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TRAGEDY AT BIG SENSATION IN ASSAULT ON LOCAL WAR DEBTS POLAR SUBMARINE ROOD-SCREEN FOR
*DAWN
SACK WITH “HEAVY
CONTENTS.”
A GRIM STRUGGLE
WATCHING WOMAN
IN CUBICLE. Further evidence was taken in the hearing of the murder charge against Wong Cheung, alias Wong Sik-cheung, at the Assires this morning.
GLASGOW.
Chartered Accountants on Fraud Charge.
THOUSANDS INVOLVED.
ť
DENTIST:
Accused Remanded in Custody.
HINT OF MYSTERY.
. London. Yesterday. Dr. Fred Kew, of Kew Brothers, There was a big sensation in dentists, was assaulted in Ice Glasgow to-day when two well- House Street, at about 12.30 o'clock known chartered accountants, yesterday. Dr. Kew is stated to have John Cole Hamilton, and Joseph been struck on the head with a Wellcontes Mackinnon, were bamboo pole. His friend also re- arrested on a warrant issued by ceived a blow, when trying to sce the Batley Police on a charge of who the assailant was. Dr. Kew's conspiring to defraud Lloyd's wound had to be stitched up. Bank, Limited, by false and fraudulent written statements in leged assailant, a Chinese, made an regard to the assets and liabili attempt to escape in the direction tics of certain textile Companies. of Chater Road, but was arrested in England in the same connec-.
Two other arrests were made by a European.
This morning, the alleged assail- lion, namely, Alexander Young, ant, who gave his name as Yim of Worthington, and Henry Cecil Fung. (28) a coolie, appeared be-
An alarm was raised; and the al-
Al the opening the Chief Justice (Sir J. H. Kemp) per sonally recalled the woman Lai Shul-ting, who gave evidence yesterday. His Lordship ask- ed her how long it was from Turner, an ex-mili mannger, of fore Mr. E. H. Williams in the Cen- the time she looked over the Batley. The latter was charged tra! Folice Court charged with the partition of her cubicle, and at Batley to-day with conspiracy assault. saw the struggle, to the time to defraud Lloyd's Bank of.
she saw a sack, supposedly con- taining the victim, being mov. ed out?-Witness could
not
slate definitely, but thought it was about half an hour.
£50,000, also with the fraudulent conversion of money belonging to various Companies involving 81.000. He was remanded in custody until July 3,
Serious Aspect.
Mr. Loo D'Almada e Castro., sen, appeared for the complainant, and asked his Worship not to take Reuter. a plea as yet, because there was something more serious and deeper tlian what appeared on the surface of the case. He added that there was the possibility, after further investigations had been made, that more serious charge might be made against the defendant.
And how long after that did ¦ it become daylight?-fhere was already a little daylight soner had a regular job at Kow- when the sack was taken away. loon Godowns, but she didn't By the time the two men re- know whether he came home fer turned it was full daylight.. the mid-day meals as a rule, or Questioned as to the actua! not. She was too busy to notice. words used by Wong Kan, fathe of the accused, in reply to an ex-
The witness said she left' the clamation by witness when she house in Reclamation Street at 8 first saw the struggle, witness o'clock the same morning. She first replied that he said "Don't went to an address in Shanghai you mind about it. You needn't Street. make a noise. This is our busi Fess."
to the exact time.
She
"PROPOSAL
£11,000,000 LOSS TO BRITAIN,
FRANCE REPLIES
'MR. MELLON LEAVES FOR PARIS.
A
CHEERED.
Nautilus Leaves Cork for Devonport.
CYLINDER BROKEN,
THE ABBEY.
Dean and Chapter's
Proposal.
·UTMOST SECRECY.
London, Yesterday.
Considerable controversy is Sir Hubert Wilkins's polar likely to be aroused by a pro- submarine Nautilus left Cork this posal to introduce into West- evening, being cheered by a large minster Abbey a rood-screen sur- crowd. She is being towed by mounted by a Calvary, which the tug to Devonport, where the Dean and Chapter are now con- broken cylinder will be replaced. sidering, -Reuter.
ATLANTIC FLIGHT
WILD SCENES OF
ENTHUSIASM.
DENSE FOG.
AIRMEN TO LEAVE FOR MOSCOW.
Berlin, Yesterday. The
trans-Atlantic fliers, Post and Gatty, arrived at Templehof aerodrome at 7.50 p.m.
1.
