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TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,

Waterfront Racketeers Caught In Act|

Godown Company As

Complainants

Asking that a scrious taken of the cuse

in view of the view be frequency of the occurrences, and the fact that it was dificult to bring

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LEAGUE · DEADLOCK 40,000 Heroin

Draft Resolution Has

Mixed Reception

Pills Seized

Geneva, Sept. 20. In Police Raid

The League Council met this morning a secret sesalon in an- other attempt draft a resolution

The nelzura of 40,000 neroin pilis on the Sino-Japanese dispute. Late at an address in Queen's Road East. last night a formula wa agreed to on September 10, following

a rald between, the Belgian delegata

carried out by Revenue Officers, led in drafting formulas to meet difficult Edwards at the Central Magistracy M. Politie, Greece, who is an expert to the appearance of Wong Tong, 50,

married

Mr. R. situations,

yesterday afternoon, charged with the possession of the drugs.

And

When the draft resolution came n case before n magistrate owing to before the Council, strong objection the lack of evidence; Mr. W. A. Mackinlay, of Deacons, pressed for a was taken to it. The resolution had heavy penalty to be imposed on

on been drafted to meet arguments by Cheung Hung, 39, an odd Job

the Belgian delegate that only the coolie, after Cheung had been convicted by Assembly was entitled to condemn Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Japon's act of aggression and it Magistracy yesterday afternoon on

not for the Council to pass a resolu- two charges of demanding money by

tion containing such a condemna- menaces and trespassing on the tion. property of the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company.

The contrary view was taken by M. Paul Boncour. M. Litvinoff and Dr. Wellington Koo, who contended that the Council was entitled to take

woman,

before

Through Mr. M. A. da Silva, the defendant pleaded not guilty.

Revenue Omeer J. L. Stephens who prosecuted, said that shortly after midnight, a party of Revenue oficers, led by Revenue Ofleer J.C

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Thade a raid at the fat in The front cubicle, which the defendant stated

occupied by her, contained number of boxes. When questioned... the defendant. sielmed a black lacquer box in which the pills were found.

When asked for the key to the lock, the defendant stated the did not have, it. The box was then forced open, and in it were parcels, containing

red pills. When the party was ready to leave the cublele, the

defendant took down a dress which was hanging on nail on the wall and in one of lis pocket was found a bunch of keys. ADDED: "PLAY SAFE” A Technicolour Cartoon One of the keys atted the lock of the box in which the pills were found.

Revenue Onlcers Dunlop und. I ur in: Millington corroborated,

Prosecuting on behalf of the Godown Company, Mr. Mackinlay gold that about 6 am, on September) such action, 15, Brown-Jones and Company, the local undertakers, were conveying

No ngreement was reached and the two coffing on board the Empress of Council adjourned until after the Japan, and had engaged some coolics meeting of the Assembly, when un- to do the work. When the coolles other effort will be made to reach an were on Kowloon Wharf, it was.

ng agreement.---Reuetr, alleged that defendant approached Lee Chuten, Brown-Jones head tion, told him that he (defendant) was in charge of all the coolles on the Godown property, and asked Lee for a gratuity.

The Council eventually solved the

coolic, and, after a short conversa- dimculties by adopting the report and not the resolution, which, while making clear that sanctions nre applicable against Japan, leaves open the question whether the States should decide vollectively Lee said he would give defendant dividually that Japan is an aggressor. $2, but defendant replied that that was not enough and demanded $40,” The whole question turned saying that if it was not forthcoming, rather 3 fac Issue of he would create a disturbance with jurisprudence. the Brown-Jones' evolies. time, Miss M. Brown, Secretury of The report will be presented at Brown-Jones, came on the scene, to-morrow's public meeting of the and defendant repeated his demand Council. The question whether the to her. Miss Brown called on Capt. Assembly on the Council

She is com- V. Petheriek, berthing master of the petent to condemn the aggressor is Godown Company, who was nearby thus avoided. Heuter.

At this:

and he arrested the defendant, Harding the second charge, sald Mr. Mackinlay, the Company had in- voked one of their bye-laws which gave them power to prosecute any one who had no business on the wharf or on any of the ships.

Defendant's Denial

After evidence had been given by Capt. Petherick, Lee Chuen and Miss Brown, defendant declared he had made no demand for money, and did not know what the

case was all

about. He had gone on the wharf to look for a coal-carrying friend. Defendant denied having threatened. to create a disturbance if the was not given him.

Defendant in evidence said that a man named Tum Koi was the prin- oncipal tenant of the fat and that he League had returned to the country because of illness. She was employed by Tam, and had received instructions to look after the cublele on sleep Init.

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Cheung was sentenced to two months' hard labour on the first; count, and to one month on the second, the terms to be served con- May currently.

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that one,

denied

having knowledge of the boxes contained heroin pills. The key found in the dress pocket was not for the lock of that box but to a lock of her own.

The hearing was adjourned to this afternoon.

OPIUM POSSESSION

A total fine of $300 or six mouths' hard labour in default was imposed on Wong Cheung, 29, unemployed, by Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday,

on

two charges of pussession of oplum and one of keeping an oplum divan.

Revenue Officer E. T. Warden said he raided the first floor of No. 054 Canton Road about 6 p.m. on Tues- day, and found the whole floor in use as a divan. Seven facis of raw oplum were discovered, as well as 3.4 tuels of prepared oplum.

Wong will be sent back to Canton at the expiration of his sentence.

Another man, Yau Fuk, 30, unem- ployed, charged with the possession of 1.4 taels of prepared opium, pos- session. of 203 heroin pills and keep- ing an opium divin at No. 28 Bulkeley Street, first floor, was Aned a total of $250 or three months and xix weeks' hard labour on the three counts by Mr. E. Himsworth in the Third Court.

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Father Jacquinot On Way to Hankow

Father Robert Jacquinot, Vicar at St. Peter's Shanghai, who became 63/63% tamous for his work in saving count- 0245/62% as Chinese lives as head of the 80/85% International Relief Committee In charge of the Nuntao Safety Zone, arrived in Hongkong yesterday by the Carthage from Shanghai.

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