TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1931.
BABY'S BODY FOUND LATE MR. FULCHER. IN PUBLIC GARDENS. LARGE NUMBER OF FRIENDS
Death Said to Be Due to Strangulation.
TAPE ROUND ITS NECK,
dens on November 14, 1930.
AT THE FUNERAL,
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Batavia, January 5, | Fulcher, took place at the Protest- Last Saturday the manager of a'
nt Cemetery, Happy Valley, yea- rubber estate in West Java was
Social Functions. Yesterday afternoon Mr. R. E.erday, in the presence of a large killed by a tiger. It appears that To-day Tes Dauce at Hong
· Lindsell hold a Coroner's inquiry at urober of people.. The Roy Mr. De Nys-bik on Saturday morn- Kong Hotel. the Comtral Magistracy in connbe-Edward A. Armstrong, B.A., off-lag went on a shooting trip but To-night Dinner Dances tion with the finding of the body offciated at the graveside.
only carried a small calibre gun Peninsula and Hong Kong Hotels. a Chine baby in the Public Gar Among those present were:- As it was his intention to shoot To-morrow Dinner Dances
Mark G. G. Moxon, A. Nissim, birds, writes the "Free Presa" Peninsula and Repulse Bay Hotels, Employees of the gardens gave rouch. 3. Gould, H. Reth, H. B. L Patts, G. P. Lammert, N. V. A.
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Entertainments. afternoon of November 14 a parcel, Harriman, Co. T. A. Robertson, and learned from them that a Today
Queen's From which the leg of a baby was. H. Carrell, C. Potts, Dr. F. H. Javanese had just been attacked"One Mad Kiss." protruding, was picked up under a da Roza, Scu Kon-chi, cording to the description this "The Delightful Rogue." Kew, Messra. R. M. Omar, F. M. Ellis, and killed by a huge tiger. Ac Today Central hush in the Gardens near the gat? Abraham and many others. by Alhany Road. The Centrai
Wreaths were sent by the fol-man had almost been torn to Police Station was notified and in lowing:-
pieces by the animal. That was due course the body was removed
"ills Sorrowing Sister,
why the natives had gathered in by the Sanitary Department and Sheila, "God Bless Yu, W. crowds as they were afraid that was taken to the Mortuary.
Smithie and Cam, Mr. and Mrs, G. C. the animal would attack again if Dr. A. V. Grieves, giving evi-oxan, A. Nissim, Mr. Mrs. he saw one of them isolated. dence, stated that on November 15 Robertson, A. F. Howard and B. W the story as he had never heard
V. A. Croucher, Lt. Col. T. A.
Mr. De Nys-bik did not believe Just he found the bodies of two Summers. Dr. J. Donlan S. Denu, Chinese hables in the Mortuary. Mr. and Mrs. G. U, da Roza, Mr. and of tigers in this neighbourhood, These were numbered 3 and 4. No. Nr. L. E. S. ledges, Mr. and Mrs. being of the opinion that it had was a few days old and No. 4 was South, Sir E. Gibson-Craig been a panther which are quite
Carmichael, Bart., P. Tester and
Mr. J. T. Dagram, Miss frequently seen in this part of. Abraham, A post-mortem on the body of the Lily Wong, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.-lava. Being a hunter he would newly-born infant showed that it Bea, Miss E. B. Blackburn, Mr. and ut miss the chance to kill a pan- died front asphyxia due to strangu andall, T. S. Herridge, Mr. and Mr. indicated by the Javanese as the Wra. A. Brustedt, E. G. Renton, B. C. ther and so went in the direction lation. The witness discovered a. Birkett, J. A. Fisher, fea d'Alminda strip of print cloth about nae and a Castro, C. Gomes, G. 11. Potts, Seu ere taken by the tiger. He had half inches wide and about fifteen Kon-chi, Capt. P. W. Grierson, Major just entered the undergrowth when inches lease, securely tied round the Adams, R. Sheepshanks, Mr. and Mrs. the beast appeared and jumped nt
R M. Omar, The doctor
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph him, wounding him severely with God, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Taggart, Mrs. R. O. Murphy and Miss M. ne lash of its huge claws on his Science" by Judge S. W. Greene.diamonds. in brilliancy, lustre and Chemical Diamonds are equal to real Kirkwood, Mr. and Mrs. H. Mhead. The wounded man was car-C.S.B.. City Hall, 5.45 p.m.
hard ess. Cut glasses like real dia aymond, Wong Man-wal, Mr. and ried unconscious to Mrs. G. A. Harriman, J. I. Litten, where he died
hospital, To-morrow-Canossian Institute monds. Proof against fuse, steel lo on Sunday morn-prize distribution, 5.30 p.m.
