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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1928.
U.S. AGAIN HAS A HEAT-WAVE.
SEVERAL SUICIDES.
STOCK EXCHANGE AND OTHER BUSINESSES SUFFER.
OPEN SPACES OCCUPIED.
A GERMAN WAR LOAN FRAUD.
SENSATIONAL CASE.
HUGO STINNES SENT TO GOAL.
COTTON & ARTIFICIAL SILK SALES.
JULY FIGURES.
{MANCHESTER MESSAGE SHOWS BIG EXPORT INCREASE.
| EXCELLENT N. Z. MARKET.
London, Yesterday.
BUYING ABROAD.
New York, Yesterday.
Berlin, Yesterday. The heat wave has regained its The big business man, Hugo Exports of piece goods of cot- oppressiveness and there have Stinnes, son of the late Hugo ton and artificial silk mixed, for been numerous casee of prostra-Stinnes (the richest man in Ger-July, totalled 7,420,800 square tion and several suicides.. many during the Inflation period) yards of the value of £589,000, been gaoled in connection according to a Manchester mess- Many offices are closed and the has Stock Exchange has found the with the War Loan frauds, for age, temperature specially trying which Stinnes was secretary. owing to unusual activity. Von Waldow, who was arrested The parks and open spaces at some weeks ago, declared that aware of the pro- night-time ure filled with tene Stinnes was
This Stinnes de- ment families.-Reuter's Ameri.jected fraud.
nied. can Service.
SHOP BURGLED.
-
HOW IT WAS DONE BY FORMER EMPLOYEE.
SIX MONTHS' "HARD."
How a
This is an increase of 1,873,800 square yards, valued at £187,900 over the figures of July, 1027.
There were increases in every world market except the British, The fraud consisted of buying West Africa, China and Colombia. German war stock abroad and re- Trade with New Zealand' in gistering it in Berlin as original July was almost equal to the total War Loan Stock, which had not for the previous six months. changed hands since the 1918 re- British Wrieless Service. volution and, consequently, had
been revalorised by the Govern-
ment, whereas the stock which ROMAN CATHOLICS. had changed hands since 1918 was practically worthless.
defendant managed to Reuter. obtain admission into a ground
floor shop in Wuhu-street, Kowloon SIR A, CHAMBERLAIN City, was told to Mr. W. Schofield,j
RECOVERY."
at Kowloon Court to-day, when Da-] SETS OUT ON "A VOYAGE OF tective Sub-Inspector Dorling gave the facts of the case, in which a Chinese was charged with the theft
of $46 from No. 46 Vuhu-street, the residence of complainant.
STILL VERY WEAK.
London, Yesterday.
35,000 VISITORS ATTENDING EUCHARIST CONGRESS.
MAORI AND FIJI CHIEFS.
arc
Sydney, Yesterday. Ecclesiastics and laymen pouring in to attend the Roman Catholic Eucharistic Congress from all, over the world, including the most outlandish places. For ex- The prosecution stated, that de- Sir Austen Chamberlain, looking ample, there are six Maori chiefs fendant was formerly employed by pale and drawn left London for and a Fijian chief. Arrangements complainant. Three days before Liverpool to-day to embark on the are being made to accommodate the larceny took place, defendant steamship Orcoma." He was ac- 35,000 visitors. resigned his position as assistant companied by his wife, daughter The Papal delegate, Cardinal accountant. They were not ac-and younger son. His tour of con- Cerretti, arrived to-day and WIS {qualated with each other before-de-
valescence is laid via Bermuda, welcomed by a vast crowd at the fendant obtained employment in the Havana, the Panama Canal, San Woolloomooloo Wharf, which was shop.
Francisco, Vancouver and Mont-draped in scarlet, green and Car- real.
dinal's purple. The great proces-
platform only with the greatest difficulty, leaning on the arm of his elder son Joseph, and was almost lifted into the train.
Later.
which the Cardinal declured. "com- parable to any Cathedral in the Old World" and sang the "Te Deum," after, which the Cardinal delivered a message from the Pope to his "far distant but most beloved children of Australia."-Neuter.
Continuing the prosecution sald that defendant was searched in He managed to walk along the sion went to St. Mary's Cathedral, Granville-road by a Chinese detec tive in the ordinary course of his duty. As a result, a gold watch was found in his possession, of which defendant could give no ada-i quate reply as to how he obtained
"Looking Very Ill." it.
$
Sir A. Chamberlain, on his arrival He was taken to the police sta- tion, where he admitted having in Liverpool, looked very ill. He is stolen the watch from the shop suffering acutely from neuritis, for where he was formerly employed, which he had his left arm in a sling His daughter, Diane assisted him to alight from the train.
