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RIVER STEAMER FARES

REDUCTION LIKELY IN NEAR FUTURE :

FEELING RAILWAY

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, MAY

4.

1934.

PEAK ROAD INCIDENT

SMALL-POX CASES

SNATCHER TO BE

EUROPEAN MOTORIST

FINED

The defendant

SECRETED

FINES IMPOSED ON TENANTS

of

accreting

BIRCHED

PRISON SENTENCE AS WELL

peared on remand before Mr. Macfadyen in the Central Police Court this morning.,

Another man, Wan Ping, agbd 21, charged with receiving 33, part of the money stolen, pleaded guilty. had a fined $30 or three weeks'

A collision at the junction of Two instances

Wong Hol, 18; who yesterday Peak Road and Garden Road, on small-pox CAHER In houses in the night of April 17, when a private Chung Ching Street were revealed leaded guilty to stealing a bond- car driven by Lentle Owen Ross, in the Central Police Court before bar, contained $12, from Mr. 4 Conduft Sutherland, of No. of St. George's Building, collided Mr. Hamilton this morning:

Rond, was sentenced in four with two chairs, had

'Beque! Wan Kau, chlef tenant of No. before Mr. W. M. Thomsen, at the 6, Chung Ching Street, first floor, months hard labour, with aix Central Magistracy this morning, was summoned that on April 19strokes of the birch, when he ap COMPETITION ·

when the driver was summoned for well knowing, or having rouson to failing to report an accident, and. auspect, is case of small-pox in a Keen competition from the failing to drive with due care and child inmate of the premises, dia Canton-Kowloon Railway, which caution.

Ing 10 report to the Medien! has recently reduced its fares

admitted the Officer of fealth or to the nearest for all classes and improved the first summons, saying there was Police Station.

The defendant, pleaded guilty schedule for express trains, has a policeman there during the necessitated consideration by thought that the policeman would native

whole, and be (defendant) and was fined $56 with the alter- one month's hard shipping companies operating make a report. The policeman labour. between Hongkong and Canton told him he could give $2, to the Ife Yau, chief tenant, of the to consider steps for the reduc-coolies, and he thought it would tion of passenger rates.

be all right. From.enquiries this morning it) A fine of $10 was imopsed on was learned that the Hongkong, this summons, Mr. Thomson re

citizen defen- Canton and Macao Steamboat Com- marking that as n pany may shortly confer with the dant had a duty to perform, and Tung On Shipping Company and should have made a report of the the companies managing the s.s.nccident. Eweng Sai Kwong Tung and s Defendunt Tin Yat.

summons,

denied the second

first floor of No. 18 Chung Ching Street, who wha similarly sum- moned in respect of a child, was also fined $50 or one month. Sanitary Inspector Clark

labour.

Detective-Sergeant C. Goodwin stated that Wong Hoi committed the theft at the Central Market. No violence was used. Wan Ping was present and later both men went to an opium divan in Tit There Hong Lane.

they shared the proceeds and burned the bag. This class of crime was very pre- Because of heavy fog, the Prevalent in the Colony, he added. sklent McKinley has been defnyed in arrival at Shanghai. This steamer

is now scheduled to arrive at Hang-)

secuted.

pro-

JAPAN SILENT

NO REPLY TO HULL'S STATEMENT

Tokyo. May 3.

An official of one of these 'Com- Evidence

WAS given by Akong on the evening of Saturday ant who said that to sail for Manila on Sunday after- Prunier expressed the view that Indian constatile,

came along Garden noon at six o'clock. ompetition among the shipping defendant companies for business during this Rond and turned into Peak Road, period of depression should bej He was driving very slowly, about Tung Wah Hospital, and was in a avolded, and for this reason it eight miles an hour. He stopped burry to get back to bla offer as was proposed that if any reduction in Penk Rond and then reversed, several operations had detained of passenger rates is decided on, colliding with the chairs. Three him at the hospital. He WAS the companies, should adopt ni was no other car on the rond. fdriving on middle" gear, and was uniform reduction. A scale for} In the witness box. defendant really doing about 18 La 20 The Foreign Offles has definite- redaction is under consideration, sald he saw another car coming miles.

ly decided not to reply to Mr. fout of the Cannossa Hospital,

Hell's Inspector Nicol stated that de Cordell

statement and as the, rond was narrow and fendant was doing 25 miles beJapan's "hegemony" declaration there was no room for the other Square. obstructed by chuire, he realized tween Pedder Street and Statue and the rights of foreign nations

in China. car tu pnku, and accordingly reversed a little way sueient to4136, was allow the other car to pass. doing so the back of his car struck ngalust the two chairs. He took a considerable amount of care when reversing.

