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The owner of the Ping Kee arms shop, No. 252, Des Voeux Road, was charged on the 8th inst, with failing to enter particulars of certain stock-ton revolvers-in his possession in his stock book. He pleaded guilty and was fined $100.
At the Magistracy on the 8th inst. Fung Cheung, a partner in the Hip Tai firm of con- tractors, 38, D'Aguilar Street, was charged with embezzling $7,100, moneys of the firm. Evi- dence of arrest was given and the defendant was remanded.
At the Magistracy on the 8th inst. Li Kwong, a boy in the employ of Mrs. J. G. Remedios, of 34, Elgin Street, was fined $10 for disobeying lawful orders, and Chung Kwai, in the employ of Miss F. G. Gonsalves, of 2, Mosque Street, was similarly dealt with for a like offence.
At the Magistracy on the 7th inst. the hearing of the charge against five Chinamen, arrested for taking part in an armed robbery on the 28th July at Tung Chan Tsing, near Kowloon City, was resumed. After having heard the evidence His Worship discharged two of the prisoners, and the other three are to be tried at the next Criminal Sessions.
It is a very necessary precaution that anyone taking cattle to Kowloon is obliged to land them at the Police Pier, unless he has authority from the Sanitary Board to do otherwise, 80 that they can be seen by the officer on duty there. The other day Sergeant Gourley found three men, who turned out to be cattle dealers. attempting to land three cows and a calf be- tween the Bricket Factory and the Torpedo Depot. He promptly arrested the three men. and on the 10th inst. Mr. Hazeland fined them 83
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For not keeping his store (No. 18, Western Market) clean a seller of boiled beef was on the 7th inst. fined $10. Market Inspector Cotton said he had to get coolies himself and set them to wash the store.
The appointment by Her Majesty the Queen of the Hon. J. Thurburn to be unofficial Mem. ber of the Legislative Council in place of Mr. Herbert Smith resigned, during the absence of Mr. T. H. Whitehead, is notified in the Gazette. A match for spoons took place on the Kowloon Bowling Green on the 8th inst., the winners being Messrs. Henderson (skip), W. Deas, A. Harvey, and J. Alexander. The odd men next competed for a spoon, which was won by Mr. Rattie. Mr. Evans captained the runners up. Mr. Gillies presented the prizes.
The Victoria Recreation Club's Aquatic Sports will commence conclude on the following day, entries closing |
on the 20th September and on the 13th for the four lengths' scratch race (open to Army, Navy, and Police) and the 200 yards (six lengths) championship of the Colony. The latter race is open to all comers.
[September 15, 1900.
kong Volunteer Corps ordered for to-day has
The march out in connection with the Hong been postponed until Saturday, the 22nd inst:
Sanitary Inspector L. C. Brett again appear- ed at the Magistracy on the 13th inst, and got three owners of houses in the Eastern District fined $10 each for not limewashing, and three others $5 each for not giving notice.
Canton, which arrived from Hongay laden Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co's steamer with coal on the 13th inst., reported having had a trying time in the typhoon, a boat being smashed, the saloons swamped and other damage having been done.
A Portuguese girl named Romano Carniero was taken indoors some time ago by Mrs. Taylor, of 23, Pottinger Street. abused the hospitality by stealing a gold bracelet The girl
Hazeland on the 13th inat. and was sent to pri- valued at $35. She admitted doing this to Mr.
son for a month.
On the night of the 8th 12 Chinamen employed on board the Shansi absented themselves with- ceeded in getting hold of one of the runaways, out leave. The police were informed and suc- who was taken before Mr. Hazeland on the 10th inst. and ordered to be forcibly put on board by the police.
about half-past eight on p.m. the 6th inst. a 287, Des Voeux Road, is a cake-house, and at fire broke out in the second floor, caused by some A battle royal took place between some domes-wood-work underneath an oven catching fire. tic servants and rickshaw coolies at Kowloon The flames were extinguished by the people on on the 4th inst. The rickshaw coolies seem
the premises before much damage was done. accordingly the domestics appeared in the dock to have got the worst of the encounter, and on the 7th inst. to answer a charge of assault pre- ferred against them by Tam Hung, one of them, Tai Shun, house coolie, Canton Villas being also charged with refusing to pay a legal fare. boy. Granville avenue. The complainant said The second defendant was Ho Leung, servant
At 5 p.m. ou the 10th inst. we were informed first defendant engaged his rickshaw. that between 11 and 12 on the 4th inst. the from the Central Police Station that a strong He gale was expected from the East. About 7 o'clock and he was offered two cents as fare. This he took him to the eight houses (Granville Avenue) the wind became very high, and a typhoon refused to take. The first defendant than waved shelter, but nothing occurred, and at the time looked imminent. All the native boats took his hand and ten men came. Among them was
when we went to press all was comparatively second defendant. him.-Another ricksaw coolie bolted.--The first Both defendants struck
calm again. charge was dismissed. For the second offence the defendants were each fined $5.
