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Unlawful Maternity Home

DISCOVERY IN

TEMPLE ST.

Was Au-

An unregistered maternity home in Temple Street located by the Medical thority following Information given by a Chinese woman dying of child birth at the Kwong Wah Hospital in February.

as a

A health officer visited the home at 101, Temple Street, first floor, and found the place furnished rnaternity ward with five beds and ber a pregnant mather awaiting labour.

Following the discovery, Im Mo- kwan, a woman of 47, was charged before Mr Latimer at Kowloon this morning with two counts.of operal- Ing an unregistered maternity home a mbiwife while and practising as not having been duly registered Slic with the Medient Authority. admitted the churges and was fined $450.

Prosecuting, Inspector J. M. For- rest sail that he visited the premises again yesterday and found that the home had been sold to a registered

wife for $2.000. The premises had been re-decorated. The defen- diant was well known to and well thought of by the poor class people in Yaumati district. She had been. practising as a midwife during the Japanese occupation period arid after the beration she submitted an application for registration but was refused by the Medical Au- thority because she did not have the qualification and the premises were not suitable for such use.

Gold Bars Among Tooth

Brushes

A party of Revenue Officers under RO flumphreys carried out a search on a TAT plane at Kal Tak airport on April 6 when the plane was -about to take off for Bangkok. As n result, four boxes of tooth brushes were reized and taken back to the Import and Export Department. On examination, 16 gold bars valued at Approximately $25,000 and 200,000 plastres were found concealed in the baxes.

Chan Kit-yee, 20, of Des Voeu Itond Central who claimed to be

owner of the cargo was charged be fore Me d'Almada at Central this morning with exporting gold with- out a permit and attempting export Foreign currency.

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Sentences In Excess

Of Jurisdiction

APPEAL COURT FINDINGS

An appeal against their conviction on two counts of demanding money with menaces and being members of an unlawful society, on the ground that the Magistrate's decl- sion was against the weight of evidence, was brought by five men before Mr Justice Willams in the Appeal Court this morning.

in

for money was made The appellants. So Kum, alins Fei- demand chai Kam, So You, Mo Hung- order lo force the complainant to

the society, otherwise

wal Lau Chi-pit, a former member Join

Janef

A WEAK CASE

the

Crown clients

of the Fire Brigade, and Wong Walt complainant would be subject to a chung were convicted by Mr J. G.beating. Conkiin

(Second Magistrate, Cea- tral) on December 20, 1917, and sen- tenced on the two counts to two Me Reynolds agreed the

15 ense

against Mr Arculil's years, two years. 21 months, months and 15 months respectively, was weak, but if his Lordship was for life satisfied that the men took part in also recominented

bren banishment. They have In the demand for money in order to custody since.

force the complainant to join. Evidence adduced before the unlawful society, that was sufficient Magistrate was that

all five men evidence

Magistrate on which a in a tea-house in might conviet.

There was

also were arrested West Point where they had gathered suficient evidence to convict on the And where So Kam and So Yau other count if the Court was satis- had demanded $50

from

Chan

Ping-

the fed that the men were with " kwan as entrance fee to join the Yu

appellants, when the de- Tong Society, failing which Chan other two

mand was made. was warned he would not be per-

Giving his decision, Mr Justice mmitted to continue his employment williams said he would quash the

an ironmonger's shop in Kennedy charge of being members

of an unlawful society against all five appellants because he considered the evidence unsatisfactory and also heenuse the sentence awarded was Had the in excess of jurisdiction.

evidence by taking of the Magistrate been satisfactory. be would have exercised his discretion to reduce the sentence. There was sirong suspicion against them, but there was not enough evidence to place the matter beyond reasonable doubt.

held there

Town.

Mr

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Mr C. A. S. Russ appeared for the first two appellants and Mr A. el Arculli was for the other three. J. Reynolds, Crown Counsel, sinted by Det. Sub-Inspector G. E. Willerton. was for the Crown

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UNCONSCIONABLE'

His Lordship

the

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The front car is monopolising the road: its position suggests

that the driver intends to turn right. The car behind may try

to pass on the left.

