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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1931.

THE

WANCHAI SHOOTING they will all forgive me. I love them THE PROBLEMS OF

AFFAIR.

Evidence of the Female Prisoner.

VERDICT OF JURY.

all and I do not enre- to live any longer, please put a stone on top of my name ond forget for over that Jews is one of their sisters, My love Alfonso and I only ask one favour to all the kiddies specially Carlie and from them to please teach their chil- iven to think kindly of me if ever my rame crops up in conversation,

Good-bye to you all for ever. Or

COMMERCE.

Urgent Need for Clear Thinking.

course I am fueluding my brothers-in LT. COL. MORCOM'S ADDRESS.

in

and sisters-in-law in my petition.

Will you all forgive me? Please do.

I can't.

Last and foremost my

Lieut.-Col. R. K. Morcom C.B.E.,

At th Astiars yesterday after Boou, Mrs. Jendra Maria Xavier art desperate, mad and crazy. Now was the speaker at the weekly timn gave ornati, evidence on her own wish to live and son all dear ones of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong! tehalf to crowded Court.

She dear Alfred good-bye. and chaphatically, in reply to Mr new girl will be good to you because of "Balance in Commerce."

I hope your yesterday, his subject being that Somerset Fitzroy (Counsel for you are the best and you desire hap Crowa) had no desire and no piness,

Introducing fla topic, Lieut-Col. I am not in You Moreom anid he did not think those.) intention of hurting Manton." for the step you are

Prisoner stood charged before some yeara until I met yon.

very fortunate and had been for present would wish him to address the Acting Chief Justice (Mr.all was beautiful, glorious and the ver of an economic mission. "I do Then them as an engineer, but as a mem- I. R. Woud) on three counts: best but of course everything can't not exactly know what is a suitable

Wounding with intent to murder, last for ever so my beautiful time Wounding, with intent to maim come to an end and so Good-by, subject for a post-tifinal address,

Good-bye

I am

or do some other grievous hodily friend." Alfie. Good-bye dear but I have a fair idea of what is

harm.

Unlawful and malicious wound---· ing of Mr. Manton,

In the course of the hearing, two Frarkable betters, which prisoner stated the hand wrillen prior to the affair, were read to the Jury,

One letter sady expressed prisoner's feelings at the time of writing it.

Asked by Mr. Leo d'Almada, junior, why she went for a walk along, the Praya on the evening prior to the shooting, prisoner re- plied she did so with the intention of jumping into the harbour. But she failed to find courage, and thought that there were still hopes of Manton taking big buck.

JESS,"

No Change in Affection. the gun in your left hand did you Mr. d'Almada :-When you had ever constantly point it at him?

Frisoner: did not point it at him.

I was looking at the trigger. Counsel:-When you knew that did your affection for him toru to Munton had definitely given you up,

hatrest?

Prisoner:My affection for him was the same as before.

not, "he said.

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composed of reporters assigned to the Cabinet Press Club which is cover the Council of Ministers.

His arrest followed report to the polles that the reporter had in- forme the president of a news agency that the condition of the Prime Minister, who was shot and dangerously wounded by a reaction- ary gangster, was much Theatre serious than the Government was willing to admit and that hence the Prime Minister would eventually be forced to resign. **

"Villain of the Place" "Let it be confessed here that the

Saturdag-R. A O. C. Dance. piece. Without him, we should Dance, Garrison Lecture Hall. engineer is the real villain of the

March 5- R.A.0.B. Regalla still be iving in the good old days

March 20-Yorkshire Society of Aint arrows, homespun, carts, Dinner. and, coracles. He has replaced

Entertainments. these by destructive armaments,

To-day- Queen's

linors. mass proditend textiles, lorries and "The Golden Calf."

To-day- Central .....Engineers, by speeding "True to the Navy." up the processes of humanity, have l Today Majestle se reduced the size of the economic

"Vakabond King." other, and what were simple affairs world, that nations. jostle one an-

To-day

of family or clan take on an inter- national aspect."

Star

"The Merry Widow." Counsel: Immediately after

Manton got hold of the gut, did you by something to him?

Prisoner: wanted him to kill

me.

