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No. 27,830

MYSTERY CRIME IN YAUMATI

AN ALLEGED MURDER

CROWN UNABLE TO ESTABLISH A MOTIVE.

MEDICAL WITNESS'S VIEWS

An alleged murder with some remarkable features, in that the Crown could discover no motive whatever for the crime, and also that the premises were fully lighted at the time, besides which three people were said to be eye-witnesses, was the subject of the hearing this morning at the Assizes before the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp).

HBD

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1931.

A |

GRAF ZEPPELIN NOT REBELLION IN

TO FLY TO POLE.

Dr. Eckner Decides to Abandon Venture

HIS ONLY OBJECT.

Berlin, Yesterday.

BURMA.

Proclamation of

Annesty.

SCOPE MAY BE WIDENED.

Rugby, Yesterday.

The

TO-DAY'S DOLLARS closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 111⁄2d. ·

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

"

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Washable, Durable,

More economical than

Carpet or Linoleum,

NEATER and CLEANER.

Telephone 14554. Dunlop Rubber Co. (Chian), Ltd. Pedder Bldg.

Quotations from:

PROPOSAL

"RED SHIRT ARMY COMMONS BLESS HOOVER'S

IN "INDIA."

Activities in Frontier Province.

MISLEADING IMPRESSION.

Rugby, Yesterday.. In a statement in the House of Questioned In the House of In view of the difficulties of Sir Hubert Wilkins' submarine Commons on the events of the past Commons as to the measures con- Nautilus, Dr. Eckener has an-week in Burma Mr. Wedgwood-templated to suppress activities of nounced that he has abandoned Benn said that the Government has the "Red Shirt Army," which ori- the proposed flight to the North issued a proclamation of amnesty ginated in the Frontlar Province, Pole in the Graf Zeppelin, as his to all except the leaders and parti- Mr. Wedgwood Benn said that an only object was to meet Wilkins cipators in serious outrages on an unintentionally misleading impres- undertaking being given by them sion as to the actual position was at the Pôle.-Reuter.

[A message of May & stated that they would return to their vill given in recent Press reports which, The North Pole will be assailed ages, assist the Government, and recorded in a single message' vari- simultaneously by air and water give information about the rebel our Incidents which had occurred

over a considerable period. this Summer, according to an anion.

The Government of India gaw no nouncement by Dr. Eckener that The Governor had several inter- the Graf Zeppelin was definitely views with the leaders of the dif-immediate necessity for any special timing her flight to incide ferent communities and parties, at action, but the provisions of the Prisoner was Wong Cheung, alias Wong Sik-cheung, charged with the arrival of Sir Hubert which it was requested that the ordinary law were being exercised with the murder of Kau Shuk, in Yaumati, on April 1 last. Dur-Wilking on the submarine Nau- scope of the amnesty should be for the maintenance of order and ing the course of this morning's hearing, Dr. Kenneth Uttley, medi-tilus. The Zeppelin wih carry a widened. This proposal was being the control of meetings.-British

complete Polar equipment, and considered. cal witness for the Crown, was searchingly cross-examined by Mr. eight or mine scientists and) The economic situation, is un- F. C. Jenkin, counsel for the defence, as 'to an possible alternative Arctic explorers, of German, Bri- changed. The late break of the AMERICAN AVIATRIX

tish, American and Russian rains has delayed cultivation in cause of death, as apart from that arrived at, strangulation.

nationalities.]

AN UNUSUAL AFFAIR

1

Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, opening found at the back of a house. the case for, the Crown, said in Austin Road, on a large plot, 'that there, were some unusual of waste ground. There was a

characteristics about the case. small cut on the hend. Replying to His Lordship, he An odd thing, counsel con- agreed that it was possible that tinued, was that though all the as it developed it might, become other people left the house, pri- one of manslaughter only. Mur-soner and his wife remained, and der was defined as unlawful kill carried on as usual. The father, ing with malice aforethought. however, had not been traced by No motive at all could be estab- the Police. Prisoner was later

shed in this instance.

arrested.

The crime was commited on the first floor of the house in Re- clamation Street. Witnesses would be called to give evidence as to what they saw. They in cluded 'a small boy, brother of the prisoner.

