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THE HONGKONGATEDEGE
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JUDGMENT
Judgment was delivered by the Pulsne Judge, Mr. Justice Lind sell, at the Summary Court this morning in the case in which the Moling Studio, of Asia Life Bulld ing, claimed $164.50 from the Globe Motlan Picture Co. of Aberdeen (H.K.) for work done and material supplied.
His Lordship gave judgment for the plaintiff with costa
Mr. Potér Sin appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. F. X. D'Almada for the defendants.
The case for the plaintiffs was that the claim was in respect to photographs taken on behalf of the defendants.
The defence that the money had, been paid to one Robert Hall who was an employee of the plaintiff
firm.
Church Wine Poisoned
ITALIAN PRIEST
STRICKEN
MYSTERIOUS CRIME
(Special to "Telegraph")
Cremona, August 5." The police here are investigat- Ing a mysterious crime in the Church of St. Augustine.
UGUST
AN ADMIRAL'S CHAUFFEUR
DANGEROUS DRIVING
CHARGE
Kwok Yuk, driver of privato car T216, and chauffeur to Admiral Chan Chak, was summoned before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Central Magistracy this morning, for dan gerous driving along Stubbs Road on July 11.
The defendant was absent. In- spector Alexander said the defend ant used to come to Hongkong for two or three days, and then go back to Canton.
Mr. Schofield adjourned the case sine die.
Several drivers of motor vehicles Monsignor Stuani, whon cale-Land owners were summoned for brating mass, drank a little of the failing to renew their driving licen Communion wine and fell to the ces, and driving unitconsed cars, and altar steps terribly burned about fines of $5 each were imposed. the mouth and stomach.
The Vicar, who also tasted the wine, was likewise burned, and an analysis revealed that there was a quantity of sulphuric acid in the goblet.
O. E. C. Marton, the local solici tor, was summoned on two counts of falling to renew his driving licence, and driving car No. 2588, which was not duly licensed, In
Garden Road,
A representative appeared in There is hope of saving Mon- signor Stuani's life and mean-Court on behalf of the defendant, while the authorities are bending and handed a letter from defendant every effort to solve the puzzlo. to the Magistrate.
The trial has just been con- cluded at Spoleto of a similar case in which the parish priest
A fine of $5 on each summons was imposed.
Giving judgment. His Lordship said: "I am satisfied by tho evidence given by the plaintiff concern that the man Robert Hall was their employer at the material time and had no authority, real or ostensible, to collect payment for the photographs taken by him In his capacity na such employee. was poisoned with strychnine and OLD TRICK PLAYED The defendants should have been later died. Two accused men warned by the words printed at received heavy prison sentences. the bottom of the bill: "A separate-Reuter" Special." receipt will be given on payment:
of this account', and should have:
demanded such a receipt wher Two Typhoons
they made paymont Had they done that, the true state of affairs would have been disclosed. Their failure to do so has deprived them of all remedy. Judgment for plaintiff for claim with coste."
H.K. YACHTSMEN NEAR
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WOMAN LOSES JEWELLERY
Tam Klu.. married woman, had An unfortunate experience when sho met a man unknown to her in the street on July 18, and engaged in conversation with him, for, after some time, she took off all her Jewellery, and wrapped it in a parcel, and gave it to the man to carry. He later handed her the opened it and found it to contain parcel, but after he had gone, sho
nothing but paper.
Yesterday, while she was walking near the Naval Dockyard, she`saw the same man, and gave chane. He was eventually arrested by Lance Corporal Wright.
POSSIBLE THREAT TO COLONY
DEATH AS BOAT SINKS | reports two typhoons to-day, the Whilst the Manila Observatory
Hongkong Observatory adheres to its view that there is only one centre, this being off Swntow, less than 300 miles from Hongkong. there was so much rain and it
The Manila Observatory, report was so heavy that visibility wasing at 8.45 a.m. to-day, states nil. We couldn't see any of the that the typhoon which has formed Appearing before Mr. W. Scho other boat. Fortunately, among to the west of the Bashl. Channel | field, at the Central Magistracy this the wreckage left on the water in now situate in about 118 Long, morning, the man, Chan Fuk-kl. was a Mae West' affair, one of 21 Lat, moving W.N.W. This is unemployed, pleaded guilty to a those rubber things, you blow up north-east of the Pratas, less charge of obtaining jewellery by a and make a floating mattress. than 300 miles from Hongkong, | trick from the complainant, and was We blew this up and held on to and if it continues on its present sentenced to six months' hard It for a bit.
course it should pass close to the Inbour. The jewellery consisted of Colony.
four Imitation gold flager ringa, a gold bangle and a metal wrist watch.
WAR
ARDUOUS SWIM
Inspector J. Fender sald that on July 18, the complainant was walk- ing along. Queen's Road East, near the Murray Barracks, when she met the defendant, who asked her the way to the Wanchai Market. He then got into conversation with hor, and after some time, she took off. all her jewellery, and made it into a parcel, which she gave to the de- fendant to carry. When they parted, defendant handed the parcel back to her, but on opening it sho found the jewellery to be missing.
