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-ALA SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928. 日五初月六
BINGLE COFT 38 öruza
DR. C. Y. MIAO CHARGED WITH WIFE'S MURDER.
HUGE HONGKONG WRECK OF FRENCH KING'S CUP AERIAL
ESTATE.
LINER.
SIR ROBERT JARDINE LEAVES "CAP LAY” CAUGHT IN
OVER $8,000,000.
FAMILY BEQUESTS.
Sir Robert William Buchanan Jardine, who died at Castlemilk, Dumfries, on January 30, inst year, left Hongkong estate to the valuť of $8,636,200 while other entaten
WAS MOTIVE MONEY? amount to £1,647,203. Re-sealing of probate has been granted to Mr. 【SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPHI"). G. M. Bernard, who is the at- torney of Lady Jardine, the widow, Mr. J. Jardine Bell-Irving, Roke iey, Barnard Castle, Mr. J. Stuart, Rutland Street, Edinburgh, and
London, July 20.
The terrible tragedy revealed at
Borrowdale in the Cumberland
Lake District last month when a niretly Chinese woman was found urdered,' apparently strangled with window-cords, and lying on ai rocky knoll just off the main rond, had a acquel in the appearance in the dock at the Keswick Pollen Court this morning of Dr. C. Y. Chinese law student Mino, educated in America, charged with the murder of his wife.
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dine, son, trustees and executors,
TYPHOON.
FOUNDERS IN GULF OF
TONGKING.
MANY LIVES SAVED. Further details of the sinking of the Chargeurs Reunis liner Cap Lay during the typhoon of the 15th-16th July, which is reported
the Aunam coast, to proceed to her Anal destination. IIaiphong. on July 14, she was to have arrived at the latter port on the following night at 10 o'clock.
The will directs that a legacy 100 free of duty, be paid 10 Lady Jardine and that, during her life, she shall receive an un- muity of £20,000, in addition to an annuity of £1.000 by a contract
The Claude Chappe, of the same of marriage. The trustees aro also directed to hold the sum one, had left Saigon a few hours £100,000 sterling, free of duties, before the Cap Lay and was safely in" port at Haiphong, when the for his daughter, Mrs. V. M. typhoon entered the Gulf of Ton Buchanan Jardine (or Peel) and to pay to her the income.
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KENT GET A SHOCK AT band, appeared on the same pro- arrested on a charge of burglary "Laat week-end, the Borderors A Shanghai man when being
BIRMINGHAM.
grammo as "The Popular Sin." broke a mirror over the head of Sin-copation?
n dotoctive. It is thought that 口口
this may mean some bad luck for
A song of Shanghai:-"My.littlo him. RUSSELL MAKES HUNDRED IN greyhound la the East."
A "Two Kwanga Club" has been
· EACH INNINGS.
"Peroxide:"Take four cock- founded, all mombers, it is under- tails in as many minutos. They stood, buing fully acquainted with should make you light-handed. the uses of the weapon,
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Kowloon windows are being Whisky merchants refer to the scratched apparently with a "subtleties that make for happy diamond ring. It la thought to be friendships" in their advertise- the work of an incredulou's girl ments. It is the spirit that counts, recently engaged to a Scotsman,
០២ A certain Dr. McLeod, states "The bamboo holds, the record that Insulin affords "the means of
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London, July 20, The competitors in the 1,000- milaa handicap air race 'round Britain, for the King' Cup, com- pleted the first stage to-day at GOOD NOTTS' BOWLING. Renfrew Acrodromo, a distance of 540 miles.
