THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 24, 1940.
SHANGHAI COTTON
INDIAN CONSTABLE
INDUSTRY ACQUITTED ON
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The crisis in the local cotton industry and the improvement în silk, exports, as well as seasonal summer conditions, were respon- sible for important changes Shanghai's foreign trade August.
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Raw cotton imports in August dropped sharply, while textile ex- ports more than doubled.
pared with July, Havas.
CHEER-O
CONCERT
MURDER CHARGE
MAN SINGH, A POLICE constable, charged with the murder of a fellow constable, Nazar Singh, at the Yaumati Police Station on August 6 was, to-day found “Not Guilty" and discharged after the jury had retired for three minutes.
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Another notable export increase The case for the Crown was Friends For 61⁄2 Years was registered in oils, while de-conducted by Mr. J. Reynolds, as- eles were noted in exports of sisted by Inspector A. E. Carey,
There was no eye-witness of cereal and flour. Exports of skins while accused was defended by the shooting and accused and de- were practically unchanged com- the Hon. Mr. Leo d'Almada, in- ceased had been friends for 0%
structed by Mr. A, Silva.
Accused had a good re- The jury was composed of putation: Messrs. P. Wong (foreman), Lui On the day in question, Kwan-yuen, H. M. F. Xavier, Tai volunteered, owing to shortage Hong, Chou Hon-sing and L. R. of staff to take a prisoner Idelfonso.
Hong Kong and, in accordance with routine, was issued with! The defence plea was that the a revolver and ammunition. Judging from the list of artists shooting was not intentional. Man had been suggested that this was who are to appear at the Cheera Singh had called on deceased over a deliberate move to get to Hong Club on Friday evening, the enter-money matters. Nazar Singh Kong with the revolver. The tainment promises to be one of grasped at the lanyard of the re-act was a lawful and decent one unusual merit.
volver and there was a struggle. and it would be far fetched to Here are their names: Miss Deceased was shot in the lower believe the suggestion. Irene Arteuh, Norman Binning, part of the body. The other shots Importance must be paid to the| "Bob" Bonney, Cyril Brown, Jack were fired while the struggle was positions of the wounds. All that Fountain, "Les" Gibson, John still going on.
could reasonably be said was that Gilchrist, Harrison and Richmond,
the bullet which perforated the
"Vie" Labrum,
that upward tendency. This might be Bill Wimsett and Miss Elvie Yuen. many facts were admitted but it accounted for by a struggle Ir The programme which includes was for the Crown to prove be-which the revolver was below music, sketches, pranks, a spot yond reasonable doubt their case. Nazar Singh and pointed upward of magic and other spectacular According to the Crown, Nazar or Nazar Singh might have been items has been arranged and will Singh was sitting at a table in lolling in a chair.
Stanley Hinchliff, William Knight, Summing up, His Lordship (Sirliower part of the body had an.
MacGregor) "Nipper" Thorn, Athall
said
be compered by David Kossick. the dormitory in Yaumati Police
All Service men are welcome; Station when accused suddenly Assa Singh's Evidence no charge is being made for ad- entered and fired four shots. The
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Hong Kong, 28th February, 1940.
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Rules may be obtained on application. February 1939, in which accused who said he heard the shots. Hi
FOR While waiting for a bus
THE HONG KONG wrote that he hated deceased and statements to the Police shortly front of the Dairy Farm in Na-
AND NORTH CHINA
SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, secondly the answer to the charge after the incident and his evid- than Road yesterday, Mrs.
V. M. GRAYBURN, ECONOMIC STUDY when accused said he shot de-ence, which he stoutly maintain- Bond, of No. 8, Norfolk .C
Chief Manager. ceased because he would not re-ed, were not consistent.
Road, Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937, (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
He was an
had a tug-of-war with a hand- A North China economic mission pay some money.
important witness bag snatcher.. A Chinese detec- and without him the court would ive, who was near by, went to composed of ten members has left On the other side there was know nothing of what happened her assistance and arrested the for Japan on a three-weeks ins-the story of the struggle inspired pection tour and is expected to by Nazar Singh' which ended in he had fallen short of the stan-
But as a witness of reliability thief. return early next month.-Havas: the death of deceased,
dard required,
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LAWN BOWLS WOODS STOLEN
Two lawn bowls woods,
Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; Li Koon Chun, Esq., F. K. Kwek, Esq., Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching be-shek, Esq., Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong
und Ping Wah, Esq
longing to Mr. A. Spary, of the Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying To, Esq, and Public Works Department, were stolen from his car which wa parked outside the Police Club in Boundary Street last evening. The woods were valued at $20.
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