Boarded Ship Without Permission

MAN FINED $300

or

had

now completed their investigations,

Permission was granted by Mr Cairns nt the Marine Court today

for

Water Sub-Inspector Askew, Police, lo bring forward the case against Pang Pak-lam, unemployed, and six cargo boatmen, of Mr Russ submitted that on the

alongside the RFA War Afridi evidence before him, the Magistrate

the night of April 11-12, without raight have convicted his clients on

Baster

the permission of the u charge of intimidation, as un-

Onicer In Charge. The case

had doubtedly the men were rough and rude towards the complainant, but

been called on Monday but was re- for Anding evidence against the first two ap-manded. for 72 hours for further there was no ground them guilty of being members of apellants on the charge of demand-

enquiries. Sub-Inspector Askew said Triad Society. The sentences passing money with menaces, and he this morning that the Police ed on the appellants, he contender, was nutised that the other three appellants were acting in concert were "utterly unconselonable.

He upheld the convic- the facts, as alleged with them. According by his clients, they used to get work tion against all the appellants on that charge, but said he would re- Defendant was cautioned tr

from a certain contractor, but one the

other contractor engaged

duce the sentences passed, first charge and fined $100 on the day the

Sentence against the first two second charge. The gold was order-coolies, and that did not meet with

their approval, Mr Rusa continued. appellants

reduced to nine His clients

of months' were members

hard labour, and against firecrackers' association, [1 bene the other three appellants to four volent organisation which provided months hard Inbour.

They are all recrackers for use at funerals, and they were not members of Trind Society. The cards found on the inen were their membership cards for their association only.

Mr Hin Shing La pleaded guilty on behalf of the defendant,

ed to be confiscated, but no order was made respecting the currency.

Colony Tennis

Championship Arrangements

S. A. and H. D. RumJahn, prewar title holders, and Tsut Wai-pul and Tsui Yun-pul, present holders, will nict in the quarter-finals of the Open Teunis Doubles championship of the Colony on the Stand Court of the KCC tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.

On Friday, at the same time, Lee Wal-tong and P. T. Isu will meet Paul Kong and Ip Koon-hung also In the quarter-finals.

Entrance will be $2 to the stand and $1 to the enclosure.

Next week on Monday and Tues- day the semi-finals of the Open Singles will be decided. On Wednesday and Thursday will be ployed the Open Doubles semi- flants with the

Singles Open

final on Friday. The Open Doubles Anal will be played on Monday, April 20.

All semi-Anals

finals will and start at 4.30 pan. sharp and the entrance charge will be $3 to the sland and $2 to the enclosure,

Demand Money

With Menaces

Mr Russ then deal with the law un Trad Sociclics and recounted the procedure followed in former lays when such societies were pre- valent, He submited that In the

present case the evidence to prove hits clients were members of such a society was insufficient for a cen- viction.

was

to date from conviction,

Broke Faith

With Employer

Chan Hup broke falth with his employer mid absconded with $870 entrusted to him on April 9 when Counsel naked his Lordship to the yielded to Jemptation. quash, the conviction on the charge Employed as a coolle by Chan of being members of an unlawful Wan-yan to work at the Kowloon society, and in reconsider the sen- Godowns, Chan was Lustworthy tence passed on the charge of du- until his lapse. His employer used to entrust him with money to bring manding money with menaces.

His tship remarked that over to Hongkong to pay rent and appeared to him that the maximum

on the day in question he was given nee that could be passed sentence

$670 to settle the rental. As he was Fire count of being members of an

On his way, he came ucross unlawful society

one of was

gathering of coolies gambling in the months with the option of a fine. street and he yielded to temptation

and gumbled and lost $50.

men.

NO EVIDENCE, PLEA

it

on

six

of

fie

Not during to face his employer,

Deportee Comes Back To Colony

For breach of a deportation order and resisting arrest. Leung Lee, 24. unemployed was sentenced to one year on the first charge and three months on the second by Mr Blair- Kerr at Kowloon this morning.

Inspector Howarth stated that de- fendant was arrested on Information bout 745 p.m. on Monday in Shanghai Street. As he was taken to the station he slipped his jacket and escaped. He was caught after a short chore. Defendant escaped again by tearing off that part of his trousers which was held by the con- stable. He was re-arrested again before he ran more than a düzen yards.

UNREGISTERED WORKSHOP

The proprietor of Hop Wo Flash- Hight Bulb Factory of 249, Portland Street, was flued $1,000 by Mr Blair Kerr at Kowloon this morning on summonses of using the premises os an unregistered workshop, employ- Ing 14 women and two young per sons after hours.

of

Mr V. C. Bond, of the Labour omec,

stated that defendant applied for registration in October, but the application was refused owing to the unsuitability

the premises, Severni visits had been'made to the premises after he was notified of the rejection of his application, but he continued to use them as a work- shop. In February he was fined $75 by Mr Latimer feż operating an un- registered workshop.

