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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 27, 1939.
CHINESE GUNNER CHARGED Heading For Hongkong
WELCOME RAINFALL LAST WEEK
Last week's rain made a welcome addition to Hongkong's reservoir storage,, and at 10 o'clock this morning, the rainfall for the year was only .68 of an inch below the average, with a total of 4.63 inches as compared with 5.30 inches.
Alleged Theft From Boy Scouts' Hut
A CHINESE runner of the Ath. Heavy Battery, Royal Artțiley, claim- cd to be a boy scout, when seen leaving the Hongkong Boy Scouts Head- quarters, Lower Albert Road, about 8 b.m. on Friday," "enrrying a table electric fun, it was revealed in the police court this morning.
Thefts At Filipino Club Ground
Gunner Tom Fuk was charger! with housebreaking, and the theft of an electric fan from the Headquarters beford Mr. R. Edwards at the Centrul Magistracy this morning. Tatr pleaded not guilty.
Kont Sou, a
P. W. D. watchiman. said about 8 p.m. he heard the shattering of glans, and saw, defen-" dant coming out the garage, behind the seouls" "headquarters.” He ques- THIEVES were busy in Kingsoned Tam, who claimed to be a boy there will be inaderate to fresh custark, Kowloon, yesterday morn-seruit. winds to keep the temperature down. ing. During games which were
Although no rain was registered during the past 24 hours, some light; rain in forecast by the Royal. Obser- vatory.
The weather during the
next 24 hours will be overcast, and
Sergeant D. A. Packson (Secretary being played at the Filipino Club of the Boy Scouts association said The visited the Headquarters about 10 ture round, they stole a blazer con p.m. and found an electric tan miss Yesterday maximum temperature How- wes 63, with a minimum of 62, thermometer had risen to 47, while ing to Mr. L. B. Kitchell, of 227 ken.
This", bundle of humanity was booked through from Southampton to Hongkong, and la, dus here on next. Tha youngstor fa aboard the troopship Ettrick, which is bringing reliefs to the Colony this week.
NEW A.R.P. Friday
WARDENS
ever, by 10 o'clocks this morning the taining a cigarette case belonging, and a pane of window glase bro ANNOUNCED
Tain claimed that he had no Inteh-
The Air Raid Precautions Ofcer
NON-PARTY and hat belonging to Mr. The master of 13th troop Hongkong, was and 22nd, th
In very good friend of his, and had structors:
CABINET
of the
humidity was as high as 95 per cent.¡Jaffe Road, Wanchai, an over ition of stealing the fan, saying there announces that as a result
coat and a scarf belonging to were more valuable things inside. examination held on March 17th, 21st Mr. Chung Kam-fai, and a blazer He said that Wong Yat-hung, Scout-and 22nd, the under-mentioned have Ar Raid Warden In- Ping-fai.
sold him that he had lost a fountain
Messrs, Chak Tai Kwong, Fung Bolh Messrs. Kitchell and Chung pen at the Headquarters.
Yom Leung. C. F. Needhum, K. S. also lost Naval Dockyard passes
Tung-hol, using a pen simliar M. A. da Sousa, Tsang Shiu Cheung, to his, and he had also mis-appro-W. G. Griffin, A., C. Sinton, C. K. priated some troop money.
Chung and S. K. Luk. As Wong Tung-hol had been pass-
The under-mentioned have quali- Ing remarks about him joining thened as Air Raid Wardens: service, defendant went to steal the fan with a view to getting him into Lockhart; S. Aras, P. L. 'Young and Messrs, Cheng Kim Wali, II. L. trouble.
S. C. Cheung.
Eden Urges Reform In London
LONDON, Mar. 26. -- THE IMMEDIATE FORMA- TION of a non-party Govern- ment, on the widest possible basis was urged by Mr. Anthony Eden when speaking at Grimsby to-day.
which were in the pockets of the Wong told him that someone saw Leung, S. Simpson, A. W. Tickic,
blazers.
