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China Mail
MITSUI BUSSAN KAIŞIA, LTD.,
No. 27,479
ESTABLISHED
1845
HONG KONG, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1930.
BUDDHIST PRIEST'S COMMUNIST HUNT IN BURGLAR'S, HAUL,
SAD FATE
NEW YORK.
GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN. HIS ROUT OF THE "RED" GROUPS
THROAT.
HIS TEETH IN COURT. How a Buddhist priest met his
death and how a big
BY POLICE COMMISSIONER.
Jewels Worth $13,980 Stolen,
MERCHANT'S LOSS,
In a report made to
EXPLOSION MYSTERY
DETONATOR STOLEN FROM ARSENAL.
the
MANY INJURED.
THREAT OF LAW SUIT.
Police, Mr. Li Yaen, a merchant New York, Yesterday, According to the Police Com-living at 8, Kennedy Road, stated untimely both was discoveret in missioner, Mr. Whaten, no invest that some time during the early GRAVE REVELATIONS His larynx was told at the Crimin-tigation of the alleged Communist hours of this morning, & bur- al Sessions td-tiny before Sir documents mentioned on May 2 is
glar entered his bedroom through Joseph H. Kemp, Acting Chief possible at present, because the Justice, when Tse Ping, alias Tse police department is still engaged an open window and made a haul Ki-chau, Cheung Luk and Sun in obtaining information in regard of jewellery worth $18,980. Tom were arraigned on a charge to certain Communist groups.
Mr.
EXPECTED.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. - The closing rate of the dollar on demand," to-day was 1/6 1/16.
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TELEPHONE OFFICE INVADED.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
NEW AUSTRIA,
Chancellor Received by King and Queen. GRATITUDE TO PRESS.
Chancellor, had a long talk with
Rugby, Yesterday. Dr. Schober, the Austrian
tem!
Among
BELATED DEMANDS FOR INSTRUCTION!
Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's, Road Central,
ROYAL ACADEMY BANQUET.
FINE ARTS THE SUREST SIGN OF CIVILISATION. WHAT OFFICIALS FEARED I
NATIONAL MORALITY, A China Mail representative,- by His Majesty at Windsor Castle Telephone Company's offices this the Royal Academy was held last
Rugby, Yesterday. the King when he was received who called at the Hong Kong
The banquet at the opening of yesterday. He was presented also morning, found the corridors night and there was the usual dis to the Queen.
crowded with subscribers, most tinguished assemblage. Replying Poona, Yesterday, This was the first official visited for a
of whom, it was learned, had call to the toast of the Royal Family, Six people were injured, twa of an Austrian statesman to workings of the automatic sysopinion that the efforts to im demonstration of the the Duke of York expressed the The Jewellery was kept in asion at Kirkec, which occurred in
seriously, in a mysterious explo-Windsor since the war. Mr. Whalen made this state-
Dr. Schober left London in the of murdering Cheung Hung-chun
safe, the key of which the burglar the midst of a number of Indians afternoon for Vienna.
prove the conditions of life in the Officials of the Company were great industrial centres must at No. 3, Shapo Road, Kowloon ment in reply to a letter from M.
Bogdanov, chairman of the Am-must have taken from Mr. Li's who, apparently, were decamp those on the platform at Victoria working at top pressure to satisfy start from the belief that ordin- City, en February 15.
ing with a large detonator stolen Station were Mr. Arthur lender the anxious enquiriers. The de-ary health and contentment are H. Somerset Fitzroy, torg Trading Corporation, which coat pocket.
from a local arsenal, where some on, Foreign Secretary, and Sir monstration model was "playing essential to vigorous and success- Assistant Attorney-General, is is regarded as a veiled threat of
Mr. Li was not aware that he
Robert Vansittart Permanent answering questions of all descrip- no refinements of civilisation can to a crowded house," the operator ful life in body politic. In fact, prosecuting; and the case for the damage sult and in which he
a burglar
Under-Secretary for defence is conducted by Mr. F. C. demanded a thorough joint inves- had been visited by
NAVY LEAGUE-SEPOY FUND Affairs.
Foreign tions with lightning rapidity and be built where there is no stabili Jenkin. instructed by Messrs.tigation of the documents and pro- until he awoke this morning, tested against the damage which when he found the safe open and
admirable composure. G. K. H. Bruttun & Qu
Tenth List.
