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DEATH OF PRISONER
Died on Day of Release From Gaol
The death of Fung Kam, 64; who died
on the day of his release, from Stanley gool, was 'the subject of an Inquiry at the Central Magistracy before Mr. R. Edwards yesterday. The proceedings were adjourned to Thursday to secure evidence of the type of work Fung was doing in gool.
The Jury were Messrs. A. S Abbot (Foreman), W. G. Maycock and Chan Fung-yin.
Chief Warder A. Paice stated that Fung was sentenced on April 24 to fourteen days hard labour” and died in the prison hospital at 12.03 p.m. on May 0
Dr. G. I. S Prison Medical
Once, atated
Fung was first
seen on April 25, when there were no signs of the diseases from which he died. On April 27 he was taken
to the hospital on a stretcher, hav-i ing collapsed. Witness did not know what kind of work he had been doing.
May
19, 1939.
Royal Social Items
Tour
Begins
King And Queen In Quebec Farm Belt
THREE RIVERS,
Quebec, May 18.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Fraser of Han kow, announca the engagement · of their daughter: Daphine" to George Garrard of the Asiatle Petroleum Co.
The engagement is announced' of Mr. Lesile Dumbleton, the undefeated Singapore amateur fyweight cham- plon, son of the late Mr. T. E. Dumbleton, of Portsmouth and Mrs. | Dumbleton of Singapore to Miss Pauline de Souza, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert de Souza, of Singapore.
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A lovely and Informal "wedding took place last week, when Miss
Cassic Len Oliver and the Rev. A.
A. Talbot were united in marriage.
Both are members of the Southern
Presbyterian Mission and located at Taingklungpu. The wedding' was solemnized at 20 Route Fottler, Shanghai, the home of Mrs. Raymond THE KING and Queen in the presence of the friends of the Womeldorf and Mrs, Russel Woods,
A decree published in the French
Fung complained of fever, head-travelled from Quebec to Mission." aches and a cough. Ho had a "Ave-Three Rivers on a single fingers" spleen, and was probably track railway line through official Gazette authorises' women were no parasites in the blood. farmlands and past wayside barristers to practise at the bar in
A post-mortem revealed that the stations, where clusters of cause of death was primarily chronic
suffering from malarin, but there
tuberculosis, and secondarily myo- rural folk gathered to cheer carditis and dilation of the bronchial tubes.
them.
French Indo-China.
Mr. Leon 5. Kwok, Chief Manager of the Wing On Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Mr. Edwards stated that the evi- At Three Rivers, the Mayor has been appearing with Bisa Chung dence had taken him by surprise as and Councillors with their wives Fun-hwa in a play staged by the he had thought the case
Wing On Dramatic a simple assembled early to be presented Crystal Palace Theatre, Shanghai, in Club at the
one.
to Their Majesties.
nid of charities. The play was given Soventy-five thousarvi mili-for six nights. workers," school-children and other residents cheered vociferously from the station approaches,
SHOULD BE ISOLATED Jury's Suggestion Regarding Infectious Prisoners
A recommendation that prisoners ftering from infectious diseases should be Isolated, was put forward
by
Central Magistracy yesterday prisoner at Stanley.
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After presentations, the royal train. continued the journey to Montreal.
Mr. Kwok.is a member of a well- known Hongkong family,
of the
received Word has been daughter, Mrs. Willard F. Topping. L. W. Bickel, who with her husband, Arrived At Montreal
uke Bickel, was ons the Inte Captain Luke of the early missionaries in Japan. Their Majesties arrived at Montreal Mrs. Bickel was for years a resident
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the Jury at an Inquest at the at 7.14 p.m. B. S. T. There was of Himejl, where she lived with heri
crowd, which cheered repeatedly daughter, Mrs. Willard F. Topping, Mr. R. Edwards snt as Coroner, while the King Inspected the Guard in 1937 she returned to England to and was assisted by a jury com- of Honour. A Royal salate of 21 visit her sisters, and, was planning to
return to Jopan in September. prising Messrs. J. F. Grose (Fore-guns was fired. man),
E: L. Rocha, and Ho Kam- After a brief reception ceremony,
drove through the The wedding tool Thele Majcstics
place at the Chlef Warder A. Paice said the city in an open car. They had one Registry yesterday between Mr. Ho merchant, and Miss Ho prisoner, Chan Hing, 42, was sen-of the most striicing receptions of Ka-ming, tenced to three months hard labour their reign during the 24 miles drive Fan-lal, of 13 College View, Hong- on April 10. Ile died in his cell at through the city, the whole route kong. Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Re- being lavishly decorated and begistrar of Marriages offelated, and 6.13 p.m. on May B.,
Kam-chuan,
The streets were lined with the witnesses were Mrs. Lam Chil- cell-mate, flagged. sald Chan Hing had been in the cell people, the crowd numbering between shing and Mr. K. L. HG,
ene and two
million. for
About 4 about three weeks.
