THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 15, 1939.
THREE MEN OF ROYAL SCOTS SENT TO PRISON
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AS A SEQUEL TO A “joy-ride" in a car which they "bor- rowed" for the occasion, three members of the Royal Scots - Matthew Andrews, George Angus and Mal- colm Irving were fined and sent to prison by Mr. T. J. Houston, at the Central Magistracy this morning. Inspector A. L. Hopkins said that the car belonged to Mr. F. J. Atkins, of Cable and Wireless, who parked it in Magazine Gap Road at about 8 p.m. on August 11. The next morning the car had gone.
At about 1.30 p.m. on August 12, defendants were seen in the car and were arrested in Garden Road.
Defendants said they were drunk at the time, but this was denied by Lance-Corporal Newman, of the Mill- tary Police, who said that they were not drunk; he arrested them for be- ing absentees from barracks.
told
Lieutenant D. G. Gibson the Court that Angus was the "worst of the lat."
Damage to the extent of about $300 was done to the car headlights, sidelights and front mudguards being
smashed."
SMART BENTENCES All defendants were charged with causing malicious damage to the car;
Andrews was charged with driving without a licence and without the owner's permission, and Angus and Irving with aiding and abetting.
Andrews was fined $20 (or 14 days) for driving without a licence, $30 for driving without the owner's permis- sion, and given 3 months' hard labour for malicious damage to the car.
Angus was given six months' hard labour for malicious damage to the car, while Irving was given 3 months' hard labour for malicious damage and cautioned for aiding and abetting Andrews to drive without a licence.
A further charge against the defen- dants of obtaining $1.80 from the Hong Kong Hotel was withdrawn at the request of Mr. O. E. C. Marton, representing the hotel.
STOCK MARKET CAUTIOUS
London, To-day. European uncertainties, together with the reported hitch In the Anglo-Japanese talks, have been. responsible for quiet conditions on the Stock Exchange, with prices showing only the smallest changes.
On the foreign exchange, precau- tionary repatriation by the Nether- lands banks in order to acquire II- quidity in the event of further de- velopments in the Mendelssohn affair was responsible for the strength of the guilder, which appreciated from 8.75-1/4 to 8.71-3/4.
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Wall Street was steady.-Reuter.
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BELFAST GOES INTO COMMISSION
LONDON, TO-DAY, THE NEW CRUISER, „BELFAST, SAILED FROM PORTSMOUTH YES. TERDAY ON HER FIRST COMMIS- SION.
She is joining the Home. Fleet, at present in Scottish waters, and is re- placing H.M.S. Glasgow, which is to be transferred to the South American station.
list
'Belfast brings (the total number of British cruisers on the affective up to sixty.
Nineteen more: cruisera are:under construction, and another four-au-- thorised in the 1939 progranine, will be ordered shortly-British: Wireless.
EXPANSION OF R.A.F. CENTRES
London, To-day.
A number of the centres of! the R.A.F. Volunteer Réserve are now approaching the es- tablishment set them in the current expansion scheme.
The question of raising the current establishment of the centres is, how- ever, constantly under review.
number of applications for air sec- In several of the larger towns, the tion's in hand are sufficient to fill all immediate vacancies. Current estab- towns as soon as the candidates have Jishments will be reached in these been selected, medically examined and attested, and additional training facilities provided..
Several centras aro training members of the following sections of the Volunteer Reserve-pilots, air observera, wireless operators, air gunners, skilled and semi-
skilled
hands.
tradesman, and aircraft
With all these sections fully func- tioning, it can be seen with what completeness the Volunteer Reserve is taking its place behind the regular Air Force-British Wireless.
CHEFOO CONSULATE MOBBED
Shanghai, To-day.
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A mob of Chinese, among whom several Japanese were no- ticed, attacked the British Con- sulate at Chefoo on Saturday, ac- 'cording to a trustworthy foreign dispatch received here to-day,
The demonstrators, who were armed with.clubs and swords, en- tered the compound of the Consul- ate, smashed eighteen window panes and seven mosquito screens. The British authorities lodged a strong protest with the Japanese. -Reuter.
PUPPET CONFERENCE AT TSINGTAO POSTPONED
A conference of eprésentatives of the puppet zaghnies in taking and Peiping, scheduled to take place in the middle of August Tsingtao, has
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ARMY APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA
London, To-day
TOKYO MILITARY
ATTACHE
London, To-day. Lieutenant-Colonel B. R. Mullaly,
of the Gurkha Rifles, has been; ap- The King has approved the appoint pointed to succeed Major-General for an indefinite ment of Major-General A. F. Hartley, Piggott as Military Attache to the nnouncement Indian Army, to be Quartermaster-British Embassy in Tokyo, in October.
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