1929-12-06 — Page 12

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Friday, December 6, 1929. Eleventh Moon, 6th Day.

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DARING ARMED ROBBERY

WELLINGTON STREET FLAT BURGLED

OCCUPANT GAGGED

A during armed robbery occurred in the heart of the city last night, the victim being Cho Shan, a pork dealer of Stall No. 102 Central, Market, who lives on the second ficor of 102, Wellington Street, where the robbery took place.

At about 10 a.m., Cho Shan was sleeping in the front cubicle when he was awakened by some one pull- Ing the bed-clothes from him. When be opened his eyes

he saw two strange Chinese standing by the side of the bed.

They were both armed with revol- vers, which they pointed at Cho Shan and ordered him to keep quiet. He was then pull out of bed, gagged and bound, and pushed back on to the bed. The robbers searched Cho Shan and took the safe key from his pocket.

Then, throwing a blanket over Cho Shan's head, the two intruders [proceeded to ransack the flat. They opened the safe and helped thems lves to about $200 in cash and broke open some drawers and boxes, from which they took jewel- lery worth $193. Then they de-1 parted quietly.

It was some time before Cho Shan was able to free himself and give the alarm, but by that time the robbers had got clear away.

CHIEF JUSTICE LEAVES

•His Honour the Chief Justico (Sir Henry Gollan, C.BE) left Hong Kong to-day on the "Raj- patana" for Shanghai, where he will sit with Sir Peter Grain, Judge of H.B.M.'s Supreme Court, in appellate jurisdiction. Sir Peter arrived here only yesterday on the "Rajputana" from Home leave and continued his voyage: with Sir Henry Gollan. The lat- ter will be absent from Hong Kong for about a fortnight.

REPUBLIC OCCUPIED BY U.S. MR. T. EDISON EXPERIMENTS

MARINES

A TEACHERS' STRIKE

Washington. Yesterday.

Martial law had been proclaimed

WITH "GOLDEN ROD"

MERCHANTS SCEPTICAL

New York, Yesterday. Before leaving for Florida Mr.

in Haiti, which at present is occu-Thomas Edison said that while the pied by American Mariñas. It is "Golden Rod" was found to be the offelally belleved to be the outcome most satisfactory of thousands of of a strike of school teachers, plants which were experimented which apparently spread in other with, no estimate had yet made pos directions. It is not clear whether sible, the cost of production of Martial Law is confined to the capi-synthetic rubber, nor were the com- tal, Port Au Prince, or is, through-mercial possibilities decided. out the Republic.

Prominent rubber merchants are It will be recalled that Mr. sceptical of "Golden Rod" rubber, Hoover, in his annual message on and do not think that the product December 3, foreshadowed the ap-is likely to affect the crude rubber pointment of a commission to study market. the situation with a view to the withdrawal of the Marines.-Reu- ter's American Service.

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day

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yesterday

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EPIC STRUGGLE

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A Common Weed

New York, Earlier..

Mr. Edison claims to have pro- duced artificial rubber, which it will be possible to manufacture af a cost of sixteen cents per pound. It is made from "Golden Rod" one of the commonest weeds in the United States.--Reuter's American

"wash-out," when I was unnerved by a terrific roar from the fifteen- pounder, only a few yards away,

Then things began to happen. Lieutenants and sergeants rushed hither and thither, giving orders to "stand by" and "get ready" the machines. Motor cycles rushed past me with terrifying speed as

hastened to Headquarters.

"DARE DEVILS"

Bay," he informed me. "Ships have also been sighted in Deep Water Bay, and it is anticipated that an attack will be launched said a Colonel, there."

"Dare devils, those Volunteers,”

Off they sped on their cycles, As he spoke a verey Ilght splashed obeying the order to reconnoître into the darkness-an S.0.S. In the roads and lanes. response, the Singapore Indian battery on the hill above us let rip. "Bang!"

it, however, Then No." battery-

Nobody took very much notice of

a fifteen pounder gave vent to its rage.

The grey light turned to pale yellow, and faces and guns and paths gradually sprang fnto re- cognisable shapes and colours.