Dealing with the facts, Mr. Fitzroy said that Kau Shuk, the victim, came to live at the house a little time before April 1. He occupied a bed formerly used by an old lady who had gone else where.

There seemed so reason why this man's death was brought about. Also, all the parties in

|LABOUR VICTORY

MANCHESTER.

Result of Ardwick By-Election.

SMALLER MAJORITY,

*

many districts, and it is impossible

yet to distinguish the effect of this!

IN

London, Yesterday." The result of the by-election in the Ardwick Division of Man- chester caused by the death of Mr. Thomas Lowth, Labour Member since 1922, is as fol- lows:-

Medical Evidence. Dr. Kenneth Uttley, Medical Mr. Joseph Henderson Officer

(Labour) at Kowloon Mortuary, was then called. He gave it as | Mr. Sydney Elbårne his opinion that the man

(Conservative) been dead less than twelve hours when the post-mortem was con- ducted. He had blood on

had

the

Labour majority

15,294

14,980

914 Reuter.

right shoulder and front of his [Mr. Thomas Lowth was born clothes, coming from a wound on in 1858 and is an ex-railway em- the left side of his head. The ployee and an official of the wound was 1 inch long, about National Union of Railways. His 34 inches above and 2 inches in majority in 1929 was 6,864,] front of the left ear. It might have been caused by falling

against a bar, or something like cross-examination, counsel' suggest- that. It had nothing to do with ed that the notes were useless to in the place seemed to have been the cause of death. no good terms. Everybody seem-1

any other doctor, in witness' ab-

Round the neck there was

ed to have gone to bed in normal, band-mark running horizontally.

sence.

Dr. Uttley: Of course. They

. Different Factors.

Counsel pointed out that no mention had been made in the notes

manner on the night in question, It was just above the level of the are merely my own private notes. and nothing happened until about Adam's apple, commencing be- dawn. Then one of the woman low the left ear, and terminating was heard shouting "Save Life," about 2 inches behind the left

Woman Gives Alarm.

ear. It was an ante-mortum There was another extraordin- mark, and the constriction it has ary circumstance here, in that set up had killed the man. the whole area of the floor was!

of abnormal confliction of the heart Handed up a piece of electric the symptoms in the body were con

and lungs. Witness replied that all visible, and that an electric wire cable, witness said such asistent with strangulation. light was on at the time. Hence piece might have make such a were precisely such as might be it was possible for anyone to see, mark. Although the cable was

to a certain extent, what was go- not one-quarter inch wide, like expected. ing on. By standing on a stool the mark on the neck, it could

hyxia.

They

Counsel suggested that in death

from the effects of the rebellion on

the economic aituntion-British Wireless Service.

FEDERAL INDIAN CONSTITUTION.

Condemned by Ruling

Princes

MEETING NOT POSTPONED.

Rugby, Yesterday. The Secretary of State for India, Mr. Wedwood-Bean, answered in the negative a question in the House of Commong whether the Govern

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IMPROVING" LATER.

The

Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states: The Tongking depression ap- pears to have moved N.E. to the Yangtze Valley.

Forecast:-S: W. wlads, fresh to moderate; overcast, with rain at first, improving later.

Rainfall: Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed at 10a.m. to-day, 1,90 inch. Total since January 1-31.29 inches against an average of 25.18 finchasi deficit 3.89 inches.

Temperature.

The temperature at certain spacified centres this morning..

at 6 o'clock was—

Hong Kong gi

Macao.

80 79

Pratas Islands...

88-

77

76

70

72

Manila 2

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Wireless Service.

4

HURT.

Trans-Atlantic Flier Has Faulty Landing.

SENT TO HOSPITAL.

St. John's, New Bruswick,

Yesterday.

The airwoman, Miss Ruth

Nicholls, who arrived here on the

A

“STRIKING” DECLARATION

PREPARED TO CO-OPERATE IN ELABORATION OF DETAILS.

OPPOSITION IN AGREEMENT ··

According to a British official wireless Press message, Pre- sident Hoover's proposal that for one year as from July 1 there shall be a postponement of all payments of all war debts and re parations, both principal and interest, which was issued in Washing- ton on Saturday night, was the subject of a brief statement in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon.

