BATHNG FATALITY
YOUR CHINESE STUDENT DROWNED AT KOWLOON
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,
OPIUM RAID SEQUEL
UNCORROBORATED EVIDENCE OF INFORMER
ÜMETSU'S ADIEUX
ENTERTAINED BY CHINESE AUTHORITIES
Pelping, August .9. Lieutenant-General Umétsu, the
of Commander
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The danger of convicting on the j The atality which occurred at the Lichikok luathing beach on uncorroborated evidence of a paid July 1, when a 17-year-old student informer was stressed by Mr. M. K. Japanese Tientsin Garrison Com- JYing Wah College, Mak Hon-Lo before Mr. Schofield at the Ceh-mander, recently appointed to the London Stock Exchange have
The following quotations on the the|| received by Monara. Swan, Culbertson kuor was drowned, formed the tral Police Court yesterday after-post Auct of an inquiry conducted by noon, when he defended Chan Fook. Japanese Second Corpa, arrived and Fritz in conjunction with liester.
Aug. B. Aug. 9. Mr Thomson at the Kowloon allas Chun Chi-hn, who with three here from Tientsin at 11.50 this Magistracy yesterday afternoon.other met, Tang Yuen, Wong morning, to pay farewell calls on
Beltish Government Securities The jury after a short retirement Shing and Hui Tak-sang, was joint-the Chinese authorities here. Je raurned a verdict of "accidentally charged with the possession of was greeted at the station by War Lona 31
rem. after 1962 £107 £10714 room Mayor Yuan Linng, officials of the #ath" and recommended that steps 156 turfs of raw opium in
taken by the proper authorities 316, Luk Kwok Hotel, Gloucester Peiping Politient Readjustment
Chinese Bonds Read, on August 1.
o prevent such occurrences.
The Coroner was assisted by a jury comprising Messrs. G. s. Dunkley (Foreman).
and A. II. Delcourt.
Dr. G. II. Henry, medient officer in charge of the Kowloon Mortuary, deposed
the post mortem | Jabour. examination of the deceased. Wit- nega stated that the cause of death
wan asphyxiation due to drowning, Death and taken place two days previously. There was no external
evidence of violence.
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*(Eng. 188.) After evidence had been heard, Japanese Embassy, Japanese gen- the magistrate discharged Chan darmes were also present at the 44 Lean 1908, £-07 Lo Man-po Fook, Tang Yuen and Hut Tak- station when the train pulled in Renrg. Lonn
sang. The third defendant. Wong while the Paunntul provided Shing, who pleaded guilty to the guard of honour on the platform. charge, was fined $2,40 with the
Lieut-General Umetsu will be 5 alternative of eight months hard entertained this evening by the Japanese Embassy. To-morrow, Rovenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt, he will give a dinner to the in evidence, testified that about Chinese authorities. On Sunday
6 Homan Rly... f 21 pan, nu August 1 on information morning the Japanese Commander received be went to the Lak Kwok will visit the Ming tombs, return-Bukunar itly. Hotel. Just as he got to the door ing to Peiping in the evening to 1911
£8 of room 216, first defemlant camo attend a second dinner given by De Luang Tring U.
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£ 1212 and on seeing witness began to the Chinese authorities. Licat.. Umetau is leaving for bult down the passage. Witness Gen.
Foreign Bonds and Banke and Chinese Revenue Oficer 66 took Tientsin after the dinner party on
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Loan 1907 but was prevented. Witnes then! entered the room and found the (four defendants and another man.
On a mah-jongg Table were found; The Japanese authorities are H.K. & S'hai Bk.
(1.dn. Regd.) twą parcels partally wrapped in bot taking much interest in the (Chinese newspaper, Que contain-assassination of Colouel Lin Tso-Chartd. Bk. of LA.
& C ed a brick of dessicated raw opium chow itself, but the fact that n Lesins
insurance and the other twelve bricks of Japanese private
injured broker, testified that on July 14similar nature.
during the shooting aroused the Allied Iron Found- about 1 p.m. he went with a party
serious attention of the Japanese cumpriding Mok Yin-lain. Chan Mr. Lo remarked that first defen- military authorities,”
declared Associated
Huustries Chun-yue, decensed and" Mok's | dant's defence was that he went to Ganoral Umetsu, when interview father, mother and sister, to Lai, room 615 on the fifth for to looked this afternoon at the Japanese Austin Mutors ord chikok. Shortly after their arrival for a friend, Hai Tak-sang, and on the bench, Mok, Chan, deceased † was told by the floor "hey" to go and witness went out for a row in to room 316 on the second floor. a sampan which had been hired
Lance-Sergeant C. Willcox stated that about 6.20 p.m. on July 15 he was ordered to proceed to Lai chikok where he found the body of decensed on the rocks on the west gide of the bay. Witness went ashore and found the body dressed in green costume. There were i minor abrasions on the body cann ed by contact with rocks.
