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Wal King-sin (63), a woman liv-| ing at 16, Bridges Street, was sent to the Government Civil Hospital in a serious condition yesterday, | after he had taken some lysol poisoning, in an attempt to com- mit suicide.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1932.
SOUZA TESTIFIES IN SPECIALIST STRUCK
FUNG CASE.
Movements of Accused on Fateful Night.
MISS LAI RE-EXAMINED,
Edward Michael Souza, a
wit-
For having faulty scales, which gave 5 per cent. against the cus tomer, Cheuk Tai, à female veget- Dess for the Crown, was called to
CORONER AND JUROR.
Choice of Penalty for Late Arrival:
INQUEST INCIDENT.
OFF MEDICAL REGISTER.
An Ex-Cabinet Minister Denies Cure.
VIT-ALEXIN INVENTOR.
w
London, May 29.
a
able hawker; and Fung Wal, a male give evidence in the Fang murdertitled city man, who was Lai chee hawker, were Aned $15 trial on its resumption In the Cen- and $10, respectively, by Mr. tral Police Court, before Mr. member of the War Cabinet, and Wynne-Jones in the Central Police Wynne-Jones yesterday afternoon was inclined to stoop and now is a Professor of Anatomy. who Court this morning..
Accused is Cheng Kwok-yau (20) son of a wealthy Ipoh family, whe "stands like a
drill sergeant" The local U.S. Consulate-General is charged with the instigation of through treatment with a wonder has received inquiry concerning the murder of George Fung inful new medical preparation, ap- the whereabouts of LeRoy Brown: Village Road on the night of March peared as a witness in a case be- lee, son of Mre. J. H. Walls. 24 Inst.
fore the General Medical Council Brownlee is believed to have been Mr. R. E. Lindsell (Public Pro-at the conclusion of which Major in the United States Navy for secutor) is for the Crown, while Mr. Vincent Blumbardt Nesfield, several years and on obtaining his G. K. Hall Brutton is defending. Harley Street specialist and inven dischargo ho came to Hong Kong. In representing the interests of tor of a rejuvenating preparation, Information concerning the man Souza, Mr. Les D'Almada e Castro, I was struck off the register for will be received at the Consulate. sen., explained that his client was alleged professional misconduct.
not in any way identified with the It is alleged that Major Nesfield plot to murder Fung. Mr. Lindsell published an article claiming that assured the Court that there had he had cured Mr. B. (as the ex- been no such allegation made in his Cabinet Minister was described) opening.
by his own preparation, whereas Miss Lal Ming-fay, the principal the cure was effected by the witness for the Crown, was re- remedy of another doctor. Major examined by Mr. Lindsell. Reply. Nesfield denied that the article re ing to questions, witness stated ferred to Mr. B. but to another that before she finally came here in prominent city man. He said that February last year, she met Fung he had spent several years evolving {four times. She first knew he was a substance called Vit Alexin,
in love with her in March or April which during the case was
de- last year.
scribed as the "closest yet dis- The privilege of choosing the
Souza's Evidence.
covered to the elixir of fe." penalty he has to pay was accord-
No Desire to Profit. Souza, in evidence, stated that he ed by Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon was 21 years of age and was born
Major Nesfeld was born at Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, to in Hong Kong. His parents lived Benares. He did not desire to a juror who had arrived late.
at 5 Granville Road, and he lived profit by his research, and accord- The juror was Mr. S. H. Duff with them. He knew both Edward ing to a witness he worked in- who had been summoned to attend Zimmern and Sydney Christie. valuably in arresting plague in Court in connection with a death| Speaking of the night of March India and invented a system for The China Mail.been won by an Englishman for over minutes after the proceedings had Christie at about a quarter to two in
he arrived a few 19, the witness said that he met the sterilisation of water by. 20 years. Until last year, Britain's started.
the afternoon opposite the Majestic "Nesfield has undergone the accomplishments
He explained that he had caught Theatre. on the tennis
He met him again that gravest injustice" declares Mr. the wrong hus. courts did not excite much en-
alght by arrangement. He met A. J. M. Sharpe, the financier who Mr. Fraser: "The usual pro-Zimmern at about 8.45 p.m. at the commercialised the Vit Alekin. thusiasm and veterans sadly recall-cedure is for me either to fine you Majestic Theatre. Some time after
In a statement to the press he ed the days of the Doherty's. Then or order you to sit through the nine, accused arrived in a taxi and says that Major Nesfield was not
which would. cama the sudden and magnificent proceedings,
you they first went to & Chinese club paid a penny for resarch or any prefer?" effort of Austin and Perry in the
and then to the Yee Fong Chan. advice he accorded the Vit-Alexin Mr. Duff: "I would rather sit. Davis Cup. After vanquishing a through the proceedings."
