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Hongkong Daily Press.
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General Moto Bugiyama' sits trailing in his official residence, is Japan's newly-appointed War Minister. A mildish man himself he is ordering troops to China, is prepared to stop the war if China climbs down.""
SINCERE COMPANY CRIME REVELATIONS
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K.C. Details Plot To Kill David Chan Sze
TWO ACCUSED TURN KING'S
EVIDENCE
Facts savouring of the famous Cheng Kwok Yau trialvin 1932 featured the preliminary trial of four men at the Kowloon Magis- tracy yesterday afternoon in connection with the murder of Mr. Chan Laf-chan, állas Mr. David Chan Sze, Manager of the Sin- cere 'Company, who was stabbed in the back in the vicinity of Prince Edward Road on the night of May ̈13 last while returning home,
The accused were Li Fuk-chong, manager of the Sincere Per- fumery and former manager of the Sincere Life Insurance Com- pany; 'charged with accessory before the fact; Ko Wah-tak, in- surance broker and a former employee of the Sincere Company; Leung Wong, unemployed, and Au Hing, unemployed all charged' with murder.
Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., and Mr. John Whyatt, seiing Assis. tant Aftorney Ġeneral, conducted the case for the Crowil' on the Instructions of Mr. P. X. Woo, while, Mr. Léo D'Almada, sen., ap- #peared for Li Fuk-chong. Ho Wah-tak was represented by Mr.
Peter H. Sin.
Kó Wah-tak and Leung Wong have turned “King's evidence and yesterday Ko was the second witness called by the Crown.
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TEST CHANGE
-Gover Replaces Farnes
London, August 11.
VICTORIA STATION
ACCIDENT
London, Aug. 11. Ten passengers were slightly in-
·Gover replaces Kenneth Farnes. Į jured at Victoria Station to-day who is unfit, in the English,, team when an accident sccurred to in against New Zealand in the Third }' Incoming train. One passenger Test match on Saturday.— Beuter,
was sent to hospital--
Beyter's Bulletin Service,"
Kwong Wah
Visitors to Hong Kong are apt to regard it as a pleasure. Colony, run for the benefit of "the big business man" or for tourists. Few realise how much is done to alleviate the lot of the poor and needy here.
There is a great deal of poverty and sickness in the Far East, but here, at any rate, the authorities are fully cognizant of it, and through the courtesy of one of the Medical Officers, our representative was yesterday allowed to visit oné of the most important of the local hospitals the Kwong Wah Hospi tal at Yaumati
DAUGHTER HOSPITAL Known to the poor of the Colony as "The Daughter Hospital," it i
Hospital
actually the Kowloon offshoot of the well-known" Tung Wah Hospl tal of Bookunpoo, (or Mother Hospital) and is under the dire tion of the Board of that establish- ment.
It is for the poorest of the poor, and it is their boast that none" has ever been refused/admission. Most patients are treated absolute- ly free, but patients of a better class can go into the Arst-floer wards where they get full attention for the modest sum of fity cents. per day. Other patients can a occasion, be given a private war and there are actually just seen of these, for which the sum of two dollars per day can be charged
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JAPANESE ATTACKERS MEET WITH STRONG
RESISTANCE
CHINESE TROOPS BLOWN UP ON PEIPING-SUIYUAN
RAILWAY
Heavy Bombardment
SHANGHAI, AUG. 11: THE FIRST ENCOUNTER BETWEEN JAPANESE TROOPS AND THE CHINESE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TROOPS IS TAKING PLACE AT NANKOW, 25 MILES TO THE NORTH- WEST OF PEIPING, ACCORDING TO JAPANESE DESPATCHES WHICH ADD THAT HEAVY JAPANESE BOMBARDMENT IS IN. PROGRESS. "
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JAPANESE TROOPS ATTACKING NANKOW MET WITH STRONG RESISTANCE FROM THE DEFENDERS WHO BELONG TO THE 89TH DIVISION FROM SHANSI. NEVERTHELESS, JAPANESE CLAIM TO HAVE⠀⠀⠀⠀ ADVANCED AND OCCUPIED POSITIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE TOWN WHICH IS FIERCELY ABLAZE FROM .. INCENDIARY SHELLS. A JAPANESE PLANE REPORTS - THAT CHINESE TROOPS WERE BLOWN UP ON THE PEIPING - SUIYUAN RAILWAY AT THREE POINTS NEAR NANKOW....... NO TROOPS OF THE 29TH ROUTE ARMY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE BATTLE.- REUTER. #
JAPANESE RESENT. “DILATORY TACTICS”
SHANGHAI, AUGUST 11: THE ARRIVAL OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS „HERE' HAVE AROUSED FEARS OF A POSSIBLE REPETITION OF THE 1932 OUTBREAK „OF HOSTILITIES. THE" JAPANESE LÁRE MOST BESENTFUL AT THE “DILATORY TACTICS” OF THE CHINESE IN DEALING WITH THE HUNGIAO AERODROME. INCIDENT. THE GUNS AT WOOSUNG FORTS WERE SILENT TO-DAY AS FOUR LIGHT CRUISERS AND FIVE DESTROYERS WITH DECKS CLEARED AND SANDBAGGED AND MACHINE-GUNS MOUNTED STEAMED BY CLOSE TO THE SHORE. · THEIR PASSAGE, HOWEVER, WAS VERY TENSE FOR ONE SHOT WOULD HAVE STARTED A BATTLE. THE WAR- SHIPS LEFT KRE NAVAL BASE ON AUGUST 10 AT NOON AND WERE ORDERED. TO SHANGHAI - DIRECT IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE INCIDENT ON AUGUST 2 BLUEJACKETS WERE LANDED AT SHANGHAI LATER.—REUTER.
