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FOUNDER 1001 四拜體 號一月二十英港香 THURSDAY, DECEMBER
EARTHQUAKE 60 MILES
Sennet Freres Robbery Court Sequel
THE LOSS OF two dlaniond Anger rings, valued at $3,800, from an unlocked show case in Mema, Bennet Freres yesterday morning had a sequel in Court this morning.
Chen Ping, 62-year-old un- employed, was charged with the theft of die jewellery hefors Mr. It. Edwards,
He was remanded in pollee custody for 48 hours on the ab- plication
Del of Frankiin.
Sergt.
Tried To Swallow
F.
Evidence
Shock
Rocks City
WAS ROCKED AT THREE MINUTES PAST ONE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON BY AN EARTHQUAKE, THE EPICENTRE OF WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE SEISMOGRAPH AT THE ROYAL OBSER- VATORY, WAS ONLY SIXTY MILES FROM HONGKONG.
HONGKONG
The shock was particular- ly severe on the Peak, from
Indian Youth Caught where several people tele-
phoned the "Telegraph."
By Police Trap
One ladly reported that she | PRESS
ΤΟ PASSES
was almost flung from her chair football grounds, issued to by the shock, M. R. Abbas, of the Hong- kong "Telegraph,' were among the exhibits at the Central Magistracy this morning when an 18-year- house in Kowloon. old' Indian, Abdul Aziz The earthquake, which occurred Rumjahn, pleaded guilty to outside the Pacific's wealt zone, was
five counts of theft and larceny by finding.
A check up by the "Telegraph” | reveals that, so far, no damage as been reported to the police. Plaster fill off the ceiling of u
[not of great intensity.
seismograph chart Was only 15
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FROM H.K. Japanese LITTLEWOODS
Italian Plane In Race Along Condor Route
DAMASKUS Dec. 1.
The Retun plaas Franceren, relich made a forced landing near Beirut on November 9 on an attempted Bight between Rome and Tokyo, will make a second attempt.
lam has been repaired in Beirut and Signor Italdi, chief pute wil mengepinjerrytom on Wednesday prior to his return to Rome that he unit atart frost Home for Tokųjų next Saturday.
The toe trein sapturing Mr. Lualdt of the Stampa, Influential Reteapaper of Turin, will man the plane on the second attempt.--Domet.
Eurasia Plane On
Secret
Mission
THE FIRST EURASIA plane to arrive in
Bases In Mandates
Hongkong - Singapore Axis Weakened
WASHINGTON,
Nov. 30. DEFENCE EXPERTS are studying apparently authoritative reports published in "Nauticus" in Berlin that
is Japan establishing naval bases in the mandated Islands.
Such a move would extend
| Japan's outer defence to nearly the centre of the north Pacific, and give Japan a north-south de- fence line reaching almost to the equator.
The report has aroused con- siderable interest especially as the "Nauticus" is published
Hongkong from China for several weeks stole under the sponsorship of the
secretly into Kai Tak Airport last night.
DARING GODOWN ROBBERY
Coolie Foils Theft Of
12,000 Coins
Aboard the plane were five mysterious Chinese
passengers.
Their identity is a closely guarded secret.
In addition to the five passengers, the Sino- German plane brought a quantity of freight and
some mail.
The plane, which had to cross A DARING ATTEMPT to the lines controlled by the
coins from the Kowloon godowns port at about 8 p.m.
Reich high naval command.
It is pointed out that if Japan strategically fortified the mananet! islands, it would tend to neutralise nearby Guam, an important link be- tween the United States and the Philippines,
and
would directly eut the United States communications with the Philippines.
Furthermore, in the event
that
the Paulau group (about 500 miles east of the Philippines) was forti-
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That is what Mr. A. W. Salter, of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., won in a Football Pool whilst in England.
Mr. Salter returned from leave
fied, it would be strongly strategic, by the Scharnhorst yesterday.
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basea
while
near Formos would effect the value la the Hong- kong-Manila-Singapore triangie. The establishment of such bases
would tend to "box the Philippines
the south, east and north. The United States is naturally'
on the
He was not at home when a "Telegraph" reporter went to interview him this morning.