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ing. Mr. De Nys-Bik was 34 years
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H.K. 15 nett. Terms Cash or C.O.D. and Plano The American Chemical Diamond Witness added that he nude a re-orth, James Ng, C. C. Castro, L. of age and left three very young Recital at Helena May Institute, Co.. P.O. Box 360. PENANG, port of his discovery to the C.LD.Dunbar and W. T. Stanton, Mr. and children. Later on the tiger was 5.30 p.m.
Mrs. d. I. Seth, . J. N. Silva, Shi killed by the police; it was
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Yu-yan and A. Zimmern. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Poils, Mr. and Mrs. A. splendid specimen measuring over Hyde Lay, Len and M. Weill."
ten feet.
newly-horn.
infant's neck.
added that he was satisfied that the child was not still-born, and sald that In his opinion, the baby must have been dead 36 houra,
through the ordinary routine and made no special report about it.
In reply to the Coroner. Dr. Grieves said that he realised now he should have made a special report
In answer to another ques tion by the Coroner, witness said that the strip of cotton which was
Staff, Moxan & Taylor, K. Stock Exchange, Committee and Members the Hong Kong Club, Percy Smith,
of the strangulation to the C.I.D..eth & Fleming. Ellis & Edgar, Smith but it did not occur to him at the Bell & Co. (Manila), H.K. Sharehold time.
Silva & Co, Fred Kew & Co, John or Association, Wright & Co., F. X. son, Stokes & Master, Li Fun Kee.
ARM IN MACHINE,
KOWLOON BOY SUSTAINS SEVERE INJURIES.
"Stand up to it! I'm
tled round the neck of the child had not been preserved.
In answer to a question by Mr.
should have been there.
The Inquiry will be continued this afternoon.
To-day-Inward from Europe via hands of the Secretary on or be Siberia (General Metzinger). fore SATURDAY, 24th January,
Sports.
1931, at 3 p.m.
See Diary on page 9.
Meetings, To-day-Sanitary Board meeting,
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Miscellaneous. To-day-Lecture 01 "Christian
1 Friday-Youmati School prize
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GOLD PROBLEM.
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DEPOSITS ABROAD?
WORLD BANK SCHEMES.
Basle, Yesterday.
Decisive Stage in the
History of India.
(Continued from Page 1.)
By Order,
C. D. BROWN,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 20th January, 1931.
AMERICAN
MISSING JUNK.
ANXIETY OVER HER NON- ARRIVAL.
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Great anxiety is entertained ewing to the non-arrival of a junk [the Minorities had been much nar-at Macao, which left Hong Kong rowed. Mr. MacDonald eulogised on January 5. the Princes for their magnificent In a report made to the Police, part in making a A meeting of the Board of the based on federation possible.
constitution au Lai-chuen, manager of the Chuen Wo Shipping Company, Bank of International Settlements Facing the Problems.
stated that at about 5 p.m to-day decided to gather all infor Robert Vincent, nged eight years,mation possible regarding the con- view the labour of the various T-405-H for the purpose of convey- Mr. MacDonald proceeded to re- January 3. he engaged junk No. son of Lance-Corporal Vincent of ditions in which gold is bought by sub-committees which the Goving, 1.040 sacks of cement, valued the South Wales Borderers, was various central banks, and will ernment proposed immediately to the victim of an accident in Kow-ask those of the latter having gold study very carefully in order to cleared from Hong Kong on Janu- at $2,000, to Macao. The junk loon yesterday afternoon, as a re-deposits abroad to state whether face the problems they representary & and has not yet arrived at sult of which he is now lying in the they are prepared to exchange them ed. Kowloon Hospital in a critical con- for gold lodged in its strongroom- dition.
