morrow

was a trusted servant and

of the property. The value was

to secure loans amounting to $422,500.

Messrs. Te'o &. Hodgson are about $170, solicitors for respondents and Messrs, Woo & Nash represent the widow.

Mr. Brown; I understand that there may be some question of restitution. The bundles are in

the defondant.

the fruit stall and understand The issue at stike is whether or there is a possibility that he may not the respondents solicitors restore the money or its equival- were entitled to make the registraent, Hion of the mortgage out of time, Det-Sergt. McRobbie stated the effect of their not being able there was nothing known against to, being that unsecured and secured creditors stand on RA equal basis in the liquidation.

The appeal is against the decision of the Full Court of Ap-

Sentence of six weeks' imprison- peal comprised of the Chief Justice ment was passed, His Worship (Mr. J. R. Wood), Judge Grant added that defendant would be Jones of Shanghai, and the Pulsne released from the conviction if he Judge (Mr. R. E. Lindsell).

Mr. Brown:-I am instructed to

say the defendant is willing to

pay back the money,

row,

Mr. H. C. Macnamara, applied paid back $100 by 3 p.m. to-mor this morning for leave to appeal, and conditional leave was granted.

MACAO LOTTERY

TICKETS

FORGOT TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND

WANCHAI THIEF

GAOLED

WHOLE SERIES OF ROBBERIES

Wong Sing, unemployed, who made a big haul of clothing and, other articles from three houses "These po-pin tickets are ex-in the Wanchal District, was sen- posed for sale in all the shops intenced to a total of twelve months Macao," stated Ng Lok, 26, un-hard labour by Mr. Hamilton, at employed when he appeared be the Central Magistracy this morn- Tore Mr. Balfour in the Central | ing, Police Court this morning charged Defendant was charged with

two with the possession of 71 tickets. having stolen

pieces of Defendant pleaded he bought jewellery and two pieces of cloth- the tickets for himself.

ing from No. 208, Jaffe Road, 1st A detective stated that on in-floor, the property of Yasho Moya; formation ho arrested the defen- an afarm clock, a woman's silk dant in Bird Street. The tickets long coat, a felt hat, and a tweed were in his inner jacket pockets. suit, the property of Chan Luen, Defendant, in a statement to from 180, Jaffe Road, second floor: the Bench, said he thought his 14 pieces of clothing, a pair of chances were batter if he bought binoculars, two alarm clocks, more tickots. He was in a hurry leather suitcase, and a pair of and forgot to leave them behind, leather shoes, the property of in Macao,

Cheng Yung, from 102, Lockhart Road, third floor.

The Magistrate:-What do you mean, you forgot to leave them behind?

Defendant: Because I had them in my pockets and was in a hurry to catch the boat.

Magistrate:-Can't you produce any witness?

Defendant:-No.

Insp.

of

Brennan: Defendant has no record. He 18 on bail $135.

A fine of $40 was imposed.

THE

KEENEST

The fourth charge against deg fendant was of having. resisted arrest by a Chinese constable in Connaught Road West,

prose- Sub-Inspector. Nolloth cuted. and produced a previous "conviction, which-was- admitted. by defendant.

Mr.

ordored Hamilton also police supervision for a period of two years after the expiration of defendant's sentence.

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