RUSSIAN GUARD'S
DEATH.
TRAGEDY AT POLICE STATION RECALLED.
INQUIRY AT MAGISTRACY.
Sitting as Coroner yesterday, Mr. W. Schofield conducted an inquiry before a jury into the death of a member of the Russian Ships' Guards, who was found shot at the
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location. The man's appendix had SHATIN MYSTERY. also been removed by operation. Regarding the tuberculosis, the doctor said that in his opinion, this deceased could not have lived more than a year.
FOUL PLAY INDICATED.
It now seems fairly certain that Asked what effect such a, alate the body, which was found in an would have on a man, the doctor old grave on the hillside at Shatin, said that the effect would be some by two grass cutters, was that of what like the effect of alcohol A Chinesp who had met with foul parson of cheerful disposition would become more cheerful and a person |
play..
The police, on exhuming the who was of a melancholy disposi- body, discovered that it was that tion would become more só.
of a man. It was in an advanced stage of decomposition. Foul play is suggested by the fact that there was a rope round the neck while the head bore, a wound six inches in length.
Guard Borovenko then gave old No. 7 Pelice Station on August evidence. He said that he lived in a room on the ground floor of the No. 7 Police Station. He had been with the Guard for a year and kad known the deceased only after hel joined.
Addressing the jury at the outset of the inquiry, the Coroner said that it was
an inquiry into the death of Dmitry Vsevolodovitch Mikhailovsky. The deceased had hern startly before discharged from the Police Force and was found on the morning of March 24 in a posi- tion which gave every appearance that he had shot himself. Ho left
Deceased went to hospital, some two months ago. Before that time, ho lived in a room next to the wit-. ness but after his discharge from hospital he stayed in the same room with witness and another Guard
a letter in which certain allegations (E13). The deceased had stayed were made and the inquiry was held them only two nights prior to the in order to consider those allega-shooting. tions, Mikhailovsky had been in-! valided out of the force twelve days i before the tragedy,
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The first witness called was Dr. Bigbie, who said that on August
23 he conducted a post mortem ex
Appeared Quite Normal. In answer to the Coroner, wit. ness said that he had noticed that the decensed
ill some WER
five '
months ago. After the deceased had been discharged from hospital, he bad expressed a wish to go to Shanghai and had said that he would be going on August 24, He appeared quite normal. He was not in uniform, because he had been discharged,
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he heard something which sounded like a tyre bursting but he did not open his eyes.
it.
why you did not open your eyes?
The Coroner: Any special reason
Witness: I was tired. It is al- ways noisy in the street there and did not pay much attention to
Continuing witness said that be got out of bed at 5.45 p.m. and, taking a towel was about to go to the bath room when he saw the deceased lying across his bed with a ride close beside him. Witness at once went upstairs and reported
matter, to one of the Sergeants.
the
Witness' Rifo.
SOLDIER LAID TO
REST.
FULL MILITARY HONOURS.
IMPRESSIVE spectacle.
Cemetery.
THE POPE'S INTEREST IN AVIATION.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS OFFICIAL RECEIVED
The funeral of Corporal ThomasTO THE HOLY LAND BY AIR. Coleman, South Wales Borderers, who, collapsed during a water polo
In addition to his interest in match at the Y.M.C.A, on Tuesday evening and died shortly after, took wireless and other developments of place yesterday morning at the modern science, His Holiness the Military Section in Happy Valley Pope is following keenly the pro-, gress of aerial transport, recognis- Large crowds, lined Queen'sing the important part which it is Rond to witness the start of the playing in the closer and more procession from Wellington Bar-
friendly intercourse between nations. racks. As the body was carried out
As a practical evidence of this of the Medical looms and placed
intorest His Holiness recently re- on
the gun carriage,, the band ceived in audience at the Vatican commenced to play the "Funeral in Rome, the Manager of the March" and the Escort of 20 Italian Area of Imperial Airways, N.C.O.'s moved off first, followed Ltd., Mr. Lloyd-Taylor. by the firing party and the Band and Drums. Next came the gun- carriage with four bearers on each
This, it is believed, in the first sido and then the wreaths carried time that a representative of a by N.C.O's of various units. The foreign air transport Company has whole of "A" Coy., to which the been received by the Popp. Mr. deceased helenged, was present and Lloyd-Taylor took the opportunity walked immediately behind the of presenting to his Holiness a wreaths, followed by representa handsome album which bore the tives of the other Companies of the Papal arma stamped on it in gold, and which has been prepared Regiment and other unita
specially to illustrate the activities and aircraft of Imperial Airways along the 14,000 miles of European- and Empire air-lines.
The Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. G. T. Raikes, D.S.O., and his ad- jutant were present, together with the Company Commander, Capt. O. M. Wales, M.O., the Rev. J. N. Lewis Bryan, and all the other officers of "A" Coy. The Argyll and Sutherland, Highlanders were
A Handsome Gift.
amination on the body of the de- ceased. He discovered extensive in- juries to the head and there was a largo regular tern wound under the chin. Witness then
gave many detail of the wounds and, in re ply to the Magistrate, said that the injuries wore caused by a bulles which could not have been other the 23rd at 12 noon. He went on Coroner, witness said that the de- represented together with Small and England and South Afric
wise than self-inflicted.
Days Numbered.
deceased alive on the morning of Witness said that he last saw
duty at 6 p.m. that day and came off at 10 p.m., retiring to bed short- ly afterwards. He had no riß In regard to the general condi- ! tion of the body of the deceased, in his room on the rack. As far
The rifle found with the deceased belonged to the witness, but witness did not know that it was his rifle until he was told so by a detective,
Answering a question put by the
cessad had never hinted that ha would kill himself. Witness did not know whether deceased had a rifle ballet on him. Witness was
the doctor stated that he found as he knew there was no rifle ampresant when a piece of paper with marked, extensive and progressive munition in the room. tuberculosis of both lungs. There was also an old jury to the left wrist, apparently à fractured dis-i
Towards morning, said witness,
Continued on next column.)
two keys attached to it was found by another officer.
The inquiry was adjourned.
The Children's
Corner
BY UNCLE JACK
SOMETHING TO
MAKE.
HOW TO HAVE A HOLIDAY you find on tooth-paste tubes, don't
ON A RAINY AFTERNOON.you? Well, given little wire han-!
5
Think how jolly it would be to make a little toy model senside, of your own! You will be able to have immense fun with it, too; in fact, it will be the next best thing to a seaside holiday.
dles, these make lovely little buc kets for a little people at your "' seaside.".
If you bave a very large box-lid and are able to make your model
on a large scale, I dare say you
To make it, you must first of all will be able to think of heaps of find a card-board box lid-the lid other jolly little things that you of a boot box will do if you can, can add to it, such as an ice-creat not find a larger one, Paint the stall made from a matchbox, a inside of it a sand-colour, all ex- miniatures band stand, one or two cept a strip along one side. This tiny bouts, etc. should be coloured to look like a
Aren't you just longing to start summer sea: Continue the Sea" painting up the ledge of the lid, to make it! It will amuse you and And then paste an oblong of card your little friends for hours, and (one which should be painted a hours, and everybody will think blue sky with little white clouds) what a clever little boy or girl you along the back of the ledge. One or are to have made it so nicely..
two little ships could be painted tents. These can be made in the Now for somo little bathing on this, too,
ahape of small Army tents. (a half If you can find some sand, circle of paper with the edges paat- sprinkle this thickly on the boted together.) tom of the box-lid, and a little piece of looking-glass can be made to look like a pool of sea water near the edge of the waves!
and I wonder if you are clever Paint them all in gay stripes, enough to make one or two toy deck chairs with used match-sticka Build up some tiny sand-castles, and strips of material1 If you with flags all complete, and cut out find this rather difficult, draw the some coloured pictures of boys or chairs on paper, afterwords cut-i girls, and fix these an the sandsting them out and standing them near the end-castica and along the about the beach in that way. water's edge. Bome of them cani pretend to be paddling, you see.
Big peuples will do for rocks, and if you have any very tiny shells or pieces of pretty seaweed that you have picked up at the seaside, strew them on your sands just ne though they have been washed up by the tide.
Very jolly little sand-spades can
MY FAVOURITE
COLOUR.
"PURPLE
he cut from brown paper, and you, If purple is the shade you choose,
know those little mutal caps that Many friends I fear you'll lose,
-POUR LES PETITS.
By finding fault with other folk,
Too often, oven though in joke. But you will travel far and wisle,
You'll explore from side to -plus-side..
YESTERDAY'S TRANSLATION Many countries miles away,
And wealthy you will be one
day after Pauline lovea flowers, she has found a primrose, pale yellow and (cut this out, another favourita with a sweet scent.
colour to-morrow).
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
14%
|301|
Across.
1 Pluck B. A girdle 9to govern
10. Always
11. Everyone
13. Elementary Fine Art abb.
ror] 14. Pen (curtailled) 15. A limb
17. Transport Dept. (abbrer) 18. Lawful. 20. To scrutinise 22. A nobleman
34. A conjunction
25. The organ of bearing
20. A bhucepan cover
28, Nothing
30. Not off
32. Negative
31. Not on
Down.