NOT PROPERLY LABELLED

Mr

A fine of $250 was imposed by

Blair-Kerr

this at Kowloon morning on Wang Knu-kee, 23 KI

when he Lung Street,

plended guilty to conveying 10 four-gallon úns of gasolene without a prescrib- The

charge against the sixed tabel attached thereto on March boatmen was withdrawn and that 15. against Pang was amended from unlawful boarding to lying alongside the vessel: An additional charge of failing to produce a licence when called upon to do so, was also pre- ferred against him.

•

Mr Alfred Y. Hon, who repre- sented all defendants, -pleaded guilty.

Mr Seymour stated that the nu thorities were trying to keep down the moverment of dangerous goods by bicycles or tricycles.

The gasolene was ordered to be confiscated.

to both charges on behalf of Pang, No Licence For

He said that as defendant admitted being on board the

the vessel, omended charge amounted to the same thing, since person could not board without being alongside

He asked that a lenient view be taken, as defendents had been in custody since April 11, and request- ed that a nominal fine be imposed.

Dangerous Goods

without a licence, Foon Mau-yung, For possession of dangerous goods

of Mau Ming Co., 75 Non Chang Street, was fined $500 by Mr Blair- Kerr at Kowloon this morning.

Mr V. C. Seymour, Divisional Fire

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Officer, said the summons Was a result of a fire which occurred on Sub-inspector Askew reported the premises on March 19, the first that, acting on information, he had floor of which was used as a labora

Saturday night until tory. During the fire defendant at- kept a watch

tempted to cover up certain articles just after midnight. At about 11.50

that and it was found

floor

held the p.m. he saw a motor boni go along- side the War. Afeld. On the ap- 120 lbs of sodium nitrate, 80 lbs of the. proach of the Police Une motor boat, cyanide, 24 gallons acetone, 4 gal- Call which had doused its lights, cast off lons of petrol. 32 lbs of ammonia and disappeared. Pang and the six liquid and 140 lbs calcium carbide. other defendants were found on On board the War Afridl in the officers' quarters and were unable to give any explanation of their presence, OUTWARD MAILS He asked that a serious view be taken, as the

question was one of His one of His Majesty's ships, and the offence occurred Inte at night. agreed that defendants had been in custody for three days, but that was to enable Police

to complete their Investigations, nnut he submitted that the clrcumstances were very sus- pletoux

Me Arcul said his case was dif- ferent from What of the other two he bought two gold rings and a sult

vessel in In his submission, whatever of clothing and decided to abscond. be the might

Jurisdiction

boarded a bus to Tsunwan and Mugistrate In awarding sentences, when he arrived at a beach, he na Mr Russ had sale, changed into the new suit that he were, an thescionable.

There was not the had just bought. While changing slightest evidence in the Court be, he was confronted by a constable to

unable to give low that any of his clients took part whom he was

for in, the demand

with satisfactory explanation menaces or that they were members movements,

money

for

his

He

of a Triad Society or any society at The defendant, according to In-

Pang was fined $200 or one month all. Mr Arcul declared. The evi- spector Waldron, had a good charac- dence before the Court only showed ter generally and had only yielded on the first charge, and $100 or two that the men were in ca-house, to temptation in a moment's weak- weeks on the second.

presumably at the same table as the iness.

Fen-

Admitting the charge of frauđu- other two men, but there was no- thing to show that they took part in lent conversion, Chon Was the demand. It was probable that teneed to six weeks' hard labour Two unemployed Chinese Ng the Magistrate thought that because by Mr Lalimer Kom-hung, 21. and Chan Chi-hung they were with the others that they morning, 23, were both sentenced to 18.

were also guilty. There was also

months hord labour by Mr the fact that nothing to incriminate d'Amada at Central this morning, the appellants of being members of

.on three counts

A

at Kowloon

this

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EXCESS PASSENGERS

The coxswain of a motor junk was fined $150 or one month for carrying, 20 excess passengers. · He pleaded that he had a cargo of fresh dah and the men were employed to pouring water over them. Mr Cairns pointed out that that did not

ทอ right to carry more men

Unless ollierwise stated, registered articles and parcel posta clase 30 minutes earlier than the ordinary mait. If mall close before 10 a.m., registered and parcels will close at 5 pm. 20 previous day.

p.m.

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Closing Times By Air Japan (Ordinary leiters and cards only)

3.30 pm. *.

Kunming. Amoy. Lluchaw,

Shanghai, Nankung, Hankow,Tsingtao, Pelping. Thinnn, Swatow, and Toochów, 330 p.m.