London, Yesterday,
The London Post is able to In the House of Commons
state that a temporary screen to-day, announcing the Bri- House on June 22, His Majesty's Was erected in two positions in tish intention to carry out Pre-Government in the United King. the Abbey recently, in circum- sident Hoover's proposal in the dom subscribe whole-heartedly stances of the utmost secrecy, so spirit as well as the letter, Mr. to the principle of President that its effect might be tested.
Later, Snowden said that though the Hoover's proposal and are pre- The experiment was carried out There were scenes of wild en- proposal did not affect direct pared to co-operate in an elabor. at night after the Abbey had thusiasm at the landing of Gatty ly the War obligations of the ation of the details with a view been closed to the public, in the and Post, the Police being totally Dominions and India to Great to giving it practical effect with presence only of the Dean and unable to restrain the crowd. Britain, the latter had given out delay. I should like to take Chapter and the head verger.
The airmen were so exhausted on them the option of postponing this opportunity to explain steps.
The temporary screen was of landing that they were scarcely the whole amount of their we have decided to take for this the traditional type, and about able to walk, but they ravived War debts payments to Bri- purpose.
30 feet in height. It was aur after a meal. tain for a year from July 1, "The more consideration we mounted by a crucifix, and the They said that the weather involving a loss to the current give to the President's declara: figures of the Virgin Mary and over the Atlantic was very bad, British Budget of aption the more it seems to us that, St. John. It was put into posi- dense fog being encountered proximately £11,000,000. Mr. having regard particularly to the tion first above the existing or nearly the whole way. They Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd George history of the matter, that the gan screen which divides the landed in Britain because they concurred.-Reuter.
declaration constitutes .a very Choir from the Nave, and later were running short of petrol. great gesture on the part of the above the reredos,
They also landed at Hanover en United States of America and it It is understood that the re- Moscow at 6 am. on Thursday.
route. They propose to leave for will be a thousand pitles if moval of the organ screen and Reuter. Europe does not respond to it in the erection in its place of a rood- the same spirit. The beneficial screen of the kind tested was
Record Lost by Minutes effect of the proposal may be also considered.
Rugby, Yesterday. It was found, lost unless steps are taken by all however, that this scheme would flight, which was established in The record for the Atlantic countries concerned to give it involve the moving of several 1918 by the British Airmen, Sir prompt and practical effect. This monuments, including that of Sir John Alcock, and Str Whittier is particularly the case as resnic Newton. gards Germany, which 'after all is the essential-difficulty.
Year's Suspension,
A representative of the Lon- Newfoundland, "We agree with the view exdon Morning Post was informed nirman, Wiley Post, accompanied pressed by the United States at the Deanery that no decision by the former Australian Naval Government that there is no time had yet been reached by the Cadet, Harold Gatty, landed at
a conference.
A more Dean (Dr. Foxley Norris) and an aerodrome near Chester. prompt method must be found the Chapter. for putting into
They beat the record which had operation" the
"As a result of the test car- stood for 12 years, by 24 minutes. proposal of the United States ried out some weeks ago," it was After less than one hour's stay Government for a complete and stated, a number of authorities they left for Berlin on a further immediate suspension of Ger have to be consulted. As soon as stage of their projected round- Governments. man payments to the creditor any decision has been reached a the-world flight.-British Wire-
The procedure
Washington, Yesterday. Officials at the White House state that replies to President Hoover's proposal are pouring in and the opposition is described Dr. as very small.
Broad Outline. Mr. H. L. Stimson, U.S. Secre-
Kew, he said, was not in a fit con- dillon to attend the Court."
The Magistrate remanded the actary of State, formally state that cused to Saturday morning.
AIR ROUTES OF THE
EMPIRE.
Reverting to the alleged attack, witness said it was very shortly Witness added that the Chinese after the cries of "Save Life," that words used, she thought, were she saw prisoner's wife standing in "ngo-ti un," and was uncer the passage. tain whether it was meant in the clear as
Witness was not very Ministry Only Too Glad singular or the plural. Pressed was very frightened, besides which to Support Schemes. on the point, she said the wards her infant clamoured for attention. used were really, "ngo si kun,"
CONDITIONS IN INDIA, which as uttered by Wong Kari, Counsel: Was the last thing you would mean "my affair."
saw of Kau Shuk before the light Yeung Shik-ngo,
another went out that he was in a sitting woman witness, was next called. position on the floor?--Yes. She said that she was first aroused by a cry of "Save Life." It came from the "teng," (front room). She at once got up, and sat on the bed.
Did you see him again that night? -No,
Witness then described how the two other women came into her cubicle, and sat on her bed, after which Mr. Jenkin again returned to the question of what happened after the light was put out.