1. Fruit of the vine
2. Same as No. 9, across
3. Not well
4. Ton (curtailled)
B. A verb
G. The first woman
7. Opposite to right
8. One who trades
19. Alimb!
15. To let out money 16. do look vacantly
Opposite to ses 19. Not fat · 21. Abel's brother 23 Ireland
26. Low (curtailled)
27. A preposition
20. m and behold!
nits, the Hong Kong Police, the Royal Navy and many civilians in cluding Mr. J. H. Hunt, of the YM.C.A., and Rev. E. G. Powell, of the Hong Kong Union Church, Kennedy Road,
In this album the multi-engined: aircraft of Imperial Airways are shown in flight along the main air routes between England and India
Photographs are also included showing the luxuriously-equipped shor interiors of the big 4-engined aero- planes and dying boats, while the illustrations include in addition maps of the Imperial Airways яys- tem of routes and pictures explana- tory of the aerodromen and ground When the procession was well organisations along the Company's clear of the Barracks, the band air-lines. The title borne by the stopped and the price changed from album is "Seen from the Air." "slow" to "quick march.” A.
The Procession,
The Holy Land.
the escort reached the Monument, the band again played the "Funeral During the audience it was made March" and the coffin, draped in clear how appreciative the Pope is a Union Jack, was taken off the of the advantage the world will gun-carriage and borne to the grave derive from a wide spread devolop- side. The funeral service was con- ment of serial transport, and he ducted by the Rev. J. N. Lewis ovidenced particular interest in the Bryan, S.CF, after which the body part played by wireless in modern was lowered into the grave The air transport, and also in the fact firing party, which consisted of 16that it is now possible to travel men Irom the deceased's own regularly by airway to and from the platoon, then fired three volleys | Holy Land.
over the grave; the band playing In the latter respect it is worthy a few bars of the "Funeral March of note that already members of between choh volley. The firing the Clergy, together with pilgrims, party then fixed bayonets and tourists and travellers are utilising presented arms, while the eight in growing number the speed and buglers sounded the "Reveille" comfort of air travel facilities which and the "Last Post," after which are provided to and from the Holy all officers and men on parade filed Land. post the grave and saluted,
Fioral Tributes,
The Imperial Airways flying-boats operating on the Mediterranean sections of the India air route now Included in the many wreaths actually alight on the Sea of were those from the 0.0's of Galilee, and the airway journey each Company of B.W.B., Officers from London to the Holy Land can B.W.D., Sergeants S.W.D., Cor-be accomplished in 3 days; while pornis 8.W.B.; No. 4 Platoon, travellers also have the convenience Coy., Water Polo Team, "A" Com- of the connections provided by the pany, All Ranks, "B" Company, Empire routes from India and Cen- S.W.B., "C" Company, S.W.B., tral and Southern Africa, "D" Company; 5.W.B. "HQ" means that a 'journey from, India to Wing, B.W.B., Other Ranké, A, and the Holy Land by air now occupies S.H., Small Units, Officers, A. and only 2 days; while from Central S.H.. Sergeants, A. and S.H., Cor- Africa the tune is 5 days and from porals, A, and S.H., Royal Army
Ordnance Corps,. Royal Army Ber- South Africa 8 days. vico . Corps, • Corporals' Club,
وا
This
S.W.B., YMCA., Sgt. and Mrs. Andrew Francis, Misa Violet
Moore, Ez-Sergeant Chennings, the Court waiting,
were his S.W.B., Ex-Corporal Keahane, ominous opening words. S.W.B. Sgt. and Mrs. F. Brown, case was due to start and many others.
This
10
SOLICITOR ARRIVES, LATE,
o'clock.....
Mr. Hurig: My client delayed
me.
The Puiane Judge: This must not happen. You are not entitled REPROVED BY PUISNE JUDGE to come into Court at 10.16 when
the case is called for 10 o'clock.
MY Hung: I am very sorry, my Lort
An unusual incident occurred yes Lorday morning, in connection with Mr. Strellett: I have no further wages claim which was to have instructions in this case, and I'm hifil before the Fuiant Judge (Mr. | Afraid 'the plaintiff has not turned Justice Wood) in the Supreme up.
Court.
The Phisna Judge: Will you call At 10-o'olecić Mr. D. La Strollett your witnesses, Mr. Hung† arrived but without now further Mr Hung: They are not here, instructions from his clients. Until | my Lord.
10.16 o'clock, when Mr. W: O. Hung Asked by the Paisne Judge what hurried in, he had the Court to him- | Course” he proposed to follow, Mr. golf. Mr. Hung, arrived. minug: bis Hung naked to be allowed to prove clients alleged my bad the matter in ommbers,
A minute later, the Puiane Judge The Puno Judge" refused and entered: "Who has hoon keeping put the case forward until Septem (Continued at foot of next column.)' bor 27.
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