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SMUGGLING OF JEWISH REFUGEES INTO PALESTINE
Jerusalem, To-day.
The hearing has opened in the District Court of a case against a British police officer, Inspector Harry Goddard, and a British law- yer, Max Seligman, who are ac- cused of assisting an organisation engaged in smuggling Jewish re- fugees into Palestine.
Thirty charges have been formu-
K-O'D GERMAN RAIDERS
The Fighting Parson who, with his bare fists, defeated a German war-time raiding party in France, has died at Stirling.
He was the Rev. E. R. Jones, minister of St Ninian's Parish Church, Stirling, one-time ama- teur boxer.
He and his comrades wore shav- ing when they were surprised by the raiding party.
There was no time to run for their rifles so Mr. Jones knocked out three of the Germans with uppercuts and the surprise attack failed.
lated by the Criminal Investigation JAPS. DEVELOP
Department of the Palestine Police. Seligman has a large legal prac- tice and is president of the Pales- tine Crown Colony and Dominion Association, whose object is to have the Holy Land incorporated as an integral, juridical unit of the Empire. Reuter.
POLISH MISSION SEES SIR JOHN SIMON
London, To-day." The Polish financial mission head- ed by Colonel Adamkoc had an in- terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
FILMS TAKEN
BY COL. SPEAR
Peiping, To-day.
Lt. Col. Spear, the British mili- tary attache, may be detained by the Japanese at Kalgan for a con- siderable time yet, according to Japanese reports.
It is indicated by well-informed Japanese that he may be held until moving films he had made of Chinese territory are developed and carefully examined by the Japan- ese military authorities.
The films have just reached here, and as the nearest processing plant is in Shanghai it appears that Lt. Col. Spear's confinement is The mission subsequertly opened not likely to end soon. Reuter. discussions with representatives of the Treasury, Foreign Office and tinued during the next few days and the Export Credit Quarantees De-a further statement will be issued partment.
on their conclusion.-British Wire- con-less.
Thesc discussions will be
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 16, 1939.
FLAT MURDER
BLONDE TELLS REPORTER OF "MY FRIEND"
Detective-Sergeant Duke, of Scot- land Yard, in the last fortnight, and has helped them as much as she pos- sibly could. Of this she said to me:
Bournemouth, June 2. A 20-years-old Australian-born girl, a friend of Walter Dinnivan, 64-years-old Poole widower, whose murderer Scotland Yard have been "They first came to see me the hunting for nearly a fortnight, day after the murder, calling three gave me to-day a picture of the man times while I was at the cinema. I she knew.
have made about five statements al- The young woman's name is Miss together and have told them every Eva Mills, She has lived in Bourne-fact I can remember. mouth and district for the last few years. She is blue-eyed, attractive, and high-spirited.
Her friendship with Dinnivan was unsuspected by members of his family until after his death.
"The last time I saw Dinnivan," his tie ring, the ring on his finger, she said, "he was, as usual, wearing and other pieces of jewellery which his murderer stole.
"He
was fond of showing the jewels. He liked to talk about how he had risen in life.
NO CLOSE FRIENDS
So far as I know, he had no close
"The police indicated to me at one time that they thought I was But I am shielding somebody. certain now that they know that it is not true as I have always insist- ed.
WALÊS INQUIRIES
I should like to say that I am not the blonde girl who is reported to* have been seen in Bournemouth on the Sunday night of the murder and not seen again since. I think I know that woman, and I believe the police know her too, for they are searching for her."
Police in Cardiff to-night are men friends. I do not think there directed towards finding a woman was any question of his being black-named Gladys, whose home is in mailed while I knew him.
Fulham, S.W. She is known as a visitor to Bournemouth, and Chief Burt believes that she Inspector knew Dinnivan. It is felt that, like his other women friends, she may be able to give useful information.
"I am convinced he would have told me, because he used to confide in me on all sorts of subjects."
Miss Mills has made several state- ments to Chief Inspector Burt and
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