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MYSTERIOUS CRIME IN WANCHAI

Amah Confronted with Terrible Sight.

STRUGGLE WITH ASSAILANT ?

pute.

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on a visit to the country.

No. 27,537

AMERICAN GOLF 'OPEN.”

46

Strong Opposition for

Bobby" Jones.

A HUGE "GALLERY.”

day and eighteen

ESTABLISHED

1846

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1930.

LABOUR VICTORY.

LADY BUXTON WINS NORFOLK SEAT.

EMPIRE FREE TRADE?

3,000 votes.

Rugby. Yesterday.

FRIGHTENED A EUROPEAN!

Chinese Car Owner's Offence.

WANCHAI GAP INCIDENT.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. - The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/8 .

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

NATIONAL CITY BANK.

EGYPT RIOTS.

DEMONSTRATORS NEARLY ALL

BOYS.

MANY POLICE INJURED.

P

Cairo, Yesterday.

All Existing Records Exceeded.

WONDERFUL FIGURES.

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central.

WHO CAN

NICOLA?

HOLD

Escapes From Strait

Jacket in Mid Air.

THRILLS THOUSANDS.

It is now stated that 19 police

The local branch of the National Deception or magic, call it what The de-City Bank of New York has re-you will, there is no gainsaying.

Capital,

The result of the North Nor- A mysterious murder, the

Interlachen, Yesterday. folk by-election necessitated by

the elevation to motive of which is at present not

A Chinese named Li Wing was were injured in the Tantah riots The American Open Golf Cham-Mr. Noel Buxton, formerly Minis-to-day summoned before Mr. R. E. and 75 arrests made.

the Peerage of apparent, occurred this morning pionship began here to-day with ter of Agriculture, was declared Lindseil for driving his private monstrators, who were chiefly ceived a telegram from the Head that Nicola stands alone, after on the first floor of 14, Swatow|141 entries, including that of to-day as follows:---- Lane, Wanchai, a house of ill re- R. T. ("Bobby") Jones, the holder. Lady Noel Buxton (Labour) 14,821 on the Island Road at, 6:30 p.m. on bered 200. All is now quiet-balance sheet of the National City tainment.

motor car in a dangerous manner youths aged from 10 to 21, num-Office in New York stating that the Houdini, in this form of enter- Jones is also holder of the British T. A. Cook (Conservative) 14,642 June 23.

He pleaded "not guilty." Reuter.

Bank of New York Issued on June The victim was woman Amateur and Open titles.

Labour majority

Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, Firat As-

Earlier News.

80, indicates that all existing re-stage is nothing to compare with What Nicoln has done on the named Lau Ng-sam (62), whose

Other prominent entries were Mr. Cook is a nephew of the aistant, Secretariat for Chinese

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corda Cairo, Yesterday, nickname was Hang Mo Po ("Red those of C. J. H. Tolley and T. Plate Lahour member, who at the Affairs stated he was driving his and seventy rioters

of the bank since its Fifteen policemen were injured establishment in 1812 have been ex- what he did to-day at one o'clock Haired Woman"). She is stated Perkins, former British Amateur last election won

the seat in a car from Repulse Bay, going up the at Tantah, when a crowd stoned the statement of December 81, 1929. -

were arrested ceeded with the exception of the outside the Blake Pier in the pre- to be in charge of the house, the champions. These two, together three-cornered contest in which road toward Wanchal Gap. mistress of which, Yee Cheah, is with Walter Hagen, are expected the Liberal candidate polled over he had covered about two-thirds of action of the authorities at Man-078,837,252 against US$1,995,838,-|

When police station as a protest at the

sence of thousands of interested Total resources stand at US$2, spectators. to form the severest opposition to the election was Empire Free straight stretch of the road about

The main issue at the way to the gap and was on a sourah on July 8.

614 on March 27, 1980, and US$2,-

It was only announced on Tues- The murdered woman lived in Jones.