The next morning she saw Man- ton at læreakfast and then went over, to Kowloon tre set her sister to tell, her of her trouble, but when she got there, her sister was taklag her bath, and she decided that she could er

In bls address

19

Theatre

Theatre:

Questioned For Hours.

more

Mr. Hookeshi was known to be Theatre. a close friend of the Minister of War, Gen. Ugaki, and was suspect- To-day-World Theatre. Jed of an effort to further Gen. "Hung Lin Tal," (Chinese picture). Ugaki's ambition to become Pre- Parasites On The Farmer.

Friday Sorg Recital (Mies M.mier. Police questioned the news- Address to Jury.

Dealing with current economic Gomes), Helena May Institute, 5.30 paperman for hours centring their to the jury, Mr. considerations, the speaker remind p.m.

attention on his relations with the Somerset Fitzroy said that it was fed his hearers that industrialists March 7, 10, 13, 14-"Art & Minister of War and indieating pretty obvious that prison- and industrial workers were mere- Mrs, Boltle" by A.D., Theatre that they suspected Gen. Ugela of

in. R highly strangly parasites on agriculture. The Royal, 9.15 p.m.

scheming to gain the loudership of not worry her with her troubles, condition at the time of the complicated system of civilisation

Home Mail.

the party, a post which the Home She went to Kow- was devised to ensure She did not go there with the in-shooting.

their food

To-day-Outward for Europe via Minister also covets. tention of reiting a gun, but the Joon and surreptitiously took a supply, and allow them to eat it Siberin (Rawalpindi), 10.30 a.m. Gen. Ugaki was "Infuriated when temptation was there, and she got revolver from a locked wardrobe, in comfort and security. In re- To-morrow-Inward from Europe he heard of the incident and de-. hold of the keys, opened the ward- while her sister was still in her turn they were expected to render

the police rabe and tools the revolver, is fta

hath. Prisoner took the revolver service to the farmer.

vigorously. broadly hinting that the Home holster. Shanght that there er to her fat in Wanchai. Could

"I am afraid that industrial)

Minister should accept responsi might be Put one more chance, the jury believe that a revolver, re-workers the world over are so busy

bility and resign. This, Mr. Adachi and, if it was all over she would quiring a pull of about seven calling other people parasites that shoot herselt.

pounds, went off three times by ac- they forget to apply the epithet to

refused to do, but he did apologise. The ultimate result of the affair cident? He submited that · they themselves” he said. "Yet, when

cannot yet be forgcust, hut it would could not come to that conclusion. which

your British workman clamours for his cheap tea table or his cheap

scem Gen. Ugaki has gained poll- tical prestige while Mr. Adachi has rice pudding he is directly encour-

been weakened. aging underpayment in ten and

No More Chance,

Fron the conversation

Addressing the jury on behalf of she subacquealy had with Man- ton she know that there would be the prisoner, Mr. Les d'Almada no more chance given her, and she said that it was their fortunate lot went to the wardrobe, took but the that cases like that, where the rice producing countries. We may private life of woman and her deplore cheap labour or child lover are probed into. were very labour in other countries, but that rare in the Colony. He asked then does not stop us from buying a not to consider the sordid facts of cheap pair of Japanese socks, this and case, but just to bear infor n cheap piece of Chin- mind facts of the actual shooting | ese silk, thereby giving tacit

fair.

consent to the very condi- The only evidence of value was long We deprecate. And that three shots were fired and that is not to the point to cast the blame Manton was injured. No one was able to say that those shots were fired deliberately, with the inten- tion of wounding 01 him.

HOUSEMAID),——

THE ABSENT-MINDED Smith's Weekly, Sydney revolver and laid it on the top of

the sewing machine. This was after si hau given Manton aome) fish for his tim

"My intention

Was to make

#

sign of the cross with my right

hand, change

the gun over,

and shoot myself in the head with the revolver.

hand.

on greedy employers.

it

Thraidom of the Land. "Cheap labourers, men, women murdering and children, seek employment in

Onus on Defence.

The balance had been

via Siberia (Tokiwa Maru); fromnounced Europe vin Suez (Rawalpindi).

Sports. Seo Diary on page 8."

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T

JAPAN.

Victory.