Reuter.
TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
Directors' Meeting Held On Sunday.
her destination.
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Referring to the plea of Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, regarding an According to Police reports, the
The Postal Employees' Union, child was with a number of other
amnesty, with which he express Shanghai, hold a meeting on Janu- children playing round a Public
ed sympathy, he said that if Sir ary 11 and passed a resolution that DUTCH TIN-MINING IN SIAM. Tej Sapra's appeal to India was from 1991 New Year bonus should Can't you see,
Works Department motor roller
responded to and civil quiet was be issued on the following basis: waiting for my shaving being used in the contruction of a
Several years ago the Holland-proclaimed, he was assured that One twelfth of the monthly pay for water?"--Bulletin, Sydney,
road near Wing Lock Buildings,
Siam Mining Co. was founded in the Government would certainly each month of service, no bonus to The police have been unable to Java. discover exactly how the child came concessions In Stam
The company held some not be backward in responding to exceed
total of one month's which were the plen, which so many of his salary. to have its arm caught in the supposed to be very rich and easy colleagues endorsed. machine, but according to the driv to work. After some time how- Mr. MacDonald also endorsed According to the China Times, er, he was in reverse gear when he ever the capital was swallowed by Lord Peel's remark that the Bri- the resignation of Gen. Halung P. P. J. Wodehouse (D.S.P.), who heard screams, and stopping Im- the initial costs and new capital tish constitutional machinery was Shih-hai, Woosung Shanghai Garri- was present in Court, witness sald mediately, discovered that the boy's was issued. The story of the rich not to be regarded as the only son Commander, has been accept that there were two attendants at right arm was imprisoned.
Greatness of these possessions The body of the difficulty was experienced in ex-spread so far that a rato of issue methods of various parts of the Division and concurrently of the had successful plant, The types and ed. Gen. Hu Tau-ngoh, of the 5th the Mortuary. * baby was admitted by the father of tricating it.
of 200 could easily be obtained. world would be further studied. the No. 1 attendant, who was not a The limb was severely lacerated Shortly afterwards
13th Brigade, has been appointed it became Mr. MacDonald quoted the in. as his successor. Government employee. The No. 1 to the shoulder, and the child was known that had luck, purchase of atance of Japan, where, he said,)— attendant had obtained leave that taken to the hospital, where an unsuitable machinery and bad there was a type of very great day to attend his mother-in-law's operation Wis immediately per-management, had also absorbed interest, especially in some of its aware that some of the conditions funeral, but the No. 2 attendant | formed.
the fresh capital and the shares aspects if not in all. Some con-essential to the working of auch dropped constantly.
ditions attached to the working a constitution as is contemplated The managing-director has left of the constitution had been prac-have not been finally, settled, but for Holland to secure now funds tically agreed by the Conference, it believes that as a resalt of the but it is sald he has so far fail-but he pointed out that many work done here they have been ed to do so. He has not return-important outstanding matters, brought to a point which encour- ed as yet. Now it is alleged that including the problems of the ages the hope that further nego- the concessions are not even pro- communities, and the various de tiations after this declaration of Directors controlling the affairs perly sanctioned and registered tails of safeguarding this work, will be successful. of the Tung Wah Hospital, Tung by the Siamese Government must not be left to the bureau- Wab Eastern Branch Hospital, and Moreover, parts of the new cracy of either country...
taken note of the fact that the Kwong Wah Hospital, held at the machinery have been stolen while He hoped that the British Par- Conference's deliberations had Tung Wah Hospital on Sunday, Mr. the Siamese Government is said to lamentary Parties would continue proceeded on a basis accepted by Ngan Shing-kwan, of the China have seized all that belonged to their co-operation in further nego-all parties, that the central Gov. Motor Bus Co., was elected Chair- the company in payment of out. tiations and explorations, and ap-ernment should be the federation man of the Board for the current standing debts, among other thingsealed for the continuance of of all India, embracing both the year, Mosure. W. N. Thomas Tam for labour wages.