Trade policy, which was strongly 60 yards from a sharp right hand perse the mob, were greeted with Deposite amount to US$1,560,288,-lenged this present-day wizard to The police, endeavouring to dis-062,400,220 on June 29, 1929, day that a local firm had chal- Play is over eighteen holes to-advocated by Lord Beaverbrook, bend on the road, the defendant's showers of brickbats.-Router. the house with three girls and an

who addressed a large number of car, without any warning, overtook to-morrow. amah. Last night they received The sixty lowest scores, including meetings in support of the Con- and passed him. At the time he stated that police and military 893 on June 29, 1929.

690 against US$1,471,507,701 on make his escape from a strait LA Cairo message of July 8 March 27, 1930, and US$1,470,891 jacket in mid-air. Nicola readily a visitor who stayed all night. all those tying for sixtieth place, servative candidate.

(Mr. Forrest) Compared with the Soon after 7 o'clock this morn-will play 36 more on Saturday.

was travelling at cordons manned the roads leading to Surplus Agures of over 20 miles. per hour, so he cal-Mansourah, where there was

And Undivided Profits accepted the challenge, and ar- Conservative vote and of 300 in miles per hour to overtake him. In the event of a tie there will be

the last election, there was an culated that defendant's car must meeting organised by the Ward 260,408 a year ago,

US$242,978,145 against US$236,-rangements were at once made increase of nearly 2,000

in the have been going between 25 and 80 Executive but prohibited by the cord of all time reached on Decem-

The high rewith the Police and the Fire "Stampede" of Spectators.

the Labour vote-British Wire-!

Government. The A Third Car Appeara,

motor-car of ber 31, 1929, showed deposits of Brigade. less Service,

score Nahas Pasha, with a

of US$1,649,554,260 and total Just as the defendant's car pass-studente clinging to the side of it, sources US$2,206,241,170.

The result was that long before ed him, Mr. Forrest saw another broke through the first police cor

the time scheduled for this mira- The capital of the City Bank) in the opposite direction. car appear round the bend, coming don, but the car was stopped by a Farmers Trust Co.

culous escape to take place, thou- Capital On see cordon of troops armed with rifles US$10,000,000, Surplus and Undi-sands defied the heat and went out with fixed bayonets. Two boys vided Profits US$13,777,906.08 and to see the great magician do were hurt, one dylug later in hos- the National City Company, Capital what they at first thought would pital. Meanwhile bricks and stones US$55,000,000, Surplus US$55,000,- were thrown at the troops from 000 are beneficially owned by the be an impossible feat. balconies along the river front. Anstockholders of the National City The whole square outside Blake........... Army officer was hit by one of the Bank of New York. The figures Pier was seething with excite missiles and the troops fired twelve of thesa Companies are not includ-ment, more so when the fire. rounds: An attempt was made to ed in the above statement of the escape came along. Parking out- hang a policeman by a wire rope Bank.

side the Pier, the appliance suspended from a window but the The following is a copy of the stretched out ite ladder to a: wire broke. The casualties at Maa- summarised balance sheet of June height of about eighty feet, and sourah were later ascertained a3 30 as cabled from New York: everybody, was in suspense as to being three killed and thirty-seven

what Nicola was going to do. Injured on the Government side and three rioters killed and twelve in Jured.]

ing, the amah left to go to mara replay on Sunday, over 36 holes.

ket, and the visitor also went away. The amah locked the stair- case door. The other inmates of

the house were then fast asleep, the three girls in their cubicles and the elderly woman on a bed just outside the kitchen door, on

the staircase landing.

Lock Wrenched Off.

When the amah returned from market just before 7.30, she found that the lock on the staircase door had been wrenched away.. It was with some misgivings, therefore, that she opened the door and as- cended the few remaining steps to the landing.

Then a terrible sight met her eyes. The inistress was lying dead in a pool of blood on the floor beside her bed. She had a stab wound on the groin, three cuts on the left hand, and another stab wound in the neck.. Sticking into the wound in the neck was a long

Later.

The competitor's started off under heat wave conditions. Four

Another Report. thousand people congregated on

London, Yesterday. the first fairway to watch Bobby become the dominant issue in Empire Free Trade has recently Jones drive off.

