DONALD DUCK
WHAT? GOIN' FISHIN' WITH A BOTTLE OF
WATER?
live he With Bruner Intepres
1:59 Word ngis merved
IN THE COURTS
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Thursday,
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Daring Yaumati Raid: Telephone
Wires Cut To Foil Police Call
Free Show In Court To Prove
Innocence
PROVE that he was not
Tbegging when arrested.
but was conducting a one-man show, D 50-year-old
man
named Cheung Wing asked Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen, Magistrate, at the Kowloon Magistracy, to-day for a few minutes to illustrate what he had actually been doing.
Retrieving from the police about half a dozen of slim curved steel wires, Cheung dexterously inserted them one at a time through the openings of his nose without apparent discomfort.
Binding the defendant over in $3 to be of good behaviour for a year Mr. Macfadyen re- marked: "It is rather an un. pleasant way of carning a living, isn't it?"
THEFTS IN
BARRACKS
YOUNG BOY MENACED BY GANG
Jordan Road Flat Is Ransacked
THREE ARMED MEN who entered No. 6 Jordan Road, Yau- mati, shortly after noon yester- day cut the telephone wires be- fore they proceeded to bind up the occupants and ransack the
floor.
Was
Sun Yee-
A nine-year-old boy, hong.
returning home after school, accompanied by nn amah, and was walking up the stairs to the first floor, when a man following behind produced a knife and menseed bathi of them.
He threatened to stab the boy u ho did not call for the door to be opened.
The youngster did as he was told, and once the door was opened, bel and the omah were pushed inside, and the man, followed by two others armed with revolver and a dagger, entered.
While two of the men held up the!
ATTACK ON EDITOR: MAN REMANDED
APPEARING ON and
before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning, charged with wound- ing with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Mr. Lim Pej- sin, editor of the South China Daily News, Chan Sek-lam, 27-year-old painter, was re- manded for another week.
Chan is alleged to have at- tacked Mr. Lim on January 17, at Des Voeux Road, near Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
Mr. C. A. 5. Russ is ap- pearing for Chan, and Detec- tive-Inspector L. R. Whant is in charge of the case.
Bail was refused,
DOCTOR IN
ASSAULT CASE
boys mother, Sun Cheung, the third Fined For Striking
13-Year-Old Girl
cut the telephone line at the rear of the floor.
Pawnbroker Arrests were then tied up with wire
Wanted Man
On FEBRUARY 5, Private Burke of the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Nanking
Sun Cheung, two other women and three children including the bay, and Bagged with oranges, and the robbers ransacked the floor, decamping after 20 minutes with $360 worth of jewel- lery, including a gold neck valued at $200.
chain
♫
DR. LAW CHEUNG, 52, of 99, Fa Yuen Street, Kowloon, was fined $5 and ordered to pay compensation of $2 to a thirteen year-old girl, Chan Yuk, who appeared as complainant in an assault case before Mr. E. Himsworth at tho Kowloon
Barracks, Shamshuipo, discover. Arabs Cannot Magistracy this morning.
ed that a suit of clothing be longing to him was missing from among his other possessions.
In consequence of a report made to the police, a man named Shel
Kan, 37, was arrested by #pawn- broker on February 0.
This morning. Shuk stood before
Reach Accord
the firl
February 9, 1939.
By Walt Disney
110
WALT DISNEY
ROAD VITAL TO CIUNA'S FUTURE; A glimpse of the new highway which has been built by the Chinese during the present war in order to Ink Burma with Yunnan, Chungking on the Yangtse (by means of a side road branching off at Kwelyang) and Changsha, key city in the Sino. Japanese struggle. At the point pictured here the track is tortuous and lorries must go with care.
Chinese Taipan Fined In Big Raid Sequel
TWENTY-ONE men were taken to the Shamshuipo Police Station last night following a raid by police on a house in
understood, is a club for Chinese "taipans," from overseas.
Chung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon.
The men were found gambling on the premises which, it is
were
Twenty of the men named, Chan charged with gambling and one keeping
Hung, 68, with house.
Д common
The case came
gaming
Liz before Mr.
Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning but none of the defendants were present in Court. Chan had his ball of $50 estreated, and the others lost $3 each.
It was alleged that
Most of the men charged were accidentally spilt come water on described as "unemployed. One defendant in the street.
defendant was described as a mana- Ber of a firm and another a con- tractor.
Det-Sergeant A. Soular prosecuted,
Split Between Two head hitting the
Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kow Conference Parties
Joon
Magistracy and
admitted
charges of larceny and illegal pawn-
ing.