Replying to a questión put by Mr. Stanley Baldwin, lender of the Opposition, the Prime Minister said:

"His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom cor- dially welcome the striking declaration made by President Hoover. For their part the Government desire at once to state that they subscribe whole-heartedly to the principle of the President's proposal and are prepared to co-operate in the elaboration of details with a view to giving it practical effect without delay. The House will not expect me to say more at the present stage.".

Mr. Baldwin, on behalf of the Conservatives, associated him- Relf with the words of the Prime Minister, and Mr. Lloyd George expressed similar sentiments on behalf of the Liberals,

first stage of her trans-Atlantic BUOYANT TENDENCY ON EXCHANGE flight, was injured through à faulty landing and sent to hoa- pital. Her condition is not serious, however. Reuter.

BLASTING PERIL AT WANCHAI

Verandah of House Damaged.

President Hoover's proposal was tion of ampler treatment of the closely discussed on the London whole problem.

Stock Exchange yesterday when The Daily News says that a sharp appreciation in prices what Mr. Hoover has done is to occurred as a result of the in- offer Europe, on the brink of a creased buying orders. Dealings precipice, a chance to save in the market started." fully one herself. France, as well as "Ger- hour before the usual time. In many, stands with the rest of us every section, prices advanced. to gain by an acceptance of the On the London commodity mar-offer in the sense that the re kets also a strong movement was sults of refusal will be, for either, British Wireless reflected. The same buoyant ten- disastrous. seri-dency was shown in the reports Service.

from the principal abroad.

:,

markets

London, Yosterday,

A. SERIOUS CASE. Halding that it was a very ous case and. that the greatest of care is to be taken in blasting, Mr. Schofield in the, Central Police

Me An Important Visit,

In the House of Commons, reply- Court thie.morning imposed a fine:

The new situation brought ing to Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Ramsay of $100 with the alternative of about by the American offer will MacDonald said: even weeks hard labour, on Lai make the visit of Mr. Arthur The Government cordially wel- Kiu, a contractoor's foreman who Henderson, Foreign Secretary, to come the striking declaration of admitted a summons for having Paris next month of consider President Hoover.

able importance. Mr. Henderson taken inadequate

They desire at once to state that precautions when blasting at Morrison Hill, re- proposes to be in Paris on July they subscribe wholeheartedly, to cenly.

15 and 16, and will take the op- the principle of the declaration, Lance-Sergeant Flaherty inform- portunity of discussing at first and are prepared to co-operate in ed the Magistrate that the veran-hand with the members of the the elaboration of detail, with a dah of "Homeville," a boarding French Government the propo- view to giving it practical effect house at 158 Wanchal Road, was Posals the principles of which, without delay.

Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd. damaged by pieces of rock. A mos- will have been decided upon hy

George associated themselves with quito net was also torn. Defendant July 1.

Henderson proposes to Mr. MacDonald: had been warned several times, the Mr.

Reuter learns that Mr. Hoover's final one being three weeks ago. leave, Paris on the night of July Other residents had also complain- 16 for Berlin, where he will join proposals caused surprise in re- ed about the danger caused by the the Prime Minister, Mr. Ram-sponsible British quarters, which say MacDonald, in returning the hid, not expected him to announce blasting.

recent visit of Dr. Bruening and any decision on the European situa- Dr. Curtius to Britain."

tion until the conclusion of Mr. Stimson's European tour at the end of the month.

JUNK SINKS.

Collision with a Steam Boat,

Uncondtional Annuities,

Washington, Yesterday

Service.

or something similar, the occu-have sunk into the flesh, to make by strangulation, the left side of pants could see over the top of the impression broader. The the heart was empty, and the right| their cubicles, which did not reach cause of death was definitely as side engorged. Witness replied to the ceiling...

that it depended on circumstances,

It is announced on the highest Nevertheless, the development is It was not easy to estimate the Continuing, witness said the whether strangulation was rapid,

authority that President Hoover's heartily welcomed, and is regarded exact time. What appears to man's, lungs were congested; the and whether the victim was breath- ment would consider, the advisability

proposals are designed to include as indicating the United States' de- have happened was that a woman heart dilated, and the veinging out or in at the time.