To Press representatives the
ty of wealth without the general Amtorg and its American busi- in a rifled condition. He prompt been thankfully received:
Public's Indifference.. The following jurers were emness associates might suffer as ly communicated with the Police. Previously acknow
welfare of people. The fine arts The following contributions have Chancellor was enthusiastic about
Our representative, could not are perhaps the surest sign of Iria welcome by the King and help contrasting the scene "be-genuine civilisation and the great- panelled: Messrs. B. J. Lacon result of publiention of the docu (foreman), W. Dean M, ments and the charges made in working on the case.
Men from the C.I.D. are now
[Queen and expressed great satis-fore and after the change-over. Jest memorial that the generation Arnold. O. P. Ribeiro. and Mok rennection with the company by
£62-10-0faction with the reception accord when he himself called for a de- can leave behind it. Of the educa d him in official circles. He was monstration a week or two ago, tional value of art there can be Ching-um.
Mr. Whalen-Reuters' American
specially gratified with the Bri-the demonstration model was left no doubt. It is a potent means of Outlining the case for the prose-Service.
tish newspaper articles apprecia-in solitary grandem most of the elevating and enabling a cution, Mr. Fitzroy said that the
tive of his work as the political time. muriker was committed on the
teador of Austria, because they
tion's morals and therefore it second floor of No. 3 Shape Road
In spite of the advertising and should be protected and encour- were particularly impressed by publicity in the Press, it appears aged by those who have the direc- at about 3 pm, ow the day in ques-
the term "New Austria" frequent that a goodly number of local sub-tion of a nation's affairs. 'tion. There were three cubicles
ly used by writers.-British Wire-scribers have not yet grasped the on the flour. The front part of
Jess Service. the flat was used as a parlour where there was also a shrine. The| deceased was about 61 years of age and at the time of the alleged] offence, there was only a small girli on the premises with him.
neck.
Red Rag Found,
"
2
OPIUM TRAFFIC.
[The Police Commissioner, Mr. Whalen, published a photo- Two Chinese, Tong Sam and Yec graphic copy of correspon-Cheung, were to-day charged before dence seized by detectives show-Mr. R. E. Lindsell with the unlaw- in that the Communist Inter-tul possession of 210 taels of raw national of Moscow is directly non-Government opium on the responsible. for fomenting around floor of 239 Des Voeux strikes and riets in the United Road West. States.]
When asked to plead in Court, first accused replied: "Yes." whilst No. 2 said: "I know nothing about it."
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His Worship second accused.
ledgeil Water Police From Yacht Helen Maxon & Taylor Fantrenth & Co. Anonymous (Two) Net Gate Receipts. Athletic Chinese
A. v. Navy .....! Members, Kowloon Bowling Green
Revenue Department
Hong Kong
$11,735
37
26
121.70
Club
126
Nobby & Alf
20
Gordon 'Ductos"
25
Members, Honk
Коль Club
625.10
100
GO
Members, European
discharged the
Y.M.C.A. Kowloon
100
Heather
20
Members,
Hong Kanp
Cricket Club Members, Kowloon Coppers
Football Club
20
23
The first man was fined $6,000 or six mouths' hard labour.
Woman Fined $3,000.
Dr. & Mrs. S. Seguin
Stralian
313,099 £62-10-0
KA-
Value of Culture. method of operating the dial. Earlier Cable.
This was made obvious yesterday Majesty's
Replying to the toast of His Ministers, Lord Rugby, Saturday. as the result of a little indepen- Parmoor, said that art and culture Herr Schober the Austrian Chan-dent investigation. One lady were as essential in the system cellor, who had meetings with Mr. was seen to attempt to dial, and, of national education as the teach Ramsay MacDonald and Mr. Hender-japparently despairing of results, ing of industry and science, and son yesterday, is being received by tried to ring up the old number should stand as a barrier against the King at Windsor Castle this on the old manual apparatus. what was not unfairly designated morning.
She d not get her party as the growing mechanisation of
At. his meating with Mr. Hender- Others tried to get the old num-human life and action. He felt zon Herr Schober is understood to bera on the dial!
that the British School of Art have made an exposition of the in- "Experimenting," was not adequately represented ternal situation in Austria, and more particularly to have explain-stated to the China Mail that the Royal Academy and the Govern
A Telephone Company official art exhibitions abroad and the ed the measures he was taking to change-over, as anticipated, was in ment, In co-operation with others, The auralis at, han ronflicts between the rival fac- The thing they had feared all the exhibition of chosen master- Preduce the possibility of armed itself mechanically satisfactory, should promote in other countries been. more tained, but further donations will still be welcome. The list will
along, however experimenting pieces of British artists and of close on Wednesday evening, a fact
In a statement he issued to the on the new apparatus by subscrib great master craftsmen of the of which Clubs should tako due note.