London, July 20, Mias Spooner, the only woman Perfect cricket weather provalls competitor, who flew
a Moth in England and further remark Mr. John William Buckanan Jar elsewhors in this issue, show that machine, made a great bid for able scores were recorded in the for quick growth," we read, "one Investigating the whole problem of the ship left Marseilles on June 8, victory. Starting third from Hen-county matches concluded to-day. variety being known to grow as nutrition." There is now a move. the latter being appointed by abound for Haiphong vin ports.
den, she was the second to arrive Kont were surprisd at Birmingham much as two feet in twenty-four ment on foot to inoculate Hong- codlei!
at Norwich and was first at where, Warwick made 618 in reply hours." A local lawn bowler says kong landladies, Leaving Tourane, which is on
that, in comparison with the chick Birmingham. She was still lend to a total of 484.
woed on his green, this is positive- One thing about a Government Ing at Leeds, but afterwards lost One of the most remarkable ly dawdling. her advantage.
programme-it's not often encored, matches, was that at Worcester,
☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ where in a two day match over The Paramount film people have An angler's sense of humdar is The first to arrive at Renfrow 800 runs were scored, the West signed on an actress whose three usually de-fish-lent, was Flying Officer Alcherley in a Indies declared at 410 with alx star pictures are "Good and Evil,". Gloster Grebe, his time being wickets down, while the Worcester "Sodom and Gomorrah" and "The
are "Joan-If you hours, 10 minutes, 27 seconds.
really team accomplished an almost an- Queen. of Sin."
Wickedness homesick what about bursting an Miss Spooner was tenth, in 5 precedented performance as far appears to be paramount,
occasional emply paper, bag? hours, 47 minutes: 64 seconds.as this particular county is con-
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cerned in making 439 for the loss of two wickets,
A successful. The outstanding individual per-prophet in years formance was that of Russell, the China needs to well-known Essex cricketer, who be ten duplicated Sutcliffe's feat of behind the making two separate hundrede. times. The performance is the more cre- 0:0 ditable since it was accomplished The O. B. I. against Lancashire. It did not, goes this week however, prevent Lanenshire's to the steno- victory by ten wickets.
grapher who matter of fact, Lancashire made naked her tal- over 500 runs in the course of the game for the loss of only dix pan for
osculating fan. wickels.
៦ .. A Hongkong shroff has been fired because he was too lazy to The Players defeated the Gen-collect his wits.
tomen by nine wickets." Kent lost on the first innings to
Warwick.
king.
Intense interest, is being taken in the trial as the circumstances
The Cap Lay, In accordance with The trustees are further direct- are particularly shocking. victim was Mrs. Wai Shoung Yied to hold the heritable estate in usual custom, picked up the river Mao, the daughter of the late Mr. Scotland and real estate in Eng-pilot, H. Lerroque, at 9 a.m. of Siu Ying-chaw, a wealthy mer-land, free of duties, for deceased's chant prince of Macao, and the san, John William Buchanan Jar feature of the crime lies in the fact that Mrs. Miao had been married a little over a month, and was in England on her honeymoon when she was murdered,
Motive For Crime!
Her husband was placed under arrest on the night of the grue some discovery of the body, and the Police opened their against him to-day, the prosecu-
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dine; also that 3,000 Preference shares in Messrs. Jardine, Mathe. so and Company, Limited, shall he held in the uncontrolled discre- flon of the trustees for a period of 21 years, or for a shorter time If they think fit, the dividends to, be paid to the son and daughter and finally transferred to them after the expiry of the 21 years or a shorter period.
The will also includes a large tion endeavouring to show that the number of bequests to servants,
motive for
the crime was Dr.ranging from £50 to £300,
Miao's desire to secure possession of his wife's valuables.
The couple arrived in the dis- trict on the day before the tragedy and mixed freely. They left the boarding-house where they took a room, together on Tuesday, June
9, according to the evidence of Mrs. Crossley, and Dr. Mino re- turned alone.
"LEVIATHAN" MAIL ROBBERY.
ASSISTANT LINEN-KEEPER
There
Important Police 'Flad. Counsel for the rosecullou robbery stated that the victim was atrang led with conds, similar to many others which were found in a box in the couple's bedroom at the boarding-house of which Crossley, who gave evidence at the inquest, was the proprietres8,
CHARGED.