LONDON, Feb. 8. UP TILL A late hour this no agreement was
On the theft count. Shek was sen-afternoon tenced to one month's hard labour renched between the Mufti and
He slapped her, and she tell, her curb of a pillar. She sustained an injury to the side of her head,
Defendant said that he had no done so because he was opgravated. Intention of slapping the girl but had
In imposing the fine, the magistrate told defendant that in future he
and on the second charge, one week's the Nashashibi parties regard should not use his hands so freely. imprisonment, the sentence to run concurrently with the first. He was ing representation at the Pales- also ordered to pay $2.80 amends to tine conference, the Han Ching pawnshop, Shamshul-
STOCK MARKET REPORT
serve another week's hard between Mr. Malcolm MacDonald and
other Arabs, did not take place.
A meeting arranged for 1 o'clock No Japanese Bases change to-day, advanced briskly on
It is understood, however, that,
po, or labour.
Acting Sub-Inspector C.
T. Byron, sald that She was a former em efforts to effect a rapprochement will | ployee of the Barracks and had entered the Barracks by producing a
continue. pass.
Nashash declared at a meeling with Mr. MacDonald. in the evening that "Arab differences were not dun 3 YEARS' SUFFERING to doctrine, or were differences of pelley, bul personal feuds which have with GASTRIC ULCERong been a disruptive force in Aralı
life.
To-day a happy man
Think of it. Three dragging years of dally torture! Goodness knows I bave suffered," wrlies Mr. S. A. and unly those who have suffered from gastric сал fully understand what ho endured. liere is his letter:
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This does not make Mr. Mac- Donald's mediatory mission less difficult.
Mufti delegales contend that both parties have the same alms and ubjects, and that the absence of the the negotiations.-Benter. Nashashibi section will not prejudice
Substantial Drop In Temperature
There was a substantial drop in the Colony's temperatures yesterday, the maximum falling to 50 degrCUS vious 24 hours, while the minimum six degrees below that of the was down to 55.
In South China
London, Feb. 6. Industrials which were the centre attraction on the London Stock Ex-
provincial buying orders, while homo rails eased following the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Com- pany's decision to pass the dividend ferred stock. on the ordinary and the -1923
UTC-
Tokyo, Feb. 3, The question whether the Japanese Admiralty was planning to establish China, or elsewhere un the Chinese a permanent naval base in South:
Among ells, Attocks strengthened on Eastern buying, otherwise they continent, was answered in the nega-
were generally quieter and steady. tive by the Japanese Navy Minister, Among commodities, jute WDA Admiral Yonni, during a session of
very firm in sympathy withi Calcutta, the Lower Hose Committee to-day.
where unconfirmed rumours were circulating that further Government The Japanese Naval Minister fused to answer a further question was done, including come speculative re-orders were pending. Fair' business. whether "Japanese forces would buying. carry through immediate occupation of Hainan Island."-Trans-Ocean.
Wall Street was quietly steady- Reuter Special.
Reporting Progress: by Ritchie Calder.
DURING the past ten years, the broken down." Sir Frank told me,
When you consider that over 20
amount spent by British Arms
on selentle research has been per cent. of the firms who make up doubled.
the industries of this country are Muth of the credit for this pro-Independent units employing fewer gress, which has changed the dog than 100 people, that is an important In-the-manger attitude of firms and advance.. brought them into partnership with Smith, F.R.S.
"They could not afford laboratories the State, has been due to Sir Frank of their own, but they can share the
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THE
SHANGHAI, Feb. 9,
U.S.S. MONOCACY, which has seen a quarter-of-a century's service in the protec- tion of American interests in the Yangtse, left to-day on her last voyage.
A warrior's grove has been pre- pared for the veteran gunboa!.
ting, ed of her engines and fit-
she left Shanghai carly morning for Saddle Island,
When
this
she reaches her destination, the sea-cocks will be opened and the old sailor will sink to Davy Jones' locker-a befliling end to a long and colourful career.
The Monocacy. which has just completed on exciting stretch of duly at Klukiang, has been scheduled for scrap heap for the past two yeara,
the
MAIL-ORDER WARSHIP
The Monocacy is one of two so- called "mail-order" American war- ships built for Yangtse River duly some 25 years are at San Francisco End then knocked down
and shipped to Shanglial for assembly. The other vessel was the old Palos, which went out of commission almost two years ago.