The sky was now lit up with Verey lights. In the hay, the ghost- like form of H.M.S. "Berwick" This time somebody yawned. crept into view and fired a dozen "Like Galloplli?" I ventured. rounds. There was a puff of "You bet," he said grimly. smoke like cotton wool from the

THE LONG VIGIL

side of the ship, followed by a

the enemy's

With surprising knowledge of red-yellow flame and a dull roar intentions, an officer that made the hills tremble. No. told me that nothing much would 1 and No. 2′batteries let go with happen until 6 am. ·

animation, and rifle fire anapped during the intervals. The enemy

It didn't. The vercy light and the big guns, apparently, had merely had made a landing, been a "test" reply to a feint attack and landing at Taltan.

THE "BERWICK" TURNS TAIL

CAPTAIN'S MONEY

Captain Edward Midgley, late master mariner of the Hong Kong steamship "Tai Lee," who died at

The telephones buzzed feverish- Then came the long vigil, during ly, and the light grew stronger and the age of 64 in the Government which I was alternately chilled to stronger, throwing the hills into Civil Hospital on August 4, 1929, the marrow, and roasted over a bold relief. left $3,600 in this Colony.

friendly, soldier'a ·fire. He bequeathed all his estate to

H.M.S. "Berwick" raised steam Walking along one of the nar and showed bar etern Miss Rose. Erally White.

to the 16- His row fanes, to slip off the edges land. She had been badly hit, it Hong Kong address was given as of which meant a slide down cliff appeared, and sent violet light the St Francis Hotel; his home and scrub of 800 feet, I almost signals to warn the landing party town being Birkenhead. For his trod on the legs of a sleeping of her condition. As soon as she local estate ho appointed Miss member of our volunteer mechanis had disappeared from sight, two Maude Elizabeth White of No. 8, ed army. Somebody swore at me, large R.A.F. bombing 'planes roar Seaview, Wanchai Gap Road, his and I at once recognised an ac-ed overhead, dropping imaginary scle executrix; and he appointed quaintance. In the glowing dawn, bombs, or, so the RA.F. Umpire two. executors to act in Britain. I could distinguish the huddled explains to me,, reaching such

Probate of the will has now figures of a section been granted to Miss Maude H.K.V. machine White.

of the favourabla positions that, if bombs gun corps, were dropped, their objectives They were lying on their great could be attained.

sleeping. 'coats, on the ground, shivering or

THE BIG CRASH

In an undefended suit for divorce the Supreme Court of Victoria granted a decres nisi to Mrs. Zoa We were discussing the "war," Pennell The respondent, Mr. W. mentioning, among other things. A. Pennell, is resident in Shanghai. the probability of it's being a

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The "Hermes" then slipped into the Bay and fired a few shots at the No. 2 Base, but did little damn- uge.

THE VICTORS' SMILE The attacking party, which it appeared, had landed both at Re pulse Bay and Deep Water Bay, crept up the hillside and forced ite way to a point just below Head- quarters. But an Umpire confided to me that they could never have. done so in reality. "They would have been swept clean to pieces by the barrage of fire," he said.

But the "enemy," with linen strips around their caps, atrodo cheerily into view, full of the glorious pride of victory.

H.E. Major "General Sandilands drove up in his black Buick Sedan and greeted the officers of G.HQ; ] staff. He expressed, satisfaction at the manner in which the de- fence of the area had been ear- ried out, and criticised with Com modore Hill, H.N, certain weak nesses in the sea attack STOLEN "BREAKFAST

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Warsaw, Yesterday.

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TAX REDUCTION

$160,000 Cut To Be Made In United States

Washington, Yesterday, The House of Representatives by

Buzies were blown, and somebody suggested breakfast,

without incident, and proceeded 218 Votes to 17, passed a resolution "Cease hostilities," commanded very quietly with the agenda, in providing for $160,000,000 far re the General Officer Commanding, eluding the budget and the revision duction, Reuters American Ser- and immediately there was a etam- of a constitution. The sole refervice. StER

pede for the cookhouse, kaž

Vence of the Speaker, Mr. Dasalnakly

A smiling bluejacket, who and to the military invasion of Parlia

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the main road, salled "Is the stitution. The sole reference of tion that the army should keep

blinking war over? He said, and the Speaker, Mr. Dastinaki, to the

Bred his last shot in air when military invasion of Parliament Pi

I told Kim that Indeed it was was the expression of his convie