Police estimated that 1,750,000 p.ni on May 8 Chan ate half his meal and then sat on the bed: people entered the city overnight.
later washed
.He
Chan
。
his face, and
After driving through the French SIX COUPLES ENTER suburb. The
Their Majesties entered the
complained that he was being chok-greal Montreal Stadium, where 85,- Second Heat" of · Warner's ed by wind. Chan summoned 4000 French-speaking children cheered warden who looked into the cell and themselves hoarse as the Royal cors
Dancing Contest walked away. Chan again rang the circled the stadium.
Chen Hing then rose from his bed, Iraned against the wall, collapsed and died.
bell and the warder told him to: The King and Queen received an- The Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden walt for a while.
from 10,000 was again crowded yesterday even- other hearty welcome English-speaking children,
ing for the second heat of the ball- The culminating event of the visit room dancing competition being con- to Montreal was the city banquet in ducted by Warner Bros. Hongkong Asalatant Indian Warder No. 215 the Windsor Hotel, at which, instead Agency to signalise the release of said he answered Chan's cell at once of speeches, the programme consisted their musical production, "Garden und telephoned the European warder of old French-Canadian songs of the Moon." who was out on patrol. About 13 Reuter, minutes later the European arrived, Worder A. G. Bond Gold he did
Six couples entered the heat, four of them Ties Of Friendship
being required to dance a 50 that the Judges second WASHINGTON, May 18.The might be fully satisfied. Eventually Their Majesties to the United States test the final in the Grill Room on the following were chosen to con- Dr. G. I. Shaw said he first saw is to improve the ties of friendship Sunday at 5 pm: Mr. Leong Lin- Han Hing on April 11. Chan
He was with your country" declared Sir chuen nad Miss Kong Slu-mu Mr. suffering from tuberculosis and Ronald Lindsay, the British Am-Chan Chung-man and Miss L. Lai- weighed
nly 82 lb. Death was due bassador, at a press conference to- to acute carding asthma and tuber- day; added: "The visit was not to
lai, and Mr. James Dao and Mrs. culosis. His complaint of wind
K. Chan, choking him was
consistent with the fore in the minds of Their were assisted in judging by Jr. Jote Messrs. C. T. Wu and T. C. Kan cardiac asthma, sald Dr. Shaw. Majesties when the visit lo Canada
Asked by
-Mr. Mr. Edwards what was was first arranged, but its extension Marla Arnaiz, Manila dancer. the proper method of communica- to the United
Master of "Cerc tion between the warders, in case most nature things, in the world.
is one of the H. Odell was
monies. of emergency, Chief Warder Paice The
of the visit is not beld in the Roof Garden
The third and final heat will be purpose said in cases of this kind, the alarm primarily political, although it is bell should have been used, but, the perfectly obvious that when a king at 6 p.m.
2 Indian warder had apparently no visits a foreign country, his purpose) idea of Chan's condition.
is to improve the ties of friendship A verdict of death from naturalas for Causes was returned.
Reuter.
not receive the telephone message, sole political purpose of the visit of es he was on patrol.
DEATH IN HOSPITAL With the assistance of a Jury comprising Messrs. E. A. Leo (Fore- man). Uen Shu-shun, and Sla Ko- klat, Mr. R. Edwards, sat
Coron-
to-day
he possibly can."NO HONGKONG ADVICE
Extension of Radiophone
German Army Goes Into Mourning
From N.Y.K. Ship
Cable and Wireless Limited, Hong- kong, have received no advice of Nippon Yusent Kalsha's intention to
er, at the Central Magistracy yester- VIENNA, May 18.-On the occa-extend the radiophone service from day, to conduct an inquest on Chan sion of the 50th anniversary of the the Kamakura Maru to Hongkong Fung, 28, prisoner at Stanicy. German colonial troops, General von and the Philippines.
Chief Warder Paice sald Chan Epp to-day dedicated six banners, Fung was sentenced to 12 months' Handing them over, General von manager of the company, Mr. W. E. The Information was given by the hard labour on November 23. He Epp declared that they should wear Rickwood yesterday, when a noflea- died in the prison hospital on May mourning until the colonies were won tion that the extended service would
back-Reuter.
operato as from yesterday was re- ferred to him. ~
0.
Dr. Shaw said he first examined Chan on November 34. He WOB suffering from chronic tuberculosis, WASHINGTON, May 13. The All the NY.K. Pacific liners, to and was marked down as Hable to Senate to-day passed the $773,000,-gether with the Yasukuni Maru and sudden death. He was removed to 1000 naval appropriatlon bill, which Terukuni Maru, are equipped with hospital on May 4, with tuberculosis had already passed the House. radio-telephony installations, but
and dysentery. The cause of death The bill includes funds to start they have not so far operated with was tuberculosis and dysentery. construction of two battleships of Hongkong. The trans-Pacific ships The jury returned a verdict of 48,000 tons, 31 other warships, and have, however, maintained a service death from natural causes.
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