Both ships were constructed for duty on the Yangtse River, especially
that
part of the stream between Hankow and Chungking. For years, the two vessels served as station ships at Ichang and Chungking. making only annual trips to Shang- haf for overhaul and stores.
that
During the past three years, the Monocary has been up the Yangtse as station ship at Ichang and Hankow. The warship's arrival in Shanghal was her first trip downstream during
long
period. When the Palos wen de-com- missioned two year ago, the Mono- ency was at Ichong. Plans had also been made to place the Monocacy out A verdict of "death due to of commission but a station ship was peritonitis caused by a ruptured needed at. Hankow at the was stomach" was returned by Mr. Since this required no cruising, the E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Monocacy was given the job.
inquest of a motor-cyclist named Magistracy this morning at the Leung Kin-sang, 29, who died on December 8 when his motor: cyele collided with a motor lorry in Nathan Road:
The inquest was conducted by Traffic Sub Inspector A. R. Brittain, who said that Leung was carrying a friend on the pillion of his cycle, travelling in the direction of Tsim Tsa Tsul at a speed of between 25-30 miles per hour."
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New Border Incident Russo-Japanese Troops Battle
MOSCOW, Feb. 8.
A collision between Soviet border guards and Japanese- When nearing the junction
Manchukuo troops on the Argun Nathan Road and Soy Street, Leung's River is reported in an official cycle collided with a bus which was communique, which states that coming out of Soy Street.
16 Japanese-Manchukuo troops The front mudguard of the cycle were killed or wounded, and that struck the front part of the lorryone Soviet guard was killed, and with the result that both riders were two wounded.---Router. thrown and Leung was pinned under head and stomach. the lorry sustaining injuries to his
JAPAN PROTESTS
Tokyo, Feb, 0. Japanese He died later at the Kowloon lodged another protest with
Government has Hospital
Soviet Government
through the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo regarding D fresh
Casc of "unwarrantable" oppression against the Japanese- owned concessions in North Sagha- lion.
Snatcher Had Novel Plea
But It Didn't Work In Kowloon Court
The
the
Drawing the Intest Japanese pro- test is the Soviet intention to recover the coal mine at Agnowo in North Saghallen Icased to the Japanese. 20th issue of the "Sovietski Sakhalin"
organ of
the executive committee of the North Sakhalin Government.-Domei.
which was made known in December at Alexandrovale,
benents of the Robarch: Associa- unemployed when he appeared befoto Another £3,000,000
Sir Frank recently announced his tions," pre-retirement from his post as head of
This morning the thermometer had creased from 80 per cent, lo 69 per erept up to 30, but humidity had de
echt.
SENTENCE OF FOUR months hard labour and ten strokes of the ane was imposed on Li Yu, 21 Mr.. E Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy, this inorning, charged with the larceny of an earring from Street.
the Department of Selente and In- formed by the various Industries am Lang, 40 widow of 89, Argyle.
dustrial Research.
is
An
He has reached the age-limit, and
to become
general adviser scientiac, research and development to the Anglo-Iranian Oli Company.
Professor E. V. Appleton, FRS,
at once-only, look for the signature The colder weather is likely to
Maclean continue, the local forecast indicating famous for his radio-researches sue
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moderate to fresh east winds, with a cloudy sky.
The Royal Observatory weather reported this morning stated that the anti-cyclore Bas decreased moderately, in intensity. It is mov ing eastward, and pressure is highest over, the Yellow and Eastern Seas
eceded him on February 15-
There are 22 of these associations, which are spending £10,000 or more a year on research."',
For Palestine
London, Feb. 0. The British Government lo-day
a White Paper containing .. supplementary estimato of
It was alleged that defendant Issued CIR TRANK'S successor, Professor snatched complainant's earring from a
Appleton, who is 46 years of age, he sunset was walking horn £4,540,000, including £3,044,010 for gave his name to an electric layer from the market near Argyle Street colonial expenses. 130 miles above the earth, which'ró- A Chinese conatible, C.441, choped feels wireless...waves. He THE old resentment of indivi- temperature is the region of 1,000
showed that, about 130 miles up, to him and eventually arrested him in a shoemaker's shop in Shanghai' Street. dualist firms to the Idea of co- degress Centigradésol bagsa operating, with State, halstance, on Now he is coming down to earth earring, claiming that he was chating Defendant dented having taken the
dustries in line with modern progress serving fruit, meat, and flali,, and so researches which will keep their into road, surfaces, shocleather, pre- a man dressed in white, whom he and world competition, has been on. MORE
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secu ruining.
He had two previous convictions,
Of this amount £1,877,000 in in connection with the disturbances in Palestine,
and £1,120,700 In con- nection with the defence of Palestine and Trans-Jordan.
son of 205,000 has been appropriated for Government parti- pation in the New York World's Fair-United Press,
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Two Europeans reported losses to the pollee yesterday. Mr. Wood- ward of the Peak, reports the dis appearance of his car No.: 2:01.
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