The door from the passage leading into the "teng" was open. She looked along the passage, to see Wong Kan and accused strug- gling with Kau Shuk (the Witness replied to questions that victim). The light in the "teng" she did not look into the "teng" was on, but there was also a again, although "she wanted to." faint. daylight. As she looked Her son needed attention. she saw Wong Ken with his arms Counsel suggested that it was too round Kau Shuk from behind. dark to see what was going on in Accused was, in front, also with the "teng." his arms round the man.
Witness: (definitely) Oh, no. There was a faint daylight. could make out the door of the
As she looked. Kau Shuk was pressed down by the two assail ants. He went down to a sitting "teng." position. At this moment the Did not the presence of accused' electric light was turned off, or wife in the passage prevent your went out. She did not hear any seeing anything?—Fartially, noise at all. About that time. Another married woman, Cheb her small son awoke, and she had Yeung, the occupier of the middle to attend to him, so did not see cubicle in the fat, said that she was any more for a little while.
Young Boy's Views.
Rugby, Yesterday. Replying to a question in the House of Commons Mr. F. Mont- ague, Under Secretary for Air, sald that he was unaware that the Indian Government had placed any obstacle in the way of a flight over Indian Territory of machines other than Indian machines with Indian pilots. in regard to Air Transport. Ser- vices, he understood that it would be contrary to that Government's policy to subsidise other than an Indian Company with any company rupee capital and Indian personnel. He added that the Secretary for Air
was fully alive to the importance of A continuous development of Alr Routes throughout the Empire and the policy of the department was directed toward that end. British Wireless Service.
GOVERNMENT SALARIES.
Petition To Be Borne In
Mind.
London, Yesterday. Questioned by Mr. W. L. Everard (Conservative) in the House of Commons in re gard to the petitions of Civil g Servants of, Hong Kong, In regard to their payment on 'the dollar basis, Dr. Drum. mond Shiels said that Lord Passfield had requested the Governor to inform the peti- tioners that he was unable in the meantime to revert to: the former method of pay ment, but would review, the ⚫ position in the light of Cur
rency Commissioners' recent report, when the petitioners representations would be carefully borne in mind, al-' though no promise can be made that the decision will be varied Reuter,
[Dr. Shiels is Under- Secretary for the Domin- ions.]
the broad outline of Mr. Hoover's MOVE FOR SMALLER proposal shall not be departed from, Reuter's American Sex
NAVIES.
awakend by a commotion at between No Increase in Building
4 and 5 amir and on waking heard cries f "save life" issuing from the "teng."
You Die"
She called out "You diel. What are you doing there?" The reply
Programme.
FRANCO-ITALIAN PARLEYS.
vice.
Mr. Mellon Leaves,
London, Yesterday, Mr. Andrew Mellon, the Secre- tarr to the U.S. Treasury, leaves
for Paris on June 25.--Router, Jane Send French Reply. DEN
Washington, Yesterday.- The French Ambassador has delivered to Mr. Stimson the French reply to President Hoover Reuter's American Service.
U.S. Beticent, Washington, Yesterday, Government officials refuse to
for.
Public Announcement.
.1
Brown, was broken to-day when fifteen hours forty-eight minutes after leaving Harbour Grace, the American
which we would favour is that public announcement... will be less Service.
made by the Dean."
Early Cable.
Londen, Yesterday.'
the creditor Governments should
The powers of a Dean over his forthwith notify the Bank of church are great, and widespread International Settlements that public agitation did not prevent Post and Gatty are reported to they agree to the proposal for the erection of rood-screen in North Wales.
have suspension for one year of all Wells Cathedral several years
ago, mamma..
passed over Bangor,
in
Post and Gatty landed at the
German payments due to them. This decision, of course, does not
It will be recalled that a public Royal Air Force aerodrome at rest with us alone and we are controversy was maintained for Sealand, in Cheshire, at 11,45 a.m. awaiting the views of the other two years over the proposal of but resumed their flight to Berlin
editor Governments, but we Dr. Foxley Norris to avail him
at. 2.5 p.m.-Reuter. hope it may be possible to secure self of the offer of an anonymous
[Wiley Post and Harold Gatty agreement on these lines as donor to build a sacristy for the are engaged in a breakneck soon as possible. President
mile flight, for which | Abbey on a site between the 19,000 Hoover's proposal applies, how- North Transept and St. Mar- they have allowed themselves a ever, to all inter-Governmental garet's Church. So strong did margin of only seven days, which debts, reparations, and relief public feeling on the matter be-seems, an almost impossible perfor debts.
come that a Council for the Pre-mance. The first planned stop is Relief Debts.
servation of the Abbey was Berlin, a distance of approximately "His Majesty's Government, formed.