As soon as he British politics and the by-election like a herd of buffaloes down the the elevation to the Peerage of Mr. had done so, the crowd stampeded at North Norfolk, necessitated by course. Jones eventually return-Noel Buxton, was fought on this. ed a card of 71.

The election was a straight fight be- Conservative and Labour.

Cyril Tolley was disappointing tween with 80, which is nine strokes The Tory nominee, Captain T. A. above par.

Other returns were:-

Horton Smith Johnny Farrell Jim Barnes Leo Diegel

72

74

74

Cook, is a member of the Execu- tive Council of the Unionist Party, who was defeated in the last elec- tion when the figures were as fol-

low:

15

Noel Buxton (Lab.)

14,544

75

T. A. Cook (Con.)

12,661

76

*80

Mrs. Hoffman (LAB)

3,403

84

-Reuter's American Service

*1,883

Don Moe...

Bill Melhorn

George von Elm Jock Hutchison

STRANGE HAPPENINGS.

There were some strange hap- triangular instrument resembling penings in the house of Mr. H. E. a sharpened file. It had a four-Strange, of the Sanitary Depart- inch handle and a six-inch blade.ment, on Wednesday afternoon,

Police on the Scene.

(during his absence.

Lab. majority MINE DISASTER.

NUMBER OF RESCUERS GASSED.

81 BODIES RECOVERED. Mr. Strange, who lives at one The Police at No. 2 Police Sta- of the Government quarters at

Berlin, Yesterday. tion were immediately communi- Wongneichong Road, alleged in a recovered from the Hausdorf mine. Eighty-one bodies have now been cated with and they got into touch report to the Police yesterday Sixty-nine with the Criminal Investigation that his house "boy" absconded entombed. The pit is filled with minera are -atill Department and Mr. T. Murphy, from the house between 4 and 5 carbonic acid gas, and a number of second Assistant of Criminal p.m. on Wednesday after helping rescuers have been gassed or in Intelligence, Chief Detective himself to $505 in money, and a Jured by falling rocks, so that res Inspector Reynolds and a number gold watch and chain worth $250. cue work has been suspended. of Chinese detectives immediately

The "boy" added an Arsene It appears that the disaster was proceeded to the house where they Lupin touch to his theft by leav- not due to an explosion, but to a supervised the removal of the ling in the drawer, which he had sudden irruption of carbonic acid body to the mortuary, and after rifled, a note written in English gas after blasting in another part carrying out some investigations telling his employer that he had of the mine-Reuter. on the premises, took all the committed the theft. inmates of the house to Head- The Police are now looking for quarters for interrogation. examination of these women was carried out by Chief Detective- Inspector Reynolds and Detective- Sergeant Flattery throughout the morning.

The the humorous pilferer.

She must

DUMPING RUBBISH.

A Chinese amah and a "boy," both employed by Europeans Stabbed Whilst Asleep. living at 4, Kimberley Road, were It would appear from the fact each fined $10 by Mr. Whyte- of the weapon being stuck in the Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy wound on the neck that the this morning, for dumping rub woman was first stabbed in the bish in the street last night. groin whilst asleep.

Sanitary Inspector Roylance have awakened and attempted to the refuse up in paper.

stated that defendants wrapped, grapple with her assailant and

.He add- was cut in the hand when she ed that it was becoming a source tried to get the weapon from him, of great nuisance. Then she was stabbed in the neck

Another Chinese, employed as and, collapsed unconscious, dying a coolle by some Chinese residing soon after. The assailant, who at 5, Kimberley Road, was also had probably visited the place for fined $10 for a similar offence. It the purpose of robbery, must have was stated in this case that the become frightened and im- coolle could not raise $10 to pay mediately decamped without at his fine, and that his master was tempting to steal anything in Hong Kong His Worship

There is, of course, also a

ordered him to be detained in the strong auspicion that the murder ces till the Court rose.

was carried out for revenge" on the woman, but it is understood that the old woman was not known to have any enemy or to be in fear of anyone.

Struggle

A CEMENT "MERCHANT.”

