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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 13, 1989.
PRISONER FROM THETIS FUND STANLEY IN OVER $2,000
THE DOCK
An unusual summons was issued against a prisoner of Stanley Pri- gon by Detective-Sergeant H. J. Baldwin on behalf of Mr. H. M. Cassum, owner of the Ceylon Jew- ellery Shop, of No. 17A, Hankow Road.
As the result, the prisoner, Chan Tat-chau, better known as the "long-wanted man", who had been sentenced to five years' hard la- bour at the Supreme Court last year on charges of breach of the Deportation Ordinance and escap ing from legal custody, was this
before morning brought
Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magis. tracy to answer a charge of unlaw- ful possession of $150 worth jewellery, knowing the same to be stolen property. Chan was hand- cuffed in the prisoners' dock and of was guarded by two Officers Stanley Prison.
Det.-Sgt. Baldwin, who prosecut- ed, said he arrested Chan last year in a house at Reclamation Street, where the jewellery was found.
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It was only recently that the jew- ellery had been claimed by Mr. Cassum, who identified the arti- cles as those stolen from his shop on Oct. 24 last year.
Defendant stated that all the ar- ticles were his own property, hav- ing been bought in Canton when he was engaging in the jewellery business.
The Hong Kong Fund for depen- dents of those lost in the Thetis disaster, started by the Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall, the Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo and the Hon. Mr. W.N.T. Tam, has now reached $2,240.
The Fund will be closed on Sat- urday, June 24.
Following is the list of contribu- tions so far received:-- H.E. Sir Geoffry A. S. North-
cote, K.C.M.G.
Hong Kong Red Swatika So-
ciety Mr. Eu Tong Sen, O.B.E.
Kotewall Committee of
Competition.
Cup
.$ 50.00
500.00 250,00
250.00
The United Delivery Co. Ltd. 100.00 Mr. Ng Wal
Mr. Wong Ping Suen Mr. R. A. Dastur The Wo Fat Shing
The Kwong Sang Hong Mr. Pang Kok Sui Mr. Lee Iu Cheung Mr. B. Wong Tape Mrs. M. K. Lo Mr. M. H. Lo
Mr. Li Yau Tsun Mr. Chan Lim Pak Mr. Kwok Chan Mr. Wan Kung Leung Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo Hon. Mr. W. N. T. Tam
100.00
100.00
100.00
100,00
100.00
50.00
50.00
50.00.
50.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
10.00
5.00
25.00
100.00
50.00
100.00
$2240.00
NEARLY THREE
INCHES OF RAIN-
A total of 2.65 inches of rain
He was, however, sentenced to was recorded in the 24 hours en- six months' hard labour, the sending 10 o'clock this morning. This tence to run concurrently with the brings the total since the beginning five years' hard labour given at the of the year to 46.35 inches, or 17.- Supreme Court.
01 inches over average.
CATHOLIC CHURCH WRECKED IN JAP. AIR RAID
Chengtu, To-day.
The Royal Observatory reported this morning that a weak anti- cyclone covers the Pacific to the east of the Bonins..
An area of low pressure extends from Mongolia to north Japan, and a trough of low pressure extends from Tongking along the coast of South China..
The French Catholic Church here f
was wrecked during the Japanese ASSAULTED
air raid on Sunday evening.
The French Consul, Dr. Bechamp, has sent a report on the bombing to the French Embassy in China after an investigation.
THEIR TENANT
"If you two people make any fur- Three missiles hit the American-ther trouble with her or even touch owned West China Union Univer- her again, I will send you to prison," sity. One of the foreign professors said Mr. E. Himsworth this morning was seriously wounded while his to Ng Chai, 43, married woman, and house was demolished. One bomb her 21-year-old son, who were, charg- fell on the Kwang Yi dormitary of ]ed with assaulting their principal the university, but it 'proved to tenant, Ku Shek-mui, at their house be dud.
in Shek Tong Street last night.
Sergeant Ruthwell, prosecuting, told the Court that the son joined his mother in assaulting the com-
A girl student, who was wound- ed, succumbed yesterday.
The house of Dr. Chen Yu-kuang, President of the Nanking Univer-plainant with a clog. sity, was also wrecked, and his Both defendants were placed wife and daughter were wounded. a $10 bond to keep the peace -Central News.
BLOCKADE OF TIENTSIN
Chungking, To-day.
In connection with the Japanese
one year.
on
for
Mr. W. E. Hollands, of No. 64 Mount Parish, Kennedy Road, has reported that a raincoat valued at $42 was stolen from his residence yesterday.
den at No. 131 Mo Kun Ha village, While at work yesterday in a gar- blockade of the British Concession Chun Wan district, a Chinese nam-
in Tientsin it is learned that all ed Tsang Loi, had a sum of $100
"TARZAN ESCAPES'
ESCAPES" communication lines, including the in Hong Kong money stolen from
NEXT CHANGE TO-MORROW
"THE GOOD EARTH'
waterway, leading into the Conces- sion will be closed.
his jacket pocket.
assistance in the blockade, Japanese ex-servicemen in the British garrison troops are pa- port city have held several emer-trolling the streets in the Con- gency meetings in the past days cession as a precaution. to discuss their mobilisation and tral News,
Cen-