Press, describing his country's ers was exactly what happened, different periods. The feature of the latent lat in Num of over $500 from members of tion, the Austrian Chancellor said recorded by the office, and it was Air, replying to the toast of the
economic rehabilita-Abnormal pressure of calls was
The Fighting Services, Lord Thomson, Secretary for
has
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examined it very carefully, 10. Now I just put this hypothe- After the body had been re-tral question to you. Let
tame that a Chinese girl, about moved to the Kowloon Mortuary,
years of age, had had her wrist a post mortem examination - was hell, when it was found that a bound by that piece of wire, and piece of rag had Leen sinck remained bound for approximately He had one hour and a half. She then deep into his throat.
"I admit I had the stuff on me, but been garged, and both his hands struggled to free herself of that I did not know it was opium." This were tied together, as well as his wire. Would you then not expect was the statement which a Chinese that her wrist would show Kome woman named Chan Tal-tai made to signs and that she might Counsel said that the only evid-bleed a little?
even Mr. R. E. Lindsell when she was charged with the unlawful posses- ence which the Crown would
Dr. Dovey: Yes, I would expect sion of 24 tuels of raw and 48 taels bring before the jury would be from the girl, who was on the flat
of prepared non-Government opium. at the time when the murder was
Mr. Jenkin on Dentistry.
The Magistrate remarked to the committed. She would say that
Mr. Jenkin: Can you tell me that what she was carrying was woman that she must have known at about three o'clock in the after- this. Assuming again, that the noon, the three prisoners called same girl had a stone forced into not have had it in concealed places of them were believed to have
contraband, otherwise she would on the murdered man and asked her mouth, then gagged with him how much it would cost to rag and over the rag. a wire was
about her body.
been employed. The injured were perform certain religious rites. placed to keep the cloth in order telling his Worship that a man had
Then accused, made a clean breast, sent to hospital. The priest and the three men ad- and she had that gag on for a promised her 20 or 30 cents for her
Serious revelations are expect journed to, the kitchen, where hour and a half.
ed.--Reuter. Would you not they had tea. The third prisoner expect to find some marks? left the premises, and later re
Dr, Dovey: Yes; I would expect turned with a bag of oranges.
Stone in the Mouth.
£0.
to find a few abrasions.
Mr. Jenkin: Apart from showing; Eigns of abrasion, would she
After a short discussion, the breathe freely?—Yes. priest and the three men went out
Counsel the took up two grue the second prisoner went to the some-looking teeth and turning to kitchen and summoned her to the Da. Dovey, he asked: "Do you know second cubiele, where she
anything about teeth?" gagged with a small piece of
trouble.
ار
willing to take the risk.
Mr. Lindsell: Well, you wero
Accused was fined a total of $8,000 or three months' hard labour,
Only A Smoker. Appearing on behalf of a Chinese
the Hong Kong Club,
a
Gandhi Arrested.
Jalalpur, Yesterday. Mahatma Gandhi has been arrested.-Reuter.
•
.
Unknown Destination.
Bombay, Yesterday. Gandhi arrived in custody at
tiong,
progress to
still fresh in his memory.
thut the pleasant dealings he not very long before a lot of tele- few months ago at the Hague, were for the day. had with the British Ministers phones were out of commission Forces of the Crown, said that no human being could foresee what It was The Company is doing every.
the development of armaments the help of the British Chancellor thing possible to get the system would be. One might be dismay the logle of his arguments which, end is dialling each individual might outstrip the human spirit, of the Exchequer Mr. Snowden, and in normal order again, and to this ed to think that the machine with the support of the other subscriber, with a request that he soldier, sailor and airman of great Powers, had enabled Austria the latter will dial back to see if the men who joined the forces 40 to-day were vastly different from to attain all the objects which she his line is in operation.. had marked out for herself. An excellent service was thereby ren. dered to Europe as a whole.
Press Comments.
years ago. They had a different Ample Warning Given,
outlook. Many were highly skil The Company, however, feelsed technical men. They had to that it is only fair to itself to be men capable of controlling their to the front parlour, leaving the No: unless by fright.
Would it not make her sick?salt broker who was charged with Borivli, near Bombay, where he
point out that the public was nervous system under peculiarly young girl in the kitchen prepar-
the unlawful possession of 13 taels was taken from the train and says that a new era may be said change, that the Press gave the Wireless Service.
