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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 2, 1941.
NIGHTSOIL COOLIE WOMEN DEMONSTRATE
AT S.C.A.
THE SECRETARIAT for Chinese Affairs was besieged yesterday afternoon by hun- dreds of women, with babies strapped to their backs and other offspring trailing behind, all members of the Luen Yip Guild (the night- soil organisation).
The women and their children, headed by four delegates (also women), marched from the Guild headquarters at 2 p.m. carrying large banners on which were written "The pe- tition of century-old night-soil workers” and
'save our livelihood.“
"
Traffic was temporarily dislocat-
ed and the emergency police unit was called out to prevent
disorder.
not occur.
which fortunately
One woman
any
did
fainted in
the
crowd and an ambulance had to be summoned to take her to the Queen Mary Hospital.
When the four women dele- gates proceeded to the first floor of the Secretariat to see Mr. R. A.
C. North, Secretary for Chinese
INDIAN SENT TO PRISON
Abdool Aziz Rumjahn,|
Affairs, the women and children 20, residing at No. 110,
in the streets below and in
the
corr ders started to wail and cry.
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TWO-OCEAN
NAVY BILL PASSED
The "two-ocean" Navy Bill passed the U.S. Senate yesterday.
The measure, which now only awaits Pre- sident Roosevelt's signature to become law, provides for no- val expenditure of $3,415,521,750. Reuter.
FANTASTIC EFFECT OF NEW BOMBS
Lockhart Road, second The "fantastic" destruc-
Mr. North explained to the de-floor, was charged before tive power of the R.A.F.'s legates why Government decided to take over control of night soil Mr. G. T. Lowry, at the new bombs is shown by removal and advised them to re- Central Magistracy this reports from Emden, says gister with the Urban Council for
morning, with obtaining the Air Ministry news mployment.
and endeavouring to ob-service. tain money by means of
The women then left.
WIRELESS TRANSMITTING SET FOUND
a forged document.
Accused pleaded guilty,
According to Detective Inspec- for J. O'Donuvan, defendant ob- tained $10 from Mr. Poon Cheung- iu, of the Eastern Trading Com- pany. Bank of East Asia Building. by means of a letter purporting
neur
One bomb dropped
Emden post office the whole of that part town into a heap of ruins.
recently
turned
of the
Two hundred houses were damaged, not counting those whose windows were broken. Seventy of these were complete. ly destroyed.
"Two to 300
Houses 500 yards from where to have been written and signed the bomb fell had window frames, by Paymaster Commander A. C. doors and parts of the roof blown Burton. On March 19. defendant away. A 22-YEAR-OLD MARRIED
The news service adds: WOMAN, CHEUNG MO, ALIAS tried the same trick on Mr. Nei CHAN CHEUNG-MO. WAS Kin-shing, of Messrs. Sassoon and bombs caused fires 200
}
yards high."--Reuter. CHARGED BEFORE MR. H. G. Company, Prince's Building. SHELDON, K.C., AT THE CEN-
Accused was arrested yesterday, Complete Confusion TRAL MAGISTRACY THIS MORNING. WITH UNLAWFUL When he again tried the trick in:
Early yesterday } After the raid "complete con- POSSESSION OF A TRANSMIT- China Building.
the usua! TING AND RECEIVING RADIO morning, a Mr. Lee received a fusion obtained and APPARATUS AND A PRIVATE telephone message, which appeared shutting off of sections of damag- CODE AT NO. 120, WING LOK to be from a European, who des-, ed property could not be done.
cribed himself as one Comman- "One was amazed at the great STREET, THIRD FLOOR.
Two men,
Tam Kal-hung, 20, der McKelvie, and recommended destruction caused by the bombs. destitute, who needed A bomb which fell near the past and Tam Sau-iing, 35, described a young
office turned the whole of as wireless operators, were charg- help.
private ed with possession of a
Suddenly, a voice interrupted, quarter, with the exception
code.
saying that it was not a European the post office, into a heap who was speaking, but an Indian, ruins. One wing of the post office and immediately afterwards the was smashed and the chief office
badly damaged."-British line was cut off.
less.
Mr. Peter H. Sin pleaded guilty on behalf of first and second ac- cused.
that
of
of
Wire-
U.S. AMBASSADOR
TO CHINA
Mr. D. W. Waterton, of the Gen- Later in the afternoon, a simi- cral Post Office, said he raided the lar reques' was telenhaned to Mr. premises on April 18. He found Lee. Mr. Lee asked that the des- the wireless apparatus and pri-titute be sent to his office. vate codes in the front cubicle in After 5 p.m. the same day Mr. which were first and second AC-Lee was outside the Chine Buld- cused. First accused admitted ing waiting for his car, when ac- Mr. Clarence Gauss, new U.S. and said Ambassador to China, is expected that the wireless belonged to her.cused approached him Third accused was arrested with a that he had been sent by Com- to arrive in Shanghat on May 14
to private code, similar those mander McKelvie, He was asked aboard the "President Garfield" found in Wing Lok Street, on to get into the car and was taken en route to Chungking.
Mr. Ne son T. Johnson, the re- April 24.
to the Central Police Station.
Sentence of four months' hard tiring Ambassador and new Min- cused, said that h's client was labour was imposed, and accused; ister to Australia, is expected to asked by a friend, Wan Chun, at was ordered to be placed under leave Chungking on May 12 via present in Macao, to look after the Police Supervision for two years. Hong Kong. wireless apparatus for him.
Mr. Sin, on behalf of first ac-
As regards second accused, Mr. Sin said that he only visited the premises, where his mother work. ed as a servant.
First accused was fined. $400, and second and third $200 each.
The apparatus and. codes · were. ordered to be confiscated.
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Reuter,
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