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JAJAN'S PRETENDED.
INDIFFERENCE
Moscow, July 11. Manchurian authorities, With over 10 years' service with the Revenue Department to his while desirous of possessing the credit, Ho Yau, C.R.O. 87, was Chinese Eastern Railway at any charged before Mr. Butters at the cost, are now playing the comedy, Kowloon Magistracy yesterday "Indifference." This pretense, to- afternoon on three counts, (1) prewards the acquisition of the rall paring oplum, (2) dealing in opłum and (3) possession of 1.1 taci of oplum dross.
Chlef Preventive Omcor Buller prosecuted, while Mr. C. Y. was for the defence.
rond, while it is naive, is really ridiculous, says Pravda in an article on the Tokyo negotiations.
The railways Manchukuo intends Kwanto build in the future represent nothing but branch lines of the C.E.R., which is the main trunk line of Manchuria.
At the outset of the proceedings, Mr. Buller said he wished to with- draw the second charge.
The Soviet delegation has ap- most Mr. Kwan pleaded guilty to pos, proached negotiations in a session but denied the first charge. business-like way and with a care- fully fixed cost price, based on Dealing with the other charges, valuation of railways generally, Mr. Buller said the case was the whereas the Manchukuo delegates, sequel to a raid carried out on the anys Pravda, were guided by other second floor of No. 24 Temple considerations.-Reuter. Street North, on June 27. Defen- dant was found in the second cubicle from the rear together with another man, and some apparatus' and a quantity of opium liquid were niso discovered in the cubicle.
The liquid was sent to the Government Analyst and was found to contain traces of opium,
FLOOD DISTRESS
FAMINE FEARS ON YELLOW RIVER
Peking, July 11.
in the While the flood menace After evidence had been given by C. P. O. Buller and a Chinese clerk Yangtse Valley is disappearing, the attached to the Revenue Depart-spectre of widespread famine and ment who was present at the raid destruction confronts the farmers Mr. Kwan said he had no case to in Central China as a result of the answer on the first charge. The continued rise of the Yellow River, A break of a hundred feet oc prosecution had produced, no evid- ence to show that defendant was curred at Lincheng, flooding a from area, while guilty of preparing, and he sub-considerable
that the mitted that his client should be dis- Changchow comes news
river has risen higher than at any charged.
time in the last three years.
His Worship agreed that there was insufficient evidence and dis- charged defendant on this count.
With regard to the charge of possession, Mr. Kwan said accord- ing to the Ordinance a man, was entitled to carry one tacl, but in defendant's case there was 1.1 tael. He had pleaded gulity because he thought 1 tael was a negligible quantity, and he felt aure that his Worship would treat it 38.3 technical offence.
His Worship, in imposing a fine of $100, pointed out that defen- dant's case was a special one in that he was a Revenue Officer.
FLIER'S ORDEAL
LIVED THREE WEEKS IN.
ISOLATION
Moscow, July 11. The story of Lieut. James Mat- tern's miraculous
from escape death when he crashed in Siberia's
The Conservancy authorities have received reports that there are no less than two hundred places where the banks have been breached the water is flowing over the tops of the dykes.
or
A large area of Taiyuanfu is under water, and more than five thousand people are homeless.-- Reuter..
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DEATH
to Mosquitoes!
FLIT
kills them
for nearly three weeks after his mishap without seeing a single
human being.
Mattern made a forced landing in rough, hilly country due to an. over-heated engine, in one of the most, desolate regions of Siberia The country abounds in lakes and marshes, and fortunately there
Kanie
to be taken. He wrecked his machine eight miles from the Anadir River.
Was
The engine and undercarriage of his machine were half-buried in the earth and the fuselage was badly shattered, but crawled out unhurt.
Meagre Rations.
Mattern
For eight days, then, he lived at
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SUGAR PROMISE REDEEMED
LATVIAN GOVTS. ORDER TO LONDON
London, July 11.
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London sugar brokers.-British
the scene of his crash, with no-having been awarded to a firm of thing to cat but chocolate biscuits which he carried for rations in his plane.
Finally he commenced to wander
Wirclees.
and reached the banks of the YOUNG CHANG'S MINES Anadir River. One day he saw a largo cuttter down-stream, and he signalled frantically to it, but owing to its distance he falled to attract attention.
By this time he was completely out of food and ho was forced to
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION BY MANCHUKUO
Changchun, July 6. All cool and gold mines in Feng- stalk game to appease his hunger. tien Province and formerly owned Nine days after his crash ho by Marshal Chang Hauch-liang and bullt a hat on the river bank; Gen, Tang Yu-lin are to be sold which subsequently attracted the by public: auction at some date to attention of the crews of some be fixed later according to bargas who took him to their camp announcement to-day by the pre-
fectural government. at Ángdirchukotka.
From there the mossnge of his
ап
These properties were recently
survival was taken by telegraph, confiscated by Manchoukuo.-New
and relayed to Moscow. Roscueter,
planes were despatched at once to
his assistance, Reuler.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.'
IN MANCHURIA,
JOURNALISTS JOIN BANDIT. CAMPAIGN
Mukden, July 7,
Lord Clive, of the Morning Post
It is advertised by the Hongkong and another British correspondent. and Shanghal Banking Corporation Mr. E. L. Ewing, who represents that an Interim dividend of $8 per The Times, joined the anti-bandit Ahare, subject to deduction of Income Tax, has been declared for the half expedition which started, yesterday year ending June 80, 1938, at the for Iisinpin, 100 miles east of rate of 1/41⁄2 per dollar.
Mukdon-Reuter.
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