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"A GIANT KICK"
THREE MEN FACE
MURDER CHARGE QUEENS THEATRE
A CASE IN WHICH four persons were charged in connection with robbery, and with the murder of| a 50-year-old woman, was heard by Mr. E. Hims- worth at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.
AFTER 40 MINUTES CON. CENTRATED ATTACK BY BLENHEIMS OF THE COASTAL COMMAND ON THE HARBOUR AT LE HAVRE, FIRES WHICH HAD BEEN STARTED ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT OVER MOST OF THE HARBOUR AREA WERE REKINDLED ΤΟ DOUBLE STRENGTH, THE DOCK BE.
Accused were Lui Shek, 22. CAME A CAULDRON, AT
Tam_Wang-kit, 34, Chan' Fei, 35 LEAST 13 SEPARATE AND
and Lui Wah, 49, the fourth be- SPREADING FIRES FOLLOW. ING SCORES OF EXPLOSIONS.ing charged with receiving.
Det.-Sgt. N. B. Fraser said that the receiving charge against Lui One of these explosions was
Wah might be dealt with sum- perhaps the most remarkable that has taken place in the bombard-marily, but the charges of robbery and murder against the other three ment of the invasion ports.
were for committal.
When a salvo of bombs burst on the target, the ground became sheeted with white flame.
The
The police found a parcel, con- taining cotton gags, on the floor and a chisel in the cubicle. deceased's ankles and wrists were tied and her mouth was stuffed with cotton waste. Some clothing was missing.
the
On December 1. Principal Chinese Detective Shek Tui, act- Outlining the case. Det-Sgt. ing on information, accompanied a Fraser said that the deceased wo-party of police to the roof of No. Street and there man, Tsoi Kuen, was employed as 226, Shanghai an amah in a school at No. 60, arrested the four men who were "Then", said one of the pilots Argyle Street, first floor, The sleeping in a hut built on the roof.
seemed "something volcanic
to school master and his family went
Church happen. The concussion could be regularly to
on Sunday felt like a giant's kick a mile and mornings, leaving the amah be
half high. At 8,000 feet I hind to clean the house, thought my aircraft would be up- On Sunday morning, November set. We were in cloud at the 24, the family left at 11.30
a.m., time, but the sky around us sud-and at about 1.25 p.m. when the denly became clear. The cloud, mistress returned, she found the even at that height, had actually front door wide open. She called been blown away by the force of for the amah, but received no re- the explosion. Night became like ply. day.
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The mistress went to the back "I never saw such a fire before. of the premises and discovered the Its brilliant reflection glowed in|amah dead in a kneeling position the clouds far above us. It warm- on the bed. ed the cockles of our hearts".
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Pawn tickets, relating to stolen articles, were found in Lui Wah's possession. Lui Wah stated that the pawn tickets were given to him by the three men, who, the prosecution alleged, admitted that they robbed the house.
A Relative
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Det.-Sgt. Fraser adcled third accused was a relative of the deceased and second accused was a distant relative of the
The police were in-school inaster.
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Dr. H. H. Tai, Medical Officer of the Kowloon Public Mortuary, said he conducted a post-mortem 011 deccused. A greenish blue towel, blood stained, was tled lightly across her mouth and knotted at the back of her neck. Her upper false teeth had been pushed against the tongue, and this suffocated the woman,
The case was adjourned to this afternoon.
INDIA'S DEFENCES
It was announced in New Delhi yesterday that the Viceroy is. al- lotting 34 lakhs of rupées, com- prising Items definitely allocated by War Fund donors for the, de- fence of India, and unallocated items to the purchase of three trawlers.
The ships will be named Hy- derabad, Baroda and Travancore, and will be fitted for mine-sweep- ing and anti-submarine work,
In addition a number of arm- oured "carriers" are to be manu- factured in India.-Reuter,
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