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INVESTIGATION IN
SHANGHAI
U.S. Admiral Ordered to Co-operate.
BY PRESIDENT HOOVER.
[Owing to a breakdown in
the Shanghai cables, no news
had come through to-day up to
the time of going to press.]
Overnight News,
Shanghai, Yesterday.
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No. 28,049
“SQUEEZE” MONEY FROM HAWKERS.
"Employments of A
Late Constable."
JAIL FOR FOUR MONTHS.
On charges which accused him
centa in his possession.
ESTABLISHED 1845,
HONG KONG, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1932.
LINDBERGH AND THE KIDNAPPERS.
Promise Given of Safe Return.
RANSOM TO BE PAID.
New York, Yesterday,
pers.-Reuter.
Earlier News.
Hopowell, N.J., Friday. was not re- A telephone call
to
the
Inspector Shaftain said the ac- cused had been in the Police force for five years, but on completion Yesterday was a quiet day on of his term he
absence of rumours.
NEW TAXATION IN AMERICA Features of the New Bill
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/4 13/16,
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
CHUN SHING TYPEWRITING SCHOOL
Annual Report by the Principal.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.
EIGHTH TERM. '
At the recent distribution of
presence this
Of
1888 DUNLOP the Pioneer
1932 DUNLOP still the Leader
BIT SERGEANT'S FINGER.
Presentation to Mr. and Chinese Carried to Police
Mrs. Carruthers.
Station.
GOOD WORK APPRECIATED. NOT "A GOOD MAN?!
Mothering Sunday was observ Whilst effecting the arrest of a
on the little
So
BREWERS HIT.
New York,. Yesterday.
Washington, Yesterday. President Hoover has directed of collecting "squeeze" money The safe return of the Lind- An annual increase of the prizes at the Chun-Shing Typewrit- ed in. St. Andrew's Church yes- Chinese in Morrison Street on Admiral Taylor, Commander-in- from hawkers in the Western bergh's baby within 48 hours is country's taxation of $110,000,- ing School the Principal read the terday, when special services Saturday morning. Sergeant M.
following report:- Chief of the United States Asia- Market, a Shantung ex-Police promised, provided the ransom 000 is provided the Tax Bil
were held. The Vidar preached Rogers was bitten I feel greatly honoured by your at the morning service, whilst finger of the right hand. tic Fleet, to join other neutral constable was sentenced to four instructions are obeyed, accord- to be introduced in the House of Commanders-in-Chief in Shang- months' hard labour in the Cen-ing to the New York American. Representatives on Monday.
evening at this at evensong the preacher was violently did the culprit struggle Graduation. Function of the Pupils the Rev. N. V. Halward. hai in investigating the situation tral Police Court this morning, The development follows the The chief proposal, 2 per
that a Police picket, of which Ser- and reporting to the League As on being convicted by Mr. Wynne- decision of Lindbergh, who is descent.
sales tax. is expected to of the 8th Term.
After the latter service, algeant Rogers was in charge, had to In 1929 I started Chun-Shing social hour was held in the carry him to the Central Police sembly on the cessation of hos Jones. It was stated that dur- perate after five days abortive yield $595.000,000. Only food tilitics. -Reuter's American ing the past nine months, he had Police search to employ the stuffs, newspapers, magazines, Typewriting School in the present Church Hall, during which a Station, where he was detained until Service.
collected money, and
when racketeers, "Salvy" Spitale and books, and articles used in places premises No. 3 Old Bailey Street, presentation, in the form of a his appearance before Mr. Wynne- The school is now fully four years silver and blackwood tray, was Jones in the Central Police Court searched in the Central Police Irving Bitz, to act as go-betweens. of worship will be exempted.
The increased individual in-old, and she has, I am glad to say, made by the Vicar to Mr. and this morning. Station on February 29, follow- Lindbergh is now stated to be ing his arrest, he had 87 copper in direct touch with the kidnap-come taxes are expected to yield altogether given birth to one hun- Mrs. Carruthers.
dred and twenty graduates.
