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CRIMINAL SESSIONS CASE.

Jail And Birch For Cowardly Behaviour.

MORPHIA TRAFFIC.

Two Foreigners in Court.

REMANDED TO MONDAY.

Bail Remains At $2,000 For Each Accused.

SMALLER NAVIES.

New Situation To Be Faced.

LIMITATION HOPES.

Britain Reluctant Of Build More Cruisers.

An attempted robbery at 186 James Christie and Christopher

Rugby, Yesterday. Lichikok Road, Kowloon. formed Bluhm who are charged with The First Lord of the Admiralty the subject of a Criminal Sessions undertaking to procure and sup- was asked in the House of Commons hearing before Mr. Justice J. R. ply up to 20 kilograms of mar-what new facts disclosed at the re- Wood this morning when two phia, were again before Mr. R. E. cent Naval Conference at Geneva men who were found on the pre- Lindsell at the Central Magis-had caused the Government to de- mises shortly after the alarm tracy, this morning, when, on the cide that it was no longer necessary was given were charged with as-application of Mr. T. H. King, to proceed with laying down the two sault with intent to rob and on an Director of Criminal Investige- cruisera Intended to be laid down alternative charge of. common tion, the hearing of the case was this year. assault.

| fixed to begin on Monday after- Mr. W. C. C. Bridgeman replied: Mr. H. K. Holmes conducted noon next.

Eleven 10,000 ton cruisers are build- the case for the Crown..

His Worship fixed bail as being. Our published programme The incidents took place on the fore-$1,000 case and $1,000 does, not extend beyond 1929 and night of September 18 and, ac-security for each accused.

provides for one 10,000 ton cruiser cording to the evidence, the male Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask, who in addition to two smaller cruisers Inmate of the house in question appeared for the defence, asked to be built in each of the years was awakened by the noise of his Worship to allow the accused 1927, 1928, and 1920. A new situa someone descending from the to go to Kowloon to pack up their tion has arisen owing to the fact cock-loft. In the dim light he saw clothes. It was a case of their that at Geneva, although our pro- two men approaching with a rents mounting up whilst they posal for the limitation of the num- blanket spread out in front of were under detention, and the acber of 10,000 tori cruisers was not cused would like to settle with agreed to the discussion led to a The two men seized the male their landlords and save expenses hope that limitation may yet be inmate and his wife and endes- Mr. King raised no objection, youred to bind and gag them. and said that with his Worship's reached; and, in these circums- The woman was struck in the face permission he would arrange to tances, the British Government is with a

heavy instrument, and have the accused taken to Kow. reluctant to lay down any more of these large 10,000 ton cruisers at threats were made to stab her un-loon that morning.

Mr. Lindsell gave the necessary

present. less she remained quiet. Her hus-

We have dropped two ships from the 1927 programme, one band put up a successful resist-permission.

of them being a 10,000 ton cruisers ance to his attacker and, on free-

and one being a smaller ship, the ing himself, called to his son, who

substitution of which, in lieu of a was lying a short distance away, This

10,000 ton truisers in the 1928 pro- to switch on the light.

gramme, is question still under con- was done and they were then

sideration-British Wireless Ser- able to get a clear view of their attackers whom they identified as the two prisoners in Court.

them.

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Rugby, Yesterday. Sir Laming Worthington Evans, The prisoners were arrested War Secretary, accompanied by his through the alarm having been given at Shamshuipo Police sta- tion and the prompt arrival of Police on the scene. Although en- try could not be gained to the house a watch was kept and one man, who emerged from a hole in the door leading from the back! yard, was shot on refusing to stop. This was the second prison- er. The other man was found in-

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of newspapers in the cock-loft. The Police found evidence of the severe struggle which had taken placed inside, including blood- stained gage and bloodstained pillow on which the woman in- mate had been. She had been stabbed with a pair of scissors.

The two wounded persons were taken to hospital and both re- covered.

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Trade Routes.

London, Yesterday.

