THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1940.
12 MONTHS FOR THEFT
OF PAPER
ALIAS
CHIU
KWOK-CHUN, WAS CHARGED BE-
HSU KUO-CHEN,
FORE MR. T. J. HOUSTON
THIS
ALLIES WILL MEET
SWORD WITH SWORD
London, To-day.
MORNING, WITH LARCENY OF 158 THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION states that the
REELS OF PRINTING PAPER
VALUED AT $14.750, FROM
"TA KUNG PO" BETWEEN CEMBER AND JANUARY LAST.
THE DE-
Mr. Peter H. Sin appeared for the
preparations of the Allied Governments regard. ing Italy are complete and they will know how to meet sword with sword.
prosecution, and Mr. S. Ng Quinn for In the struggle between civilisation and the pagan
the defence.
hordes of Germany, the Fascist Government has waited to intervene at a moment of great- est embarrassment for the Allies.
Mr. Sin told the Court that defen- dant was employed by the "Ta Kung. Po" as a clerk in charge of English correspondence. Hsu had the power to order paper, and he signed deliv-cowardly policy to secure for Italy ery orders for 158 reels and sold them to some other firms.
Defendant absconded on January 13, and a warrant was issued for his ar- rest on January 21. He was arrested in Shanghai on May 15.
Mr. Ng Quinn said his client stole the paper to raise money, when press- ed by his mother-in-law. Hsu was employed at the small salary of $30 per month. With this small sum he had to pay debts and support his fam- ily at the same time.
It is hoped by an unchivalrous and
such plunder. as Germany will gra- ciously permit her to have but what the Italians will in fact experience is the contempt of the world and armed might of two Empires which Italy has want only attacked.
the
and it the
at
This is to be a long war will be fought on land and in the air with the vast resources the disposal of the Allies until, the German menace is lifted from Europe. There is no hope therefore of Italy Sentence of 12 months' hard labour | obtaining great successes in
a short was passed.
while and at little cost. She will be called upon for great sacrifices Germany's advantage.
SERGEANT OF SCOTS ACCUSED
of Royal Scots, was before Mr. H.
Sergeant James Robertson
G.
to
some
Attitude 'Discounted The Allied Governments for time have discounted Italy's decision. noted The Balkan people will have Mussolini's reassuring words in their regard.
The Axis Powers have been prodi- the gal of such assurance, as Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Lux- Sheldon, K.C., at this morning, charg-emburg have learned to their cost.-- ed with assault.
· It was alleged that defendant Chat struck a 19-year-old girl, Lo
when and a woman, Kwok Chan, drunk, in Lockhart Road on Sunday.
Defendant, who pleaded guilty, said he was attacked by a gang of Chinese, and severely beaten up. He had a wrist watch and a wallet containing $70 odd stolen from him. He struck the women unintentionally.
He was ordered to sign a bond of $100 to be of good behaviour for one year, to pay $10 compensation to Lo and $50 to Kwok.
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2 7/8.
London silver was quoted at 23 for Spot and 22-1/16 for forward.
The cross rate London/New York was quoted at £-U.S.$4.0250 the New York/London rate
£-U.S.$3.53-1/2.
and
at
Reuter.
LEFT BOOK CLUB AND
COMMUNISTS
Reports of a major crisis in the affairs of the Left Book Club, as a re-
of sult of 'Stop-the-War" activities some of its member-groups, are un- true, according to Mr. Victor Gollancz, the publisher, and founder of the club. But he is determined that the organi- sation shall not lend its name to these activities.
"A few-I think a very few-of our local groups seem to have got into the hands of Communists, who are using them for 'Stop-the-War' propaganda,” he told me. "This is contrary to the aims of the Left Book Club, which is intended to provide facilities for free discussion among all shades of 'Left' political opinion. If it goes on, any group which is being so used will have
to dissociate itself from us."
FIVE JAPANESE PLANES SHOT DOWN
Chungking, To-day.. Investigation reveals that five Ja- were shot down by panese planes Chinese-fighter planes during the air. battle around Chungking yesterday.
Two crashed at Lion Hill, Pishan, north-west of Chungking.
near
Two others which burst into flames in midair, hurtled down in the west- ern outskirts of Peiling, north-east of Chungking.
The fifth was brought down near Changshou.
Altogether 129 Japanese aircraft participated in yesterday's raid.--Cen- tral News.
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Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations to- day:-
BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1340 ́sa..
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.
Providents $3.00 b.
-
PUBLIC UTILITIES
H.K. Tramways $16 b. H.K. Electrics: $5812 sa.
MISCELLANEOUS H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 103 sa.
LAST DAY'S SALES
12 H.K. Banks @ $1340 3 H.K. Banks @ $1335
106 Electrics @ $58% $7,000 Govt. 4% Loan @ $103
MANILA SHARES Antamoks Ps. .08 sa.. Atoks Ps. 134 b. Baguio Gold Ps. .131⁄2 sa, Batong Buhay Ps. .0075 b. Benguet Consol. Ps. 4.30 b. Big Wedge Ps. .14 sa. Coco Grove Ps. ,06% b. Consol. Mines Ps. .0012 sa. Demonstrations Ps. .05 b. -East Mindanao Ps. 06-sa
IX.L. Ps. .21% b.
Ipo Gold Ps. .045 sa. Itogons Ps. .14 b. Masbates. Ps. .08% b.
Mind. Mother Lode. Ps. .07 sa. Mine Operation Ps. .05% b. North Camarines Ps. .02 sa. Paracale Gumaus Ps. .121⁄2 sa. -San Mauricio Ps. .49 sa.
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