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CHENG KWOK-YAU FOUND GUILTY OF PROCURING MURDER
"LEESANG”.
HOLED
Jardine Ship In Collision
At Shanghai.
BEACHED DOWN RIVER TO PREVENT SINKING
HIT BY "CALCHAS”
Shanghai, To-day, 1 During driving rain the incoming steamer "Calchas" to-day collided with the Jardine, Mathe- son s.s. "Leesang," which was on her way out to sea.
The "Leesang" was holed badly and was beached down river to prevent her sinking. Her bows'
were badly holed and the holds flooded.
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The "Calchas" was swinging in to buoy at the time of the crash. Reuter. NO DETAILS HERE.
ANTI-CHOLERA MEASURES.-Free Anti-cholera measures is being taken "advantage
of by the working people of Shanghai Here a girl is seen receiving an injection by a public health official in Greater Shanghai.
MOLLISON TO FLY INDIA'S
THIS WEEK
Three Or Four Days More To Rest.
TELEPHONES TO WIFE
London, To-day. Details of the col-
Mr. J. A, Mollison, famous Bri:] lision are not yet to
tish airman, informed his wife, the hand, but it is advis, former Miss Amy Johnson, by ed that the "Lee-
trans-Atlantic telephone this even sang" was takinging, that he intends to leave the water in the No. 1 and No. 2 holds, and had to be beached as a matter of precau--| tion. The damage to the vessel, however, is not expected to be very serious.'
The "Leesang" is
OPINION
DIVIDED
London, "To-day.
The Indian press, of all shades of opinion, has been filled with com- ments on the British Government's Communal Representation award, which has aroused greater inter- eat in India than any other pub- lication since the Sir John Simon report.
Opinion is shown to follow Go- United States in three or four days ticipated lines.. The Nationalist and fly to Harbour Grace, New-press, which is predominantly foundland, to refuel for his return (Hindu, expresses an intense in- flight across the Atlantic.
dignation, but it la difficult to say On Friday last, Mr. Mollison was to what extent its protesta are baa- resting in St. John, N.B... having ed on general Nationalist feeling; crossed the Atlantic from east to and to what extent inspired by west in the first solo flight over Hindu communalist motives. jthat
Furthermore, he Moslems are seemingly begin- travelled with the lightest machine ning tu realise the solid advantages ever to have crossed the ocean by gained, especially in the Punjab. its own power.
Sikh denunciations are vehement Although the first crossing re-and based on strong feeling.
course.
SOUTH CHINA WIN
COMFORTABLY
Beat Foreign Team In
Java By 4 To 3.
ALL-ROUND SUPERIORITY. ·
Lee Wai-tong Adds to His Tally
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(Special to the "China MaiL”)-
Batavia, Yesterday.
The South China touring football eleven again ran into winning-form when they beat the Foreign XI., selected from all parts of Java, by 4 goals to 3 yesterday.
CRICKET.
YORKSHIRE WIN AND
SUSSEX DRAW
Champions Almost Assured Of Title.
PARSONS AND PAINE UPSET SOUTHERN HOPES
Brilliant Bowling by Kennedy
London, To-day.
Yorkshire, as the result of their 3 wickets victory, over Surrey at the Oval yesterday and the Sussex ket-back at Eastbourne, are now almost
assured of winning the County Championship for the second year in succession,
The Kent, Notts and Lancashire two leaders are now left to fight
rallies have come too late and the
out the bitter feud of North v.
South in what promises to be one
of the most thrilling finishes to a championship season. `
COUNSEL TO FIGHT
FOR APPEAL
ACCUSED MAINTAINS STOICAL CALM
WOMEN CROWD COURT
SENTENCE WILL BE PRONOUNCED TO-MORROW MORNING.
A supreme Court Jury brought in a verdict of “Guilty" in the case of Cheng Kwok-yau, charged with procuring the murder of George Fung, after only 40 minutes' deliberation to-day. Fung was shot to death "on the night of March 24, while he was walking along Village Road with the little actress, Lai Ming-fai, jealousy for whom, it is al- leged, was the motive for the slaying.