A PRECEDENT.

There is a precedent for go operative action in the fact that for sonte months past the rom panies have been pooling their freight business, the result being most satisfactory.

In

Of much interest is a report from Chinese sources that a new Chinese company is building, a Inspector Nivol said the damage motor vessel of high speed in the to the two chairs stmounted to Kwong Fook. Cheung Shipyard of $8. Kowloon and that this bont will

Defendant stated that the con shortly be placed on the Cantonsable gave him huck the $2. Hongkong service.

After lifting a jacket from a stall in the Western Market, Kwan Cheung, 44, went and pawned 14 for 69 eruts. Charged before Mr. Macfadyen this morning, the defendant was sent to prison for eight days and ordered to refund 80 cents or undergo a further

ix days' imprisonment.

R

Mr. Thenuson administered caution, and ordered defendant to pax 88 amends to the coolies,

DOCTOR FINED.

Chan Wing, driver of lorry Nu. ned $15 for falling

in Connaught Road. to drive with due care and caution

that he

Traffe Sergeant Youe stated was driving cast to west long Connaught Road, and when about thirty feet. nwny from defendant,

defendant suddenly shot across the road,

n

on

Some political vircles are, of the opinion that Japan should have replied immediately to Mr. Hull's vigorous and uncomprising |

but Viscount Saito Statemeal, insisted on maintaining silence.- United Press.

Governors Meeting.

Tokyo, May 3.

GOOD NEWS!

GORDON'S

SUMMER SHOES

HAVE ARRIVED

THEY'RE SMART

at

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ST. ANDREW'S

CLUB

Y

NEW VICAR MADE

PRESIDENT

by Mr. G. A. White, and carried accompanied by Mrs. Kew. Com- with acclamation,

petitions were also held the win- ners being Misses 1. Gittins and E. Landolt and Mesars. 5. A. Broadbridge and F. V. Wong.

Before calling on Mrs. Higgs

The Rev. Mr. Higgs said that from what he had read of the Club in the Church magazine, and from what he had heard from friends

four

and from what he had seen of the to present the prizes, Mr. R. H. Club during the past month, he Wong, the Hon. Secretary, on Yau Chi-ming, driver of Trstenb

felt greatly honoured to become its behalf of the Club bade un revoir No. 16, Wha fined $15 on

The third gubernatorial con-

The Rey, J. B. Higgs, the new | President. He urged the Club to| in Mr. G. A. White and farewell summons of speeding, and cau-j tioned out another summons for ference, aluce the present Govern- Vlear of St. Andrew's Church, was go on as a big family of brothers to Mr. JW, Baldwin. Mr. White

the 30 as ment assumed oflice, has been elected President of St. Andrew's sisters in the true Christian had been a member for having sounded his horn

past spirit. convened by the Prime Minister. Club at an extraordinary general! to cause an annoyance.

Viscount Saito.

Following the election a wet-r years, during which time he had served on the Committee and Dr. S. To Wong. driver of

meeting held in the Church Hall come sucial to the new Presiden, handled the amatear dramatica Trade Sergeant Melania stated Private ear No. 785, WHIS Aned that defendant was doing 25

In a speech to-morrow, the last night, in succession to the and Mrs. Higgs was heid, Refresh with success. Mr. Balwin was Hon. $15 for dangerous driving between miles an hour from Hollywood! Prime Minister is expected to Rer. W. Walton Rogers, who ments were served and an excellent |'Treasurer In 1924 of the then St. Pedder Street and Statue Square. Road down to Pedder Street, and further explain the fundamentals resigned on leaving the Colony for musical prointimme was provided | Androy's Church Young Mon's Defendant stated that he was was sounding his Jorn all the of Japan's new polley towards Home last mouth. The proposal | by Professor Harry Orc (plane) Club and was now a Vice-President driving back to town from the

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