Incident Described
from the public bathing shed. They had also hired a rubber life beit.
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Tubarco matter is still under careful in Canadian Celanese vestigation but before the facts Chinese Eng, and
Min, (Beaver) Le Roug-to, Secretary 10 the are known the Japanese authorl- Assistant Superintendent. Imex are unwilling to say anything. Courtuahls
that The tide was out and the party į ports and Exporta (c. 气 A. He denied
the Japanese Distillers rowed out about a distance of 300 Taylors gave" evidence that on authorities had lodged a protest Dunlop Rubber
Electric Musical
industries yards, when Chan Jumped into the August 1 at 11 ans, he wres sent by and be niso denied that a meeting
Electric water and swam about.
About ten Me, Grimmitt to act as an opium was held yesterday at the Tientsin General
(Engintal) minutes after that he headed for fanger and went with the aceond, Japanear Headquarters at which
was dis- Hawker Aireenft shore, and the rest followed in the and fourth defendants to the Lak the Luanchow Incident boat about 24 feet away.
Turp. Chem. Ind. Kwok Hotel, Thure first defendant; cussed,
LK. Bazaars Deceased then threw the life-tirught in a parcel of opium, and
Impl Tabacen belt into the water and jumped in later third defendant went out and expressed the hope that the local Rolls Roger 21 after it. Witness did not know returned with other parcel of whether deceased could swim, so he opium. The purchase price was
press would assist in the promu si flee, Fonsi watched him, and saw him try to fixed at $950 and witness wrote out tim of Sino-Japanese co-opera- Tate & Lyle reach the life-belt which was about cheque, which he handed to first on in North Ching,
General Umelsu is leaving for six or seven feet away. The last defendant. The latter.
necom-Tientsin on August 13 and he will failed to reach the belt. He ap- pauled by third defendant then peared to know little about swim went out of the room and shortly depart for Japan on August 21.-
Central News Agency. ining and he began to beat thenfterwards returned stating they' water with his hands.
were satisfied with the validity of the cheque. With the arrival of the revenue officers, first defendant
deceased's head bobbed up in the water witness shouted out to Chan to come to his assistance. At that time Chau was about 24 feet away, and us witness thought he could not reach the boy, in time, he (witness) dived in and grabbed deceased by the legs and pushed him to the surface; witness WHR underneath.
Mok
attempted to esenpe.
it be to
Mr. Lo: Would
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Witness. Yes.
Mr. Lot As Secretary Tayber? Yes.
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Peiping. August 9. Investigations into the Lin Tro- chow case are continuing but no clue has beeti found leading to the calprits arrest. The local an Killer Trusts thorities received an order from the Govenment telling? them in redouble their efferts New Age 15.
bern castiel and Replying to Mr. Lo, witness said cashed, your Worship, the cheque was a bearer cheque but ¦ Mr. Lo remarked that the whole
Sank Several Times
Both of them sauk four or five times, and witness was becoming exhausted. As they came to the
it was dishonoured as it was taken hjert of his cross-examination of Aurface the last tine, deceased got from Mr. Taylor's book and wit the witness was to try and shake loose and witness lost sight of him.ness signed it. The cheque was his credit. so he shouted "Save life."
stot cashed. I did not know Witness was very tired but
Counsel added that he felt his where the chaique was now and Worship should give a roling in a managed to hang on to an KHLP
Aholight probably one of the defen case of this kind as to the nature which was floating on the water dants took it as it could not be of what weight his Wurship should until a man came along and pulled found. him toward the hillside. On reach-
give the uncorroborated evidence ing the shore witness saw
of a paid Informer. Also, there Cheque Not Cushed Yim-dam on the rocks. There were
must be a distinction between A where the plums Questioned further, wines said i private place and a public place found. It would be dangerous to call on a man to defend himself on the uncorro- orated evidence of a paid informer. The magistrate: The informer's evidence has to be accepted for Mr. Log Was it removed by the what it is worth until it is con-
tradicted. fourth defendant or what really happened? Is it suggested that the effect that what the witness Lo Chan Fook then gave evidence to one of the revenue officera pinched Kong-to had said was untrue. it? Where is the chee?
The remaining defendants de nol; clined to give evidence.
After the other defendants had been discharged, R. O. Grimmitt
had
other people present and when they that the cheque was subsequently were informed of what
placed in a drawer in the chest-of happened they started a search.