of postponing the meeting of the A collision between a steam unconditional annuities paid by parture from the attitude of in one of the cubicles, on the leading to the heart also. The Further examined, witness and Federal Structure. Committee until

and it is hoped will foreshadow a CTY of "Save Life," got up, and blood was dark. Although he that in the absence of other factors certain ruling. Princes, who had re-boat and a fishing junk has been Germany. Reuter's American aidoofness to European questions,

reported to the Police by Pang

Advance to Austria, climbed on a chest of drawers in could not arrive at any definite the metrould not be formedus sently condemned: the Federal Con- tuk, maater of the 8.8. Cheung

polley of co-operation and recon har own compartment. conclusion he thought it likely abated would not call for undue stitution outlined by the Round

Rugby, Yesterday, struction in Europe. The next stop She looked over the top of the there was more than one assail notice.

Table. Conference, had accepted that

The Foreign Secretary, Mr. is expected to be a full exchange of partition, and saw the man Kau ant.

He stated that the vessel left Dr. Uttley admitted that in the

Goyern- Shuk apparently struggling with Doubt. As to Cause? Police Court he had said the brain principle-British Wireless Service Hong Kong at about 8.45 am. on Arthur Flenderson, is referring views by the European

Earlier Cables,

Sunday on a journey to San Mel. in the House of Commons to the menta concerned the father of the prisoner. The Mr. F. C. Jenkin proceeded to was congested. It was a regular

Mr. Henderson will doubtlesn father had his arms round Kau cross-examins. Replying to symptom of asphyxia.

Recent fears have been fulfilled collided with a fishing junk, which of 24,500,000 to Austria, said utilise for this purpose pís vielts to

Simla, Yesterday. When off Chaiwan Bay, the vessel advance by the Bank of England Shuk's waist, whilst the prison questions, witness said that he Further, he admitted, that he had by the announcement that call at displayed no lights: Ten persons that the Government welcomed Paris on July 15 and to Berlin on er in the dock was standing in had conducted about fifteen post-made no note of the conclusions he tempts of the Muslim leaders. at front, and had apparently thrown mortems in cases of suspected arrived at in holding the post mor- the Muslim Unity Conference have put on to another craft in the hoped that it would have an The new

the Junk were rescued and the news of the Bank netion, and July 17, something over Kau Shuk's head strangulations in Hong Kong. tem examination, but asserted that falled to effect any agre nent on vicinity effect. She made some remark, but was In one case there had been a re- the matter was clear in his mind the important lasue of separate The Junk subsequently sank, but told to get away, and then the turn of death due to strangula Mr. Jenkin put it to the witness electorates, under the projected the reckl not considered to be The Dally Herald says that in conditions, and all sections greatly light was switched off. She ran tion, with some doubt as to an that no matter how bloody his new Indian regime round to the back of the room other possible cause--drowning, hands might be, and no matter how definite deadlock has now and joined another woman. They There were marks on the heck in dirty they were, one of the first been establish would both say that they saw that case too. *rsonas duties of the medical man holding Kau Shuk pressed down to the

floor,

Pas

What Little Boy Saw

In addition,, a little boy, prl Boner a brother, in fact, who in a bunk, had looked ove

Witness also said that he had a post mortem examination was to

pendent collection make notes. The doctor repeated

DEVASTATING FIRE

part from his own that his findings were clear in his

and the report mind.

cert

of

the

king atressed

Counsel Athen import danger of not state causes Fustead 2

IN CANADA

Damage Estimated at

$10,000,000.

EVATOR GUTTED.

from

a danger to navigation,

BANSHEE BUSY

Steals Suit from Woman's Basket

Earlier News.

account on the Stock

Exchange opened under exciting:

the conversations last night with benefited from Mr. Hoever's state- Mr. Mellon the European situament. The Young Plan advanced tion was thoroughly examined, from 66 to 74%, and 4 per cent. and its real terms faced. But acarols gained over a point tion could only come from Wash Cable Wireless was an outstand ington, and Washington has ing feature, the preferred stock risen to the occasion. The sus advancing from 52 to 40 on the pension for a year of all repara. theory that the company must bene- for life from Singa- tion and War Debt payments is at from Improved trade,

All commodity markets are also 1917, a Chin not the final solution of all pro-

Mr W Schoblems, but it gives a breathing sharing in the change of sentiment. charged with space and averts the danger of

Mr. Habver clothing an immediate German collapse

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debts owing to the United

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