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., immediately after hearing the verdict of the Jury, gave notice that he intended to appeal, and Chief Justice Sir Joseph
A century by Watson gave Lan. Kemp fixed to-morrow morning for argument on cashire a comfortable win, and that point. contributed. 94 to Kent's success before a higher tribunal, basing his argument on a Mr. Potter will fight for a hearing
over Middlesex at Lord's. Bril technical legal foundation.
liant bowling by Kennedy (18 for.
71) and excellent batting by Cheng, who has maintained a ed by barristers and laymen. Brown, the former wicket-keeper, stoical calm throughout, the Women, who had crowded the gave Hampshire a big win over lengthy trial, stood up to hear courtroom seats, both European Glamorgan Cox (7 for 91) strove the verdict when the foreman, and Chinese, made their way hard to give Northants an advan-Mr, G. S Archbatt rosë and | through the compact little tage over Derby, but the visiting faced His Lordship. He did not groups of excited witnesses of batsmen could not withstand flinch when the word "Guilty" the proceedings. There was Townsend (7 for 87), and were was pronounced, in full, firm more interest in this trial than beaten by an Innings.
voice, but he paled a little. He any other in the criminal court stared straight ahead of him, history of the Colony. ing voices buzzed all about him. stiff and straight, and whisper-
Hobbs Again.. Wazir All added 62. to his tea interval score of 116 on Saturday.
Mr. Potter brought his ad and thereby placed the All-India dress to the jury to a close after XI. in an impregnable position about 20 minutes of the resumed against Leicestershire. Snary, who hearing this morning, and His contributed 124 not out in Leices Lordship summed up immediate- ter's second innings, was unablely after he had rested. to save the innings defeat.
"You cannot take a chance Surrey succeeded in gaining against the prisoner," His Lord- South China have now lost two lead of 16 runs on the first inn-ship said in part, reminding the and drawn two of their eighteen ings against Yorkshire at the jurymen that suspicion was not
Cheng Kwai-jeung (2), Lee Wai-tong, the skipper of the eleven, and Chu Kwok-luen scored for the tourists, who displayed an all-round superf- ority that the final score does not suggest.
a small cargo-boat-quired some 24 hours, Mr. Molli- For the Depressed Classes, Mr.matches whilst on tour in Java. Oval. Jack Hobbs had the misfor- enough to allow them to convict. son expects to make the return Rajah has expressed disapproval, The following are the full results tune to miss three figures by only The jury left the courtroom at flight in considerably less time. but little has yet been heard from and goal-scoring_list:-
His. Puss Moth monoplane, en-Mr. Ambed Kar's group. Opinions gineers say, is in perfect condition so far expressed on behalf of other and quite ready for a return ocean minorities are, not unfavourable.— voyage. British Wireless Service. British Wireless Service!
of 1,655 tons gross, and plies regularly between Shanghai and Tientsin. Cap- tain C. M. Cater is her master.
OTTAWA'S SUCCESS MARKET STIMULUS.
Miscellaneous Stocks Are Strengthened.
London, To-day. Stock markets yesterday. Were more active, following the success of the Ottawa Conference, which stimulated a recovery in the mis cellaneous market.
"Various leading British indus- trial shares showed an improve- ment; home industrials, textiles, British Dunlops, Imperial Chemi- tals and Cables, and Wireless Com- pany, being particularly promin- ent. British Wireless Service..
HITLER THREATENS OPEN WARFARE
FEAR OF CIVIL STRIFE
VON PAPEN WILL TOLERATE
NO POLITICAL PRESSURE
Berlin, To-day.