Sergeant Rogers, in the witness $112,000,000, the Corporation
In making the presentation, box, said that his attention was these nearly eight per cent. are now the Vicar Baid that Mr. Car- drawn to tax $21,0000,00.
a large, but peaceful, Increased revenue st also be working as efficient typists in well- ruthers had been Honorary crowd of Chinese, standing round obtained from the estat tax and known firms and companies in the Secretary of the Church Council reading posters on the walls of the Colony. Some of the more efficient for the past two years, and had Sanitary Department building," ad- the amusements tax. all fronts and there was even an engaged owing to unsatisfactory | Lindberghs" home, in which Cables and radiograms will be ones can type sixty five words per also been a member of the Fin-jacent to the Western Market.
services. He suggested that the man's voice asked if the kidnap taxed five cents a message be-minute.
ance Committee. He had served the bills did not bear the S.C.A. Number on Roll. It was reliably reported that man's real employment during pars who stole their baby would tween 31 and 49 cents and ten
regularly as a sidesman, and chop, he instructed a Shantung Ber-. Four years ago on the opening both he and Mrs. Carruthers geant to take them down. While one Japanese aircraft-carrier the past two years was going be granted Immunity if the child cents above that figure had moved up the Yungtsze as round and getting "squeeze" were returned, is the latest develop-
Petrol Tax
day of the school, there were only would be missed in
many doing so, accused began to swear, far as Lo Ho-chen and that some from hawkers. He asked his ment of the kidnapping casc Petrol, oil fuel and crude oil six pupils on rell, but as we all branches of the Church's work and shout out. He arrested the know, typing is so essential in com- He wished them bon voyage and man, who broke away, but after a Japanese troops had been landed Worship to take a very serious which has aroused interest in the will be taxed one per cent. there.
view of the case.
โหด Continents and attracted Home brewers and bootleggers mercial life and as the school be God-speed.
chase of nearly a hundred yards; he Mr. Carruthers suitably re-was re-arrested. In convicting, his Worship sympathy for the family as far will be hit by an excise tax on came better known, the number on
roll was year by year increasing, plied. said: I regard this as a very afleld as Changchow and the Mer malt syrups and grape concen-
Accused emphatically denied the Berious matter indeed, to think chants' Guild in Peking who have trates-Reuter.
This year there are altogether two A musical programme, to charges, and said that he was on that ឆរា ex-Police constable cabled Lindbergh.
A cable of March 4 stated: In hundred and twenty pupils of either which the Choir, Scouts and his way to post a letter. The London, Yesterday. should be a collector of "squeeze” Captain Lamb, head of the order to help meet the dafels of over sex and of various Nationalities Wolf Cubs contributed, was pro-sergeant, he said, had arrested. him
answered the thousand million dollarić: (2200,000, British, French, Russians, Portu- vided, Frayed tempera were exhibit-disgraceful. I propose to dis- Hopewell Police,
at random. He was a good man. phono but declined to say what 000 at par) practically every article guess, Chinese, and Indians. ed by several delegates when courage a thing of this sort.
The Shantung sergeant gave manufactured in the United States he told the kidnappers. the League Assembly adopted a
at these two hundred and twenty, some ness, and (3) Speed. In order to testimony to the effect that the will have to bear a levy under the Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh have Sales Tax Bill now before the Ways are students of leading colleges, achieve accuracy, nestness and posters contained copies of tele issued an appeal to the kidnappers and Mexus Committee of the Heuse many
business men who speed in typewriting a scientific grams about contained in Shang calling for the return of their baby of Representatives. The Committee are working as secretaries, clerks, system which is
both staple hai, and stating that Colonel Lindbergh has formally agreed to two and sand a few others who are School and easy must be employ-
half per cent goneral maäufacturera*
His Worship "convicted the ac- will not try to injure anyone con- sales tax, rejecting app) for a Masters themselves.
ed. Now that there is such sused, and passed sentence of six Importance of Typewriting. a school in the Colony months hard labour in all He We are all famillar that typing sincerely hope that those who wish added "The next time you see a is by far neater and quicker than to become efficiunt, typists will avall policeman making an arrest you hand writing. No wonder, then, themselves of this golden oppor-keep your tongue quiet
There is still no evidence of any immediate peace conference likely to be held in Shanghai.
resolution demanding the Japan- SHARE ALLOTMENT. ese withdrawal from Shanghai.
