INDIAN SERGEANT
ACQUITTED.
POLICE UNABLE TO PROVE BRIBERY CHARGES
CORRESPONDENCE.
Chess Champion
To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]
Sir-Would you kindly Insert The case against Mirza Khan, the following letter in your C7 charged with accepting bribes from teemed paper. a shopkeeper at 11, Sai Street, Dr. Alekhine, the worlds' Cham- closed before Mr. Schofield at the plon Chess player intends visiting Central Magistracy yesterday the Colony about October of this afternoon, the defendant being year. At a meeting of chess en- acquitted after a lengthy address by thusiasts held at the Kowloon last Mr. M. K. Lo in his behalf.
Chess Club headquarters Mr. La
that any Tuesday, it was decided that an contended alteration
account effort should be made to promote or falsity in books displaying the alleged pay an exhibition of the great skill of
THE HONGKONG
OPEN VERDICT.
INQUIRY INTO DEATH OF OLD MAN
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1932,
loon Magistracy yesterday, Mr. Sitting us Coroner at the Kow- Fraser enquired into the death of Chan Wai-kuen, 62 years, who died of a ruptured spleen and haemorrhage on June 9.
open verdict.
CHINA PROTESTS
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR IN MANCHURIA
The Chinese
DIPLOMATS IN A
DANCE CLUB
MINISTER KICKED DOWN STAIRS
ments, and which belonged not to Dr. Alekhine. As the few chess and was his habit to have wing Geneva had been instructed to in-with a will among the defenceless
Nanking, July 28. ernment referring to the Japanese A spokesman of the Chinese Gov.
Vienna, July 1. Foreign diplomats; dancing at a Government decision to appoint an Ambassador Extraordinary and country club at Lainz, on the out- Plenipotentiary concurrently with number of people injured by Nazi skirts of Vienna, were among a The jury, consisting of Messrs. the Governor-General of Kwantung, rowdies late last night. Brainsfeld (foreman), H. Dreyer stated it could only be regarded as a
A panic ensued when about and T. J. Draper, returned an step towards the formal recognition fifty young men armed with sticks of the puppet regime, and the un- and horse whips burst upon the Mr. Fraser said Chan lived with nexation of the three North-Eas-terrace where members and guests his son at No. 16, Portland Street, tern Province.
of the club were eating or dancing. chief delegate at The Intruders laid about them the defendant but to the shopkeeper clubs in Hongkong are not big with meala. It appeared that who was now the principal witness enough to support the financial after drinking a little, he would vite the serious attention of the guests, using boities, glasses, and aguinst him, was not admissible side of such an exhibition it has become religious, and his neigh-League towards the matters.
pintes as missiles, and emashing The Foreign Ministry has in-windows. against the defendant. The con- been suggested that there may be bours described his condition as trary ruling, he anid, would obtain interested people in the Colony one in which he "worshipped the structed Mr. Chiang Tso-pin, in The seven persons who suffered
Tokyo, to protest to Japan at the serious injury inchided the where a man could say he made the who would be willing to subs- gods."
Ru- cribe towards defraying the ex- noten at the time and desired to
On the night before his death, appointment of a Japanese Am-manian Minister to Austria, whom refer to them in order to recall ex small will be of material assist- and, wine with his meal.
penues. Any amount however Chan had dinner in his son's house bassador to Manchuria.-Reuter, the Nazi rowdies kicked down the
After
terrace steps. actly what happened. He would in
Military Changes ance. The total amount required dinner, he went to bed, but later that case be allowed by law to re-should not exceed $1,600 and to- in the night, he took a pillow and fresh his mind.
