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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1933
KIDNAPPER SENT TO PRISON
CHINESE WOMAN'S SERIOUS OFFENCE"
Kowloon Magistracy" proceedings against a Chinese woman named Leung Yau resulted in her being sent to prison for "twelve months by Mr. Butters for kidnapping & child from a bouse in Temple Street. Another woman who was charged with being an accessory before the fact was discharged, the Magistrate reinarking that there did not ap pear to be any evidence against her, except the allegations of the first defendant'
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Eau Yu, the grandmother of the child, said that on August 8th she had occasion to send her grand child out to the street. The errand I was a small one but the child did
not return.
Yuen So, the kidnapped child, said that her grandmother had sent her out, but before she got to the street she was accosted by the first defendant, who lived in the same house.
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Defendant offered to take her out, saying that she would buy her
agreed something. Witness.
but said she would have to tell her pes ple first. Leung Yau, however, re- marked that it was "unnecessary_as she was well-known to them. De- fendant took her a long way, to Shamshulpo, where witness alleged that she attempted to sell her to a woman in Laichikok Road. "She kept me there a few days and then took me home," concluded the child. In reply to His Worship first de fendant asserted that she had no intention of kidnapping the child All that she had done she did at the instigation of the second defend
́FOUR KILLED IN MONGKOK
FIRE
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SPLENDID WORK BY FIRE BRIGADE
Four people were killed and four others seriously injured in a fire which broke out at 393, Reclamation Street, shortly after 1.30 a.m. yesterday.
The casualty list was as follows
KILLED
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Chin Yuk, female, aged 75, of 395, Reclamation -Street, 1st floor;
Lo Fuk, female, aged 35, of the same address: Yeung Stiet Tak, male, aged 6, son of Lo Fuk; and,
Chu Chai, male, aged 6, of the same address.
"SERIOUSLY INJURED Ting. Sze Fung, female, aged 61, of 395, Reclamation Street, 1st floor;
and.
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The extent of the damage has not yet been assessed, though we learnt from a reliable source that the contents of the gunny bag shop on the ground floor of 303, Reclamation Street, were insured for $1,000.
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Ho Ka Lin, female, aged 96, of 303, Reclamation Street, 1st Boor?
Ho Lung Sze, female, aged 51 of the same address; Pun Shan, male, 49, of the same address, third floor.
THE DAMAGE
at about 1.30 am, and is believed the first to have originated floor of 393 Reclamation Street, which was occupied by a firm of makers. The ground cardboard floor was occupied by the Chung Chang Kee gunny bag shop and the flames soon got hold of the bags and spread with such rapidi- by that in a few minutes it was evident that the fire brigade would have a hard job on their hands. They tackled, the situation, how ever, with commendable slacrity, and soon had the fire under con trol. Many people on the upper floors of both Nos, 393 and 383 8000 found themselves' trapped but here again the Fire Brigade showed their worth, and, braving the rag- ing flames, the fire fighters enter-
Apart from those mentioned above, several other people were injured though the nature of their injuries were comparatively alight. The body of the old woman, Chiu Yuk, was recovered amongst the debris on the 1st floor of No. 295, where she lived.
Pun Shan, & pastry cook, was in- jured as he made a desperate leap for liberty from the third floor of onto the street.
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At this point the second defend. ant was discharged and the first defendant went into the box, where she reiterated her statements that she had not been the guilty party.
His Worship: "Why did you take the girl from her home then?
......Second defendant told me to, Why should you do so?.
. Well, I was wrong.
After the police had told him that nothing was known'against defendant His Worship sentenced her as above.
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THEFT OF JEWELLERY AND CLOTHING
TEN WEEKS SENTENCE.
A month ago, a report was made to the Yeumati Police Station to .the effect that Vincent Andrew Nunes had stolen jewellery and clothing to the total rahie of $148 from the house of Messrs., Samad and Singham, of Ceylon, who re- sided at No. 93, Pikem Street... Nunes had, already left for Canton. and a warrant for his arrest was accordingly taken out.
and was removed to the Kowloon and Hospital.
As usual, the Fire Brigade were conspicuous for some heroic rescue work, and no fewer than, twenty are people were taken out of the two blazing buildings thanks to their efforts.
Cause Unknown, The cause of the fire is yet un- known but the outbreak occurred
SOVIET EXPERTS TO VISIT U.S.
Inspection of Indus-
trial Equipment
FURTHER COTTON ORDERS PREDICTED
Washington, July 31. Following the announcement to On Tuesday Sergt. Franklin, saw day that 41 Rovice Bussia techmi cinas will shortly arrive in the him sitting inside a shop, and re- United States to inspect industrial cognising him by his photograph, arrested him. He was brought equipment, it was reported that the before Mr. Butters at Kowloon Administration will decido avery Magistracy yesterday and was given shortly on its Russian policy 10 weeks' hard labour.
An announcement in expected shortly that will reveal whether the Administration will simply reach & trade agreement with the Soviet or RAILWAY MATERIAL FROM enter into full diplomatic relations.
BRITAIN
ORDER PLACED BY MINISTRY
FOR ROLLING STOCK
out with their "human
The two boys who were burned to death appear to have run inte the kitchen on the top floor of No. 395 and, terrorised, remained there until they were overcome by the flames.
The whole of No. 38 was gutted while the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor of No. 385 were completely destroyed.
SINGAPORE POLICE INSPECTOR
FOUND NOT GUILTY AT SECOND TRIAL
Singapore, Aug. 3. The second trial of Inspector Wood ended yes. terday when, after a retirement of only nine minutes, the jury return- ed a unanimous. verdict of nut
guilty and the accused was dis charged by Mr. Justice Gerahty at the Assizes Court. It was the fourth day of the second hearing. The prosecution alleged that by his negligent driving, Wood, who an Inspector of the Traffic Branch, caused the death of Chinese coolie on the night of July a when the motor car he was driv. ing collided with a handcart in Kepper Road.
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will be formidable competitors.
Willing to Extend Credits. The US. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, however, is agreeable included in the group of bechai- to the proposal to extend liberal cians are two of Russia's foremost credits to Soviet Russia, which cotton experts and it was predicted needs machinery that will cost up that further cotton orders will be proximately $75,000,000 The Cor placed after their arrival.
poration, which recently extended i The last consignments of Russia's small credit to Russia is willing to recent estton purchases, totalling extend credits for equipment also, In view of the shortage of rolling-14,500,000, are being shipped thin it was wid
week. stock along the various govern
The technicians who are to arrive ment railways, the Ministry of Railways has placed further orders here soon are authorised to place With factories in Britain. A
orders for American machinery if For the Canton-Hankow Rait. they believe such purchases are wise. way, an order for four locomotives and 74 cars and wagons, has, been placed.
NANKING, Aug. 4.
Because of the desire of the Ad ministration to got rid of the agri- cultural resources, it is understood that Hussin can have unusually favourable terms if raw cotton in When orders were given to admit quantity is purchased along with the Russians and show them every the orders for technical supplies. courtesy, there was no understand Officials at the Department of The Ministry has also ordered ing that they are to buy American Commerce and Agriculture declined 200 all-steel wagons, which are to products. Manufacturers have been to, comment on the possibility of be equally distributed between the told that there is keen competition diplomatic relations Officials in Lunghai for Rumia's trade and that the the Reconstruction Corporation Tientsin-Pakow and Lines. A separate order for sight ending of the Soviet trade war with ikewise professed to know nothing passenger coaches has been placed Great Britain has heightened the of the prospects. Their business was for the Tientsin-Pukow Hailway-competition British manufacturers Kuo Min
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