The reaction of the Far East Standard Transportation ern crisis on the interests of the
Co's Appreciation. British Empire is discussed" by
Mr. Wickham-Steed in an arti-¡:
nected with his son's return flat rate of two per cent.1
cle in the Sunday Times. He re- In the matter of the Companies Reuter's Special Service. fers to the American hint regard- Ordinance, Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C.,
Death from Cerebral
Haemorrhage.
of the made an application before the MR. I. MOULTEBERG ing the fortification Philippines and Guam if Japan Chief Justice (Sir Joseph H. Kemp, continues to break the Kellogg K.C.) in the Supreme Court, this Pact and the Nine-Power Trenty morning, on behalf of the Standard and says that in the event of the Transportation Co., Ltd., the head, is given 있다 the American Fleet being greatly in-office of which creased. Great Britain will be Standard Oil Company. obliged equally to increase her The application was for extension Navy unless she wished to give of time for the filing of a return of
The death occurred from cere- up the principle of naval equality allotment of 250,000 £1 shares of with America, in which case the Company.
bral haemorrhage early yester- Zealand and Counsel referred to an affidavit Australia, New West Canada would be compell- by Mr. F. D. Tracy, a Director and day morning of Mr. Ivor Moulte- ed to look mainly for protection Secretary of the Company, deposing berg.
A MARINE SURVEYOR.
of the United States Navy in that on account of pressure of busi- Mr. Moulteberg, who Was case of war between the United nose the filing of the return was in about 44 years of age, was
States and Japan.
Japan has done more than
advertently overlooked.
His Lordship granted the usual enough to emphasise her protest one week's extension of time.
against a too facile deductive
code of political morality and
will only prejudice herself by any
BROKEN STONES.
partner in the firm of Messra. Goddard and Douglas, Marine Surveyors. He held high quali- fications, being an Associate of the Institute of Naval Archi-
further measures of physical as- Removed from Military tecta, and well-known in Nor-
sertion, says the Observer.
All
Camp.
Caught in the act of removing
theft.
FINE TO CLOUDY.
The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states:
The position of the typhoon or depression in the 8. China sea is uncertain. It may be filling up;
The anti-cyclone appears to: be central over N.E. China' and
spreading southward.
or
to
Forecast: Northerly variable winds light moderate; fine to cloudy.
Rainfall. Rainfall for 24 bours ́end- ed at 10. to-day nil. Total since January 12.58 inches against an average of 8.59 inches-deficit 1.06 inch. Temperature.
Hong Kong
48
Macao
61
Pratas Lland
70
Manila
72
Foochow
58
Amoy Swatow
HEIGH, HO.
are
Of
It forms the necessary element in tunity.
the commercial world. In my ten
Annual Competition.
years' experience in the business At the end of each year, competi-"
Pupils Passed the Examination.
line, I realize that for any youth tion will be held in the school, and tion, there were only forty members who wants to join business, he or all old boys are cordially invited to on roll. I am also glad to say: she must be able to manipulate type- join in the contest. The Cham- that this year there are eighty al- writers accurately, fast and well, pión for the Competition of 1981 together. I sincerely hope that because there are so many letters, was won by Young Tre-hong, s more will enroll in future, documents, bills, etc., in business Efficiency of School Premises. that have to be typed. One who All of us realize that bad light has not learned how to operate a is the cause of all eye-trouble, and One hundred and one pupils took typewriter will find it very difficult that lack of sanitation is the root the examination of the 8th Term, to get a good start in life, for of all Ulness, Beallsing that the (including Junior and Senior.) practically in nearly all cases, one progress of any student depends a took Junior Examina gal
55 passed. of the series of questions an em- largely on having a sound mind and ployer puts to a job-finder will be a sound body, the premises has fre- whether or not he knows how to type quently been cleaned, The class-
in the real sense of the word. If rooms are well-ventilated and well- he answer in the negative, he is, 1lighted.....
tion ...
33 took Senior Examina”-
tion
18 passed.
