ROBBERY HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
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prietors
20.000,00€
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: H. V. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman.
Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Deputy Chairinan,
A plan to rob the owner On the occasion of the of a timberyard in Kow- of Aomori apples left for AL AUTHORITIES TO ESTAB recent signature of the loow City last night was Sourabaya, Netherlands MENT OF STORAGE AND DIS-military agreement be- frustrated by police under East Indies, on board the TRIBUTION OF RICE.
tween their two countries Det.-Sgt. N. B. Fraser. Municipal, town and village as-
Mr. E. Himsworth Nissho Maru yesterday associations will allocate quotas for the King and President
this morning, Leung Mul; rice among rice producers Japanese producers and owners.
and Benes exchanged the fol- Keung Woon-cheung, 23, Leung A. B. Compton, Esq., Hen, Mr. T. E. Pearos,
Fuk, 19, and Leung Ching, 35, Hon. Mr. 8. H sought new markets. These quotas will later be ad-lowing telegrams:-
were sentenced to six months' a. Mistin, Esq.. actual The Java markets hitherto have justed to the
amounts.
"On the occasion of the signa- hard labour for conspiracy, while Ricc set aside been almost monopolised by Aus- produced.
asture of the military agreement be- Ma Hok-ling, 22, who pleaded Government stocks will be pack-tween the British Government and not guilty to the tralian "Granny Smith" apples
offence, was which are known for their keep-ed and delivered to warehouses the Provisional Czechoslovak Gov-discharged.
prefectural ing characteristics.
Former Japanese, attempts to ship supplies to the N.E,I. fail- ed through lack of cold storage facilities on Japanese ships.
This drawback has been re- medied, permitting the 16-day voyage across the Equator.
Japanese apples are now also being sent to Germany which for- merly obtained its apples from
America and Canada.
Reuter,
PRISON FOR CRUELTY
designated by the authorities.-Havas.
FRAUD OF PEAK COOK
of
a
22,
K. Beunfold, Esq..
K. 6. Merrion, Esq.;
C. C. Roberts, Esq.,
· Dodwell, Hon. Mr. A. L.
Shlal Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, Chief Manager.
& moy Was Bangkok Bombay
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ernment I welcome the opportuni- Keung Woon-cheung ty to express to Your Majesty given a further three months' atavia sincere thanks for this new proof for possession
dangerous Calcutta of the active sympathies of Bri- treapon. tain. This further act of Allied Det.-Sgt. Fraser said the police Cheloo cooperation will meet with glad arrested all accused, except Dairen satisfaction in my sorely afflicted | Leung Ching, in Argyle Street Fooobow country whose people it will enat 6 p.m. yesterday. They found phon courage to, redouble the opposi-a top pistol in Leung Mui's pocket, Harbia KWONG PO-WAH, 25, COOK-tion to German tyranny. Czecho- an iron in Keung's girdle and a follo MR. K. M. A. BARNETT THIS be proud to be, as result of this They accompanied the police to currency and Fixed Deposits received BOY, WAS CHARGED BEFORE slovak soldiers and airmen will rope in Leung Fuk's possession.
Current Accoumla, opened in Local: MORNING, WITH OBTAINING agreement, more closely associat- the Wing Yee Cheung Timber-for one year or shorter periods in Loo GOODS TO THE VALUE. OF ed with their British brothers-in-yard in Sai Kung Road and and other currencies on terms which $422.66 FROM THE WING SANG arms whose dauntless exploits to- arrested Leung Ching, who was will be quoted on application. CHEUNG SHOP, NO. 11, QUEEN day arouse the admiration of the sitting outside.
ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIE VICTORIA STREET, BY FALSE civilised world."
It was later established that BOXES in various sizes TO LET. PRETENCES.
His Majesty replied: "I much Leung Ching, who had been
Hong Kong, 28th February, 1940, Det. Sergt. A. F. Cochrane said appreciate Your Excellency's employed in the Yard and who defendant was employed by Mr.message.
knew the owner was in "You are not the type of woman
the
HONG KONG SAVINGS A. J. Leask, of No. 104, The Peak. I and my peoples have watched habit of carrying money home who should have the care of any As a daily routine, he was given with admiration the stubborn re-shortly after the business closed
BANK. child," said Mr. E. Himsworth this money to purchase provisions. In-sistance offered by the Czech and down at 8 pm. daily, suggested morning to Fung Lin, 38, residing stead, he obtained a compradore Slovak peoples to German oppres- the robbery to Leung Mul, who conducted by the HONG KONG AND
The Business of the above Bank Lay at No. 430, Reclamation Street, bock from the Wing Sang Cheung sion and we are proud to have organised the gang and planned SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION when sentencing her to four shop without the months' hard labour for ill-treat-his employer, and
permission of your brave soldiers and airmen at to rob the Yard's owner last Rules may be obtained on application
obtained the our side in the defence of this evening. ing her adopted daughter.
FOR TVIE HONG KONG She was fined $20 for failing to
goods on credit.
country and the cause of liberty According to the prosecution, SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, report the possession
On October 21, Mr. Leask re-in Czechoslovakia and throughout Leung Ching's job was to invite of
V. M. GRAYBURN, theceived a bill and defendant was Europe." "ward," Mak
British Wireless, fokis of the Yard to a teahouse Ngan, ill-year-old
arrested. girl.
while the robbery was staged b Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937, the other accused,
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
the money.
Defendant said he gambled with
Defendant was remanded for 48 hours.
Inspector H. W. Fraser, of the S.C.A., stated that the girl was: found wandering in Tsimshatsui at 8.30 p.m. last Thursday by a policeman, who took her to the station. The girl alleged that she had absconded. Bruises were was struck with a hammer on found all over the girl's body, The cheek, nose, back and all. over her woman had previous conviction body at 3.30 p.m. that day.
for a similar offence against her. Accused had reported to Mong-own daughter about four years kok Police Station
that the girl'ago.
SHOTS BY R.A.F. MAN
IN THE WEST END
An R.A.F. officer. fired
All the convicted accused were recommended for banishment.
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Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching Shek, Esq., Li Lan Sang. Esq., Wong sued a man suspected of The liner Mariposa is due to ar- Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying Fo, Esq, and
rive on Nov. 10 and the Washing- Fung Fing Wah, Esq. K. posing as a pilot officer in ton on Nov. 19.-Havas. the West End of London.
At the same time, a civilian, George William Lacey, a carman, who was on his way to work, col- lapsed and died, apparently from shock on hearing the firing, for he was not injured."
not right.
Fan Tong Po, Esq., Chiet Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager.
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He spoke to him, and his con- versation led him to believe he was an imposter.
"I put him under arrest, con- tinued the fight-lieutenant, "but Bonalulu as we approached Adastral-House
Kobe he dived down
Kowloog side street. To London attract attention I fired my re- volver at a blank wall.
Later in the day Darcy Wilson, twenty-nine, baiman, of Pitt Road, Thornton Heath, was remanded before Mr. McKenna, at Bow Street, on a charge of wearing the uniform of a pilot-officer of the "He did not stop and I fired R.A.F. in Wild Street, Drury Lane, again. I was running as hard as calculated falsely to suggest that I could, and when I got found he was acting in the service of his the corner two men stopped him." Majesty. He pleaded guilty.
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wished to make inquiries and ap- THE CHARTERED BANK plied for a remand.:
Flight-Lieutenant John Forbes Andre Day said that when in Ox- ford Street that morning Wilson gave him a sloppy salute.
He felt suspicious, as it was not usual for a pilot-officer to salute a flight-lieutenant. The man was also wearing a ribbon which was
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