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Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 18, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
ER--- DO YOU
LIVE
WHY, YES!
YOU DON'T
I THINK
HAVE TO
YOU ALREADY
GIVE ANYTHING-
BEAUTIFY
OUR
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WELL
YOU
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BEAUTIF
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TON BALL B. PAL. DE-AI Furbia posteved
Murder Charge Sequel
To Gambling
Fight
Trouble between two newspaper hawkers after one of them had risen from gambling with others, ended with serious con- sequences and this morning, the circumstances of the dispute was related to His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac. Gregor, at the Criminal Sessions, when Wan Wing-hing, 21; was charged with the murder of Yu Sik-lau,
Both men
were newspaper | if he wanted the money back be bet- hawkers and the murder was ter night for it. Accused sold that Da- alleged to have occurred in im with both fists and also used his ceased started the Aght and struck Connaught Rond, Central, on leg June 25.
Mr E. H. Willams, Crown Counsel, prosecuted and was nsalated by Det. Inspector L: It. Whant. Mr ii. Lee, Instructed by Mr H. N. Chuu, acted for Accused.
Continuing he stated: "Seeing that my eyesight was not good and that I could not be a good match to fight with him, I took a knife from inside my trousers and opened it and 'Don't Aght. He then caught hold Members of the Jury were Messrs of my right wrist and with his free George Edward Terry (Foreman), hand he tried to open my fingers to Henrique Alberto Alves, Ku Lan-sun, take the knife away. I turned Edwardo Paulo Souza, Choa Hin-kee, wrist and freed myself. The De- Ng Wing-bong and Chiu Tse-ping. censed did not strike me after this
Care Outlined
and shortly afterwards I saw Deccas- Mr Williams stated that the stabbed put his hand in front of his chest ing took place on June 25 and as and I noticed that he was bleeding.
Accused also stated that he drew previous trouble between Accused out the knife to bluff Deceased in Uto
for us was known there had been no
4 p.m. that
und Deceased. At 4 Accused and Jother
Road,
Central.
med my
ERNIS QUACHAN
One of the many fine studies entered in Section 2 of the "Hongkong Telegraph'i" Eleventh Annual Amateur Photographic Competition. The contest is open until September 30.
14 KILLED Singapore Ready to Defy Any
day
hope that he would
not fight. How- ever, Deceased went for him and newspaper somehow, Deceased hawkers including Chan Sing-wal
received the and Funk Cho
chi.
wound, He had no intention to were gambling out- side 54-55 Connaught
wound Deceased. Deceased arrived and squatted down
Hearing proceeding. to watch the game. Accused was not lucky and losing what money he had he took off his jacket and sent it to be pqwned. The money for the Jacket and the pawn ticket were re- turned to
to Accused who continued gambling. Eventually, the game was between Chan and Accused only and Deceased remained watching. After the two gamblers had decided to stop ..and as Accused was collecting to-
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" gether the money in front of him, Deceased said to him, "Pay
MANILA, Sept. 18 (UP).—It the me 10 cents you owe me." Accused is reliably reported that 14 per- replied that he had lost money and sons are dead in central Luzon that be had Insuficient even to floods and at least $500,000,000 redeem his jacket.
IN FLOODS Luzon Disaster ·
"You Have Stabbed Me" worth of damage has been caus-
blows
Blockade
says
Brooke-Popham
Story Of Costly Nazi Attempt On Gulf Gate
SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 (Reuter).-A most encouraging picture of the general' defensive position of the area of which Singapore is the strategic centre was given at a joint press conference by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East, and Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton Deceased wanted his 10 cents and ed. The Red Cross is active. Commander-in-Chief of the China Station. he grabbed this amount from in front Pampanga province is believed of Accused and the two subsequently to be hardest hit due to a broken afraid of a blockade threat. Sir Robert said they were not | began to fight. Continuing. Mr dyke. Williams stated that it was not quite
They had ample reserves of food clear who struck the first blow. Wit- The "Manila Bulletin" said and ammunition. nesses would say that three or four that one official investigator think that any blockade was He did not were struck and suddenly hinted that sabotage by dis--tenable for as long as six months Deceased called out "Al Yah! You gruntled political elements may but even within that time they have stabbed me." trated with Accusedong remons have been responsible for the were fully able to break it-
und and asked hbni why he had used a knife,
breaking of the dyke. Deceased-felt-wenks-and-put his Clear weather is resulting in the arm.Ground Accused for support and subsiding of the flond waters. Accused supported him along the The fiend had forced the evneun- Road for a little distance.
Questioned concerning his re- Accused tion of 8,000 tenant farmers alons cent visit to the Netherlands Deceased asked for 10 cents to buy The Philippine suid from what he had seen he was partly commanding the Gulf of Finland is emphasised by the. saw Deceased was in trouble and the banks of the Pampanga River. East Indies, Sir Robert said that Tiger Balm and accused produced that 50 persons are although the money. According to the Accust believed that the majority of perfectly satisfied that the N.E.I. ed, some friends of Deceased assault them are safe. Camp Ollyns of the would put up a perfectly good ed him,
Philippine Army is under Sergeant Medley, who was on street necessitating the
water show if called on to do so they duly, saw that Deceased had received several hundred troops to higher were not going about treading certain Injuries on the chest and he ground,
on people's corns. but if attacked the N.E.I. were fully determined to give a good account of them- selves.
also saw Accused there. He search ed Accused and toole from him a
knife which
evacuation of
New Offensive was in his hands.
Abyssinia
In
In evidence, Dr T. K. Lien of the Queen Mary Hospital alated that Deceased had died of shock and heart failure,
own a knife by Mr Willems, Dr offensive in northwest Abyssinin, i Shown
Lien said it was possible that the Deceased's wound was caused by this. The Doctor also said that there had been no bone resistance to the wound. With a sharp instrument like the knife In Court it did not require much force to cause the wound,
"Very Lucky Shot" His Lordship:. It was a very lucky
shot wasn't it?
