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SPENDING MILLIONS ON ROADS
BRITAIN'S GREAT PROGRAMME
CHAMBERLAIN- OPTIMISTIC
London, Nov. 3. The fact that the Government intends to embark on a five-year plan of rond improvement cost- ing hundreds of million sterling
Chamberlain, during a broadcast last night.
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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
BAZAAR DONORS
THANKED
THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,
CHILD AND FÖRTUNE GO
NOVEMBER
4
MAN RESISTS SEARCH
TO WIDOW FOUND WITH KNIFE
DRAMAtic lawsuIT
CONCLUDES
MURDER TRIAL
RECALLED
Raleigh, N. Carolina, Nov. 2. " The last curtain fell to-day on a drama that started in Hongkong over two years ago.
The
C.
AND HAMMER
Cheng Sap-sam, alias Cheng Chung-her, aged 28, unemployed, appeared before Mr. E. 1. Wynne- Jones at tho. Kowloon Magistracy this morning, charged with the possession of instruments fit for an unlawful purpose and refusing to be searched. He was convicted on both counts and sentenced to two months' hard labour on the first and on the second a fine of $25, with the alternative one month, was imposed.
was disclosed by Mr. Neville.wer Co., Ltd. Conte Britan-ateriously slain last year, his wife, kok Road, when he saw 'defendant
Mr. Chamberlain also revealed
this decade.
was my-
The Committee of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul desire to convey through this medium their grateful thanks to all those who were respon- sible for the success of the 1035 bazaar. To the many generous con- tributors to the
the fete; to the hereal fund of
and Varlour aterea; to the offices and firms wha presented souvenirs and prizes for the different stalis; to the Credit Foncler d'Extreme Orient for the round of the foto; to the loan of
ground of Rev. Fr. Rosal, the Rector of Ronary Church for the Joan of Beveral ment; to the China Provident Loan Mortgage Co., Ltd., for the loan of dorry: to The Chi
Light Power Co., Ltd., fer Illuminations; Smith Reynolds, multi-millionaire
Watron Messrs.
for aerated tobacco magnate who & wators and Coen-Cole; lo that unemployment had decreased ala Acrated Water Factory for Libby Holmins, a famous "torch
nerated waters; the Club de
Recreio in Britain by 40,000 during the for the loan of chairs; to the long-singer, and their two-year-old month of October, bringing the kong Tramway Co., Ltd, Prak Tram-Bon
Reynolds, on an air-hunting ex- total workiess in the United King-way Co., Chinn Motor Bus Co., Kow
Indo-China below the loon Motor Bus Co., for advertising pedition to French dom substantially million mark for the first time titles; to the Dairy Farm Ice & in 1938, crashed at Haiphong and,
Cold Storage
Co, Ltd., for gifts to the Police Department and the fire om The Chancellor of the Exche Brigade for the excellent respective quer promised that every precau arrangements; to Mr.
L. A. Barten 'tion would be taken to prevent for the conveyance of the taking
Children of wasto and extravagance in carry Mary Stail, the Little Flower Club ing out Britain's new defence pro Stall, the Ten Cents Stail, St. Mary's gramme, which will cost many Ladies Association Stall, Mrs. millions above last year's figure. atuli, St. Mary's C.Y.L. Axsoci He launched a virulent attack on stall, St.
stall Joan of Arg
St. Mr. Lloyd George's "New Deal", Teresa's C.Y.M. Society's stall, the and anid that last year the record
Wah Yan College Photographic stall, of 348,000 new houses
the number
Hot Dog Ten Stalls, Souvenir favaluable for gifts and had been built in Britain. Thanks stall to the general improvement in the services; and last but not the least to Rev. Fr. Ryan; S.J. for his broad- national finances we can now go cast and the Press for their 'custom- ahead without decreasing expendi-nry support, and all others who in ture on/road-planning," he said. any way contributed to the success
"The
Government intends to of the basnar whose names might master alum clearing, and over- inadvertently have been omitted here- crowding, and will extend the con-while final accounting is not yet tributory pension schemes. I possible, it is estimated this year's would be futile, however, to pro- receipts will somewhat exceed Inat mise an Increase in pensions and year's, which speaks volumes for the to make them payable at a lower generosity of the Hongkong public
conditions. age. An increase of only five co
Whilo
is one of the shillings week
means for
obtaining funds, the Society also relics, even to a greater of £102,000,000 per nnnum extent, to the "Rose Day" which will Reuter Special,
&
August
cost the country the Aum
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GOVERNMENT DEFENDED
London, Nov. 3.
ment.
after the fete; to the
etc.
be held on Decomber 2 ami is op- timistic enough to hope that the charitably disposed: Hongkong public will respond nobly to a worthy cause -the aileviation of the distressed..
