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SEE CHINA'S
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SWINDLED OF ABOUT $3,000
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Bilbao, To-day. BY A FELLOW BUSINESSMAN, Despite bad weather conditions A HONG KONG BORN CHINESE, prevailing yesterday, the insur- A YEAR OR TWO LATER, WHEN gent troops claim to have im- IN DIFFICULTIES, ADOPTED proved their positions on the SIMILAR METHODS ALTER- Teruel front, where the Republi- ING GODOWN WARRANTS AND cans have thrown in large bodies OBTAINING MORE GOODS of reinforcements, particularly THAN AUTHORISED BY THE on the sector between Alcala de CHARTERED BANK.
La Selva and Mosqueruela, in a
detachments
The man was, 33-year-old; U; last desperate effort to stabilize Chan-jong, manager of Torbor and the front.
In the Corbalan sector, General Company, who pleaded guilty be- fore the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Garcia Valinos' troops established MacGregor, at the Criminal Ses- contact with those sions this morning, to three charges which captured the town of Alcala de La Selva on Monday, and now of forging documents, and thrée charges of obtaining goods by for- are only 5 miles from
Rubielos. 'ged documents.
The Republican forces on sector of the Teruel front are now
Mora de
J
this
Commenting that accused had posed as a respectable businessman, while deliberately engaged in fraud, composed of the 28th division en- the Chief Justice, imposed sentence tirely, the second mixed brigade, now transferred from the Madrid of four years' imprisonment, with front, the 97th brigade and
hard labour.
The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada,
junior, instructed by Mr. C. D'Al- mada, represented accused and in his plea of mitigation stated that there was no hope of restitution of
the sum of £7,000, the amount in- volved.
BAD BUSINESS
an-
four machine gun battalions.
According to a later report the insurgent troops have gained other complete victory in the Cor- balan sector, capturing the entire Republican defence system and in- flicting enormous losses on enemy.-Trans-Ocean.
GOVERNMENT CLAIM
the
Barcelona, To-day. Insurgent detachments were en-
Counsel revealed that accused was swindled by another man in 1932- 33 by alterations to godown war- rants, and when accused found him- circled and are now in a critical self in difficulty, he adopted a simi- situation, the Republican War Min- lar method. In 1933-34, accused istry stated yesterday. managed to cover his debts through. The insurgent offensive in the better business and made good in Alepuz sector on the Levant front
BRAVEST SOLDIERS IN ACTION AGAINST INVADERS each for the goods he obtained by continues, supported by tanks and
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VISITING TURKEY
Istanbul, To-day.
altering godown warrants. In aeroplanes. The enemy rushed 1935-36, exchange fluctuated rapid- forward to the region south of ly and accused suffered a loss of Gudar where heavy fighting is still about £4,000. He suffered further in progress. The Republican troops losses through delivery delays to captured some prisoners and war the extent of £1,500.
material.
After hostilities between China In the Cueva de Vinroma sector and Japan broke out, accused. lost the Republicans carried out some a further sum of about $10,000. successful attacks inflicting con- Dealers defaulted and absconded.siderable losses on the enemy. ¡Counsel pointed out that accused Trans-Ocean.
lived simply, supporting a wife and two children and a younger brother and sister in the country, and his
monthly expenses amounted to be- FRENCH AVIATRIX
tween $300 and $400. Counsel pleaded for a light sentence.
The Chief Justice, however, re- marked that he would be failing in his duty if he did not pass a severe sentence.
Accused was allowed to see
OVERDUE
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Paris, To-day. The French airwoman, Dupeyron, his who started from Oran on Sunday
weeping wife before being taken morning to fly to the Persian Gulf away to prison."
SWITZERLAND'S NEUTRALITY
Berlin, To-day.
in an attempt to beat the women's long distance record, is reported to be overdue.
80
'Leaving Oran, she had fuel on board for a flight of 25 hours that her non-arrival means she has been forced down somewhere.
The French Air Minister, M. Guy La Chambre, has ordered a search to be made and has requested the
COST OF LIVING
At the meeting of the Federal cooperation of the Italian air sta- Council yesterday, the President of tions in Tripolis.-Trans-Ocean. the Confederation, M. Baumann, made
a declaration expressing satisfaction that Switzerland had recovered her integral uncondi- The Yugo-Slay War Minister, the whole Swiss nation rejoiced tional neutrality, and adding that General Martich, passed through that the League Council had unre-
London, To-day. Istanbul yesterday on way to servedly adopted the Swiss stand-Labour's cost of living index was At 80th April, the Ministry `of Ankara where at the invitation of
point, the Turkish Government he will
approximately 56 per cent, above spend ten days studying the organ-cillor for Foreign Affairs, M, with 54 per cent. a month earlier The President thanked the Coun- the level of July, 1914, compared isation of the Turkish fighting Motta, for services rendered by and 52 per cent, a year earlier.--Bri- forces Trans-Ocean."-
him in this connection. Trans-tish Wireless. Ocean.
Mr. G. F. Euchaner, a passenger
The 8.8. "Soudan" left Shanghai from the President Jefferson, re- rency bank-note, in a store in yesterday and is due here to- ported the loss of a $50 U.. S. Cur- D'Aigular Street yesterday.
morrow at about 6 p.m.