At about half-past two am. on the 10th inst. Ng Ki, who keeps a boarding house at No. 186, Queen's Road West, was awakened by some one knocking against him. On seeing a strange man in his room he at once jumped up, and found that the man had collected two or three jackets and some other articles for carrying away. The boarding-house keeper yelled out "Thieves" and captured his unwelcome visitor just as he before Mr. Hazeland on the 7th inst. charged The masters of two steam launches appeared was attempting to escaped over the verandah, with carrying more passengers than the num- while a Chinese constable who had been attract-bers mentioned in their licenses. In the one case ed by his cries took the man into custody Tang Kau was the defendant, his launch being Later in the day Mr. Hazeland sentenced him to three months' hard labour.
the Wang Fook, of which “California Mary" is the owner. The launch is chartered by the Go- Ip In Young, a salesman, appeared in the dock on the 7th inst. charged with obtaining $106 said that at 8.20 a.m. on the 5th inst. at Tai vernment to carry stones. Sergeant Ashmore from the Tin Hing shop, 57, Queen's Road Tung Cheung, he boarded the Wing Fuk and East, by falsely representing that he was the found she was carrying 46 passengers in excess owner of the Sun Li and Sun Wo shops. Ho of the number allowed. There were five laun. Chik, the blacksmith for the Sun Li and Sunches altogether, all going to Sam Chun. There Wo, said the defondant came and ordered 70 swivels at $2 each. He only made 58. The defendant said he was foki at the Tin Hing shop. Witness delivered the articles to the Tin Hing shop, and when his firm sent for the money the Tin Hing people said that the defendant had got the money, he having said that he was the master of the Sun Li and Sun Wo shop. The accountant for the Tin Hing shop said the defendant called at their place for orders. Witness ordered 50 swivels and the defendant brought 58.-Evidence as to the pay. ment to the defendant of the money in question was given, and the defendant was sent to prison for six months.
On the 10th inst. Mr. Hazeland had before him two men, brothers, who, judging from the elaborate manner in which their heads were bandaged, had had a sanguinary encounter. The younger charged the elder with assault. It seems that on Sunday night the elder went to the Police Station at Shaukiwan and told Inspector Robertson that he had been attacked by seven men and seriously injured. The Inspector, seeing that he was not very much hurt, pooh-poohed his story, whereupon the man reduced the number of his assailants to two, saying that they struck him with their pipes. While he was telling his story his younger brother came in and the other said that this was the man who had injured him. The younger brother was bleeding profusely from a wound in the head, and said that he was the injured party. As he appeared to be the most injured of the two the Inspector took down his charge. At the Magistracy on the 10th inst. it was stated that the men had had a quarrel over money matters, but had since arrived at a settlement. His Worship accordingly dismissed the case.
the rest could have carried] 20 or 30 more each. was another one with an excess of passengers, but The fare was 40 cents-Mr. Thomson, who ap- peared for the defence, admitted the excess, but said that before the launch started the master had sent for another launch to take off the ex- cess, but that two police sergeants who were on board would not wait. A fine of $100 was im- posed. The second launch was the Yut-Shun, which had 35 passengers in excess. was fined $70.
The master
An incident occurred at Tai-Mok-Tsui on Sunday afternoon which goes to show how small a thing may, at the present juncture, lead to a serious riot. observed a packing-case which in his opinion An Indian constable was an obstruction to the thoroughfare, and he accordingly ordered the owner to remove it. The owner objected, with the result that high words ensued. The upshot was that the con- stable attempted to arrest him. By this time a crowd had assembled, and when it was seen that the constable intended to take the man to the Police Station the crowd set upon him and he was rather roughly handled. The constable blew his whistle and a number of police-officers came to his assistance, and three arrests were made. Nothing daunted, the crowd, now in creased to about 300, commenced to throw stones. They pressed their attack so vigorously that the police were compelled to let go their prisoners. Affairs had now assumed a serious aspect, and in response to a telephone call a strong body of police from Hongkong was sent over. and making nine arrests. The men arrested These succeeded in dispersing the crowd were brought before Mr. Hazeland on the 10th Linst. and remanded until Thursday, when they
were again brought up and discharged.
Mr. A. Reid, of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co., had an unusual experience on Sunday night. He was riding from Kowloon City and when his horse, causing it to stumble and fall, Mr. near Hung Hom a Chinaman threw a stone at
Reid, of course, being thrown. An Indian con-
seizing him by the leg with such force that he stable arrested the offender, but before he could get him away the man's mother attacked him, was thrown to the ground. Ultimately the mother and son were secured and taken before Mr. Hazeland on the 10th inst. As Mr. Reid
did not appear to give evidence at the time fixed Magistracy on the 11th inst. was issued. upon, a supœna ordering him to attend at the
Mr. A. Reid, of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co., appeared at the Magistracy on the 11th inst. to give evidence in the case against a Chinaman and his mother, the one being charged with throwing stones and the other with interfering with the police at Hanghom. Sergeant Cameron,¬ however, who had charge of the case, did not appear, being no doubt kept away by the boisterous weather. The case was accordingly adjourned.
At the Magistracy on the 12th inst. Mr. Haze- land enquired into the disturbance which took place at Hung Hom on Sunday evening when Tak Hung Hom, was arrested for behaving in a Chau, a hawker, living at 112, Market Street, riotous and disorderly manner in a public street, ing to rescue him when he was in custody. Mr. and his mother was taken in charge for attempt-
said that on Sunday night just after dusk he was A. Reid, of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co.,. returning on horseback from Kowloon City to Hung Hom. On reaching the main road họ found that there was quite a crowd there, and getting out of the crowd three clogs were thrown they would not get out of the way. As he was at him from the first floor of a house. This made the horse
rear, and he got off. A man about 12 yards from him then throw a constable stone at him but missed him. An Indian Constable 520 said he was
arrested the defendant-Indian Hung Hom at about 8.20 p.m. on Sunday when on duty in he saw the conplainant walking towards him. There was a crowd following him, calling out stones in his hand. He threw one at the com- "Ta, ta." He then saw the defendant with two
bered about 150. The defendant was one of the plainant and one at witness, The crowd num. orowd, which was very riotous.—A fine of $25, or two months, was imposed. The old woman was discharged with a cantion.
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