MAJOR CASE ACQUITTAL I&E Superintendent Questioned By Chief Justice
JURY RETURNS NOT "
NOT "EVERYTHING GUILTY VERDICT
IN 30 MINUTES
"EVERYTHING ON LEAGUE HEALTH HOUSE IN H. K." DEPARTMENT
TO AID CHINA
All unemployed Britons in Shang- Taking thirty minutes for their deliberations, hai, who arise each morning with the crow of the neighbour's rooster the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case who walk around Shanghai's bar-
which Harry Richard Major, 34, Re-ricaded and sandbagged streets seek- The committee for techme venue Officer, was charged with accepting a bribe ing odd jobs and retire late at night boration with China is cons of $200 from Li Yee on board the ss. Wo Ping Yee unrewarded-all go south, young the Chinese Government
men-south to Hong Kong says the dum on June 2- The case was heard before the Chief China Press." Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme Court and concluded this afternoon.
with requesting help sanitary spread of di In that southern paradise the Sino-Japanese British Government supplies all The co MAJOR WAS ACCORDINGLY DISCHARGED BUT WILL BE such with pocket-money, free tickets tish resolution RE-ARRAIGNED AT 215 PM TO-DAY ON A FURTHER to theatres, free transportation and be done im CHARGE ALLEGING THAT HE RECEIVED A BRIBE OF $40 parks them on sunny beaches, with money availab FROM HO WING ON BOARD THE SS. FATSHAN ON JULY 10. beautiful scenery and girls, girls, the formulat
girls! Shanghai's jobless but they-Reuter. The Hon Mr. Leo D'Almada de
to emphasise to you as must be British are provided with fended accused, while Mr. M. J. Ab-strongly as I can, said the Chief entertainment. Dancing twice bott, Assistant Attorney General Justice, that you are not sitting here week! appeared for ish. Crown.
as a Court of morals. Our duty is
“Shanghai was not aware that The jury comprised Messrs. A H. a simple one because we are limited Delcourt (Foreman), A. Krilovsky, strictly to pronouncing on the indict such unbelievable happiness "existed M. M. Lum, H. A da Boza, V. Ola- ment preferred against Major after so near. finsky, La Tak-wah and R. L. D. considering the regrettable nature however, in a letter, written by one Noronha
SUPERINTENDENT QUESTIONED
Questioned by the Chief Justice, Mr. Megarry, Superintendant of Imports and
Exports,
who
of the evidence for the prosecution
His Lordship went on to say that defendant had voluntarily gone into the witness-box and stripped himself of practically every shred of decency by admit-
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Enlightenment is given,
British evacuee, unemployed, to an acquaintance in Shanghai with whom he parted but recently.
Letter Quoted
Marshal Badoglio For Budapest
Budapest, To-day. Marshal Badoglio, Italian Chief of General Staff, is arriving here on October 1 for a stay of several days, according to an official communi- que.
Marshal Badoglio is coming at the special invitation of the Hun- "The letter, with names and ad-garian Defence Minister, General was called this morning to explain ting the gross breach of duty on dresses omitted for obvious reasons, Roeder.
Both generals were present at the German and Austrian army manoeuvres this year. Ocean.
why the Chinese Revenue Officers
were
still in Government en
every- Chinese Revenue
play, agreed that
one
of
the
his part in releasing the wolfram follows: ore and pocketing the $100 hand- ed to him by a subordinate offi-"Dear R
cer.
**I had a wonderful trip on the officers who had admitted having That, however, did not amount to Empress of Canada What a fim taken part of the money which formed the subject of the trial, an admission of the indictment you missed you never see. in all was still employed by the Depart against him. It might well be that your life again. Everything is first class and free. We are now staying there was anotheromal compe tent enough to deal with hima on his own admission, but what they were
ment.
with in the mountain
wonderful breezes with a wonderful sea-beach.
Trans-
Ex-Kaiser Illness Rumour Denied
Amsterdam, To-day.
been circulating Rumours have with a lot of girls as they are living in various foreign newspapers that next door, to us. Just imagine the ex-Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is fim we are having day and night lying seriously ill at Doorn: In the day we are swimming and
His Lordship: Has no action been taken against officers who concerned with was another matterEvery day we are going swimming avowedly are completely unworthy that he accepted a bribe of $200 on Are they still board the s.s. of their trust?