New York, July 20,
On the
"DELTA" ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.
1.
City of Khfos Has Bows Stoved In.
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TOWED INTO LISBON.
Lisbon, July 20, The P. and O. liner Delta, which came into collision with the City of Khfos off the coast of Portugal, entered the Tagus under her own steam. She encountered a small lenk and minor damage.
The City of Khios had her bowa atoved in and had to be towed into port.-Neuter,
Thrown Against Cliff.
She was, however, caught by the
DAVIS CUP ZONE FINAL COMMENCES.
AMERICA TWO MATCHES UT ON ITALY.
Paris, July 201 The inter-zone final of the Davis Cup Competition to decide whether Italy or America will challenge France, for the Cup, onened at Paris to-day, the Ameri- can team, as announced yesterday, being deprived of the services of Tilden.
America does not fear dofezt by Italy, and victory was almost assured to-day when both singlen matches were won In the easiest manner. F. T. Hunter defeated Gaslini by 6-1, 6-1, 6-0, while Henncasey won in straight sets against De Morpurgo at 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.-Reuter,
SERIOUS RAİLWAY
STRIKE.
LOOTED IN INDIA,
Madras, July 20.
A strike has been declared on
As a
The Players easily defeated the Gentlemen at Lord's.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
Notts defeated Somerset by an
Tanings and 12 runs. Lancashire won by ten wickets
v. Essex. Bussex won on the first innings
v. Glamorgan, Leicester defented Hampshire
by 205 runs. Surrey defcaled Northants by
ten wickets. Worcester V.
Drawn.
HONOURS LIST. The principal individual pef- formances were as follows:
Batting.
was to-day А sequel Cac-Ba Talands, to proceed up to the sensational mall the river channel to Haiphong. Leviathan It had then begun to blow violent on June 23rd. Archibald Chapman, ly, but the Cup Lay, instead of assistant linen-keeper aboard the proceeding, sought a safe anchor-TRAINS STONED & STATIONS liner,being charged with theft of
age amongst these islets, registered mall valued at £1,200. MTH. After a formal remand, Chap was released on ball- man Reuter's American Service,
[It will be recalled that the rob- typhoon before this purpose could the South Indian Railway follow- bery, which was one of the biggest be accomplished, and was whirleding & protracted labour dispute. Russell (Essex) ever made from an ocean liner, into the Henrietta Pass and thrown, was discovered upon the arrival in against a cliff. Her boilers ex- London of the registered bags of ploded, and the horror of the situn- mail brought to Southampton tion was enhanced by all the ship's from the United States by the lights going out. Leviathan. At the time, the value of the less was put at £100,000, and it was thought that the rob- bery was committed in New York before the mails were put aboard the liner.]
The prosecutor also stated that the victim carried jewels valued at G.$4,000, while she also carried a credit note to the value of G.$10,000, though of the latter amount, approximately 5500 had already been drawn.
Prisoner's Financial Affairs.
It had been revealed by the Police investigations that Mrs. the Miao had placed £250 of Emoney withdrawn to a joint bank- Jor account, and the Crown pre-
duced three bank pass-books found THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS.
in the prisoner's possession which showed that considerable sums had been deposited and that there had been no withdrawals from his personal accounts.
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PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, ÅRE SEALED UP.
She sank at 2.15 a.m. on the 16th, nearly five hours after having drifted on to the rocks,
Later the sume day, the Customs launch Enga, from Haiphong, re- scued seven of the crew.
Two other launches also assisted in the rescue work at a later stage.
Ship's Surgeon Lost.
Traffic is disorganised, und the
and
stoning of trains and looting of Gibbons (Worcestor) railway stations have been report-Smith (Warwick)
West Indies.
Davies D. (Glamorgan)
ed in the Tuticorn area.
E. L. G. Hoad (W. Indies) The railway authorities have re Hopwood (Lancashire) quested adsistance from armed Parks, II. (Sussex) police-Reuter.
WINGFIELD SCULLS.