The defendant is evidently a specialist in this kind of theft," declared Detective-Ser- geant Humphreys at the Kowloon The struggle between the Magistracy this merning, when a woman and her assailant muat Chinese appeared before Mr. have been a very brief one and Whyte Smith on a charge of the she must have been stabbed in the larceny of twelve cement sacks, neck before she could utter a the property of a contractor at single cry of alarm. None of the Austin Road

three girls sleeping on the floor, It was stated by the police offf the China Mel was informed, was ter that defendant had disturbed in her sleep and it is conviction för? a simil understood tast the girls did not when he stole from

LOVE their mistress had bean plainant and was arrested mrder

Was Bame

Han constab

beraman.on her return

MORE SHOWERS.

The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states: A depression is central to the N.W. of Korea,

The typhoon is about 800 miles S.W. of Hong Kong, moving W.N.W

A typhoon has formed to the N.E. of Apparri.

Forecast: 8.5. winds, moderate, fair to showery,..

The American Consulate- General has received the fol- lowing typhoon warning

VOTE IN COLONIES.

Effective Means Of Redressing Injustices.

London, Yesterday. Labour and social con- ditions in the Colonies were discussed at the Colonial Con- ference to-day.

Dr. Drummond Shiels said that he thought I in lant -- to sec. that constitutional means were provided for voicing the inevitable demand of all the Colonies for a higher standard of life. He regretted the restricted franchise In the Colonies, which had elected bodies, as the vote was the simplest and most effective method of re- dressing injustices.-Reuter.

cut in

Assets.

Cash in vault and

th Federal

Nicola, atanding near the ap- pliance, looked unperturbed. He

Dur from HAR, 47,004,883,59 hatted, with several friends and

Bankers

GANDHI RULED OUT. Valted States

WHY HE CANNOT ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.

EFFECTS OF BOYCOTT.

Simla. Yesterday.

Treasurer....

Loans,

Discounts and Acceptances of Other Banks, United States Gov- ernmont Bonds and Certificates State and Muni-

cipal Bonds Stock in Federal

Ownership of:

Reserve Bank ........ Other Bonds and

Securities International Bank- ing Corporation (Including of Halti, Inc.)

Bank Buildings

Items

Rank

in Transit Customers Liability

with Branches

Account of. Ac- ceptance

In the Council of State to-day

ing the car, defendant drew in to there had been a total of 4,377 the Government spokesman stated that between April 6 and June 15 the left of the road, right in persons convicted in connection Forrest had to apply his brakes that clearly Gandhi could not be front of Mr. Forrest'a car. He with the civil disobedience move-

80 sharply hard and pull up.

that Ir.ment throughout India. He added

invited to the round-table confer- Defendant: Where I passed him once while the unconstitutional waa straight road,

Mr. Lindsell: Exactly as Mr. chief author was progressing.

movement of which he was the.

close to the bend. Forrest said, but it was very

The total of cotton goods im- Other Asseta ported from Britain in April and Defendant: When the other car May had decreased by 231% per appeared I had already passed cent, compared with the corres Capital him, and was clear of his car. ponding period of last year, Undivided Profits

Surplus Mr. Forrest said, in reply to chiefly owing to the Nationalist Reserves for: the Magistrate that wen the boycott other car appeared, defendant's Retuer.

of British goods. Contingencies

Accrued Interest, car was in a position which was

Discount and not the left of the road. He could

Other Unearned not say if the back of defendant's

Income car was clear of his own.

Taxes, Dividends and Accrued Ex- penses, etc. Liabilities as Ac- ceptors; Endorser or Maker on Ac- captances and Foreign Bills

KOWLOON DOCK FATALITY.

A coolfe named Tan Po (28), Defendant: I can't say that. I employed at the Kowloon Dock, was driving dangerously!

was killed yesterday afternoon Magistrate: When you cut in whilst he was engaged with like that and cause the other ear others in removing the steering

to brake sharply, you say that l engine of the s.8. Sui An which is Circulation not dangerous?

Defendant: I did not cut bis

+

I was clear ahead.