"Yes, Dad won all right," said his
19-year-old son Fred.
"How did he do it? He just shook the names of the teams together, and activity in this direction.
them out." However, according to the State Departinent, the United States
Mr. Salter purchased a penny poot Pas ticket at a London sixpenny chain not registered any formal protests a store. Actually, he invested £2 al- any Line-United Press.
together at various times, so that his return on investment was 400 to one. A £800 return on a penny ticket equal to odds of 102,000 to one!
that amount are much higher.
Mr. Salter's prize is about 50 per jeant. of the maximum amounts ever paid out In dividends in Football at Pools.
deeply concerned over any Japanese when they fell on the floor he picked
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MORE EUROPEANS Actually, the odds against winning
VICTIMISED
een 12,000 Chinese ten-cent Japanese, landed at Kai Tak Air- The Royal Observatory reperts was frustrated yesterday by a The five Chinese passengers that the moviment recorded on the vigilant coolie foreman, Ma So. were immediately whisked into
The money Previous to Rumjahn's arrest, millimetres, which represents a move-
was part of a town.
The "Telegraph" understands Mr. Abbas had reported the loss ment of earth of less than one-tenth large consignment which arrived
in Hongkong from Europe re- that the plane came to Hong- of his coat containing, in addi- of a millimetre. tion to the Football passes, a re-
Although the movement was cently by the Lloyd Triestino kong directly from Kwellin. small, it was felt with considerable liner Conte Verde, porter's Police pass, a monthly
It loft Yunnanfu, capital of force in Hongkong because the
Among the men employed in un-Yunnan Province, for Chungking bus ticket and a fountain pen.
vibrations arc more rapid than oading the coins from the ship wasnt dawn yesterday, and arrived One of the charges against with more distani earthquake. Rumjahn related to the bus
So far us can be ascertained, no Acting on hunch" after Chanjut Chinn's war time capital short- ticket and six Football passes. carthquake with an ep.centre so close was seen acting in a suspicious man-ly before noon,
From Chungking the plane Rumjaho was also charged on two Hongkong has been recorded this aer, Ma So ordered him into thet
godown and searched him. counts of theft of one-dollar bank-decade. nalca from the Government Normal { Although major curthquake In various pockets a total of 1,470 proceeded to Kweilin and thence
to Hongkong. Girls' School in inanghai. The have been recorded at the Royal coins were found.
Chan admitted, when questioned, It was piloted by a German money was stolen from two women Observatory since November 9, before
Sister M. Augustine, of the Holy teachers.
which five shocks of major ampli- that he had stolen three bags, each whose name
cannot be ascer-Spirit School, Calne Road, reports approximately 4,000 tude and 28 of moderate amplitude containing Rumjahn, Delective - Sergeant J.
it a waich, a clock and a founta tained.
pen, to the total value of $60, have were recorded, a larger number than coins, and had hidden them in the usual of moderate shocks have been godown.
been stolen from the School during recorded during the past fortnight.
Johnston fold the Magistrate, Mr. R. A. D. Forest, was in the habit of going
to the school to attend to the sports gear.
There had been several cases of petty larceny and the teachers set a
trap
Two bank-notes were marked and were placed in the hand-bags of Miss Tse Wan-yce and Miss Fok Fung-lin, | two of the teachers.
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The Indications are that the weak crust of the earth in the earthquake zone between Alaska and Japan is undergoing one of the greatest transformations in many years.
Chan Shun.
Mrs. Edwin Orr, residing Philps House, has reported that a fountain pen, valued at $23, wus
who entered through an open ver- stolen from her room by someone
andah window.
moralen Women Cleared the early hours yesterday.
When Chan appeared before Mr. E. nsworth at the Kowloon
this
Magistracy Sergt. A. F. Cochrane revealed that a large number of undetected! thefts had occurred at the godowns.
