NUDIST CAMP RAIDED
Discarded Clothes Rifled
AND THEN SET ON FIRE
Barcelona, July 22
"Ten desperate gunmen to-day invaded the sanctity of a nudist not far from camp near Java. Barcelona. Rapidly going through: the pockets of clothing which the nucists had left in a cloakroom.: the robbers made off with available cash "and
all
valuables.
Then, 03 a secondary impulse they set fire to the discarded -yarments--Havas
CAUSING BODILY
HARM
Accused's Plea Of Guilty
WANTED TO DISFIGURE, NOT KILL HIS WIFE
Lam Yau, a coolie, who appear- ed on remand before. Mr. W. Scho- field at the Central Magistracy this morning, charged with
saulting and causing bodily harm to his wife, Li Wan. pleaded ruilty and was sentenced to four months hard labour.
Detective Sergeant R, Fitches; "said that defendant admitted the
assault and said that he wantedi to disfigure his wife and not killi ber. He had accused her of adul-i tery with a clansman of hers, but! there was no truth in the allega- tions.
Defendant. on hearing the sen- tence, did not appear to be affect-js ed and left the dock smiling.
POCKET PICKED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Wallet With $275 Removed
POLICE RESERVE.
Orders For The Current Week
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1935
As their husbands continned to soar above Meridian, Miss airport Mrs. Al Key (left), and Mrs. Fred Key prepared. meais for the endurance fliers. The wives had been living at the airport since their husbands took off on June 4 and prepared all meals sent aloft to the dying brothers
Alleged Arson
Arson Case
On Trial
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To-day's Short Story.
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS
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By John Scott-Taggart
Harry Bostock stood on Mr. Bostock entered a first-class the platform and glanced smoker, followed by his companion into the dark fog out of which of the platform, who at once quiet- he had been expecting the train by settled himself in the corner and from London to emerge.
became absorbed in an art journal.
Mr. Bostock, however, sat up
He was a large man, and his beavy face and small but sharply right and looked disgustedly out of the window at the retreating moving eyes registered petulantights of the station.
(and Indicrous. annoyance He pulled out a large watch. secured
"No business sense, that's the
to his bulging waist-cost by trouble no business sense." he de [heavy" gold chain.
"Twenty minutes late, confound it," he grinted.
Watching him closely through
claimed.
The studious-looking gentleman looked gently and amisbly over the top of his glasses. His weak blue the thick lenses of his spectacles are encouraged Mr. Bostock
"Bit of a fog, and what hap-} was a thin scholarly figure. They pens?" he asked rhetorically. "Tell had both been waiting for the five thirty-two, which was now slowly whole blooming railway goes to [me that what happens? The approaching the station to the pieces." He waved his hand accompaniment of load signal de dramatically towards the window. tonations
and his companion Instintively loaked to see the railway going to {pieces.
-Mr. Bostock's small eyes took in!
MEI LAN-FANG DUE the rounded shoulders of the elder-
ON THURSDAY
Famous Actor On Short Visit
Dr. Mei Lan-fang, the famous Chinese female impersonator, who rave a series of stage perfor marces in the course of his re vent tour of Russia and Europe, is expected to arrive in the Colony on Thursday by the ss Conte Verde.
Although local admirers of this famous stage actor are making! preparations to welcome him, and are also contemplating arrange- ments for him to appear on the used stage of one of the local theatres,
ww
in
on
in
to
ily man opposite, the thin, greying!
hair, and the calm, gentie eres.
"You're no business man.” “be
į accused.
The eyebrows over the gentle eyes rose defensively.
Well, er
in the sense.
not perhaps
Mr. Bostock slapped a fat hand on the other's thin knee and gave a short loud laugh.
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "The Way Ont." by D. WEson MacArthur.
"You can't kid me," he said.
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The
firm's cook, who was a nephew of the second defendant.