The Times, in a leading article, given ample warning as to the appalling conditions. - British ing food. A few minutes later
of raw opium at 847 Canton Road, started under escort for an-an-to have begun for the Austrian Rematter all possible publicity, and Mr.. C. E. L. Grist pleaded guilty known destination. Reuter. public with the successful conclu- that the demonstration models before Mr. Whyte-Smith at the Kow.
Trial Not Necessary? sion of the Hague negotiations and were available for weeks before
Jalalpur, Later.
of those just ended in Paris. Aus- the Dr. Dovey said that he did not Mr. Grist said that his client was Gandhi was arrested under regu-trin has regained her financial in-made,
actual change-over Was atone stuck into her mouth, a know very much.
in no way a trafficker or a dealer in lation 25 of 1827 and will be im-dependence. cloth being tied around it on the
Mr. Jenkin (handing the teeth to eplum, but he just simply had to prisoned during the pleasure of den of vague liabilities for repara nected lines will all be put right Above all, the bur- It is expected that the discon- outside. Her hands were tied up witness): Can you tell me whe-smoke the drug, and he asked his the Government.-Reuter. with wires made into handcuffs, ther these came from the lower or
tlon payments has been definitely again in a very short space of removed from her shoulders. While she was being thus treated, upper jaw?-I can't say.
time. she heard sounds from outside.
But you said that the deceased
A Look Round, Later she heard the three men had a tooth missing from the lower leaving the premises.
jaw Yes.
was
The girl remained gagged and
Did you know at the time of your bound up for over an hour, when examination that a couple of teath she eventually freed herself. She had been found?—No,
loon Magistracy this morning.
Worship to Impose a light penalty.
A fine of $250 with the option of
one month's jail was imposed.
4 YEAR-OLD DEBT,
Orders Defled.
Two Chinese, one a mute, were rival in Calcutta.
ur-
Calcutta, Yesterday. Five youths were arrested and
The Times recalls that towards a aumber injured, when the polico
the end of last year, Mr. Hender-
Tho China Mail representative dispersed a gathering held in de son made observations to.. Parlia
was taken round the operating fiance of police orders, on the octions which. hampered the contin-om by Mr. W. C. Clark, the ment about semi-military associa casion of ex-Speaker. Patel's
Assistant Manager, who, pointed ental development of Austria, and to-day with fighting in Latchkok except the Statesman and the Ben which guaranteed charged before Mr. Whyte-Smith All the newspapers in Calcutta, stated that the creditor countries out that a special staff of opera- tors had been put on temporarily, tha League Caler, have suspended publication loan to Austria, of whom Great specially to instruct subscribers The mute's mother said that be as a protest against the new Pressingt be. unmindful of the bearing of One trouble is, Mr. Clark stated. 200 was engaged as a painter by the Ordinance-Reuter.
of the dial. Britain was one of the first, could in the correct use Now, I will ask you a general other defendant four years ago),
Do you agree with me and that he still owed him $2.60.
called in the Police, and the old And if you did, you might prob-
man was discovered on the floor ably have given more attention to in the parlour with his hands tied the teeth?—Yes. up, and his mouth gagged.
: Wounds and Instruments.
Road.
There were blood stains on the floor and also in the passage way, question. and, Counsel said. It was a curious that the shape of a wound may Besides, he also owed her $11 for
fact that when the second accused have no relationship at all to the rent was arrested, he had a wound in nature of the instrument.creating his hand, and the medical officer the injury.
His Worship said that he was on- For instance, you may able to deal with the debts, as it who had seen the wound expressed have a jagged wound.although the was not a civil Court. the opinion that it must have bled instrument used was a sharp one do was to bind them both over, and All He could considerably. The first and second which would give a clean cut?-nake the one defendant promise to accused were arrested as a result You can get a jagged wound from a repay the $2.60, within two weeks. of certain information supplied by sharp instrument if the cut was a The man in question said that that! the Arst prisoner. The most split cut..
would be impossible, as he had to curious part of the whole incident Now take a wound inflicted or work for a long time, but he might was that nothing had been stolen caused by broken: earthenware sce la way to pay it back within from the house...
you might be able to speak from two months. Both men were experience or you might have read | bound over.
Larynx Compressed.
AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON.
RAIN LATER.
To-day's weather report from the. Observatory states:-
moved to the B.W. of Korea.