..Chan, he said, allowed himself to
It is probable that the epicentre of be locked inside the godown when
A watch was kept, and Rumjohn the shock felt in Hongkong to-day he finished work at 5 p.m. on Tues-
will be at sca, although there is a day. During the
was seen entering the sitting-room. He opened the bags and abstracted
had
From Jardine's Godowns
Money and Jewelery to the value of $2,195
,las have been stolen from No. 566 Nathan Road, according to port made to the polles by the owner.
Wat-ching
BUSS
IC-
Sun Yat-Sen Birthplace As Refugee Centre
Macao, Nov. 30, The money and Jewellery were Tauihang, a village in Chungshan kept in a box in her room,
district where Dr. Sun Yat-sen was Chan Shuen-chu, of 250 Electric born, and Tsienshan, near Tsulhang, Road, has reported the theft of $500 will be converted into refugee zones from his residence between 12 p.m. In the near future as plans to this and 3 pm.
into effect drawn local the flat was gained by forcing the and Hongkong charitable organisa- latch of the door.
night he
Hankow, Nov. 30. Jardine Matheson & Co., report possibility that it may be anywhere broken open a box with a curgo hook within a radius of 60 miles of the and had extracted the bags of that 75 women living in one of the the bank-notca.
godowns, mostly wives of their cm- money, Then the police arrived and on Royal Observatory.
tions and foreign missionarica." Defendant, The 60-mile circle passes through
who pleaded guilty, ployees, were rounded up and taken their arrival Rumfahın tore up the
was sentenced to eight months" hard to the refugee zone this morning by Dr. Lillian Murray, residing at 0 The Sun Yat-sen Memorial School notes and attempted to swallow beveral large clties in Kwangtung.
the Japanese,
The Penk, had two fountain pens, in Tsufhang will be turned into aj them.
Soon after the shock was fell in labour.
The Japanese stato that to-day is valued at $25, stolen from her while camp to accommodate the refugees. He was prevented from doing so the South China Morning Post Ltd.
the deadline when Chinese must she was walking in Queen's Road it will be under the supervision of a and subsequently was arrested, building, the "Telegraph" was in-
secure special passes to live in the Central near Shell House yesterday, Brillah pastor, Rumjahn, Sergeant Johnston add- undated
Concession area, otherwise they must A Chinese woman, Ho Shu-ol, of
1 Wing Wah Terrace, had her hand- Although the site has not yet been move to the refugee zone.
A visit to the zone showed many 392 matched from her by a man shan, it is learned, will be entrusted bag, containing articles to the value chosen the refugee camp in Talen- shops open and the streets streaming while she was walking in Po Hing to the care of a Portuguese mission- with people, who seem to be losing Fong.
ary-Central Newa.
with
telephone messages, od, was an orphan. He did odd jobs one of which was from the New for Ilving.
Territories. Defendant, who admitted two pre-
a
Reports of the shock were received
vious convictions, was sent to prison from, addition to the Peak and for three months. On his release the New Territories, Kowloon, the he will be placed under police super-Naval Hospital, Repulse Bay and vision for two years.
Connaught Road.
Police
Capture Lunatics At Large In California.
STOCKTON, Cal., Nov. 30. POLICE, WITH THE aid of legionnaires, patrolmen and citizens, havo recaptured 45 of the 50 dangerously insane in- mates of the State asylum who escaped to-day during a fire alarm at the institution.
Lady Mosley Has Son
London, Nov. 30.
No Rest For Police On
the fear which has been- most evident since the Japanese occupation. There The Journal of the British Union of toward the zone from Hankow, prob-
are still streams of refugees going | Fascists announced to-day that Lady ably because they were unable to Mosicy gave birth to
A son on secure passes to remain in the Con- November 20, and that mother and cession area. son are doing well-United Press.
It was stated in Hankow to-day The news is of more than passing that foreigners who possess Japanese- interest in view of the publication of issued
special identification carda the story in the Sunday Chronicle last will, after to-morrow, be allowed to week revealing thash osial move freely in the Concession area IN ALL THE STORIES written about the refugees and the Monley, leader of the British Fascists, oven after the 7 p.m. curfew, since the was secretly married to Mrs. Diana Japanese sentries were now ordered Gryman-Mitford last December in to recognise the cards.com United Press.
Munich.
