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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1934.
CANADIAN PEAK DOG
BREWER KIDNAPPED
U.S.. GANGSTERS CHANGE GROUND
$150,000 RANSOM.
DEMAND
London, Ont., Aug. 14.
QUERY
SOLICITOR NOT
SATISFIED
Before Mr. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy this morning, Mr. T. P.. K, Kemble, of Messrs. Wilkinson & ́Grist, wan fined $10 for allowing his dog to be with out a muzzle on the Shek-0 beach en July 1,
Mr. J. T Prior, of Messrs.
BRITAIN'S FINANCES
IN COMFORTABLE POSITION
£4,000,000 SHORT OF LAST YEAR.
London, Aug. 14. Britain's financial posi Wilkinson & Grist, was summoned tion to-day is only four and The clutching hand of kid- for having allowed a black nappers, which has recently alsatian to be without a muzzica half millions sterling on developed into a serious at the junction of Lugard Road the wrong side as compared with last year, despite the social menace in the United and ariech Road on July 28. States, is extending across the summons,
*Defendant pleaded not guilty to remission of taxation and
saying he would like to hear the constable on what kind of a dog it was.
the border into Canada.
the restoration of the cuts.
In the last week, incidentally, receipts exceeded expenditure by nearly £8,000,000.
One of the wealthiest brewers the country, Mr. John Labatt, was abducted by
An Indian constable then gave to-day 4 gang whilo motoring between London evidence, saying he noticed the (Ontario) and Sarnia.
animal near the Upper Peak Tram Exchequer return of recolpta Dotails of the outrage became station. He followed it and it and expenditure during the cur- known when a note was delivered went into house Na. 20 in Lugard rent financial year up to August at his home demanding the Im-Road, He spoke to the servants 11th, shows that, excluding self- mediate payment of ransom.
there; and then Mr. Prior him-balancing items, the total ordinary The note was signed by an in-self came out and gave his name, revenue receipts last week amount- dividual describing himself as The dog was a black dog, not aed to £10,866,746 and the total Three Fingered Abe," and it de chow, with short hair and long ordinary expenditure to $4,912,402. mands the payment of $150,000 {nova. within twenty-four hours.
The case
was adjourned until The victim of the outrage, Mr. John Labatt is, sixty years of age.duction of defendant's dog.
11.15 am. to-morrow for the pro. -Router.
PINNED TO CAR.
The United Press says that the
Income tax collected during the week amounted to 3,643,000 and Customs and Excise represented £4,050,000.
The total yield of ordinary ro- venue for the financial year to date is £206,097,486, as compared
corresponding period of the pre- vlous year. Ordinary expenditure
note demanding $160,000 ransom KING AND QUEEN with £207,068,091 collected in the
was found attached to Mr. Labatt's nutomobile, which was left aban- doned on the roadside,
The affair is Canada's first major
kidnapping.
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London, Aug. 14. The King and Queen, who re- turned to London yeaterday from for Cowes, loft this afternoon Their Norfolk estate at Sandring- liam.
to date is £265,919,570 which com- pares with £253,729,882 at the corresponding date of 1993- Britial Wireless.
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