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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1930.

NO NEWS FOR EIGHT YEARS.

Midwife Presumed Dead

by Law.

HER ESTATE IN COLONY.

Mr. Hin-shing Lo, instructed by Mr. F. X. d'Almada, sen., made an application to Sir Joseph H. Kemp, K.C., at the Supreme Court this morning to death of a Chinese woman named Tang Chu-yee..

presume

the

Counsel said that the woman was pructising as midwife in Hong Kong, her residence being Queen's Road East,

at No, 118,

sun and two

Wanchal. She had an adopted ard on December 3, 1921, she left adopted daughters, Hong Kong for Canton, and since that date no news had been re- ecived from her, although every effort was made to trace her whereabouts.

BRITAIN'S-NAVY.

CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME TO BE BEGUN.

THREE NEW SUBMARINES.

Rugby, Yesterday. Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the

BOGUS SHARES ON THE MARKET.

$102,300 Worth in Circulation.

SECRETARY'S MISDEEDS.

Before the Chief Justice, Sir Admiralty, said that it had been

at the decided to commence this financial Joseph H. Kemp, K.C., year with three submarines of the Supreme Court this morning, Mr. 1929 programme and the new con- F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Messrs. struction programme for 1930, de-Deacon's, applied to his Lordship tails of which had already been an-that the register of members of nounced. The estimated total cost

Humphreys Estate and of these ships, Inclusive

Finance Company, Limited, might | of the cost of guns, torpedoes, and am- from the names of persons who be rectified by removing there munition, was £10,540,000.

the

Mr. Alexander stated that the were the holders of certain shares, totals of naval tonnage under con- the certificates of which were ob tish Empire and the United States fraud. struction or projected by the Eri-tained from the Company by were approximately:-

Counsel said that the late United States 140,000 tons.

secretary of the Company British Commonwealth 115,000 brought 9,000 shares, valued at tons. British Wireless Service.

$102,300, into existence by means of a fraud. These shares with

Submitting that the law would INDIAN SITUATION. the exception of 200 issued to

MISAPPREHENSION OVER ́PROCLAMATION.

APPLIES TO ALL INDIA.

Chau Cheung-pang, had been traced and redeemed by the Com- pany. He asked his Lordship for an order to remove these shares without prejudice to any claim which Chau Cheung-pang might have against the Company.

The application was granted.

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pi'caume a person dend if no news had been received of such a per- son for seven years, Counsel ask. ed his Lordship to make an order to presume the death of Tang Cha-yee for the purpose of ob- taining letters of administration of her estate on behalf of the

Simla, Yesterday. adapted son, who was still in hi Misapprehension in regard minority, and who had elected to the recent proclamation that the Rev. H. R. Wells, O.B.E.. to the working committee of the be his curator and guardian. All-India Congress was an un- Estate left by the missing woman lawful association has been clear-robbery in the Yee Hing Tung was said to amount to about $8,000 ed by the explanation that this contractors matshed in Li Kuk deposited with local banks.

applies to the whole of India and

village, Shamshuipo, His Lordship made the order not

(reported in United in the

Provinces

yesterday's China_Mail), a para- requested, and directed that the alone. The committee consists of

graph in to-day's Police morning members. costs of the proceedings be paid 15

The does not apply to ordinary mem-alleged to have taken part in the reports states that all five men out of the estate.

bership of Congress.

robbery have been arrested. Pro- perty worth $5 was recovered.

The five men broke into the

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fokl,

Ban on Press.

Eater. 'Lord Irwin has promulgated an In a report to the Police yester Ordinance against unauthorised matshed on Tuesday night, at about day, the Hon. Comdr. G. F. Hole, rews sheet papers, in orfer to 11-30, armed with iron bara and R.N., (retired) Harbour Master, combat the propaganda of the hammers. They assaulted the alleged that on Tuesday afternoon cyclo style of bulletin issued by foreman, Poon Hok and a a "boy" employed at his house, 405 Congress.-Reuter. The Peak, absconded taking with him $60 which had been instructed to him to pay certain bills. "boy" left the house at 3 pm, and had not returned since.

Later Commander Hole dis- covered that a wallet containing $139 had been stolen from his dressing table, and he suspects the

The

An earlier cable stated: The notification that the Working Committee of the All-India Con press is unlawful applies to the United Provinces only.

Chung, Hing, and then ransacked the place, getting away with money and cluthing worth $78. Both Poon and Chung had to go to the Kowloon Hospital to have their Injuries attended to.

The All-India 'Congress Working Committee has been declared an "I always sees your husband in unlawful association,

the yard, nowadays. Mrs. 'Iggs. Pandit Motilal Nehru, the Pre-burning papers,”

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