Subsequently the British Union of Farelsis denied that the marriage took place in Munich, declaring that Sir Oswald Mosley had not visited Ger-
Sheriff Harry O'Dell announced, taneous combustion and said the fire that order had been restored in the was not, dus to a plot to make a many for two years.
city, which was thrown into pan- getaway.
demonium as a result of the fire and] The Games spread quickly to the reports that the patients were scat- ward and transformed it into bed- tering in the Stockton aren
[lam. Screaming patients were hordzi
on
He said that 20 of the inmates were to safety in the play yard of the exptured a freight train, in which home, screaming with fright, while they were attempting to escape. One some were laughing and shouting. commandeered a taxesh and went to unaware of the dangor. Sacramentd Where he was Cáplured; No casualties are reported, except *tapelstendent of the asylum, for a few minor injuries to fireman
|_blaned upon-—United Press.
MOTOR CAR STOLEN
PERRY TWICE BEATS VINES
a
Havana, Nov. 30,
New Territories Jobs
LISTENERS HEAR S'HAI BROADCAST DRAMA
Englishman's S.O.S. For Daughter
Shanghai, Nov. 30.
An Englishman, Mr. Craig Thom- son, has started a Ch.nu-w.de search or his daughter Annie Maric, aged 15, who is believed to be missing rom the Hankow convent.
He made an appeal over the radio station XMHA to-night in an effort a obain information leading to her present whereabouts.
She has not been heard of since August 17,
Mr. Thomson said he had been un- Jable to contact the Mother Superior
at
Convent, where is St. Mary's
was a student.
daughter
Ile fears that the convent may have moved to Shasi or Ichang.
He begged radio listeners in the interior of China to contact him if they poszcssed information regarding his daughter, or the convent.-- United Press.
LATE NEWS
New Espionage Arrest In U.S.
Los Angeles, Nov. 30. An alleged attempt to sell import- aviation secrets to ant American Japan has resulted in the Indictment Karl of a young aircraft worker, Drummond, on charges of espionage. An employee of the Northdrop Factory, Drummond is specifically accused of attempting to see to “high Japanese officials" photographs of American army and navy planes in the course of construction, and docu- ments relating to various secret fen- tures of their design.
Federal officers said that they in- tervened before the transactions were
Among the aeroplanes of which
blue-prints, are the powerful 1.3.1. type of bombers---Réuter.
Drummond is accused of stealing
actually completed. "war" zone, little or no mention has been made of the super- human endeavours of the Hong cong Police stationed at Sheung Shul, Shataukok. Takuling, Lok machau, Taipo and Au Tau to rellove the situation with efforts that have trespassed far into their official "rest" hours.
AIR MAIL FROM CHUNG NG
Without exception, the police in who have put considerably more than those areas have been on duty for their duty into the last week. Acting over a week with odd hours snatched another whose efficient handling of Sub-Inspector W. N. Winslade is
Mr. S. Randall, Controller of Posts, for sleep and even the taking over he soldiers of war prevented them informed the "Telegraph" that the tarted now barnstorming tennis of the Frontier Road by the military gelling out of hand.
Eurasia, plane which (arrived" fört others, unnamed, deserve com-night brought from Chungking a tour to-day, when Party recorded have given them no respite. Amis- two victories over his famed Ameri- tant Superintendent F. E. E. Booker, mendation for their unfaling kind-small quantity of air mail for Hong- The theft of his motor car, No. 57, can opponent in use best of three set, who narrowly escaped death from a near to the refugees themselves and kong and for trans: The Hongkong
Japente shall, and Sub-Inspector the tact, with which they have mall has already been delivered. from Ashley Road yesterday, has encounters,
(Further Lale Natos on Perry won the first match 6-4, 4-0. ' G. C. Taylor, both of whom wars in aminted in relief measures while been reported to the police by Mr.
Pro 17.3 Sam Cheuk-yan, of 1 Rutland Quad-03, and the pond match 4-6, 6-3, the forstront of the No.5 11 Port carrying on the unsteckened rouilbe. rant, Kowloon Tong,
8-1.---United Prem,
incident, were only two of the many duties in the area,
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