Questioned, wilness stated that I drawers and he saw fourth defen he was not a good swimmer. Hedant take it out. He then stated felt that the current at the time that one of the defendants must was strong. Witness believed that have taken It'away.
if Mok Yim-lam, who was left, in the bont, could row, deceased would have been saved. The water was deep, witness could not touch the bottom.
Chan Chun-yue stated that he
R. O. Grimmitt: We are heard Leung call to him. When entitled to give our information an- witness retched deceased, he grabbed witness round the neckless your Worship orders it.
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defendant, Wong Shing. RO. Grimmitt: Whether it has enrrier for
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from behind and twined his legsly happened to the cheque? round his body: When witness got
free of deceased, he found he had disappeared or not, it has never | opium. disappeared. The life-belt
earrled away by the current.
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an ordinary swimmer when the The Government is inviting tenders. There is a half hourly bus service September tide was coming in, but when the for two blocks of flats, each of three on Sunday afternoon. tide was on the turn, the currents storeys, comprising quarters for Euro- were very strong and likely to pean subordinate officers and Chinese)
the Officer His Excellency medical officers, adjoining the Queen ministering the Government has ap- carry a person away from the shore Mary Hospital, even if he was a normal swimmer.
pointed Mr. C. G. Perdue to act as Further evidence was given by Mok Yim-lam and Chan Sau-king, the Officer Administering the Govern mather of the deceased.
ment, under instructions received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has appointed Mr. R. A. C. North to be a Cadet Officer Class L
Jury's Recommendation
It is notified that is Excellency Inspector General of Police and Chlef September
Omeer, Fire Brigade, during the ab- December sence on leave of Mr. Donald Bur- May
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In returning their verdlet the with effect from April 9. .Foreman of the jury said: "Wo
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by Patricin Kowborough. 1. Selec- tion-Here is my heart: 2 Damen; Sweetinent Joe, Tho Candy Man;
A Cavalendo of Marlini Tunes, 7.43-8 p.m. Tight Orchestral Music." Waltz of Russian Melodies.
Danube Waves-Waltz (Ivanovici). Geraldoland.
Souvenir de Prusilippe.
8 p.m. Tine and Weather Report. 8.03.9 p.. A Variety Programme, Piano Duets-There's a ring around
the Moon.
Piano Bueta-Nymph Errant -
Selection.
Carroll Gibbons anl Jõlin W, tireen, Songs--If all the world were mine. Forge Your dog's come home again.
Grazia Fiot Organ beln -Lover, come back to
me ("New Moon"). Organ Solo-One Kiss ("New Moon"). Reginald Fort, Vocal-The Object. of My Affection.
The Boswell Sisters, Xylophons Solos-Dancing Butterfly. Xylophone Solos--The Woman in
the Shoe.
Rudy Starita.
| Songs--Down Sunshine Lane,
Words are in my heart
The
("Gold Diggers of #006"),
Dick Powell (Tenor), Instrumental---Ienutiful Woman. Voral --In the Shade of the uhd
Apple Trea Youn--I'm Walkin' the Chalk Line.
The Four Acus.
Instrumental-A Wedding in Java.
The Bohemiana. Orchestra-Fairies in the Moon
Intermezzo Entr'acte.
| Orchestra --An Hour with you
9-9.10. p.m. Daventry News Balle-
9.15-9.30 p.ru. Rand Music.
Old Folks at Home and In
Foreign Lands.
Marche Lorisine (Gianne).
Belphegor, March (Brepsnut).
9.30 p.m.-12 midnight... Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra.
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12.15-2.30 p.m. Furopean Recorded Programme,
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Light Orchestral Music. Spanish Dance No. 1 (Granudos). Spanish Dance No. 2 (Granados). Offenbachinas (arr. Herman Finek). Hall Vienna-Potpourri (Dostal). Fantome (Daniderff).
Serenade Passionee (Silesu).
Springtime Waliz.
Farmyard Waltz (Folk Tune). Musette et Tamimarin (Rameau). Menuet (Boccherini),
Souvenir D'Ukraine (Ferraris). Black Eyes-Russina Impression
(Ferraris).
A Concert.
Song--Tom der Reimer (Tom the
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Ivar Andresen (Bass).
| "Cello Solis-Air (arranged on "AiF
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W. H. Squire.
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Doris Vine (Soprano). Violin Salon-Hungarian Danco
No. 2 in D Minor (Brahms). Violin Solos-Cavatina (Raff).
Arthur Catterall.
Songs--I heard you
(Gartner).
Songs--Trusting king (Conten). Alfred Piccaver (Tenor), "Hungarian Fantasia" (Linzt) ployed by Arthur de Groef (Pinno- forte) and the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra.
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