In the House of Commons, in re- ply to questions, Mr. W. c. c. |Bridgeman, stated that the Geneva Naval Conference left a hope that {limitation might be reached; there

fore, that the Government was re- luctant to lay down any mora 10,000 ton cruisers at present. He assured the questioner that the protection of trade routes and food supplies for Great Britain had been taken in consideration in this connection.

America's Programme.

Mr. Bridgeman said that the United States was building eight: 10,000 ton cruisers and Great Brit- ain eleven. The question of the

substitution of a smaller ship' for the 10,000 ton cruisers in the Brit- ish 1928 programme was still be- ing considered.

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Singapore Base.

wife and daughter will leave Lon- Replying to Commander J. M. In various statements made at don'to-morrow for a tour in India Kenworthy (Labour Central Hull) previous hearings, the second pri- from which he is expected to re- Mr. Bridgeman said that the ex- soner stated that he had recent- turn in the middle of February-penditure on the Singapore Naval ly arrived from the country and Reuter's Wireless Service. as he was not able to find work he

went with another man to steal money for my passage back." The inmates had then been roused and he ran away.

The first prisoner merely stat- ed "I had no knife.''.

MEXICO'S POLITICS.,

THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM EXTENDED.

Calles more of the

Base up to the present amounted |to £422,000. The work was expect-

ed to be finished in 1937. The total:

cost was estimated at $7,756,000.

Commander Kenworthy suggested that the altered, circumstances which led to the dropping of two cruisers from this year's pro- gramme might also permit the re tardation of the Base, the

México City, Yesterday. Both prisoners pleaded not] guilty this morning, and evidence passed a measure extending

The Chamber of Deputies has was lying a short distance away, Presidential term from four to six Mr. Bridgeman-replied that he was called for the prosecution. · S years. There will be at least seven did not think he could have a say

After the summing-up, the jury years

or in regard to that. He pointed out returned a verdict of guilty and Obregon regime therefore, as the that the work had actually bees re- His Lordship, in passing sen- probability is that Obregon will be tarded, mainly owing to certain cir- tence of six years' hard labour the only other candidate in the cumstances which made the prelim with 18 strokes of the birch, or field,Reuter's-American-Service. each of the prisoners, referred to their cowardly behaviour in at- tacking and stabbing a woman.

NEARLY LOST.

AN AIRMAN'S TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE

CHANCES TOUCHED ZERO,

New York, Yesterday! How the ocean almost: claimed another aerial victim is described

KING FEISAL.

TOURS INDUSTRIAL CENTRES AT:HOME:

Rugby, Yesterday...

inary work take longer than was anticipated. He certainly never suggested that there was any rea- son for abandoning the Singapore propočal.-Bauter."

King Feisal of Irak, in con- CANADIAN PREMIER

tinuance of his tour of Industrial centres, arrived in Manchester yesterday and was received by the Lord Mayor. To-day he will: In- speet the Manchester Ship Canal and the local exchange. He will visit spinning mills and weaving

by Captain Giles, in relating his sheds at Bolton to-morrow Brit terrifying experience in encounter-

ing a rain-drenched air- pocket.

Ish Wireless Service.

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A GUEST OF HONOUR,

MET Rugby Yesterday,"

Mr. Mackenzie: King, the Cana-

riton yesterday on his first visit

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single passenger aeroplane) turned upside doww and the charts food, and instruments were dump- ed into the ocean. The airman p.m.righted his plane, wildly guessed

hia direction, and headed, blindly Dawn Washington, Yesterday, Minister, Mr. Vincent Massey, for for the land. Eminent Chicago lawyer, has been He will dine with President

Mr. Noble Brandom Judah, a pro- some days, After this the bracing wires | snapped and Captain Giles dumped appointed Ambassador to Cuba in Coolidge, and Mr. Kellogg, Secre- the main petrol tanks to lighten succession to Mr. Enoch Crowder, tary of the State Department, and 4.30 pm the strain of the broken plane experience, but had a distinguish banquet at the British Embassy Mr. Judah has had no diplomatic will be the guest of honour at a "My chances touched zero, but lucked war record Reuter's American and the Canadian Legation, Brit held. Reuter's American Service Service,

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