Government

1931

and

the coming year, but it does seem probable, na 1980 draws to an end, that complete freedom of the Press may be expected within a very fow The publishers won a most im victory when they forced Mr. Kenzo Adachi, the

years,

their protest. Ignored the political The newspaper publishers, in

aspects of the case, centring their whole effort on freedom of the Press.

the principle of

SPLENDID TOMBS.

DISCOVERY AT FOOT OF KHINGAN PRECIPICE.

According to the explorer. the tombs were made of bricks and the inside was plastered with cement, on which beautiful landscape ple also found stone hatchets and other tures and figures were painted. He

articles made of stone, which bad not been discover:d anywhere else.

Tokyo, Dec. 26. Dr. and Mrs. Ryuzo Toril, famous Japanese archaeologists and explor Fastern factories, largely to escape PRESS CENSORSHIP IN ers, have returned from their ex- Had prisoner any intention of from the thraldom of agriculture, wounding Manton, or even murder- direct result of the cheap food

ploration in Mongolia, where they. were reported to have been attacked ing him, there was nothing what-demand of organised industry.

by bandits after their departure soever to have prevented her from The women are better off in the

from Chengchlatun on September jamming the revolver into the back factories than in the fields, the Journalists Win Signal 21, and missing. of his head, and blowing it off? children are much better with their

Interviewed, Dr. Toril said that He submitted that he was justified mothers, than left untended in the

the territory explored by them was in saying that the Crown had not, streets, In fact, the mothers would

any way in proving probably go on strike if they could the Press has increased noticeably succeeded int

interference with located about the Hingan Moun-

tains. iatent, and added that it was proved not have their children with them.".

He found, among other in evidence that prisoner was right

during 1930 Utopian Model.

thinga. three splendid tombs at newspaper publishers throughout the Empire below a steep precipice. Dr. Tarli Continuing the speaker remark, faced

Warhmanha, where they stood handed, normally.

ed that perfect balance in com-

prepared to light for complete elimination of peaco

thought that the tombs were the Summing up, his Lordship, re-merce could only be found in minded the jury that it was a very Utopia. There, agriculture would, time censorship of their journals. relics of the Ch'itan Race, which It is not likely that their ambitiousing the period extending from the was in the height of prosperity dur- "The gun, went off accide-tally sad case, and the story was still produce just what the world re- whilst I still had it in my left fresh in their minds. He would quired for an alequate supply, dia- ' Programme will be realised during end of Tang of Northern Sung

uot have to go into the facts in de. tribution channels would divide it It went off three times. I expected to see a spark when it tail, but pointed out that in the first up equitably, finance maintain a went off, and I was surprised, and instance it was for the Crown to perfect credit system and labour did not know that it had gone off." prove that the bullets were fired would be trained no as to find full

As soon as the shots were red, with intent, but after the evidence employment for everybody.

More harm had been done to the Manton tried to get the gun, hut as to the position of the wounds, he, she endeavoured to put the gun in thought the anus was then thrown system by the Great War than all portant her right hand and shoot herself, upon the defence to prove that it the waste and destruction of actual Home Minister in the Minseit Dr. Turli said that he would pub-| Monton, however, got hold of the was an accident. If they found warfare.

prisoner guilty, it must be on one destroyed, the complicated, fabric Party Cabinet headed by Prime fish the result of his discovery It

He left them of industry had fallen to the der a fermal apology for the action

Minister. Yuko Hamaguchi, to fen- the future. Mr. d'Almada: What made you of the charges only. go to the police station?

to decide.

ground, and all. our endeavours Prisoner: saw blood stains on

After deliberating for 25 have so far failed to set Humpty of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police the steps and I knew that some- minutes, the jury returned a un-Dumpty up again."

in detaining a-reporter of the Jiji thing was wrong. So naturally, animous verdict of "Not Guilty" on Wrong Palliatives.

Shimps, a Tokyo dally, and sub- followed the trail to see where he all three counts.

Politicians and financiera, hadmitting him to vigorous question Dr Dietrich Protests Against Undue went to.

His Lordship:-"Mrs Xavier-Į tried one palliative ör

ing regarding his activity as a other, only to you are discharged."