A quarter of an hour later Zimmern company. Nesfield made it plain told him to call tao pei Shing, which from the outset that he could not strong American team the young
Mr. Fraser: "This inquiry will
he did. Cheng told tao pei Shing under any circumstances be asso- The 51st championship Wimble-
British pair only just failed in the take more than one day, you know that George Fung took his girl clated with the commercialisation
Mr. Duff: "It does not matter.” don commenced yesterday and the
challenge rousid against France,
away, that he also owed him $10,000 of Vit-Alexin, but he was
only Mr. Fraser: "Right, Thon I usual packed stands surrounded the)
and British tennis, prestige, was re-order you to sit through the pro-save his own face.
and he wanted to beat Fung up to anxious that the public should famous No. 1 court where historic
At 12.80 they benefit from the discovery. stored. This year the Davis Cup ceedings."
had food and drinks at the accused's Mr. Sharpe adds it was entirely contests have been staged since the
prospects are bright and both
expense, They then went to the his idea to allocate a share of the Inauguration of what is now
Austin and Perry
Nathan Hotel to beat up Fung. Interest in the company to are among the garded as one of the world's out-
Mr. Lindsell: How was that to trustee and benefit Nesfield's wife Wimbledon favourites. All the. The cham-
le done?—I don't know. stand sporting events.
I was and children. champions are entered this year and
told to watch if Fung came out of Major Nesfield declined to make pionship of the All-England is the
a British victory would be a splen-
402 and I was to call them and a statement. It is understood that. most coverted lawn tennis title and
accused would slap him. Christie he will continue with his experi- did achievement. The Dominions each year the tournament alirects
und Zimmern knocked at the door mental work. Although there is are also well represented, and the the entry of the leading players. Australian champion Crawford, who
but Fung did not come out. The no Court of Appeal from the Coun- others all went Inside the rooms cil to reconsider its attitude and Nearly every country is represent-
409 and 410 which had been book-reinstate him. The next meet.
ing of the Council is in Novem
Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 21, 1932.
Britain's Lawn Tennis
Prestige,
10-
inquiry, and
2
DEATH OF A WOMAN.
Found Strangled in Bed.
CORONER'S INQUIRY HELD,
in
chlorine,
1
(Continued from previous Column.);
Rogers represents woman occupied a cubicle in the How long did you remain there? They finally left about 7 pm.
な
Accused's Movements.
won the mixed doubles title two) ed in the tourney and the interna-
Mr. Fraser, sitting as Coroner, ed. tional element is one of the years ago, is a seeded played who
held an inquiry at the Kowloon Were you still there when the ber. can provide formidable opposition. to Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, others left?-No. tourney's greatest attractions. Even
When did you go?—I went during the long slump in English any of the field. He is supported into the death I a Chinese woman
itsby the remainder of the Davis Cup named Lam Pul-king, who was the room five minutes later for retained tennis Wimbledon
alleged to have been murdered at cigarette.
I played, which witness merely watch- prestige, and foreigners flocked in team, including Hopman and the 16-186, Portland Street, Mongkok, on You didn't watch for long then? ed. Cheng played and won $148.
New the night of April 23. She was-No.
The three of them, i.e. Cheng, greater numbers to participate in year-old sensation, McGrath, the most famous event of its kind. Zealand has Andrews and Malfroy found dead in bed, apparently hav- After getting the cigarette did Zimmern and himself, went back to
jing heen strangled.
you atay in or go out?-I was sent the South China Athletic Asocia the Cambridge captain, while the Wimbledon is an institution and
It was given in evidence that thefout again.
Įtion. possesses a significance which ex-giant Lyttleton
Ireland. South Africans, includ-house where she lived with a man]-About ten minutes,"
wallding to join the Austin Sever tends far beyond the realm of sport.
also entered and who was known to have been in
And what did you do then?- owned by Cheng at Stanley Street. The international aspect has been ing Spence, are
the cubicle on. The night of the Zimmern told me to go to
room!