CAPITAL WIN FOR FORMER CAMBRIDGE "BLUE":
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"Let's pet married.”
"But, dear, I am married already."
"Dach it So you are, And now I come to think of it, I am also:"
A local den. tist, who La
getting a new
house built,
wants plenty of
drawing room."
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Maybe these
salary increases
result In
some of our
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civil servants Hving
to
their name.
Mont Hong: kong women
look young;
some dye in the attempt.
Subséquent to the defeat of Har- President Coolidge is spending a row by Eton last Saturday, three vacation in a mosquito-ridden part new ties and one Old Boy's button of the States. Maybe he'll run were acon on the Peak Tram. now.
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Mr. Looker complained in the "Poet:"No good. Try again House of Commons that he had but please remember that dew does been walshed at a race meeting, not fail, except the mountain stuf He cannot be a good looker. into a glass.
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A Taikoo wan is said to have Hoover ought to get in, seeing written over a dozen letters to the that he's being backed up by Work, Hongkong Broadcasting Station.
៨. Ono His wireless, licence should be
consolation-there can't endorsed for exceeding the screed be any more divorces than there
are marriages. Imit.
☐ ☐ To-night's Broadcast:-Mr. A correspondent suggests the Jerry Bilder will give a talk on adoption of the Daylight Saving "Concrete Examples," being a Bill to Hongkong. That would be synopals of the treaties by Bandon about as much saving as lots of C. Ment,
us could achieve.
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☐ ☐ This Week's Short Story:"Tit A set of "London Street Crys" for Tat," or "The Telephone Girl were recently sold by auction. Who was Cut Off by Her Rich Hongkong street crys are going n Uncle."
begging!
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Hobbs (Surrey) Hul (Glamorgan) Ames (Kent) Iddon (Lancashire) Armstrong (Leicester) Nichol (Worcester) Fox (Worcester) Park, J. (Sussex) J. A. Doed (Kent)
-Not Out,
Bowling.
Barra (Notta)
which is over the Varsity course udjourned
After cortain evidence had been given, the case Was natil Tuesday next.
Money For Defence,
Palsoner's counsel applied to the Court for an order for the return
It was first reported that fifty
Lot, July 20. lives were lost in the disaster. but a later communication atated famous race which decides the In the Wingfield, Sculls, the that almost all the 250 passengers championship of the Thames, and Calre, July 20. The police have sealed up the and crew on board were saved, Parliament buildings and placed a with the exception of the ship's from Putney to Mortlake, T. D. A Macdonald (Lancs.)
surgeon and a few of the passen- Collett, the former Cambridge Larwood (Notts): guard outside.
"Blue" defeated D. Guye of the All is at present quiet.-Neuter, gers who are missing.
From an official communique re- London Rowing Club by eight Alexandria, July 20. ceived at Halphong it appears that lengths in 23 minutes. A message from Tanta states the Cup Lay dragged her anchor,
It is announced that T. D. A. of the property in order to pro- that the Police Force, whose and was hurled by the typhoon Collett will represent England in vide for the prisoner's defence. strength had been increased to against a cliff whose precipitous the Olympic boatraces at Amster
The deceased woman's represen-500, was called' out to disperse a surface offered no hold. In con- dam.-Reuter tative objected as the money was crowd which was gathering in sequence, many of the passengers
a part of her property.
connexion with the visit of the who had succeeded in climbing on dismissed Wafdist Premior, Nahas to the rocks, lost their foothold in Pasha,
the darkness and fell back into the
After some discussion, tho Maglatrate agreed to allow the
The crowds stoned the Pollcel sea between the base of the pre- prisoner £250 of the sum remain-
Bad ten arrestą were made. cipice and the sinking ship. ing on the credit note, while it
Rescue Work. was stated that Dr. Mlao already Nahas Pasha has returned to had $110 of his own.
The Jaquest,
The Inquest, which was adjourn-
ed, is expected to re-open at KOR- wick, next week.
