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EMPIRE DAY

at the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY,

MAY

·FOR... BISLEX?.

RAID ON GAMBLERS

NEW RIFLE ASSOCIATION MOOTED IN HONGKONG

If plans, which have already

MAN POSTED AT DOOR TO

GIVE THE ALARM

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Interest in rife shooting in Hongkong has been re-nwakened of Inte and efforts are to be made to form a now Hongkong Rifle: Association.

It will differ radically from the moribund Hongkong Rifle Club, which voluntarily wound carlier this year.

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A sequel to a rald conducted by the Mrs. Annie L. Fuson, of Canton, into effect, teams from floor, last Monday, resulted in the May 19, at the age of 80 years. Hongkong will participate in the appearance on remand of four Chin Sho was born near Stockholm, rifle competitions at Bisley next ese, Kwong Fock, Mak Sang, Mak Sweden, in 1849, and moved with Kwok, and Mak Hung, before Mr. Macfadyen at the Central Magistracy her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nola Nelson, to the United States when yesterday afternoon, charged

with keeping the premises as a common she wtwo years old. In 1873 gaming house,

she graduated from Lombard Col- lege. In Illinois after teaching Dectective-sergeant C. Goodwin three years, she was married to prosecuted, while Mr. C. B. L. Grist Willis H. Fuson, a lawyer. In. appeared for the defence of accused, and pleaded guilty on behalf 1877 they were ploneers in wes- of the first, defendant, and not guilty tern Kansas. for the other three.

Mrs. Fuson was active in Chris- Should proposals now mooted be put into effect the new Associa Evidence of the raid was given by tinn service. all through her long tion will, in addition to soliciting Chinese detective Choi Yee. He said ilfe. For many years she was A Individual members, attempt to that by issue of a warrant the Police, missionary among the Navajo In-

the led by Sergeant Goodwin, conducted dians in Arizona. She came. obtain

of the aliation

arald on No. 7 Wing Street, China eighteen years ago to make various Services and the Police

about 10.15

May 20. He was her home with her

Bon Her Rifle Clubs already in existence. sant up first, and entered the house radiant Christian life has been a

Should this be effected, it will by climbing over from the varandah be possible for Hongkong to be-of No. 8. A large table was in the blessing to all her friends.. come afiliated with the National centre of the front room, and first

She was preceded in death by Rifle Association at Home. -

defendant was at the head of it with With this afiliation, certain his back to the varandah, raking the her husband in 1884, and by her de-only daughter, Mrs. Flora Fuson privileges at present withheld stakes. The second and third from the Colony will become fendants were on the right of first Burkwall, in 1980. She is surviv

defendant, available.

p.m. on.

4

L

to

ed by her only son, the Rev Ches- ter G. Fuson, American Presby- A money board and a

numbered terian Mission, Canton, China, and N. R. A. Competitions

diso surrounded by money were on the by ten grandchildren of whom contro of the table first defendant Colony riflemen will be able to counted the stakes, which consisted three are members of the Ameri compete annually for the National of beans; by fours, and as there were can Presbyterian Mission, South Rifle Association silver medal, the thirteen beans on the table, he an-China-Miss Edna M. Barkwall, winners of which will be allowed nounced that the lucky number was Canton; Herman Fuson Burkwall, to shoot for the Prince of Wales one. Third defendant won this, and M.D. and Miss Margaret Burk- of Hoihow, Hainan. prize at Bisley. Hongkong paf-the second accused collected the wall, RN. ticipants in the Blaley meetings money and put it on the money board. Another grandson, Ben W. Fuson,

as members of the

would shoot N. R. A.

The Alarm Given

Is on, the staff of Lingnan Univer alty, Canton. The other grand- of children are in the United States

of America.

The funeral was held ut the

In addition, the formation of a On the door rattling, shouts Rifle Association in Hongkong."Police coming" were raised. carrying the affiliation of local

Witness arrested the first and Services Associations, would en second defendants, and the rest of the home of her son, on Monday, May able a representative team to be Police then entered the room. sent to Bialey to compete in the Inter-Colonial competitions for the Junior Kolapore Cup and the | Mackinnon Cup.

the

20, at 2 p.m. and was largely at- Detective Lam Chi-ming next gave tended by Chinese and missionary ovidence against fourth defendant, friends. Interment was made in He said he was going up the stairs the foreign cemetery near of No. 7 when he heard a lot of noise Macao fort, Canton. It is proposed that membership coming from within, and saw the in the new Hongkong Rifle Associn fourth defendant trying to opon the tion will be open only to present door, at the same time shouting to the and past members of regular, others to run as the Police wore com volunteer and police forces of the jing. There was a stool outside the British Empire.

door, and defendant was sitting on it, apparently acting as a look-out.

A meeting of all Interested in the proposed Association is being called for Tuesday, June 4 at 5.45.p.m. It will be held in the Board Room of the South China Morning Post Ltd., Wyndham Street.

A DIRTY SCOUNDREL

MONEY EXTORTED FROM ANOTHER MAN

Passing sentence of one year's hard labour of Man So, 25, with a recom- mendation of banishment for life, Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon des- cribed the defendant as "a scoundrel and a dirty scoundrel at that."

Defendant was charged with obtain- ing from Tong Chau, carpenter, Deck Street.. by falsely pretend- ing he was a Revenue Officer in the Import and Export Department; and.

•ially with returning from!

Mr. Grist submitted that he had noj caso to answer, but his Worship hold that he had, inasmuch as the mon were assisting with the gambling.

RED MENACE

QUESTIONS ASKED IN

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

London, May 22. In the House of Commons Major General A. W. F., Knox (C), Detectivo-sergeant Goodwin Bald (Wycombe), asked whether in that 812.77 Hongkong money, and view of the Communist activities $3.40 Chinese money was picked up in Kwelchiow, Yunnan and Szer from the table.

chuch steps would be taken, in Chinese After further ovidence, second de-co-operation with the fendant was discharged, as there was Government, to secure the safety insufficioney of evidence against him. of English residents. The other accused were convicted. Sir John Simon replied that the First defendant was fined $76, or In British consuls are in close touch. default six weeks' imprisonment, and with the local authorities and all were possible steps are taken to ensure the third and fourth accused each fined $30 or three weeks.

the safety of British nationals.

General Knox asked whether anything could be done to assist the Chinese Government to deal with the Communist. menace, which takes sixty per cent, of the revenue of the Nanking Govern. ment and impoverishes the coun try.

Inspector

tor Chester Woods stated that on the night et May 8 the coni- plnirinnt returned from Hongkong after acuing the Jubilee celebrations and when walking along Chathum Road obeyed a call of nature on the hillside. The defendant approached and threatened to have him taken to the Hunghom Police Station. He ask ed for $6, and having no money with| him at the time complaint return- ed to his master's shop and borrowed the Kum. Two nights later, the defen- dant asked for a farther sum of $2 for a cure for boils on his back. The complainant was advised to see the Police. After the money waLS

pald over, the defendant was arrested in

detective. Wuhu Street by

After evidence had been heard tho defendant was convicted. He admit- ted a a previous conviction last Septem- ber when be served six months for indecent assault, and following which he was banished from the Colony,

If she turns up her nose at marriage, probably she's been turned down.

Sir John Simon replied that the matter was one for the Chinese Government.

Replying to further questions by General Knox, Sir John Simon said that reports of all aspects of the economic and political deve- lopment In Sinkinng were regular ly received from Sir Alexander Cadogan and the British .consul at Kashgar. The circumstances were being closely watched by the British Government.-Reuter

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