A Crowd. Britishers will be prominent woman's death. mentioned, and in these times, con-
Another woman,[419 to rest.
About 9.80, they left to go ta. tacts, whether made on the fields of throughout the tourney.
It is it was disclosed, also slept in that Did you do that?—Yes.
Cheng's house at Village Road. As Wore you still there when the they got to the Yeung Wo Hospital sport or elsewhere, are of political difficult to sum up the probabilities cubicle on the night, in question,
but for the moment it is eminently but she did not know anything others left? Yes, sir, I was told two or three cars were seen outside importance, particularly, as trans-|
about the death of Lam Pui-king. to stay back in the passage way to with a crowd gathered about. pires at Wimbledon, when interna-satisfactory to reflect that the Bri-
Some one sleeping in another keep watch.
Cheng remarked that some one tish challenge is at least equally as part of the house heard something His Worship: Did you keep must have been run down by a car. tional' friendships are formed. Off
I kept watch until Cheng went inside his house when the thousands who crowd the meet-strong as the bids by France and in the cubicle during the night, watch?—I did.
America. In the ladies' events and on investigating found Tam they went to drink soup and then I they got there, and Zimmern and ing annually, many have never Britain is again well represented, then in the cubicle, but he is stated
Pui-king dead. The man was not slept,
witness waited outside in the car. touched a racquet, but the appeal and in Miss Nuthall and Mrs. to have left some letters which
witness also alighting. Shortly Lau Mo-kwong, who was with the Two Indian constable approached, [of an outstanding event provides
might throw some light on the accused on the night of the murder, Zimmern get out to speak to them, Whittingstall England the incentive to attend. The two of the leading exponents of the The inquiry was adjourned.
affair.
was next put into the witness box afterwards two Chinese in civilian. He stated he was 20 years of age clothes came along, and when Cheng glamour of the tourney Increases
game, who, even if they cannot cope
and lived with his parents, at 16 had come out of the house and join each year, and even the most experi-with the wonderful brilliance of
Bonham Road,
led them, Zimmern expresed a desire enced competitors are thrilled-and Miss Wills, the American champion,!
"TALKIE FIRE” ALARM,
On March 24, in the afternoon to catch up with the two Chinese: often excited to a pitch of apprehen will acquit themselves creditably.
ho was in the South China Athletic to see who they were. They start. Nerves Of Steel.
Association, China 'Building. At ed the car, but failed to find the alon-when appearing on the Centre The tourney promises to be one of
4.80, he saw Cheng and Zimmern persons. After, going for ya' dis- New York, May 12. Court. To have played on the the most notable for many years, A fire "hero" with nerves literal-different tables.
appear and play billiards at tance of ten houses they turned back; Centre Court is the ambition of and not since the War have British-ly of steel, was introduced at the when they, accompanied by himself
It was about 5.25 to go to West Point.
... The Hearings. „ every tennis player, no matter what ers commenced with such good pro-annual convention of the National land three other Chinese, Before the Court rose it was de his race or nationality. It is a spects. It is comforting to think The apparatus is a fire alarm for to
Fire Protection Association. left the place and went cided that all afternoons of the fine tribute to the efficiency ad fair that even while England was in the use in schools, and it is provided Club in Queen's Road Central, week be reserved, with the exception the Chinese Civil Service current week and of the following play of English management that tenuis doldrums, the Dominions with a voice and a brass band in to gamble." Wimbledon enjoys auch popularity won their full share of the honours stead of the traditional gong. and that no matter where the supre- and foreign challenges were often the apparatus uttars trumpet calls Dirotly it detects excessive heat
macy in tennis is situated British repulsed by such giants of the past and follows with a siren. soil remains locality for the most as Norman Brookes and Gerald Then a cam volce says:“There important tournament.
Patterson the Australians, and the ate danger. You must leave the Prava is a fire emergency, but no immedi Particular interest attaches to great Anthony Willing, the building. You are drilled in this, this year's championship because tremendous and imperturbable New and know just what to do Leave of the excellent prospects held for Zealander, who is often described as your hats and coats and take your An Englishman winning the men's the greatest player of all singles title-a title which has not the possible exception of Tilden.
possesses
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Then a band strikes up a spi
A game of pai cau was of the Friday and Saturday of both (Continued in next Column.) weeks.
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