Wo. Ping Yee. charged with the collection of pa- blic revenne and with a responsible PROSECUTION WITNESSES task such as searching a person's The parade of witnesses on behalf luggage, even though they say they of the prosecution had been ten in you are missing. have accepted a bribe?" "They number. Two of them, Mr. Buller are still acting
and Inspector Carey, were witnesses
-
This is denied by the “Telegraaf,”
in the night flirting. What a lot whose special correspondent visit- fed Door and reports that the former Emperor is in the best of health-Trans-Ocean.
“It is indeed a great pity you did Inot come with me. I am being sup- "I take it that your Department of truth, honour and respectability,
but their evidence was entirely for-ported by the government. If you does not regard acceptance of a
have a chance of coming-don't miss mal. When we come to examine the bribe as a trivial matter?"
this wonderful and golden opportun "Can you suggest why these men other witnesses, there was one, the have not been dealt with?" No. 1 coolie on board the ship, whose lity. have submitted a report to the evidence was not untainted Government. None of them has yet man said he was completely neglect
ful of the interests of his employers. been suspended.”
"Can you tell me when that re- The shipping company promptly dis- port went in?” -“I cannot re- missed the purser, added the Chief member exactly but I think it was Justice, but the Chinese Revenue twice a week dancing in the hall. before the Police investigations." Officers were still charged with the
NO COMMENT
Mr D'Almada said that he had no comment to make on what Mr Megarry had said except that it made no difference whatever from
This
You simply have no idea of what fun we are having four times chow daily anything you want swim as long as you like and with whom you like. At nights we have entertainment by government, and
Given Pocket Money
SEVENTY POUNDS OFF HER WEIGHT
"Hateful Fatness” Has
Disappeared
It sounds almost incredible that anyone could lose as much as seventy duty of collecting Revenue for the
pounds of fat without discomfort and Government. The Revenue Officers;
"ES is here and is also hav-without an adverse effect on their the purser and Li Yee were all ac complices, continued the Chief Jusing a good time. Society people health. Yet this nurse has reduced. tice, they had all, quite unabashed come here once a week and give us herself by that amount, and is actually pocket money and free show tickets in much better health than she was be the point of view of the motive on ly told the Court of their respec- land also free transportation tickets fore. In the following letter Nurse
tive parts in the conspiracy. Only the part of the witnesses for the Crown. He was not going to criti- the purser and Li Yee made
cise the Government for its conduct money out of it.
ACCUSED'S STORY
ΠΟ
tells us of her startling reduction:--- What more could you desire?
"Patients often ask me what has re- "Please, if you reply to this let-laced my weight from 15 stone to 18 ter let me know about conditions in stone, and I tell them Kruschen Salts. în connection with this affair; it
Fatness is hateful, and a great hin- Shanghai. Hope you are keeping drance when one has a busy life. I might be possible they acted quite
The Chief Justice went on to wel
What wonderful scenery we originally took Kruschen for rheuma properly in the matter, but on the
of have here! Especially at nights. tism and found that I was losing weight face of it, it did not seem to be at warn the jury of the danger
also enjoying continued with the Salts, and kept on and improving in health generally. So all probable. The fact remained convicting the accused on the evid: The girls here are
ence of accomplices, and concluded themselves a great deal. that the Chinese officers who were
losing, weight until now I am 10 stone, and in much better health.”—(Nurse)
Excess fat is mainly due to - per working which allow wa late and clog
admittedly participants in the of that if the jury, whether they be "How are business conditions in N. S fence had retained their employ-lieved it or not, came to the con- ment and there seemed no hint that clusion that the story told by the Shanghai? Please don't fail to re-
action was going to be taken accused in the
against any of them.
reasonably true one they
NOT A COURT OF MORALS turn, a verdict of not guilty. Summing up, the Chief Justice
The jury retired for 30 minutes and returned a verdict of not.
ply to this letter as early as you can, as I will be waiting anxiously for it
Yours etc.
every morning, regular, ge
ich encumbers the
to