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SELF-CONFESSED SNATCHER·
NO GOVERNMENT STATEMENT.
Colonial Secretary's Explanation
A United Press message. from Shanghai this morning stated that rumours were prevailing there that a cur rency announcement by the Hongkong Government was impending.
Asked whether this was correct, the acting Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. D. W.. Tratman) stated that the Government had been watching the situation most carefully for many weeks, and was still doing so. Beyond that, said Mr. Trat man, he could make no pro-. nouncement whatever on the subject.
abandoning his plans, came Hongkong, where he was met by
to
his wife.
to
A week after their return the United States, Reynolds was murdered under mysterious cir
Inspector Portallion stated that about 3 a.m. yesterday Lance- Sergeant G. C. Moss was on duty at Reclamation Street, near Mong acting in a suspicious manner by looking in the doorways. Sergeant Moss went up to the man and asked to search him and had to resort to force to make the man put up his hunds. They struggled and on the way to the police station they met Chinese constable C610. The two policemen searched defendant and found a hammer and a knife in his possession.
Defendant pleaded that he in- tended to remake the hammer in order to use it for breaking stones. The knife he used for cutting his nalis.
H.MIS. LOWESTOFT LEAVES
The naval authorities announce that H.M.S. Lowestoft sailed for Singapore this morning on exer- eisca and will return in due
course.
fully
to endeavoured
obtain custody of the child, and civil proceedings have lasted for over eighteen months.
The North Carolina lower court awarded custody to the mother. Against this decision the Reynolds family appealed to the State Supreme Court.
This morning five solemn judges re-uffirmed the lower court deci- sion.
Their decision is tantamount to awarding Libby and her son US. $7,000,000 in the Reynolds estate, Throughout the long trial and appeal the two-year-old boy has been jealously guarded by armed detectives at the seaside cottage where Libby lived with the heir His wife, was arrested but, to the Reynoids tobacco millions, after a
has been sensational court trial, and every precaution On the application of Detective-was acquitted on a charge of mur-taken to prevent gangsters from
snatching the boy who has
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Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in a broadcast olcetion address on behalf of the National Govern- ment last night, replied in detail to the charges of Mr. Lloyd George in the previous speech of the series, and went on to announ- Co B Government five-year pro- gramme of road improvement to cost one hundred million pounds. Но anid Mr. Lloyd George invariably refused to pay attribu- tion to what was already being done. The Government were al Sergeant C. Dowman, a charge der Since the murder trial, the become the world's richest infant, ways working on new schemes to against Chan Lee, aged 26, un- help industry, and he instaneed employed, was taken before two Reynolds' family has unsuccess--United Press. the huge London transport scheme, | Magistrates, Mr. E. 1. Wynne- involving an éxpenditure of over Jones and Mr. W. M. Thomson, nt thirty million pounds, which the Kowloon Magistracy this DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF would mean orders for rails, morning. Defendant was charged
HOPE 1 THE CHIEF * BLESSING vehicles, locomotives and electrical with stealing $90 from Fung
The s, Empress of Asia is due THAT HOPE ONLY here from Shanghai nt 7 apparatus, giving much employ- Wing. aged 40, stall foki, yester- OF MAN: AND
day. Defendant pleaded guilty 18 RATIONAL OP-WHICH-WE-ARE Thursday, With regard to unemployment, and was remanded for seven days SENSIBLE THAT IT CANNOT DECEIVE
The Friends of Tao Fong Shan will there were 1,087,000 more in em- in gaol.
US.Joltason.
bo holding a Retreat at the Monastery. ployment than when the Govern- in outlining the case, Detective-
near Shatin on Monday, Noveinber 11, to 6.30 ment took office, and figures to be Sergeant Dowman stated that Latest transfers in the Hongkong Armistice Day, from 10.30 published to-morrow would show about I p.m. yesterday complainant Police Force Include that of Acting pan. A reduction of over forty thousand had the money in his pocket. He Sub-Inspector. Hughes from Yaumati
Wong Ming, unemployed, appeared This Evening's Broadcast From in the numbers unemployed in was walking along Shanghai Street to Central, and Sergeant, Goddard
before Mr. Schofield at the Central The German Short-Wavers October compared with the preced- and when near Shek Lung Street from Central to Tsimshatsui.