Mr. Kitchell's loss was estiraled $33, and Mr. Chung's at $20.
Clipper Off To Europe
BALTIMORE, Mar. 26.
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The hearing was adjourned for 48 hours, as defendant asked that Wong Yat-hung, and the scouts of the 13th troop should give evidence on his be- hall
OVER ATLANTIC
London, Mar. 2o.
Motor Car Is Stolen
The theft of his motor car, which he had left parked in Nathan Road near Gascoigne Road, yesterday, has been reported is the police by Mr. J. Middleton-Smith, of Watson's Apart- A message from Dallimore, Mary-ments. North Point.
Mr. J. Braga, residing at land, states that the Yankee Cupper carrying 21 men, the largest number ported that a quantity of motor car left at 7.34 p.m. G.M.T. to-day, Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon, has re- ever to embark on a trans-Atlantic accessories, valued at $60, were stolen
The 40-ton Yankee Clipper hopped 400 miles from Baltimore proceeding He said that such u Government off at 2.30 pm. to-day planning to at 175 miles per hour.-United Press, should have a two-fold purpose. continue to the Azores on the Brst) Firstly, regimentation of Britain's leg of a fight to Lisbon and Mor- industry, wealth, and man-power in seilles if it succeeds in establishing arder to put forward a maximum radio contact with the Azorex. military effort in the shortest possible time; secondly, the adoption of
Otherwise the Clipper will return vigorous foreign policy by uniting the of the south in the networks,
few hours of formal pence-loving nations to resist further preliminary to establishing a regular acta of aggression, Viscount and commercial service.
Halifax appeared to foreshadow Inst Monday. Reuter,
heavier-than-air machine.
The plane is expected to arrive at At 5 pm. she was reported to be Azores eurly on Monday.Reuter.
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IT IS notified from England that another troopship will be coming to the Far East this summer though normally the Hong Kong: Depot, Tel. 21279. programme would have been Peak Depot. completed this month,
The ship is the Dunern which will arrive here on May 25 and leave on June 12. It is understood that most of the passengers will be naval ratings whose replacements, besides being larger now than they were a couple of years ago, have been upset by various .events
The transport Ettrick is due here on Friday and will leave for the United Kingdom on June 6.
8 DIE IN U.S. AIR TRAGEDY
Oklahoma City, Mar. 26, Eight passengers were burned to death in the crash and explosion of a twin molored Douglas, Commercial Airliner proceeding to Dallas from Chicago to-day.
There are four survivors. Eyewitnesses are of the opinion that the disaster resulted from engine trouble which developed six minutes after the plane's departure, at 3.42-
a.m.
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They said the plane'started glide to earth. The left wing dug a furroiy two feet deep after which the plane struck a barbed wire fence and catapulted the pilot, co-pilot and two passengers through the wind- screen to safely while the remainder were doomed to be Incinerated in the cabin.
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Frau Rosemeyer-Blenhorn, known' as the "Flying Frauiein" before her marriage to the Germon motor racer who was killed in a crash, is leaving Berlin on April 1 to fly by easy stages Bangkok, Hanol,' Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. She will also call at Hongkong on the return flight. Frau Rosemeyer-Beinhorn was in Hongkong some years ago on a Far Eastern flight
ITALIAN FLIGHTS
A third fight to the For East is already under way. It is being made by Professor Bocchler!, the Italion who made a forced landing not far from Brindisi soon after the start of his projected flight to Tokyo last month,
He left Italy a fortnight ago and is flying by easy stages to Tokyo, Bocchieri's itinerary does not call for a stop-over at Hongkong. He expects to fly direct from Hanol to Talhoku, in Formosa, but might call at this Colony on the return flight.
Japanese Subjects Missing: Reward
Canton, Mar. 27.
A reward of 2,000 yen has been- offered by the Japanese military authorities for information leading to Uhhe discovery of 'n Japanese and Formosan, both civilians, who have been missing ince March 3..
They were last seen in the south- western suburbs of the city in the vicinity of Tungchiao vilinge Reuter,
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