AFFECTED BY DEPRESSION
that the second defendant. Ng The business of the firm King-chin bad influenced to be much more prosperous and his stay in the Colony is expect- "See at once you're not a business advised him into doing so, being Fat оде time there were fourled to be even shorter than that of
Then, to soften the sever- an accessory to the fact. He ground floor premises, used by China's "Greta Garbo," Missity of the indictment, he pulled out! ad also to prove that the crime he factory, which then employed Butterfly Wu. who visited the a couple of cigars, put one in his committed by the first defen-between 50 and 60 persons. How-Colony on July 4 on her voyage month, and offered the other to dant was with the object of de-lever, with the trade depression, back to Shanghai
his friend, who took it gingeriy frauding someone-
the factories, including one Mei Lan-fang was given a rous- The building concerned was a Singapore which was sustained in welcome on his arrival "It's Chinese tenament house,
all right," laughed Mr. the by exchange fuctuations, all Moscow, and appeared the Bostock "Keep those for my best Chan Pan, unemployed, was this ground floot of which, was open closed down with the exception stage there.
customers. When a man thinks of morning-sentenced to nine months":
in order to cater for shops, and of the one at No.104 Fuk Wah
buying one of my houses I give him hard labour by Mr. Q. A. A in this case was used for the Street Macfadyen at the Central Police Sarti Man Towel Knitting Fac-1
one of these-half a crown time The fire, the Crown submitted, three-quarters of an hour
When he's bought it I give him Court for the theft of a walleti
tory. The building was a mo-was procured in order to defraud extinguish the flames.
one of these half a crown a me either :containing $275 from the person dern one with cement floors and someone,
CURIOUS SEQUEL the insurance. of Lee Keang
a concrete stairway, hence the company or the landlord, and at sequent Police Court proceedings turned back, his coat and showed The curious part of the sub-]gave his short, hearty laugh as he Chee. clerk of Messrs. Leo d'Almada & Co., Jes-;
damage sustained was not very the time of the outbreak there terday-
was that none of the three who another case of cigars. great..
was three-months rent owing The fire gutted the ground Detective-Sergeant T. Cashman floor, the window frames being fashioned methods
The
"I am honoured,” said the older slept on the premises mentioned a factory employed ola said that the complainant
of spinning, the soaked waste.
possible cause of the fire, namely man raising his cigar. was burned while walking in Cochrane street res
the servants' most of their knitting instruments Mr. Fraser's opening address. a good judge of a smoke."
This conclud-aroma certainly indicates you are terday when the defendant
quarters and
also damaged being of wooden manufacture. another person jostled against the factory and those of adjoin use on and previous to May 23. he arrived at the scene of The signboards on the front of Ten of these machines were
Mr. G. C. Moss, Deputy Superin- Mr. Bostock took a deep puff him. Complainant felt the wallet ing houses on either side were the rest of the machines from the fire at about 210
tendent of the Fire Brigade, said and with his thumbs in the arm- being taken from his pocket and also damaged by the fire.
the holes of his waistcoat. revealed his turning roand caught hold of the
other factories being stacked in Shamshuipo and Mongkok detach "I never mind paying a lot of
am. The philosophy. defendant, who had in the mean that the underpart of the front
A curious part of the fire was the cock-loft. time passed the wallet to another verandahs were blackened as if two employees and the cook, the of an hour to extinguish.
men's were already at the fire, brass for something good. Some- On the night of May 21 and 22. which took about three-quarters thing really good, mind you not! man rot yet arrested.
by thick smoke. There were,first defendant, slept on the pre
just sham. If I knew a thing's the two explanations to this: either mises. One of the three, Chinjan examination of the premises to pay the price. That's business. Subsequently Mr. Moss made real goods and I fancy if, I'm ready the Fire Brigade were late in ar-Wai-nam, was awakened at about and discovered that riving and the fire had taken a 1 am to and the second defenderpart of the
theun- And I don't mind telling you 1 good hold, or some inflammableįdant on the prowl about the fac-dahs of the premises on
front veran- know a good thing when I see one." substance other than the work-tory.
the His new-found friend puked at ing materials had been contain
first and second floors had been the rift cisar appreciatively. "Tm On being discovered, the se tensely blackened. This ed in the fire.
cond defendant left the premises probably caused by the fabrics,
was quite sure you do,” he confrated. Counsel for the Crown said Chiu Wat-nam woke Li Ho, his although he would hardly have "It's just a business sense, just Mr. Bostock clinched the matters lenced Fire Brigade officers to were attracted by the smell of tory capable of making such dense wonder, the omnibuses are taking he would produce two experi- co-worker, and the two of them thought the contents of the fac what these railways need; no substantiate the evidence con-methylated spirits. A search re smoke cerning the thick smoke.