CAIRO, Sept. 17 (UP). In con- nection with the resumption of the
ts believed that there are about 15,000 Italian and native troops around Gondar end Welcheft, commanded by General Nash
Vigorous Protest By Egypt
the American Navy. even without the assistance-of-
Asked if there had been staff talle with the N.E.1. or any tacit arrange- ments with them, Sir Robert said he had nothing to add to what he had ly that in the huge are from Burma stated at a previous interview, name
10 Australia, what happened in any part of the area affected the rest of it. "You cannot separate any of
these countries."
(By "Reuter's" Resident Correspondent)
MOSCOW, Sept. 17. The importance of the Soviet victory in smashing the German attempt to land forces on the Soviet- held islands of Ezel and Moon at the entrance of Riga Buy and promotion to-day of Major-General of Constal Defence Alexis Yeliseev to the rank of Lieutenant-General.
It was he who commanded the various sections of the Soviet mans had succeeded in landing, was The land battle, after some Ger- Baltic Navy concerned in beating very bitter. Every yard was con→ off the Germans.
tested. Several thousand Germans making the total for both attempts were killed in this second operation, extremely, costly.
While the Soviets hold Ezel and other islands in the 'same group stretching north and south across the entrance of Riga Bay, it not only means that German entry into the also that the German possession of Finnish Gulf is very difficult but the Riga naval base is practically
valueless.
Italians Shut
Up In Gondar
A dispatch describing the German attempt states that the first expedi- tion which tried to approach the the Gondar ares, where the last CAMO, Sept 17 (Reuter).—“In Whitehall Instructions
islands at dawn on Saturday was remnants of the Asked if Malaya would immediate-battle but the second effort, which the capture of the main enemy forces, besten off after only a four-hour Abyssinin have been invested since Italian Army in ly move to the. assistance, of the N.E.I. If the Intter were attacked, Sir began on Sunday with a much larger weather conditions have
number of smaller vessels, Josted
ted mitted resumption of our offensive During the past few days, patrols from our troops were in contact with the enemy holding defending poal- Hons in Gondar,
Dr Lien: It was very accurato. It report from Calro to the Exchange to instructions from Whitehall, whose forces at one time succeeded in get-
LONDON, Sept. 17 (UP). A Robert said he would act according until yesterday and some German activities.
now per-
Just happened that this knife went Telegraph says that it is understood through this spot. If you wanted to that the Egyptian Government has the result of the labours of Mr Aback into the sea.
elecisions would be accelerated as do it a second time perhaps it would protested vigorously to Germany and
ting a foothold before being thrown not go same
Italy in connection with the air raid through the Proscution's on Monday nigh
Dufy Cooper. At
Ostim regarding Thailand, Sir
Enemy Ships Sunk case, Defendant gave an account of
Robert said that relations with that Aboard each of six transports used the gambling, of the presence of Deceased and of the pawning of the The full tram service has resumed friends and they looked to us for They were profecled by eight des
SHANGHAI, Sept. 18 (Reuter).—-
country were better. They had come on Saturday, of which four were to realise, he said, that we were their sunk, were up jacket Accused then spoke of De- following the six-hour strike yester advice as witness their sending two troyers, of which one was sunk, and
to 2,500 Germans. H.M. Submarine Lost censed taking 10 cents from him and day in protest against alleged mal- averred that Deccased had stated that treatment.
officers to look at our defence plans 11 motor torpedo boats, of which ten and see the working of our fighter were sunk.. squadrons.
Liberal-Nationalists Go All Out For Churchill
"I should not have thought such a thing possible a few months ago," he added.
Independent Attitude
In reply to another question, the Commander-In-Chilet agreed that Thailand had begun to show an in- they should not become too dependent dependent attitude towards Japon. They were realising, he said, that Semically and financially upon
Admiral Layton told a queationer was at large in the Pacine and that that the radio report that a ralder a number of ships had fallen victim was untrue.
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Réuter) —A résolution expressing com- plele confidence in the present government, welcoming the At- lantic Charter, recording admiration of the Russian defence and approving speedy aid for the Russian people, was unanimously adopted at the anntial conference of Liberal Nationalists held in London to-day.
upon the world by the super-Satan Two Cabinet Ministers, Lord Hitler. Chancellor, and Mr Ernest The ex-War Minister Mr Hore Brown who is Minister for Bellsha supporting the resolution ex- Health, and two ex-Ministers Mr Pressed the hope that the Atlantic Hors-Bellsha and Mr Lealie Bur- Mr Roosevelt would be the prelude Charter signed by Mr Churchill and "gin, attended.
Sto the adoption Of Lord Teviot in moving the resolu- between Amerita
LONDON, Sept. 17 (British Wire- and Britain. tion wald, tant uppermost in their added, "It we can replace the De- geant, James Allen Ward, who re- mind now was how they could best claration of Independence by cently won the VC; is reported miss help the Prime Minister: And those Declarations of Interdependence wo ing. His Wellington bambor from gallant men and women who had anall have laid the firmest fotinda No. 70 New Zealand Bomber Squi come from all parts of the Empire to tion for permanent peace in the dron did not return from rocent tackigatie Frightful tragedyolsted whole world.
attack on German, dok
V.C. Is Missing
common elfizeti jess) The young New Zealand Ser-
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)The Board of the Admiralty regret to an- nounce that H. M, Submarine P-32. The second effort was made from (Lieutenant D.A.B. Abdy) is over- neighbouring ports on the mainland. due and must be considered lost. The Germans lost one large and mony The next of kin have been informed," small transports,
says the Admiralty to-night,
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