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She socked him in the eyè because she loved him! What a yell of a romance!
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BARBARA
HERBERT
STANWYCK MARSHALL
Breakfast for TWO
With GLENDA FARRELL - ERIC BLORE Etienne Girardot • Directed by Alfred Scatell. Produced by Edward Kaufman. Screen, play by Chariss Kaufman Poul Yawiis, Viola Brothers Shers
Josephine Hutchinson-George Brent MOUNTAIN JUSTICE'
LIVED UP TO HIS NAME
Five banishees were sentenced from two years' to five years' hard labour by the Puisne Judge, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
COUNTERFEITER GAOLED
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 19, 1938.
JAPANESE THREAT TO SHIPPING IN
SOUTH CHINA WATERS
Shanghai, To-day. The possibility that the Japanese navy may find it necessary to revise its present attitude towards shipping in South China waters, "if armed Chinese ships continue to seek refuge in Por- tuguese territorial waters off Macao," was hint- ed at by the naval spokesman here yesterday. The Japanese official said that a Japanese warships was attacked by a number of small Chinese craft off Macao on Sunday.
The Japanese warship repulsed, the attack but one of the Chinese craft entered Macao waters.
The Japanese spokesman claim- ed he was in possession of in-
30 YEARS OF
formation showing that Chinese PETTY THIEVING
vessels armed with machine-guns are conducting operations from a! base in Portuguese waters.
He added that "We shall be
Committed to trial at the Crim- inal Sessions following the theft of a dinner jacket, valued at $90, be- of Admitting four charges of compelled to consider counter- longing to Mr. Harry Cooper, possession of moulds for counter-measures in the event of recur- Claremont Hotel, a 49-year-old un- Chan Wing, feiting new and old Hong Kong rence of such attacks on Japan-employed Chinese,
Trans-Ocean whose criminal record was describ- ten-cent pieces and one charge of ese warships." making counterfeit 10-cent coins, Luk Chun, was sentenced to four With an extremely bad record, years hard labour by the Puishe dating from 1920, Sin Man, life Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, banishee, was given four years at the Criminal Sessions this hard labour. He admitted nine morning. Mr. John Whyatt, As-. previous convictions for returning sistant Attorney General prose-
from banishment.
cuted.
SIR STEPHEN KILLIK PASSES
London, To-day.
ed as of the worst, was sentenced to six years hard labour by the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice, R. E. Lindsell, at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
The accused admitted 32 pre- vious convictions for petty larceny and burglary in the course of the past 30 years.
The death occurred yesterday of Lam Po, who was deported for
Sir Stephen Killik, a former Lord
"The only place, obviously for a 10 years on February 19, 1937, was
Mayor of London.
'person like you, is behind the bars," santenced to two years imprison-
The late Sir Stephen Henry remarked the Judge, in sentencing ment, and a sentence of five years'
Three years' hard labour was im- hard labour was awarded Chan Kan, posed on Yeung Ho-po, and Molyneux Killik, who was 77 years the accused, who pleaded guilty. who since 1929 had returned from Chinese woman, Li Yu, by the of age, was senior partner in the banishment five times.
Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGre-frm of stockbrokers which bore his Chan Sang, another
He was also a member of life gor, at the Criminal Sessions this name. banishee, was sent to prison for morning for possession of heroin the Stock Exchange Committee. four years. Over a period of ten pills. The third accused, Yuk He bad many publications years he was banished and re- Man, pleaded not guilty. He will banished six times, Man Shui, was be tried later during the week. also sentenced to four years' hard
labour. He was banished for life
on March 24, 1937.
Mr.
John Whyatt, Assistant
Attorney General, prosecuted.
KOWLOON TONG BURGLARY
Mrs. Harrison, of No. 14, Duke Street, about 12.30 o'clock this morning, was awakened by bottles falling and saw an unknown Chin- ese in her bedroom. She later dis- covered that two handbags contain- ing $272 were missing. A purse containing $85 worth of jewellery and money was later recovered.
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SIR RICHARD TERRY PASSES
London, To-day.
The death has occurred of Sir Richard Terry, the famous com- poser and organist.
At the time of his death Sir Richard was musical editor of the Official Catholic Hymnal for Eng- land. Reuter.
En-
Sapper E Hibbard, Royal gineers, was this morning fined $10| by Mr. HR Butters at the Cen- tral Magistracy when he pleaded guilty to speeding in King's Road on April 1, while driving lorry No
2782.
on
finance and economics to his credit.
Reuter.
Picturesque visitors from Switzerland, Belgium and France in their national costumes are in London for the holiday tours celebra tions at the Albert Hall Photo-shows Gids from Nice with little Boy Gut, the Alpine horn blower, in Hyde Park: (Copyright).
FRAUDULENT CONVERSION
Admitting four separate charges of fraudulent conversion of pro- perty entrusted to him, Ng Tat sheung was sentenced to two years' hard labour, by Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, at the Criminal Sessions this morning. Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant Attorney General, ap- peared for the crown.
It was alleged that the accused. at one time converted, property, valued at $14,000, which was en- trusted to his care. Most of the property which the accused had disposed of had not been recover-
ed.
WEATHER FORECAST
That Royal Observatory reports that a feeble anticyclonic area ex-- tends from the China coast to the Bonins. Pressure is relatively low over Indo-China and the Visayas.
Local forecast: derate; fair.
winds,
INTRUDER'S FATAL FALL
Seen on the roof of No. 23, Lugard Road, early yesterday morning an unknown Chinese, attempting to escape, missed his footing and fell into the yard. He was admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital and died soon after.