Student's Admission.

the Manila Observatory from Li Fook-kwal, a student war

-To-day, 10.45 "a.m.-Typhoon In about 123 degrees Long. E., 19 degrees Lat. N., mov- tag W.N.W

141 degrees Long. E., 12 degrees Lat. N., almost sta- tionary.

111 degrees Long. E., 19 degrees Lat N moving W.N.W.

Rainfall Rainfall to 10 am. to-day 0.35 inch. Dainfall aface Jnauary,2

1, 85.74 Inchea against an average of 48.12

Temperature and Humidity The temperature and humid

at certain special centres this morning at o'clock

was riding with defendant, sald that where the defendant, passed Mr. Forrest's car the road war straight, and it was over 100 yards from the bend.

* Witness added: "I think he (Mr. Forrest) stopped because he was frightened

Magistrate: On your own ad mission defendant frightened him Fined $25.

UNITED EUROPE

POLAND AGREES WITH M.

BRIAND'S PLANAS

A NEW UNITED STATES.

Tempe Humid

·Kong

Rous Its

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Mémo Drya

in dock. The engine toppled over Deposits and pinned Tan underneath. When extricated the man was

found to be dead, his head having

been crushed.

HAUL OF OPIUM.

Press men as if he was just about going home to have his tiffiö. 305,902,938.58 One of his assistants then tied his feet up, and a strait jacket, the

1,147,057,800.49 same as those used in Junatic asylums, was then unfolded. Get- ting into the jacket, Nicola was 168,165,713.90 buckled and tied with great force, 2,615,789.19 which shook him from one place

to another. '6,600,000.00

78,321,032.33

A Pose for the Camera. Everything was done above board, and the public was invited to see the buckles and the ropes around his legs. Squatting on the ground with his hands tied akimbo 40,049,788.77 to his back, Nicola, before being hurled, asked to be allowed to 18,163,808.90 pose to his photographer.

8,000,000.00

"After the click of the camera, 158,006,488,16 he asked to be hauled up, legs 7,458,071.99 first. Reaching to a height of G.$2,078,337,252,89 about forty feet, and with a

Liabilities.

canvas sheet stretched taut im- .G. 110,000,000.00 mediately underneath him, the 110,000,000.00 great magician wriggled in the 22,973,145.67 air. He kept at it for fully five 6,197.768.18 minutes when he freed himself

from the strait jacket.

It was from the spectators" point of view; an almost Impos- 4,819,831.41 sible feat, especially, as it must be remembered, his hands were. 11,641,983.95 tied across his back. He, how. ever, succeeded amidst loud ap- plause. After discarding the strait jacket, he pulled himself. 252,880,308.26. up until he was in the position as 99,365.00 a jack tar going up a mast, and 1,660,288,090.42 then shouted to the public, "See

G.$2,078,337,252.89 You all at the Star Theatre to

night."

Matince To-morrow... « What must be welcome news

ASSIZE CASES.

The following is the calendar for the kiddies is that Nicola will for the Assire opening on Monday matinee to-morrow at 5.80 at the be giving a special children's, Before the Chief Justice

At 1 o'clock this morning ra- Venus men made a seizure of 122 Li Man-pun-Charge of mardor. Star Theatre. This will afford taela of raw non-Government

the little ones an opportunity of Before Mr. Justice Wood oplum on the water front. The

Cheung Fat, Allas Ho Yan-marvelling--and who will not ? drug was concealed in the fals Charges of farceny and breach or at the illusions of ons of the world's great magicians. Children bottom of a box containing cloths deportation order,

ing which was brought ashore by Li Sing, alias Li Fok-kwan—will be admitted at half prices to a_Chinese passenger of the s.s. Charges of burglary and larceny, all parts of the house and early Sannambol.

receiving stolen property and reservations should be made, The passenger was arrested and breach of a deportation order, produced before Mr. R. E Lin Ho Yung-Charges of waund- sell to-day, when he was fined Ing. $8.000or four months hard Wong KamCharges of utter Jabour.

uwen ing a forged bank note and ob taining money by a forged instru-

Keung

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D. Briand's ating the

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STAGGERING BUDGET.

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