Another typhoon, according to "We decided to make for Green the Manila Observatory, is in Island, which was half a mile about 119 Long., 24 Lat., moving away and wo abandoned Mae west. This position is east of West and started off. The tide Amoy, which is accordingly threa-
running against us
and tenod. Cootes had a touch of cramp in The acting Director of the one foot. Fortunately it soon Royal Observatory, "Mr. B. D. passed off and we were able to Evans, questioned this morning, make the shore soparatoly, Meeke, doubted whether there would be myself and Cootes arriving in two separate centres ao close to that order. We were in the water gether. In his opinion, there is nearly two hours altogether. only one centre, situate about 118 "Meeke had nothing on at all,Long, 23 Lat...which. is. south- whilst Cootes had his under-east of Swatow, within the 900 pants and i had a bathing slip.mile radius from Hongkong. This Green Island in just a bare rock typhoon is moving very slowly and nobody lives there, so we W.N.W. It was possible, stated just had to sit together and try Mr. Evans, that with the typhoon TWO MEN STRUCK
and keep warm. It Was cold as a matter of fact.
dam
"We naw sampan passing about quarter to six in the morn ing and hailed it. The sampan a pair of people lent Mecke Chinese trousers to make shore and landed us at Shek-0. From there we got my car and went home!"
OTHER YACHTS DAMAGED Practically all the other yachts who had corlier been' in 'company with the "Wasp II" also suffered damage.
coming nearer to Hongkong, the No. 1 warning signal" might be hoisted later in the day.
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The following quotations on the Shaker New York commodity exchange KTV The U. and I. (Mr. Marshall) losi, lawed by Reuter: a jib and cracked a mast, the Norse- man (Mr. Nicholson) lost a 'mizzen
March
New York Colton
Aug. 8.
Aug. 5.
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mast and mizzen sall, the Luana (Mr. A. L. 8hellda) lost lib and October tore her mainsall, the Marie (CoLDecember Dowbiggin) had ber mainsail January (1036) blown away, while G-6 also lost a jlb. Those aboard the A-9 had an July anxious time and during the height Spot of the storm all donned their life- belts.
The plight of the Wasp II" was September unknown to the other yachts, as December she was much behind the others in January returning.
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December
May
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DR. H. H. KUNG BECOMES.that Mr. Wang will soon. recover of the United States, in a speech Augu
·ACTING PRESIDENT and return to Nanking to assume before the Comintern to-day, urged
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world's unemployed in order to take September advantage of the present crisis fac. December lug the capitalistic countries. March
Nanking, Aug. 5.-la Mr. Kung urged the staff of the Dr. H. H. Kung spoke at the Executive Yuan to loyally perform Memorial service of the Executive their duties particularly in these Yuan thle morning for the first time, timos when China is undergoing Hla capacity.us acting President auch qalamities-Central News
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POLICEMAN ATTACKED AND en
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Amoy, Aug, 2.
was killed by lightning and another -man, his companion, both living In a tenement house, was injured during the heavy thunderstorm last evening, according to Chinese reports.
The daring theft of a pistol The two victims were cooking from a policeman on duty in the their meal in the kitchen when they night during the rain storm, has
Chung San Road last Wednesday"> were struck by lightning. Cheung
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Kau, 25, was killed instantly, while caused a shock to the public. In his companion, Chan Piu, suffered Amoy. The dulprits fled into Injuries to his head and had to be lane, and fired when more policó
chased them."- admitted to hospital for treatment.
HWAH PENG SAFE
ARRIVED AT SHUAN CHOW ON BUNDAY
The policeman was on duty from one to three o'clock in the morning. Rain fell heavily, so he changed his stand to the sidewalk near the Thian Stan Hotel. Three persons came from different directions, and pretended to wait there until the rain was, over. One was in
The Hwah Peng,
foreign dress, while the others the Chinese stoamor which was reported missing were in ordinary clothes. En- from Shanghai since she left on July quiring theft business so late, the 27, arrived at her destination, Shaan policeman was told that they were Chow, near Amoy, shortly after noon returning from a banquet given by on Sunday.
their friends. When the taleemah This information was received by, became suspicious of their be the local Naval authorities yesterday haviour, he was suddenly need morning
STARD
living
DRACUL
The vessel was due to arrive at by two of them round the walet Shunn Chow on July 20, and He fought desperately, and at believed to have been forced to shelter tempted to run across the road, from the typhoon which was reported where more pollem were ön to be in the vicinity. Her failure to duty, His pistol was seized and report is stated to have been because he fell. His assailants stabbed she does not curry, wireless;
him to prevent him, rising, and ran down a láns opposite. 10
For stealing 35 cattles of wolfram The Wounded policeman blew 84 Market closed ore from No. 21 Nam Chang Street his whistle and chased them down yesterday, Chan Koon-mul, 30, -ub- the lane, when the robbers began New York Sik
employed, was sentenced to six weeks to fire,
1.47 1.60 1.46 1.48 1.45 1.48 Total wnios:--140 lots.
Montreal: Silver.
Gil Green, head of the League of Communist Youth in the United States; another delegate to the Comintern conference, said there September ||were 1,000,000 anti-Fascist youths December in America and 8,000, Young Com January
March
Total sales
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1,50 1.48 148-
hard, labour by Mr. Wynne-Jones - at
the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. The affair being reported to the Lal Hon, 28, shop fokl, was the com- 3rd, Police Substation, a detach Inspector Ellis, stated that ment of armed police was des on Saturday night, defendant went to patched to give chase, but falled complainant's shop and sold the ore to capture the assaliunts --- to complainant. for $8.20, and, as it The wounded constable was sent s was too late to go to the
und
67.96 67.85/06.05 68.050875/05 89.05 0.05 FEM
next morning the ore was found to ona in the chest being dangerous, 60,70/06 3/05 be missing:
and
defendant had tone, land, his "fingers, were ale contracts/AM He was later arrested in Canfon Road. during the struggle.m
Stayed the algh, at the to-hospital had