.find them political writer. The Home Minis selves faced by increasingly dim to has charge of the Police Depart-

Berlin Jan. 16. cult problems. "What we should ment and must accept responsibili

The Finance Minister, Dr. Diet- do is to face the music and start ty.

rich, addressing restoring the balance rather than The Minister's apology,.

the Reichtag'a an al Budget Commission, protested. tinkering away with political pee most unprecedented action in a against the undue pessimism in the cotine. Unless we do, crisis will land where "face" still is a primary Press which had been apparently North Borneo And The U.S.A. low catastrophe in ever increasing was given in person to the represen- country's financial state. Dimcult follow crisis, and, catastrophe fol consideration in matters of conduct, inspired by his exposition of the tatives of 15 newspapere and news though the situation might be, one Rotarian Robertson, in thanking agencies after the journalists had must avoid painting it too black, for the speaker for his interesting ad- published a memorial charging the auch dismal views could only fortify with others because I left my hus-North Borneo Chamber of Com was essential. He did not think, miniscent of the methods of Czarlat prise. He added that it

At a committes meeting of the dress, agree that clear thinking Government with oppressions re- a state of mind fatal to all enter band and live with ether men. Now that I found a real good man and I merce, held in the offices of Messrs, however, that economists could pro. Russia at its worst. am ready to sled oven to the last Harrisons and Crosfleld (Bornoo) duce an exact scfence or claim to

course impossible to foretell the drop of my blood if need be for him. Ltd. on January 16, the Hon. Mr. do so, as the material on which they

turn, but it was certain that this fle has another woman and he tells

F..W. Pinnock in the chair, Section were working

"I regret extremely that the crials, like others, would constantly action of the Metropolitan Police come.

end Bomo Board was truly lacking in pro-time,

that reasonable, priety," Mr. Adachi said, adding moderatu optimism could only that he would "in the future pay help in overcoming the present dit- afficient attention to the freedom ficulties.

gun.

Cross-examined by Mr. Fitzroy prisoner anid that she did not know. even what a trigger was. She took

it to be the hammer."

The Letter.

The letter was then read:-

To Hasten My Torture.

"What I am going to do is only to hasten my torture and sufferings.as I am lonely and unfortunate and not

always alone. No soclety accepts me

a aoul in this world who really cares-

de a respectable person who can mix

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ali? I want n' home with him be-again deliberated, and Government's

cause he made a solemn promise and reply to the Chamber's letter was

I left another man to come to hint, read. After discussion it was de

Six years I have been with him and

WAS

low he says out I go. Will the world sided that every effort should be BRITISH AIR MAIL think kindly on me just this once hade to understand fully Borneo'e only, and please don't condemn me position in relation, to the ban of for being a coward face the world

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I am innocent. I have no affairsured labour under penat sanctions, with any other man and my love and and the secrotary was agata in- attention are all centred on him. He structed to request this information made me close my boarding Louse on from, Government,

the promise of looking, after rad till

AGREEMENT WITH ITALY

DSSIGNED.:

an-.

Unreserved Apology.

of the Press," A MAN, ANDARE

Newspapers hailed the apology as

a: victory for liberalism and' saw in It proof positive that the movemen for a Government controlled by Rome, Jan. 14. popular opinion has advanced. Signor Muazolini, sa (acting) Editors generally believed that Minister of Air, and Mr. Francis with the Diet due to get down' to

I: die; ba told me to leave another he secretary reported that G. L. Bertram, of the Civil Avia business the Government will MAD for him so I did, and now what meeting of the Bornes Committee tion Department of the British Air treat the Fress with the He has a lot of oxcuses and he says had been held in London on Novem Ministry; have aigned an agreement utmost consideration. If it does I am not good, but that is his oxensa ber 19, and read matters of interest with regard to the air connection not a general attack on the Cabinet am not a saint but. I am really not that had been discussed. There between England and India, rey by the leading dailies of the Empire bad I tried all my best to please him and afterwards others will my being no other business the meeting establishing the passage of the air was considered certsin.is brothers and nicièra forgive me for terminated with a voto of thanks mail vis Genos, Ostia (near Rome), The Jil reporter arrested was casting this name on them? I hope to the chair,

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