8,700 miles. They will then re-fugl for their part, accept this pro
and go straight on to Moscow, after. which the difficult. 8,000 miles of posal in the spirit as well as the letter. They will accordingly be ready to suspend for one year all such inter-Governmental debts due to them as soon as President Hoover's proposal has been generally accepted and in the meantime, as from the first pro- ximo, they will refrain from claiming instalments that may fail due. As regards relief debts, His Majesty's Government are at once taking steps to inform other European Governments which hold relief bonds of their action and to invite them to co-operate.
VALUE OF RUBBER Siberia will have to be crossed.
ROADWAYS.
Minister of Transport
Makes Experiments.
QUESTION IN COMMONS.
London, Yesterday. Replying to Sir George Fenny Thames) in the House of Com (Conservative, Kingston-on- Offer to Dominions, mons, Mr. Herbert Morrison,
They plan to make short stops in several places in Siberia, and then to cross the Pacific via the Aleutian Islands, winding up with a non stop flight from Canada to New York.]
STOP
PRESS
In the meantime, the last wit- ness had conte into the room, fol lowed by another woman." The young boy who occupied the top tier of the double bank in the
Rugby, Yesterday. "teng" she saw lying face down
The Firat Lord of the Admiralty, wards, with his head over the came in the voice of the accused'e Mr. A. V. Alexander, replying, to a side, looking downwards. wife "You people must not make a question, said that the Cruiser and Witness said she knew Kau noise and don't say anything about Destroyer building programme had Shuk by sight, but apart from it. This has nothing to do with been continually under consideration comment on the French reply or "Finally, although His Minister of Transport, said that that knew nothing at all about you." Witness then kept quiet. throughout the Franco-Italian to indicate the nature of its con-Majesty's Government in the he was watching the experiments hm, except that he had come Later she went out Into the pass negotiations. As It was hoped tents United Kingdom do not regard with rubber roadways in London to ait Wong Cheung, and had age and sat on the bed at the rear that the opportunity might soon The United States Ambassador President Hoover's proposal as with interest and was hoping that stayed in the house a few days near the kitchen She and two arise for continuing these negotia in Rome Informed the State De- directly affecting the War obliga- a definite opinion would soon be befor the incidents related. other women sat there and later tions the Government did not compartment that Italy'e acceptance tions of the Dominions and the formed in regard to the dura Chinese tradesman.” Sergt.
Krim Contents of Sack they were joined by the accused's sider that the situation at present of President Hoover's proposal Settlement between those of His ability and general merits of Cont nuing, witness said she wife. Whilst sitting there witness warranted any increase in the was cordial and complete, and Majesty's Governments concern rubber as a surfacing material, saw th two men moving a sack, bent forward and looked into the building programme approved by contains no reservations of a ed, we felt that we should he in relative to its cost. Reuter with heavy contents The "teng" and saw the accused's father Parliament British Wireless Serpolitical nature Renter's Ameri- terpreting the wishes of the y wife of accused opened the door, embracing Kau Suk (deceased) vice- and the carried it downstairs. from behind Accused, who was They re urned later, for she standing in front of Kau Buk NEW BRITISH FLYING heard their voices about 15 flung a piece of rope over the latter's minutes a terwards, in the house. head and tightened, it round the Some the later she saw the neck, then, with his father, pressed wife of actised carry some water Kau Suk to the floor.
into
can service
country in deciding freely to
Shanghal, To-day. Yesterday morning there was an unfortunate fracas In the Avenue Halg, an "extra-Settle living in Avenue Haig called in ment road. An American
the Settlement Police to deal with a disturbance, caused by
Hillhouse went to the Amer can's house and had almost settled the dispute when the Chinese Police from the native
Опе way into the house. assaulted Sorgeant Hillhouse and then two drew their pistole, with which they threatened him, Belleving they. would, shoot, and having, re- gard for the safety of the householders,Hillhouse drew his revolver and fired. twice.
Loan for German Bank offer to the Dominions and India GENERAL WHO SAVED city arrived and forced their
the Bank
anke
RECORD
ton that
ere.
ter she All
All Was Silent. sudden the electric light Shed off and
thera
and
Croydon to Moscow and
Back in 18 Hours
Boards has joined Englan and t Settler
term
OVER 2,000 MILES,
To-day.
the same concession as is pro Washing posed for foreign countries, un Reserve der the same conditions. Accord Bank of ingly, when inviting the assent France, of the Dominion ... Governments rnational and the Government of India to a suspension of the German pay, the menta
that
PARIS.
Death of a Belgian Militarist.
DEFENCE OF LIEGE
esterday:
Chinese