Cairo-Reuter.
"FAIN TO SHOWERY."
Observatory's
The
RUSSIAN GRAIN.
CONFISCATION OF SUPPLIES TERMINATED:
SHOCK FOR KENT.
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man's hereafter largely depends to the Tattoo; the pessimist is cer
tain he won't like it even if he
A correspondent wants to know
He should marry a
gets there.
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how he can acquire a largo A heading we never hope to read:"Civil Servants Indignant: Increase in Salaries Refused 7 Aberdeen Water Scheme Preferred Instead."
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"A Happy Valley radio fan claims to hold the Far Eastern Knob Twiddling Championship,
According to
newspaper
8 for 65 report, a Chinese was charged at 4.for 28 Kowloon with having "five tools of raw opinion in his possession.
Warwick Pass Their Total of. 484.
Must have been a Bolshlo,
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Hongkong seems to be going to
the dogs. Under "Bocial Events"
wa read of "The Popular Bin."
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"Jake:"-Most ladies' cams. They.
plexions are impromptu. make them up as they go along.
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The following incredible conver-
dation took place last Tuesday evening:--
**Hullo! Who's that?". "Hullo!"
"Hulle! Who's that?" "Exchange speaking." "Well, somebody is ringing me." "What number are you?" "Central 1234.”
"Number engaged."
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This Week's Teaser:-"When Is Sunday" Answer:-To-morrow."
Kent, the championship leaders, were indeed ehocked at Birming We understand that the Chinese bum, where a high-scoring match who was found wandering with-- resulted in Warwick gaining flrat out any clothes on during the Innings points in spite of a score of typhoon, got a good blowing up by 484 by Kent.
the police. Kent won the toss, and with Ames again in form, well supported "Critle:"--Your enquiry has Iroland has, approved the No- by Deed a formidable total was found. He way to the wrong office. War Pact. She must be losing hor compiled: Warwick however went we know of no "High Court" in national characteristics. 29 runs better. The scores were:
Hongkong, nor are we guilty of
OD Except for the fact that Hong- Kent: 484 and 100 for 2 the phrase that "this sort of state-
wickets,
ment is one of the gliblest that kong had previously received a falls from the mouth of defending much longer version, that the date Warwick: 613.
solicitors."
given was a week out, and that ลง
the account did not, as stated, American farmors.complain that come via Reuter, a contemporary's Governor Smith is too wet." story of the Chilean transport They only like occasional showers. disaster was quite all right,
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Nine of the seamen were after-
Moscow, July 20, wards picked up by the launch
The Council of Peoples' Com- at Haf. Enge, and were landed
missaries has torminated all extra- phong.
Rescue work was taken in hand ordinary measures to get grain from peasants, such as confisca- weather by three launches, and the latest tion and the restriction of trade
In helping Kent to compile 484 The funeral took place on June forecast up to noon to-morrow is: report in that nearly all the between villages, and has sanction-runs, Deed and Ames were in their 22nd in the picturesque church-East winds, moderate; fair to sengers have been saved. The Bur- Fard at Croathwalto, Keswick, the showery. The repart any that vivors have seen landed in Hai-ed an increased price for grain. very best form. Ames batted with The Council has also instructed delightful freedom and made 118 almost secrecy being observed pressure is unusually high, to the phone sided as the People's Trade Commissariat ufore his wicket wes teken, while
The passengers who boarded the Both Dr. Mino and his wife were north of Japan, whilst the depres- Car Lay at Marseilles and Balgon to secure a timely supply of indus- the amateur surrendered with his well-known in Hongkong, though sion to the south-cast of Hai-
trial goods for the peasants, score at 108. “ Reuter. (Continued on Page '18.)
phong is moving westwards.
(Continuod on Pago 10:)
(Continued on Pago 10.).
DO Hongkong has to pay for the What this Colony needs to fewer sterling qualities of Its Govern endurance contents on the tele- ment servants.
phone lines,