Tokyo, July 25. wards this amount the chess clubs a blanket and to spend the night and players will subscribe. Until in the street. Later he was seen unify the Japanese administration Following the recent decision to and arrangements are made what in the street brandishing a long in Manchuria, there is expected to apparently the refusal of club The excuse for the outrage was is wanted at present is a list of pole, names of person who would be
be a change in the command of the servants to serve beer to three of Hearing the commotion, the son Japanese troops in Manchuria. Ithe band of Nazis, who appear to contribute natated rushed downstairs and 'found his s
have been under the impression understood that the military that they were attacking a party father in a weak condition. The authorities have informally decided of rich Jews. Would those interested kindly old man was unable to stand up, to appoint Major General Has- drop a note to Mr. J. S. Smith, of but recovered sufficiently a few himoto, now Chlef of Staff in Man-
The Austrian Foreign Minister the Kowloon Chess Post Office Box 126.
Club, c/o minutes later to be taken into the churis, to be in command of the t
has expressed his profound regret house. His aon rubbed his stomach Japanese gendarmerie in
the urrence to the Ru- J. S. SMITH.
and did everything he could for churia, General Honjo being aperations, members of
Man-manian. Italian. and Argentine him, but the old man died.
pointed military councillor
whose Medical evidence declared Chan the new administration-Renter's
of staffs were assaulted.
amount.
After quoting legal authorities on the subject, Mr. I went on to say that it was quite clear that the contents of the account books could never prejudice defendant, willing to and therefore he desired his Worship to wipe them completely from his mind, in considering the evidence offered in the CRAE.
Dealing with the charges, Mr. Lo commented that if it was an offence to accept a bribe it was equally an offence under another section to offer a bribe, and consequently the SENTENCED TO DEATH. had fractured three ribs in addi-Specínt. stopkeeper was party To the of fence and equally nécountable to the law. His evidence came in for close scrutiny. and Mr. Lo sub- mitted that this was further desir able since in his opinion It lacked proper corroboration,
HOSPITAL ORDERLY WHO
STABBED SURGEON
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Lion to the other injuries.
Chan Wai-keung, son. said he heard his father grumbling about the fond he had eaten that night.] No one in the house spoke to his father.
ISHIMOTO FOUND
NEGOTIATIONS BY JEHOL FOR RELEASE
Peshawar, July 28. Abdul Resashid, the hospital .or- derly who murdered Capt. Cold- Dealing with the evidence, Mr.stream on July 22, was sentenced to bled about the heat and went out About 4 a.m., his father grum- Lo remarked that the shopkeeper death to-day."
into the street. About a quarteri must have realised that the pay-
Nanking. July 28. of an hour later Chan heard his rents he said he had made to the Capt. Coldstream; a civil surgeon,
The Foreign Ministry has re- father defendant toust be ineffectual since was knifed in the neck by Abdul
shouting, "Someone is fceived a telegram from Marshal killing me!" Then other voices Chang Hsueh-liang, reporting that the defendant
only Resashid, while entering the operat-aid. "Kill him! KI him!" was nut. The policeman in the heat and he could ing theatre at the Lady Reading ran to the street, and found his the Jehol authorities.
He Gen. Ishimoto has been located by not have prevented the others from porpital-Renter. smmoning the shopkeeper formar a IRA, A obstruction.
stated that the evilence offered by After Mr. William La Bart the prosecution
not good Sparrow, D.S.P., had replied to Mr.emugh, and he discharged the de- Lo's arguments,
Mr. Schofield fondant.
was
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The Nazis dispersed when the secretary of the club fired a re- volver shot into the air.
MAN HUNTERS
(Continued from Page 30)
"But I mean it!"
There's no limit to what we can do together." Bob told her with enthusiasm. "I'a great to be on my own for a change. We'll show them "
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ago. she had
been so discontented, so impatient for things to happen? Now she had everything in the world. She had love and happy future. What else mattered?
The night wind grow colder and the sky above the rushing train shone with a scattering of stars.
זיי
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"I've been so lucky." Susan said,
don't know what I've done to de serve so much.”
She lifted her eyes to his. The boy put a kiss in the palm of the band he was holding.
"Funny." he mused. “If it hadn't been for father and Denise both of them bent on separating us-we probably wouldn't br together tonight. Denise especially. She didn't really want me. It just made her mad to think anyone else did."
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