Sir Austen, who was wearing a
YAUMATI MURDER.sprig of white heather in his over-
FURTHER, PROCEEDINGS AT POLICE COURT.
AGAIN ADJOURNED.
The case in which two Chines are suspected in connection with the murder
committed recently
cont, smiled cheerfully as he ac- cepted the use of an invalid chair from the station, to the landing stage from which seamen carried him, seated in a chair, aboard the "Orcoma."-Reuter.
Ten Week's Tour.
London, Yesterday.
..
COURT MARTIAL.
PROCEEDINGS v. GUNNERS CONTINUE.
STAR" FERRY INCIDENTS.
The trial by District Court Martial at Victoria Barracks of Gunner William Edward Shipley, 20th Heavy Battery, Royal Artil- lery, continued to-day.
After Shipley had given evid- A British Wireless message says ence yesterday, he called his wit- outside No. 111 Woesung-street that Sir Austen Chamberlain left nesses to-day, these Including was again called before Mr. W. Liverpool to-day on his voyage of Lance/Bombardier Benjamin Cot- Schofield at Kowloon Magistracy convalescence to Bermuda and tin, R.A., who is also to be this morning when Detective In- through the West Indies to the charged, and Warder Hodge. spector Fallon applied for a further Panama Canal.
Chief Warder J. C. West was formal remand for a week. This
is the third time that defendants ceed to San Francisco and after-behalf of the Prisons Dept.
On the Pacific side he will pro- present to watch proceedings on have appeared in Court,
The application was granted and the case accordingly remanded till Friday next, September, 7, at 10
8.1.
et
TWO RIFLES.
DISCOVERED IN WANCHAI- ROAD PREMISES.
Before Major C. Willson O.B.E., the Central Magistracy this morning, Detective Sergeant Whelan of No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai, applied for an order for the confiscation of two rifles, found under the staircase of No. 227 Wanchal-road, on August 22.
wards to Vancouver and so cross the Rockies to Montreal..
Sgt. Fairburn, who was present at the time of certain incidents, It is expected that he will be was called by the Court to give evidence. The case is proceeding. away about ten weeks.
Shipley is charged with (1) ab- The Foreign Secretary is making senting himself without leave on satisfactory recovery from his ill-August 15, in that he was ab- ness, but it has been requested that, sent from tattoo roll call at to permit him full benefit of the Stonecutters, and continued to be complete reat, no public functions absent until he was apprehended should be arranged for him during on 10.46 p.m., on the same date his tour.
in the vicinity of the "Star" Ferry Wharf, Hong Kong; and (2) resisting a military escort which tried to apprehend him-for| alleged drunkenness.
RESERVOIR BURSTS.
HOUSES WASHED AWAY: 30 PERSONS MISSING.
Capt. W. J. Stopford, .20th Heavy Battery, R..A.. prosecuted. Capt. H. B. La Grós, H.LS., R.A., defended.
AT KOMORO.
Tokyo, Yesterday. The Sergeant told the Magistrate
Thirty are missing and are be
WEST CHINA WAR. that, as the result of information lieved to have been drowned as a received, he went to the house at result of the bursting of the re- 9.30 p.m. and took possession of the servoir at Komore, the electric
Kluklang, Yosterday. rifles.
It now appears certain that Feng power station for Central Japan Yu-hsiang, the "Christian General," The house had been empty for Water poured down, washing away has left Nanking and returned to some time, and only that day a nine houses. Four bodies have 80 his own provines of Hopan family had moved into one of the far been recovered.
....
floors. Apparently some one dropped a 10-cent plece and it fell ina chink between two of the floor boarda,
In order to recover the money, the floor boards, which were loose, were removed, and then the two rifles were brought to light,
RIVER DISASTER.
14 PERSONS MISSING NEAR
PITTSBURG:--
Pitisburg, Yesterday
A river steamer has capsized
The Sargeant added that the rifles were of antiquated pattern nearby, and 14 peraons are miss- and did not bear any marks of ing-Reuter's American Service. make or other means of identifica-
tion
His Worship inade the confisca tion order.
TO-DAYS DOLLAB
The closing rate of the dollar demand, to-day was 2/0 1/16.
British Naval Wirolese...
Note: It will be recalled that, the "Christian: General" is 'assern- -bling his troops for a drive against the opposition in the west of China Proper.]
Mr. Georre Parker: Morris, town clerk of Chesterfield, has been re-
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