The Chinese depression has
The depression aver Indo-. China appears, to be filling up,
An anticyclone is forming over N. Chinajından b
Forecast-moderate, south- erly, or variable winds at first, moderate easterly winds later;" fair at first; some rain Inter
Rainfall Ale Rainfall to 10a.m. to-day nile Rainfall since JanU- ary 1, 1881 inches against on average of 12.80 Inches.
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and Húmidt.
this morning at 6 o'clock were:
Dr. J. E. Dovey, who performed about it will the cut be always the post mortem examination of regular?-Generally, irregular. the victim, said that he noticed Well, in a cut made by broken, several finger marks on the front darthenware, one might reasonably Unable to give a satisfactory and of the neck. Those marks were expect to find minute pieces of swer as to the possession of n probably made by the priest in an broken earthwareYou might or offensive weapon (a file) at Canton attempt to tear off the gag. On you might not, but, one should look Rond, an unemployed Chinese, examining the throat, witness for its mined Li Yung, was at the Kowty at certain specified centres. found that the larynx was com Is it or it is not easy to tell on loon Magistracy this morning pressed and that some foreign examination of a wound as to Its sentenced to three months hard body had been inserted. Later he age or when it was inflicted?-Yes, labour, previous conviction for discovered a place of red rag. The to a certain extent, larceny in 1927 being proved against roan died of suffocatoin What is the limitation of the him
In cross-examination, Mr. Jenin extent 7 It very uch de Detective Sergeant M. Naughton.. naked witness if he had by any pends on the healt of the prosecuting said that the file could chande teen whown, the wire with person, whether the und was be used as a dagger, as it was per- which the girl was tied, clean or not, and whether that por sectly smooth, and did not seem
son had had surgical attention likely to have been used"-
Bald ikes he had mat.
1. But I have and ↑ 24The case is proceeding.
pentry
ear.
Hong Kong
Pratas Island
Temp. Humid.
77
93
74
Manila
79
95
06
saya,
internal disturbances upon the that a great number of sub- continental liabilities of foreign scribers have dialled incorrectly taxpayers. Doubtless, #
in the first place, and then left Herr Schober has been able partly automatically cut off. Others can off the receiver, thus getting to reassure the British Government not understand the "busy," or on this point
"Number engaged" signal, and After recording the various in persist in calling at frequent in- ternal reforma effected by the tervals, all of which is bound to Chancellor the Times adds, that complicate matters for those who those countries which he has visited understand correct dialling. cannot fail to have gained confid- erce in the policy of the Government for which Herr Schieber is respon-
Bible.
"Hopeless Cases,”
He added that the Company had already had to cut off some lines on which subscribers had The Daily Telegraph also pays tribute to the work which Herr persistently misused the dial. There were literally thousands Schober has done for his country of wrong calls yesterday, (which It aaya: "Austria has come bravely
through a long and terrible trial of Now that business men were was Sunday, it may be noted), bor resources of stability. In do back in their offices again to Ing honour to Herr Schober to-day day, the situation was it little the King recognises on behalf of better, and he thought it would us all a most notable national achievement British Wireless Ser with a little patience on the part be only a matter of a short time, of the public, before everything would be quite satisfactory.
MAKING CALLS ON THE „AUTOMATIC SYSTEM.
KING'S ACCESSION.
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EMS Tamar will fire a Royal
1. Lift the receiver. It is Emposable to make
dialling tone, a continuong parring sound. This corres- ponds to the old "Number, please" from the operator.
3 Näw manipulate the dial, letting the finger plate go back after each digit, Thus, 2, back, 9, back, 0, back, 5, back, 1, back, is the se quence for number 29051. Do not touch the finger plate while it is going back.
4. If the number is disen- gaged, and you have dialled correctly, you will now hear the ringing long, which is a tone of low pitch with alter- nate long and short pauses between the notes. Whent you hear this tone the tele- phone hell is ringing at the place you are calling.
5. If the number is en- gayed you will hear the "number engaged" tone, which is of relatively high pitch with short pauses of equal length. When you hear this sound, replace the receiver, and make the call again in a few moments.
6. If your number is for any reason unavailable, the Number Unavailable", call will be heard. It is the same tone as the "Number Engag-:- ed" call, but continuous like a long whistle, in fact, and will go on until you put 7. DO NOT TURN THE back the receiver, neve
DIAL OR TOUCH THE BWITCH HOOK WHILST YOU ARE SPEAKING. THIS WILL CAUSE YOU TO BE CUT OFFRES
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