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DOCKS THEFTS
PRISONER. ESCAPES FROM CHARGE ROOM
EXCITING CHASE
At the Kowloon Magistracy this morning before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, Itwo charges were brought against Ip Wah (22) a coppersmith Hying at 11 Kowloon City-road-first, that he stole from the Kowloon Docke, 28 lb. of ¡brazing solder valued at $i ath.; and, second, that he broke away from Ching Shing, a watchman at the Dock whilst being handed over to the Police in the charge room of the Hunghom Police Station.
Leap Over a Desk Giving the facts of the arrest Sergt. H. Marriot said he arrested defendant in the dock compound and, together with the watchman, took him to the Hanghom Police Station, where he explained the ease to Inspector Stira- son and P. C. Ferrell in the charge room. While doing this the accused sprang over the clerk's desk; went out cf the window and escaped by running towards the Docks, climbing up an em bankment and rushing along a terrace of the Docks. The Police gave chase. On being trapped, he jumped down a retaining wall, about 30 feet high, and slightly on the slant, bruising himself badly. He was unable to move, and thus was easily caught by the Police.
On the second charge his Worship said that accused was not in legal cus tody, and therefore dismissed the charge. Inspector Stimson said that he would have been in custody but he
time." escaped just in the "nick
As accused had a previous convic- tion in 1925 for larceny, for which he served three months, he was now sentenced to six months" hard labour for theft of the blazing solder.
WATER. SUPPLY
RIDER MAINS CONTINGENT ON
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT
The following is the text of the oficial communique the gist of which was published in the "China Mail' yesterday :-----
With reference to the representa- tions which have been made to the Government with regard to introduction of a rider main supply it may be painted out that the pre- Bent storage is only 1,050 million gallons as against a storage of 1,800 millions at the beginning of August last year. When the rider main supply was discontinued in October. 1928, the storage was 1,100 million gallons. This had decreased to 141 million gallons on July 11, 1929.
Should the rainfall, however, continue, it may be possible to re- move the present restrictions at an early date and introduce a rider main supply.
After inspection, it has been
EVACUATION OF THE RHINELAND
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DELEGATION REGARD IT AS "PIECE DE RESISTANCE"
THE COMING CONFERENCE
Paris, Yesterday.
CANTON ITEMS
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Canton, Yesterday. Owing to lack of sufficient silver reserve, the Central Bank of China in Canten has announced that it will postpone the proposed redemp tion of its notes of various de-
M. Briand, M. Cheron and Mnominations. Originally it was de- Loucheur, member of the Cabinet,vided to redeem the outstanding and the Governor of the Bank of notes on August 1.
Fearing that the merchants France, BI. Moreau are to be the principal French delegates at The would seize the opportunity to lower the exchange value of the Hague conference.
As the evacuation of the Rhine-Central Bank notes other than land will be the piece de resist those of $1 denomination, the Can ance, General Guillaumat, comman- ton Treasury has issued an order der-in-Chief of the French Army on prohibiting money exchangers to the Rhine and M. Tirard High Com-depreciate the notes.-Nan Chung missioner in the Rhineland, are also Kuo News Service. going-Reuter.
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Canton, To-day. Beginning from to-day, the $1 notes will be accepted at par by all Government offices and orders have been issued prohibiting money exchangers to discount them in ex- change for subsidiary coins.
Flood Menace
Due to the incessant ra'ne during the last ten days, the West River has risen to a very high level. It is [reported that at Samshui, Hohow, Shiuhing, Dosing, and as far as Wuchow, the water has risen over 20 feet, and many parts of these cities are under water.
On the East River, the water level from Hoyuen to Poklo districts London, Yesterday.
has gone up from 4 to 10 feet, and The draft of the British-EgyP- the low-lying land is flooded. If tian Treaty which, it is reported, the rain continues, it is feared, the has been initialled by Mr. Acountryside will face very serious Henderson, Secretary of State for foods that will cause enormous Foreign Affairs, and Mahmoud losses to the farmers. Pasha; the Egyptian Prime Minis- ter, has been approved by the Cabinet Committee and will be submitted to the full Cabinet at the week-end.-Reuter.
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POLAR EXPEDITION
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London, Yesterday.
Pirates Bold
The West River bandits are be- coming as bold as ever. They have been holding boats up for tolls and eonding letters of demand for money to the larger boats. Recent ly, some of these demand letters came to the notice of the authori ties, who have now issued orders to all patrol stations to keep strict lookout for the bandits.
Maintaining Credit
With the view to the mainten- ance of the credit of the Central Bank, the Ministry of Finance has remitted to Canton the sum of Taels 2,000,000. The local Centtral Bank is reported to have received yester day a cable from the Ministry that another sum of Taels 2,000,000 is on its way down.
Illegal Executions Under the rule of Ex-General Wong Shin-hung, the magistrates in Kwangsi executed people number- ing ten or more without reporting As such a to the Government.
deemed entirely procedure was
found that in many of the houses in Captain Scott's old ship, the "Dis-illegal, the present Chairman, Gen- the rider main districts taps have covery," left East India Dock to-day eral Yu Took-pak has lasted string- been removed and that in other on another expedition to the Antent orders to the magistrates that instances fittings are defective. It arctic sponsored by the British, no execution will be allowed with- is essential that house owners should Australian, and New Zealand Gov-out first submitting a report of the give this matter their immediate ernments, to continue the scientific case to the Government. Canton
News Agency. attention in order to avoid waste investigations of the resources of when the rider main supply is the South Polar regions, which were introduced and to prevent the begun in 1911. necessity of cutting off supplies from these honges.
The expedition will also develop fisheries, and investigate economie: resources, and the commercial pos- sibilities of whaling.
Mr. F. Steadman, treasurer to
Sir Douglas Mawson, command- Hull Corporation, was appointed! ing the expedition, joins the Dia- County Treasurer under the Sur-covery at Capetown, from where the rey County Council.
ship will sail at the end of October.
ROSS INSTITUTE
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LOCAL APPEALS
The annual report for 1928 of the
The average age of the crew is Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Putney Diseases (Incorporated),
The number of scholars receiving thirty. Director of Heath, London, which is just to hand,
free meals at Edmonton's Council feeding centre now averages 968, as compared with 662 last year.
A new telephone exchange, to relieve the pressure at Richmond and Putney is to be erected at East Sheen.
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Captain John Davis, Navigation of the Commonwealth of contains the following about Hong Australis, was aboard to-day Reuter.
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Mr E TV Creasy, Fresident of the Hong Kong Women's Guild and Ministering Children's League, very very kindly made an appeal to the Committee of the aforesaid Guild and Leagne for a donation from the funds on behalf of the Institute, in view of the work which the Ross In- stitute is doing to assist diseases prevention work in the East. This preal met with approval, auda donation of £30 has been received. The Interest Laken in the Institute in -Hong Kong le much appreciated by
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