Claslag Times By Sea & Train Teamkong (888) 3 p.m. Batavia, Saurabaya and Macassar (583) 2 Macao, Talmhan and Shokki (Sea) 4 pm. Canton (Parcels and 2nd class mali) (Sea)

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Closing Times By Air Canton, (Kowloon CPO) 7.30 am, 10 am... 12.30 p., p.m.; (cro) 7 am., 9.30 am. Noon, 2:30 pm.

Manila, 11.30 a.m. Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, Colombo,

Sydney and Auckland, 1.30 p.m. saigon and Paris, 3.30 p.m. Bhonghat, Nanking, Hankow, Tsingtao,

Pelping and 10how, 3.30 pm.

Closing Times By Sea & Train

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of demanding Triad Society was found in their Prison Terms Forgive any leated by his licence. Shanghal. & am. (rég); 0.30 am. [ord).

possession,

money with menaces from three

different complainants at Wanchai

Counsel asked that the convictions. district between April 7 and 8.

Detective Sub-Inspector R. Mac against his clients be quashed.

Replying for the Crown, Mr the jurisdic→

Hawker Sound the constable,

tho

Fish Hawkers

Senlenco of two months' hard labour without the option of Bioc was imposed on Kwalk Sin, 31. hawker, by Mr d'Almada al Central this morning for selling fresh sh

than was Mr F. Brett, Chief Marine Officer, pointed out that defendant had al- ready been given permission to carry an extra six men on this occasion.

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For obstructing Are escapes locking four exit doors and blocking staircases, the proprietor of the of Hongkong Rubber Manufactory, Tam Kung Road, was fined $1,000 by Me Blair-Kerr at Kowloon this morning.

Mr Bond stated the summons was taken as a result of a small fire on the premises on March, 3. During the fire, the

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Kenzie prosecuting, said that on Reynolds, dealing with April 8. a cobbler Leung Slu mettion of a Magistrate to give a sen- Police constable 1072 in Fleming tence in excess of six months on Rand and reported that two men had demanded $20 from him stated the charge of belag members of an to be collecting for the

unlawful society, admitted that the Polico

For being moored in the area re-Macao. Teilnahan and Shekki (Bea) 0.a.m. extended Jurisdiction given

nt Canal Road, a place other than | to During the con Magstrates did not extend to that

the market at 0.30 p.m. yesterday. served for Government craft in the Manila (Sea) Dam, versation

Defendant had 25 cattics of fish in Yaumall Typhoon Shelter, the mas- Barstow (samo

and Amoy (Bea) 10 am. two defendants

walked passed the sentence was given without jurisdic- Ordinanco, and consequently the

possession when arrested.

ter of a junk was fined $20 or four Safron (Bea) 10 am.

were premises road and

Calaca, Batangas, Apr. 14.- A Defendant, pleaded that his foihow and Bangkek (Bea) Noon, Two other unlicensed. hawkers Lee days.

Inspected and It was found drunken wedding guest, Reynaldo enquiries Subsequent arrested.

revealed ton.

that Leung, 17, and Wong Sum, 17, were boat had been hired by a building watow (Res) 2 pm.

four exit that defendants were also reapon the evidence before the Magistrate,

doors Crown: Counsel submitted that on

were Asuncion, threw a hand grennda in both sentenced to five weeks' hard contractor to carry machinery from Mann, amar, Surabaya and Datavia locked and the staircases were obs- the midst of a celebration here, sible for demanding $10 from Tont the first two appellants were clearly Electric Road, Defendants had only Shelter. Mr Caims pointed out that Canton (2nd class mail only) (Trata) letter on March 10 to rectify these had been slighted by his hosts.

for the similar offence at Macho to the Yaumat Typhoon Atacan, Tsination and Shekki (Bea) 2 pm. structed by beddings and other seriously Injuring, eight persons.

articles. Defendant was wuned by Builty of both offences. He further four cattles of fresh fish between the prohibited area. Defen-Macho, Tainahan and Slickk! (Bea) 4 p.m. faults, but when the premises were

The guest presumably faneled ho that did not give him permissiòn to 1.Th. submitted that the Yu Tong Society, them.

He fled after association, Inspector II.

throwing tho rownrigg pro-dant said he did not know the regu-Canton (Parcels and and class mali) (a) inspected five days Inter nothing had grenade, but was arrested on and there was evidenes that the secuted;

Manila-bound bus--United Press.

Po at Hennessy Road. near House

No. 105 the same day, and $5 from Treung Pak-ting at Spring Garden Lane near Johnston Road on April

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