frank and candid expression of Indian States and British India in. opinion. He proposed to confer a bi-cameral legislature. with the new Viceroy (Viscount. The precise form of the struc- Willingdon) immediately, as he ture, of the now. Federal Govern- was arriving in England in a few ment must be determined after days, and agree to a plan for the further discussion with the William McDonald who refused continuance of the negotiations Princes and representatives of to give evidence in a murder trial and the maintenance of personal British India.. at Pictou, Nova Scotia, against a contacts. friend, after he himself had been acquitted of the same charge, wan to-day sentenced to two years in prisonment for contempt of court,
McDonald's friend was acquitted of the murder charge.
DROWNING VICTIM.
BODY OF PTE J. MARSHALL LAID TO REST.
ARGYLLS AT FUNERAL
The body of Private John Mar. shall of the Argyil & Sutherland Highlanders, was interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery yester day. the burial rites being per- formed by the Rev. J. J. O'Brien, CF, following a short service in the Chapel,
-
At a meeting of the 1931 Board
and Chan Lim-pak, ex-Chairman of the Canton Chamber of Commerce and Superintendent of the Nanyang' Tobacco Co., were elected Vice- Chairmen. Those taking part in "D" Company of the Argylls at the election included 26 nawly- tended at full strength and there elected Directors and the realgning were also representatives of other 1930 Directors, the Chairman of companies, as well as the South who was Mr. Leung Fat-yu. Wales Borderers, the R.A., and the
Hong Kong V.D. Corps (represent CHIEF MATE OF VAN CLOON
KILLED.
ed by Mr. D. L. Strellett).
Firing Party,
Batavia, Jan. 5.
Captain R. G. Molr, D.S.O., M.C. (Company Commander), Captain On Tuesday morning the chief Carmichael, and Lieutenant Bram-mate of the K.PM. steamer Van
SILENT WITNESS JAILED.
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The range of subjects to be) Period of Transition. Mr. MacDonald then read the committed to it would also re- Government declaration and stat quire further discussion, because ed that in the view of the British Federal Government would have Government of India should be concerning the States as would be Government responsibility for the
nuthority only-in quch matters
placed upon the Legislatures, con: ceded by their rufera in the agree- tral and provincial, with such ment made by them on entering well were present at the grave Cloon was stubbed with a knife been opened in Shanghai which is to guarantee during the period of
A new dramatic club has just provisions ao may be necessary into the Federation. (Cheers).
Governor's Powers, side, and the Pipe Band of the by a native sallor to whom the being enthusiastically supported transition the observance of cer The connection of the States with Argylls played "Flowers of the clicer made some remarks regard by 48 Forest." A firing party also at-g his work. The fourth officer, younger soclate ket under the special circumstances; also, with to the basic principle that in ro members of Shanghai tain obligations and meet other the Federation will remain subject tonded, and "Last Post" and "Ro-who ran to the rescue, was also capable leadership. of Mrs. Beryl such guarantees as were required gard to all matters not ceded by tellle" were sounded by the slabbed in the abdomen and the Drysdale. baglers.gadam The native Immediately will be staged about the end of political liberties, and rights. lations shall be with the Crown, The first production by the Minorities, to protect their thom to the Federation, their re- Wreaths were sent from went to the exptain, handed him January, consisting of three one (Cheers),
acting through the agency of the General Officer Commanding and his knife and told him what he act plays for the A.W.C. at the end In such statutory safeguards Viceroy (Cheers). With the Staff Heaters, China Command: had done. The mate was carried of February the Club will produce for mecting the needs of the legislatures constitued on a Federal His Pals of 14k Platoon, and Bett to hospital where he died on New "The Seven Keys to Baldpate transitional period, it would be the basts, His Majesty's Government Argyll & Sutherland Highlanderk Company Commander, Capt. EG. Year's Eve.
Later productions will include Primary concern of His Majesty's will be prepared to recognise the "Ann," "Where the Rainbow Ends", Government to see that the re- principle of responsibility" of the The... Middie Watch," "Monsieur, derved powers were so framed and executive toward the legislature... A: &.S.H.; Offfearg 93rd Highland.
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