He attributed the cause the passengers from under their vealed a bundle of cotton waste to either of two reasons- late noses. But, mind you," and his fat soaked in methylated spirits. call to the Fire Brigade or the face became suddenly serious, “I Strength. - Constable B244 The premises of Nos. 104 and set it alight when it burned with had also taken alight in the fire
They took the bundle outside and fact that other inflammable matter don't know everything." Walli Mohamed Khan has been 108 were insured by the Knit-ja blue fame. taken on the strength of the ting Factory for $11,000, Tong
The scholarly figure opposite Indian Company, as from July 22, Kong-kwan, a sleeping parmer
To cause such dense clouds of looked up surprised at this revolu 1935.
smoke, witness said that about tionary renunciation of ommisci- of the firm, having undertaken Constable R268 Phelwan Khan the job of insuring the pre-defendant returned and, address been well distributed
At 2 am on May 22, the second four gallons of spirit must have ence. But Mr. Bostock was firm; over the he was determined not to permit has been permitted to resign from unises. the Indian Company, as from June
ing the three occupants of the. The curious thing about him factory, was alleged to have stat-
any misunderstanding, he desired 26. 1935.
was that on May 21, or about led:
|no extravagant credit. EXPERT EVIDENCE 1st Aid Classes-All members three days before the fire. Tong Don't say.
"I don't know everything." be taking this Course will report at Kong-kwan, accompanied by his this; it is no concern
anything about: Mr. H. T. Brooks; - Superinten-repeated, although it must be ad- the Police Headquarters Gymus-family and personal effects. left There is no cause to be afraid." that he made an inspection of the tiently aggressive to suggest that of yours, dent of the Fire-Brigade, said mitted that the words were sun- sium on Tuesday, and Thursday, the Colony and had not been seen or words to that effect. They all premises on May 27, and had come they were in the nature of a July-20-and-August 1 at 18.30 since. hours for instruction.
apent that night on the premises. to the conclusion that the fre forensic understatement The second defendant, Ng Training Course Part II-All King-chin, was a sleeping partner second defendant was alleged to of the factory, as both the side he went on in an orgy of self- On the evening of May 22, the must have started in the centre "Some things I'm a duffer at” recruits of the Indian Company of the firm and the only remain have addressed the two employees walls and the front and back bad abasement, but his eyes looked will attend 3. Cliff Road, Kowlooning partner who was known to Chin Wai-nam and Li Ho, and to been equally effected on Thursday, August 1 at 17.30 the factory employees. It was have promised them between $30 Oil, spirit, or camphor must if waiting for a denial of the self- furtively, at the man opposite, as his custom
to visit the factory and $100 when "everything was have been involved in the fire to impeachment. But the pause quite frequently, and at one time over" He then advised them have caused the dense blackening elicited no rallying contradiction. Emergency Unit Reserve he was a sort of Assistant Man that if they were afraid ther of the underpart of the verandahs and Mr. Bostock proceeded with
ager without pay.. "Motor Patrol A Motor Patrol He was not quite a sleeping turn later. The first defendant, American Asiatic Underwriters, building houses or selling a bit of should leave the premises and re- Chang Chi-pang, an agent for his theme "When it comes to will be carried out by members of partner, however, and there who slept on the premises, dia Ltd., said that he had insured the land, you'll have to go a long way the Emergency Unit Reserve on were several instances to show not leave them Friday, August 2. All members that he took a semi-active part in When Chic Wai-nam and Li Ho formerly partner, for $11,000. it comes to something now - factory with Tour Kong kwan, to beat Harry Bostock But when will parade outside Queen's "Pier the factory's business. About returned at about 2 am on the He had made an fospection or nothing about, well, I get man at 17.20 hours sharp Dress three years ago he undertook to morning of May 23, they discover survey of the premises in May, expert and take his opinion. Optional
tay and get the rent reduced, and ed the premises were on fire. The 1934, when he estimated the saine Experts sometimes diser,“ sug- succeeded in doing so. The Crown first defendant was detained by a of the factory at $4,000- submitted that he was an active Chinese police constable.
gested the other gently
Orders by Mr. D. Burlingham
Inspector General of Police.
Indian Company
hours for instruction.
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ALLEGED STATEMENT
D. LKING,
DSP.(E)
Hong Kong, "Monday
29,
partner and took a certain amount was standing on the opposite side of interest in the
of the road to the fise, watching!
The first defendant was the dis
the Engade
factory.
of the
The Court
Bostock trave his
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