Magistracy this morning, charged. Ing month. He saw no reason to defendant came up and put his
The forthcoming wedding is an-with the theft of a radiator cap from suppose they would not
on hand into the pocket and he was reducing unemployment, but the seized by complainant. Defendant nounced of Dr. Tom George Rew-lorry No. 1112 at Saiwanho, Defendsteners will be broadcast from Zechener
castle. Woods, M. R. C. S., L. R. C. P., ant was bound over in the hond of very first result of a return. of a dropped the money on the ground en route from Yunnan to Hongkong, $50 to be of good behaviour for one Labour Government must be
to und Miss Bertha Iris Lester, teacher, year. an and complainant released him Immediate increase of unemploy-pick up the money, and the man ran who is on her way from England
Wong Sheung, 20 years-old-un. ment. He compared the Labour away. Complainant gave chase and aboard the R. M. S. Naldera.
employed man, appeared before Mr. *election
programme with the caught the snatcher in the side
At the Rosary Church on Sunday Macfadyen at the Central Magistracy Government's, and claimed that lane near the Yaumati Theatre afternoon, the wedding took place of this morning, charged with the that, Wong Man, the Government's plans for better On being caught, defendant gave Miss Maria C. da Cruz and Mr of a roll of cloth from housing, educational reform, im the remainder of the money back Joaquim J. Guterres, the Rev. Father s
shopkeeper. Defendant pleaded proved maternity services and to complainant and asked to be Rossi officiating. The bridegroom is guilty and was sentened to six weeks' raising the standard of health of excused, but he refused to do so the local representative of the Manu- hurd labour. the growing generation had every- and he was taken back to the com-facturers Life where con
at Macño, ThE investigated
"Lo Hing, 34, brass smith, was- and plainant's shop.
breach of the spent in Saigon clinrged with judged practicable and wise by At the shop, the money was honeymoon is being
Deportation Ordinance before Mr. E. men who, he asserted, in contrast counted to see if it was 'all there.
the at
Kowicon with their Labour opponents, did Defendant again asked to
Ng Sek-wo appeared before Mr. I be
this morning and
WAS expect to be called on to fulfill their excused and was told that it was
to months hard labour.
nine charged with the larceny by servant promisce.
a matter for the police, Police of a woolen blanket from No. 380 Defendant had against him a previous whistles were blown and defend-Queen's Road West, the property of conviction for having taken part in CONSERVATIVE Weapon
ant was handed over to a constable Ng Kum-yuen, master of the Kwong the riots in 1931, when Speaking at Crewe, Mr. Attlee, who appeared on the scene.
Wah Printing Shop. Defendant was sentenced to two months' hard labour. Leader of the Labour Opposition
admitted having been bount over in the bond of $100 to be Defendant Defendant had against him a aald the chief weapon in the Con-previous conviction for returning of good behaviour for one year, no banished on October 14, 1931, for ten
he is master stated that
would years. servative armoury was fear. In from banishment and had been 1924 there was the Russian bogey convicted on two previous changes
take him back. and in 1931 the danger to savings of larceny. He was banished in fear.
1923.
150
There were signs that fear. would be used in the present elec-
tion, too, to return the so-called DEATH OF MR. J.
National Government. - British Wireless.
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SENATOR BORAH'S POINT OF VIEW
Bolse, Nov. 3.
P. WALKER
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Schofield at the Central MagistracyJones
•
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"I did not steal, but it was given Isabel Gil de Sola Viuda de Tanson, to me by my friend," said Li Hung, widow, who died at her residence when he appeared before Mr. Macfad 850A, Mabini Street, Manila, on June yen this morning at the Central 10 last, left estate sworn under Magistracy, charged with the theft An ad- E. $301,200, to be equally divided among of a quantity of cinnamon.
her five children. They are Caroline.ditional charge of receiving was also Tuason, Juan M. Tuason, Ana Tuason, preferred against the defendant. Jesus M. Tuason and Manuel N. the first charge defendant pleaded not Тианон. มนุษ
The Supreme Court has guilty and was discharged. Pleading granted letters of administration on guilty on the second charge, defen- the petition of Mr. G. G. N. Tinson. dant was fined $15, or threo, weeka
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Harvest Festival was observed St. Andrew's Church yesterday, tho Sentence of one month's hard labour News has been received in the Charch being beautifully decorated for each was imposed by Mr. Macfadyen
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