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ANOTHER "PROPHET"
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A KOWLOON MYSTERY
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Have You Heard?-
Holen: "I fear I have made a mistake." Nanking. Yesterday. An unemployed gentleman who set up Ruth: "Why?" Minister Chiang Tao-ping reports in business as a harbinger of "good Helen: "Jack proposed in a that some Chinese nationals are fortune" in Kawloon contrived, in the taxicab. The minute I accepted still imprisoned in Murmansk, end, to bring bad luck upon every one he paid the fare, and we got out
and walked." Archangel, Kazan, Arternawsk, and concerned, including himself.
The facts were disclosed before Mr. and Toer. The German Foreign T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Office has instructed the German Magistracy, this morning, when Yung Ambassador in Rusala to effect Hok was charged with obtaining 30 from a Chinese married woman, through larceny by a trick,
their release.
Mother: "I saw that young man kiss you by the gate to-night! I am terribly shocked. I did not for a moment imagine he would dare take such a liberty, knowing full well that you are already engaged to a young man."
Daughter: "Nor did I, ma. In
Russian Perfidy Minister Chiang Too-ping re- Complainant stated that in the after- ports that the German Embassy noon on March 17 she encountered de- In Moscow informed that Soviet fendant in Austin Road. He was sitting consent was necessary for Chinput before him indicating that he was fact, I bet him a pair of gloves he on the pavement with a notice sprend ese nationals returning to China
# bringer of 'gced fortune." Com-
I daren't!" without, however, being permitted plainant was induced put down one to carry money and belongings, cent on the paper, whereupon the sooth. while tickets at only to the Chin sayer, after appropriate incantations, ese frontier. The Embassy sug-informed her that her "fortune" would gests the establishment of relief most assuredly be a very good one.
Another Nibble
stations at Tatungkou, Manchull, After defendant had written some
Many Harbin and Changchun.
characters on a paper, the woman in Chinese nationals are still unreverted a further 60 cents, with appar- leased while others are not perently satisfactory results. Later, the mitted to resume business.-Can- soothsayer accompanied her to her ton News Agency.
house in Canton Road, and waited out side whilst she raised more money for
|MALAYAN MYSTERY
Strange Story of a Tragedy
This strange story of a Malayan
further rites..
The wife of a plumber who had inherited a small fortune was enter- talning some friends to tea. The plumber and his wife had been to America, and so their trip was the topic of conversation.
"It must have been lovely to see Niagara, as you did!" sald ons of the guests. "Oh," said the lady, our visit was ruined on that occa alon!"
"You don't mean to say so!" Complainant actually brought
"Yes," went on the lady," you down $30, her own contribution being 10, the other $20 (two ten-see, Tom has been a plumber all his dollar billa) being borrowed from life-and when he saw Niagara, he absent-mindedly said 'It wants a a neighbour.
A Man of Mystery
new washer, and went back for his The pair then went to a vacant tools!"
at Kowloon Point, plot of land where defendant produced an en-
A ferocious-looking woman strode?
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tragedy, in which two men lost their velope bearing mystical characters.into a large outfitter's shop and Bank of Asia'.......$30
Imigrancas.
lives under mysterious circum-
The woman handed over the money, made her way to the men's reckwear stances, is told in the Malayan
which he apparently placed in the counter. Police Magazine.
The poor assistant found himself Canton Ina, ........ $ 1770 An inspection of the annual re-envelope. She was then solemnly
she upUnion las....... $ 9981 parts of the F.M.S. Police will show charged to lock up the envelope for beginning to tremble as
a few days, after which she was to proached.
China Underwriters..S ... that every year a considerable num- ber of reports are made to the re-open it and invest in certain lot-
tery tickets. police of missing persons.
It occasionally happens, however, that in some extraordinary fashion one of these mysteries is cleared up at least and I know of one case where two such mysteries were ex plained simultaneously by the shooting of a. crocodile, in Perak! some years ago.
"I want some collars," she thun dered. "They're for my husband."China Firs los.....$ 940 "Certalaly, madam," quavered the H. K. Fire Ias. ......$ 900 assistant, "what size does he take?"
The following day, however, the lady's husband found himself short of money, with the result that she "Size" she repeated. "I don't There know. But, wait a minute and we'k re-opened the envelope. folded, inside, but no cash. were four blank envelopes neatly soon find out!"
Shipping,
Douglases ............$ She tore off her gloves. Then shoH. K. Steamboats ...5 27 Complainant recognised the trick-held out two large, rough, rod tads-Chins (Pref.) ..:$ ster in Shanghai Street yes- hands.
The first of these two disappear-terday, and he was arrested.
was
A Stout Denial ances occurred towards the end of
Evidence having been given as July In the year 192. A young Malay named Ahmet bin Kassim to the loan of the $20 by the wo who lived with his parents in a man's neighbour, and also the find- ing of two ten-dollar biils kampong on the Perak River about
defendant when he was midway between Teluk Anson and on
the latter arrested,
ask- Bruas was seen by some neighbours strolling along a path near the river ed what he had to say in defence. He stoutly denied that he was in about half past five In the evening.
hima The neighbours who saw thought nothing of the matter until the following morning when his mother in a state of great uneasi- ness was making enquiries concern- ing him.
Months passed, but Abmet did not return and no news whatever was received concerning him.
His mysterious disappearance was being forgotten by the people of the kampong when another strange dia- appearance was reported.
This time it was a middle-aged rather well-to-do Malay named Salch.
"When I awoke in the morning I saw that the door was open and my husband missing. What happened to him I cannot say but I think it very likely that he got up in his sleep and went out with his gun to shoot the crocodile he spoke about and fell into the river," said Mra. Saleh,
mistaken indentity.
He
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Evidence was produced to the effect that the man had slept in a house in Kowloon City on the night of the 16th, leaving there the next morning, after thich not much was definitely known of his movements.
He was closely questioned by His Worship as to whether he could as to his produce any witnesses "trip to Macáo" but had no satis- factory answers to give.
The doubt
to whether was as Saloh had actually murdered Ahmet or if he was merely suffering from hallucination.
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