CURT MEMORANDUM
TIENTSIN, “AUGUST 11, THE JAPANESE CONSULAR AUTHORITIES HAVE DESPATCHED „AN UNSIGNED MEMORANDUM IN THE MOST CURT TONE TO THE CONSULAR BODY NOTIFY- ING THEM OF THEIR INTENTION TO TAKE OVER THE POST OFFICES AND WIRELESS IN THE BRITISH CONCESSION AND THE CHINESE TELEGRAPHS IN THE FRENCH CONCESSION.—REUTER.
DEPENDS ON CHINESE ATTITUDE
Tokyo, August 11: "It all depends on the Chinese attitude. If China Intends to aggravate the situation Japan will respond." was the comment of the spokesman of the Foreign Office regarding the Shanghat incident and asserted the Japanese Government had been taking 'a' most caations and most peaceful attitude towards Shanghai since the outbreak of the North China incident in order to prevent extension of hostills to Central and South China. The "Tomtari Shimbun urges the Japanese Naval authorities to take vigorous action, after full investigation of the incident with a view to preventing a recurreNÉS.
The Asahi Shimbun" counsels the Japanese Naval authorities to demand of China full ob- vance of the Shanghai Truce Agreement of 1932 as a minimum term of settlement-Reuter."
TRAGIC PEEP SHOW
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This is the heading of the leading. article on Page 8 in which the Editor comments on the latest developments in the Sino-Japanese, crisis.
SHIP INCIDENT
Manila, Aug. 114) The Chinesesteamer Shing Ho Hoy is - strike-bound "at Isabela, Zume
Admiral Milounas Tonal, bead boanga Province, due to the re-
fusal of, the Chinese crew to obey iding navy, the Japanese officers. It appears the supreme naval the vessel arrived at Izabels to on to a Cabinet load lumber for Japan and the Chinese now refuse to proceed to Japan. *Reuter
ing to urge sending, of 'troops to China.
UNEXPECTED CARGO OF WAR MATERIAL
Sailors, Led By Captain, Take Control Of Ship
Zlabon, August 11.
A broadcast¬massage froin. Balamanda ataing Hiskotha. Spat | Nationalist High Command in the North Spain unexpecte
ed a cargo of war materiál under the Holowing" circumstančas. board the Spanisă steamer “Arricahum”“” tonnd for a Spanish - liean port with a cargo of war material from Soviet Russia, part
the crew, led by the ship's captain, and Communist saflors obt control of the vessel which then proceeded to steer to the Spanish Nationalist pori-of Pasaĵel. . On arrival there the steamer and her cargo were placed at the disposal of the military authorities. Transocean News Service...
CHOLERA
Fifty-nine cases of cholera Cone Imported), 53 of which were in Victoria, two of enteric fever (one Imported), two of dysentery - and one of small-pox were reported to the Local Health Authorities for the 24 hours ended at noon ges- terday.
The public are notified that the 50 cases of cholera did not all occur yesterday, but were only an accumulation of old cases which had not been reported in the past. Owing to the cholera outbreak: in Hong Kong, the Philippine Talands authorities are not permit ting steerage passengers to land.
HOTELS FULL
As a result of the many visitors at present staying in the Colony, the "full up" sign has been put up in three of the Colony's féɛding hotels while in the case with the fourth one only" a few rooms dra left.
FATAL MOTOR MISHAP
While rounding a bend in Wan chai: last night, “Mr. R. A. Stride. driving a Ford V8 Sedan, was in- volved in a serious accident. Ac- cording to an eye-witness, Mr. Stride was turning from Percival Street into Hennessey Road when the car knocked down one of two men who were carrying a log of umber and who were crossing the "road at the time
The man was killed instan- taneously.
THE WEATHER
Slight Increase In Temperature
A report issued by the Rogal Observatory yesterday states that 2.25 inches of rain was recorded during the 24 hours ended at 10 am yesterday. The year's total Sice January 1, is 58,81 inches safast an average of 58.37 inches. Tueday's maximum temperature was 83 dega. with a night, mini- mum of 78 degs. Yesterday at 10 am. the temperature was 84 degs The maximum temperature yester day was 87.9 degs., the reading being taken at 4 pm
THE DOLLAR
TT ON NEW YORK: 30-9/16: T.T. ON LONDON: 18. 22/4d.?
London Silver Market
(FROM One Own Correspondent) London, August 11 London silver prices to-day were up1/16 for Bpot" and un- changed for "Forward," as follow:
Spot: Forward
Aug. 10. Aug 11
19-7/819-15/16 19-15/18-19-15/16
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NUFFIELD AIDS BLIND In General Sung Chen-yuan's semi-Japanese province of Hopel Lord Numeld has promised
London, Aug. 11. the trouble started. Famed for his contribution of 35,000 towards former exploits against Japan, the the provision of talking books for Shipping doughty: Generaă; is a stumbling the blind in Britain block to Japanese invasion. Der Rüetter's Bulletin Service.
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