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lows: `·
The indictment read as fol-
"Cheng Kwok-yau, alias Cheng Wan, on divers dates be- tween the 23rd day of February, 1932 and the 24th day of March, 1932, (both dates -inclusive) In this Colony, through one, Lau Hing, did counsel, procure and, command Chui Yung-sham and Wong Nam-sheung to do and commit
a certain felony, by them com mitted on the 24th day of March, 1932, at Wongneichung In this Colony, that is to say, to murder Fung Him, alias. George Fung." *
Packed Courtroom. The courtroom was packed to
ten runs. Maurice Allom sent 10.50 and returned at 11.28 down his "expresses" to such ad-o'clock. A few moments later 60vantage that he claimed 6 wickets the verdict was made known, for 75 runs. Bowes, the Yorkshire and Mr. Potter announced his speed merchant, however, showed decision to seek an appeal. The that the wicket also suited his spectators, who had burst into bowling, and proceeded to dismiss whispered conversation, fell si- capacity when the resumed hearing Surrey for 118.
lent again as counsel spoke, opened to-day." Mr. Eldon Potter, The hard bitting of Parsons quietly and slowly. His Lordship KC for the defendant, was con- coupled with the bowling of Paine fixed the time for legal argutinuing his address to the jury. He robbed Sussex of nearly all hope ment and adjourned the court finished in a surprisingly brief space of capturing the championship. The prisoner rose and was led
of time, rapidly summing up the In an attempt to force the pace in away and the court emptied, resting his case,
Women In Crowd,
68
v. Combined Saigon... v. Sadec v. A. Combined. XI.
v. Bandoeng
v. Bandoeng
v. Samarang
Beer I
41 8-0 2-8 48
v. Middle Java
v. Djocía Selected
8 I 42
v. Samarang
V Malang Selected,
v. Soerabaja
V. Soerabaja
v. Sperabaja
v. Bandoeng
v. Bandoeng
v. Batavia
v. Samarang Europeans 8-
v. Java Foreign XI
81
1-2
65-24
Goal-Scorers. Lee Wai-tong heads the goal- scoring list with 20 goals to his credit, while Lee Yee-sun (18), Chu Kwok-luen (9), Wong. Ka-leung
shan (4), Cheng Kwai-leung (6)
Once more the menace of civil warfare clouds the German poli- (4), Ip Pak-wah: (7), Wong Mol- tical horizon, for Herr Adolf Hitler, leader of the powerful Nazis and Yang, Jul-yick added the re- DOLLAR RECOVERS Party, has threatened to make open war upon the Government un-maining 44 goals.
leas five men of his party, condemned to death for murder, are par- doned. Much more grave is this present condition than that of a week ago,
many believed that Herr Hitler was preparing to march upon Berlin and attempt to seize power with his Brown Shirt Army, Uke Signor Mussolini did in Rome.
TO 1/4. Silver Rises Again After Fluctuation.
With a rise of a since yester the local dollar is to-day quot
-
main points of his argument
and
the fourth innings. Sussex, nearly forfeited all points, having lost 7 But in the corridors outside His Lordship reviewed evidence, wickets and being still 81 runs in the case was still being discuss
arrears.
Sussex are playing Essex at
Eastbourne to-day and Yorkshire COMMODORE LAWRIE
HERE FOR DUTY
visit Hampshire at Bournemouth In preparation for their last match —against Sussex at Hove.
(Results & Table on Page 4)
The
LOCAL RAIN
Royal Observatory's report forto-day states Pressure highest to east of Hol The typhoon is situated-about
THE COTTON DISPUTE.
: 250 miles
Wife And Son Will
Arrive Later.
TAKES POST FRIDAY:
Relieves Capt A. H. Walker
Naval Staff
reminded the Jury that guilt must be proved beyond all possible doubt before they could convict, and then
sent them to consider. The court-
room emptied slowly and the accus ed, immaculately dressed and groomed carefully, waited, talking with his interpreter. It seemed am Incredibly short space of time that. the fury had been absent. It was half expected that they might be out for hours, Spectators hurried back to their seats, but, in fact, very few had ever left them.
When the Jury returned at 11.25 a.m. the Court was packed with Apectators
Commodore Edward McDonald The Jury took their stand, and Wyndhan Lewrie, D.8.0., who is to the Foreman (Mr. Archbutt) stood
CaptainA H. Walker,
RN arrived in the Colony
ing on board the P. & 0.
There was dead silence
prisoner also stood up, with
ofather Court-Have
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Small forward
teres
ircles declare opinion tha
able