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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 21, 1939.
ROYAL NAVY READY FOR ALL EMERGENCIES: ABLE
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A flying-officer prepares "Asta", the squadron's Springer Spaniel mascot, before leaving on a flight in the recent air defence exercises.
DR. W. W. YEN OFF TO CONFERENCE
When the s.s. Canton, left Kowloon
Saturday she carried on board Dr. W. W. Yen, twice China's Prime Minister, and one of China's veteran diplomats, who is the head of the Chinese group participating in the Seventh Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations to be held next November
Co- in Victoria, British lumbia, is accompanied by his daughter Miss Nan-sun, his niece Miss Shu, and his secretary Dr. Wei Ken-sheng.
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WEATHER. REPORT
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The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is highest over the Pacific to the East and N. E. of Ja- pan. A ridge of high pressure tends westward to Shantung. trough of low pressure extends from Indo-China to the Pacific east of the Philippines.
TRESPASSER
Lo Kan, 21, was cautioned by Mr. T.J. Houston this morning for tres- passing at Lyemun Barracks yester- day.
Defendant was found walking about
inside the barracks.
SEEKING AGREEMENT WITH UKRAINIANS
Warsaw To-day. The Polish Government is endea- vouring to reach understanding with the Ukrainians.
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FEW HOURS
London, To-day.
THE ROYAL NAVY is now in a greater state of pre-
paredness than ever before in peace-time, and even than in 1914, writes the Naval Correspon- dent of the "Sunday Times.'
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He says it would be no exaggeration to say that if war should break out, the entire maritime defences of the British Empire would be on a war-footing within a few hours.
There would be no delay, no shortage of stores in vital posi- tions nor any improvisation of defences in any part of the world where a conflict might conceivably arise.
BABY ABANDONED: PARENTS
Speaking of the feeling of confidence in the Merchant Navy, the corres- pondent says that its safety depends on defence ports and shipping on the high seas, and it is known in the Royal Navy that practically every im- portant port likely to be affected by hostilities is already provided with the most modern forms of defence.
All measures for the defensive
HELD GUILTY equipment of merchant ships were re-
After retiring for 40 min- utes the Jury at the Criminal Sessions to-day found Leung Fuk, and his wife, Yeung Yip, guilty of abandoning their infant child.
cently reviewed and expedited.
The correspondent stresses, the fact that there has been, in gen-- eral, a very considerable accal- eration In the speed of warship building, which is well in ad- vance of schedule.
OIL-FUEL
He adds that supplies of oil-fuel The Jury returned to 6-1 verdict are now stored in nearly all strate- in both cases, but added a rider re-gic centres of the world and are vir- commending the woman to the len- tually immune from air attack, while iency of the Court.
particular care has been taken in supplying small centres with smaller types of anti-aircraft ammunition.
All fleet supplies are sufficient to last for several months.--Reuter.
The jury was composed of Messrs. J. R. Jones, G. S. Lovett, B. O. M. Deane, S. A. Lopes, J. H. Fox, P. Kregozy and E. E. Gosamkee.
Mr. J. Whyatt, crown counsel, was for the prosecution,
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Atholl MacGregor postponed sentence, expressing a desire to have the opinion of Dr. Hargreaves as to the state of mind of the woman on July 19, which was only seven days after her confinement.
DISCOVERY OF CHILD Forty Ukrainians in Lemberg prison Ong Kwin-yin, residing in Prince have been released among them snine Eaward Road, related how it was his prists of the Greek Orthodox Church custom to take a walk with his wife, and one Ukrainian journalist.
in the evening. On July 19, at about According to paper "Kurjer 18 p.m., he was walking near a fleld Polski," two Greek Catholic priests are at the junction of Levan and Argyle still detained at Lemberg prison. streets. The night was dark and there Next week the central committee was a slight drizzle. He was attract- of the Ukrainian "Undo Party" willed by the cries of a child. He looked meet at Lemberg.
round but could see nothing. The cry- The paper "Czas" expects that the ing presisted and they, decided to go committee will issue a statement on into the field and search. A cyclist this occasion.-Trans-Ocean.
later came along, and with the aid of his torch, found a "parcel” hidden un- der
some grass. Wrapped in dark cloth, he found the child, naked. He went home for some warm clothing and then took the child to the Pace Station.
BURGLARS ACTIVE
. A Russian woman, residing at No. 18, Jordan Road, Kowloon, lost $47 yesterday when a burglar, visited her
residence.
A burglar entered a room in the Luk Hoi Tung Hotel last night and stole $60, belonging to a guest, Li
Fuk-fu.
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A $50 wristwatch. was snatched from Wong Chuen-ting, of No. Wuhu Street, yesterday when he was walking in Morrison Street.
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In reply to Mr. Whyatt, witness said that if the child had not cried,
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the hospital. sent by the Police to He examined it and found it in
On July 29, he healthy condition.
the child informed the Police that was sick and on August 1, at 11.30 a.m., the child died. The cause of death was inflammation of the in- testines. Questioned by Mr. Whyatt, Dr. Kwok said it was probably in- fected while in hospital,
On the
HUSBAND'S STORY Leung Fuk, the husband, in evid- ence, said that his wife left hospital- with the child on July 17. night of July 18, the child was ill, grew worse at midnight and at 1 a.m. Hospital. During the day, a he took the child to the Kowloon police officer came to his house and told him that the child had to be taken away. At the hospital he found the child in the same condition. A nurse
said the child could not stay as there was a shortage of accommodation. He took the child to the Kwong Wah hospital, where Dr. Kwok told him that the hospital was overcrowded and would not admit his child.
He then returned to his wife who it would not have been found then.
was waiting at the entrance and told Dr. G. Hargreaves, of Kowloon her all that happened. He felt it was Hospital, stated · that, on July 11, his duty to do his best for his sick Yeung Yip was admitted to the Hos- child. He told his wife to go home pital and gave birth the following while he went and get some Chinese day, to a girl. For purposes of iden- medicine. He arrived home first. His bed was marked on the child's cloth-out the child. She told him the child tification, the number of the mother's wife came in later crying, and with-
ing and tied round the wrist. The had died on the way home after it woman and child were discharged on had expectorated a lot, and that she July 17, both well. At 1 a.m. next had left it on a plece of vacant day, the child was again brought_to ground.
hospital suffering apparently from Yeung Ip confirmed her husband's over-feeding. There was nothing ser- | story, iously wrong and the child, was dis- charged next day.
NUMBER CLUE Inspector H. E. Rogers, of Kowloon City, said he saw the child, at the station. On the wrist was a tassle with the Chinese character six and the figure 6. As the result of en- quiries at the Kowloon Hospital, he found the two defendants.
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APPEARED DEAD
"On the way home," she added," "my child's face turned colour; I did not know what to do with the illness. I came to a piece of vacant ground and laid the child down."
"The child now appeared dead and after a while I gave up hope and went home without it,"
"I am a refugee, I did not know the Dr. Kwok, of the Kwong Wah law. This has nothing to do with my Hospital, sald that, on July 19, a husband and he had nothing to do female child a few days old was with it.”