Prize Winners.
am sure, not likely to secure his job. The New & Old: Boys' Association. Thus to render help to auch Job In June, 1981, we founded the Junior Prizesist, Tang Ya# finders and to facilitate this great Chun-Shing New and Old Boys' As kan; 2nd, Tang Yu-man; Srd, Ho difficulty which confronts most of sociation at No. 7.Old Bailey Street. IP-sang. them in winning their bread, I start On the opening day of the Associa-fan: 2nd, Chan Wah-sing; ard, Tse Senior Prizes: 1st, Lai Ching- ed this school with an aim of pro(Continued at foot of next column) Tsot-chow.
viding them an educative training
in the mechanisms of typewriting. To learn, to be able to type accurate" ly, neatly, and speedily differs from learning any ordinary school sub- jeet in being directed to a training which needs constant practice and
that League can do now is to
wegian shipping circles, secure a cessation of hostilities.
Mr. Moulteberg was a married The tragedy is that the League restrained itself until its powers two baskets of broken stones from man and leaves a widow and two of service were thus limited. In the military camp at Shamshuipo, children. A pathetic feature is order to keep the peace in the a Chinese woman named Wong Yin that one of his children is ill'in Far East the League ought to was brought before Mr. J. A. Fraser
hospital. have applied itself ten years ago at the Kowloon Magistracy this The funeral took place yester to those problems of Chinese mis-morning and charged with the day evening, the remains being Sing with a ho, and sing with a great concentration on the part of rule which are bound to embroilį
interred
the Protestant, height: Inspector Hourihan prosecuting. Cemetery.
the learner. 1 am not going the nominal government of the
There was a Let the glades ring for the dawn to boast of myself of the
elfo country with those who had given said there have been a number large gathering at the graveside,
of the day,
method of manipulation by hostages within its borders. of similar thefts since the re- Now Japan has shown that, she building of some buts had been com- practically the whole of the Nor- Out on the paddocks so green and which I passed out and by those
wegian community being present so bright, will not participate in the game menced, and on this occasion, Q.M.S. in addition, to many friends, Mrs. of make believe. The League Sartin, RE, happened to see the Moulteberg was the principal has to address itself to realities theft.
Dealing leniently with the case; and build peace upon the serious: adjustment of moral rights and His Worship Imposed a fine of $5 interests and vindicate those or a week's imprisonment. who have invested their faith In
its future. Reuter.
A DUAL-CAPITAL.
Loyang, Yesterday.
SHOT AT MASS.
Narrow Escape of Peru's President.
Lima, Yesterday.
mourner
HUMAN OBJECT LESSON.
A novel method of reforming reckless drivers was tried when parade of cripples passed before 22
Come every son,
daughter;
who are in close association with and come every the school. But this, I will say, that no man has the right to be a Come and join in our gay, marry teacher of typewriting if he does
Laughter.
Heigh, ho,
High low,
not employ a system that is based on scientific lines of certain prin- ciples.
The paddocks ring with our laugh- The Three Essentials.
ter.
Heigh, ho
Here we go.
men charged with reckless driving, "Gladys, come, skip faster " or driving while intoxicated,
The first to pass in review was a sing with a heigh and sing with The President of Peru, Sanchez legless little girl, wheeled before hơi ga
The Plenary Session of the Central Executive Council has made yet another capital of Cerro, has narrowly escaped as Chins............. As a result of to-day's sassination.my/meta deliberations, it was decided to He was shot in the shoulder by retain Loyang" as the "tempor- a member of the Opposition party ary: Capital", while making Stan- while attending Mass.-Reuter's with the title of American Service. Hsichlang Western Capital).../2
ided to
Toom of arachool for
Some of
have heard and
hapa that there
typewriting schools in and in other big cities of and that there are prof tional contests heli am
for the world
the 22 as they stood in silence in Out to the shady woods we'll go
There we'll gather the moss and the Kong" being itself
the sun in the cool.
Next" camel's child;
must par
WARMTH WITHOUT WASTE
Meals cannot be enjoyed, fua cold and
Faceriens" dining room. Tet it would be inconvenient and wasteful to have a a
Bold fael fre burn d
all day. In the interests of comfort and · economy: you should have a modern gas fire which will give you cheerful, radiant warmth the mossent It is meeded.
GAS FIRES FIXED FOR
FIVE
DOLLARS
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