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Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1932.

A Door Slightly

Reopened.

REV. OSWALD SMITH.

[To the Editor, "China Mail.“J Sir-Many of your readers will be interested to know that Rev. Cawald Smith, the very well-known Bible Teacher and Journalist of the Gospel Tabernacle. Toronto, is pass-

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1932)

When A Malay Or Chinese Runs Amok

Escapes From

Story Of Narrow

Two Madmen

ing through the Colony on his way THRILLS IN CHINA AND NEW GUINEA

to investigate the missionary, con- ditions in Abyssinia.

Advantage le being taken of this, It was a blazing afternoon "in) Singapore episode, and I still won- Wanga amers, to organise some Singapore, the sort of day that der whether the Inevitable third change [meetings..

makes you feel that life is not worth will prove fatal to me.

On the first occasion I was tem From Friday, the 21st of this living, and that the Tropics are porarily attached fo the Divisional month, to Monday, the 24th, he will several degrees more unpleasant Headquarters of the New Guinea [be speaking, twice a day, at 5.80 and

Mazon.

8.30 p.m., in "The Hut." Nathan than the home of the Evil One, Government at an island called Road, Kowloon, at the corner of writes a correspondent to the Glas There were four of un... on the

Austin Road. All buses stop there. gow Evening Times. ⠀

Yours etc H. LECHWERE CLIFT. Hong Kong, October 10, 1932.

CHINESE WANTED FOR FRAUD.

Hong Kong Manager Sought By Police.

visual

| fáland, including an overseer named

I was walking through the native Steele, who lived in his, own quarters on my way to the Keppel bungalow on the beach. The rest of Harbour Docks, and had stopped for us occupied the big house on the moment on the corner of a broad hill, from which we could see, the street to wipe the dripping sweat- entire plantation. band of my topee. The

On The Beach. noises of howling traders, rikisha One morning another member of boys, and indignant native women the staff and myself were strolling buzzed aroud me..

down the hill when we saw a come Suddely another sound the motion on the beach below. We awful cry of many people in terror, glanced down and saw Steele run- ning away from an enormous native A series of alleged, frauds, cover-ahrill and fearful-rang out, ing a period of seven years, and Automatically my hand closed afterwards identified as Bull,

"Doss-boy,”” or native overseer. totalling nearly $18.500, the victims tighter on my heavy. Malacca cane.

Poor Steel was unarmed, and we being the Sheng To Weaving Fac-From a side street s howling meb tory, Hong Kong branch, has been came rushing like a torrent. One saw that he was after a stick or brought to light by the Police au- glance was enough for me; I knew some other weapon with which te A big thorities..

that they were fleeing from the defend himself. Bull had.

solid club, and could csally have been is blood lust of a madman... warrant has sued for the arrest of Tsul It is highly complimentary to the battered. Steele's brains out with it Evans, the man with me, wis Wai-cheung, sales manager at white man that, whatever the 'na-}

the

A

branch. He is describ-tives may say about him, they carrying his revolver, but I was ed as 35 years of age, 5 feet 6 always flock to him in times of unarmed. My companion whipped inches in height, and of medium danger. My presence seemed like a out his gun-an automatic levelled build, having a pale complexion with protecting wall to them, though, had it at the running native, and pulled of Mr. de Valera's policy of ruin the appearance of an opium smoker. they known my feelings, they pro- the trigger. No explosion followed, have been increasingly fearless He is a native of Soo Chow, Kiang bably would not have felt so secure and Evans' violent curses told me “Tuan," Tuan' ́(master).” they that he had forgotten to replace the of late, both in the Dail and out- Su. side it, notwithstanding the Tsul is wanted for the alleged howled. "Amok! Amok!"

clip when he had cleaned the gun the night before. menace of those same gunmen, a embezzlement of $18,237.98 from

Terrifying Figure.

We clambered down the side of the reality referred to by numerous the offes between November, 1925,

Out of the alley came the most hill as fast as we could go, and a speakers. One ironical circum-and September this year.

terrifying figure. I ever saw. A yell from my boy at the house abova stance lies in the fact that the

slim, perfectly muscled" Malay, brought the reassuring news that he foaming at the mouth, and in one was coming down with my revolver. hand a bideous knife. Straight for Long before we reached the bottom the cowering group about me he Bull caught poor old Steele and” rushed, then his blazing eyes met struck him across the shoulder with

his, club, To have flinched would have earl Steele fell down, and Buli raised Led my 'doom." I held his gaze, and his club for another blow. When almost burst the skin over my Evans hurled a big stone down at knuckles as I gripped that stoot him. It caught Bull on the head, cane..

but his akull was so thick that it did

NOVEMBER 10.

Of Fleet.

mine.

* alias

trend of recent events has led H.M.S. KENT DUE Much of the news most recent-large sections of the public, both ly published regarding the Irish in Ireland and in Great Britain, Free State's economic deadlock to look upon Mr. Cosgrave and has been faintly suggestive of his party associates as little less Flagship Follows Rest new hope. There appears, after than warmly pro-British which w all, to be some chance of reason | certainly they hitherto have not prevailing not, unfortunately, been. There is no telling, how HMS. Kent, flagship of Admiral for its own merits alone, but inlever, where they may yet ind Sir Howard Kelly, K.C.B., Comman that belated way which follows themselves, seeing that Mr. der-in-Chief of the Ching Station, disillusionment. Yet even that Patrick Hogan, who was Mr. is returning to the Colony from her What followed I remember as a not stun him. may be better than sullen persis-Cosgrave's Minister for Agricul Northern Summer Cruise on bad dream. My arm rose automati. It made him take his mind off tence in a proved folly, After ture, and must therefore view November 10.

cally as he rushed at me, and with his victim, however, and turn his This return from, Ottawa-where, with special concern the injury H.M.S. Bruce is due to arrive to all my force I crashed the cane attention to Evans and myself.

so far as the world has yet learn now done to primary production, morrow from the North; while

dwon upon his head. He staggered. With a roar like a bull the big ed, the sole contribution made to has roundly declared his belief H.M.S. Bridgewater will arrive on It was a little brown man who fellow jumped over the helpless discussion by the Free State de- that there is more real political Octobe 24.

saved me, but through no fault of Steele and came racing up the hill legates was a declaration that and economic independence for With the remainder of the sub

| kls own." He was running across to get at us. We-braced ourselves" under no circumstances, would the Irish Free State within the marines, H.M.S. Medway, mother the street, when he tripped and fell, for the attack, Southern Ireland do anything to Empire than outside it. The ship of the Station, is expected straight in the path of my attacker.

Saved By Native, restrict imports from Bussin numbers who share that belief arrive in Hong Kong from Wei Ha! As I stepped back the madman fell

My own boy, Yisbo Mr. Thomas stated that he had, are likely to be increased Mr. Wel on October 22. ̈ over the card table, had several Cosgrave himself has borne HMS. Caradoc is leaving to scross his body, and I started in Annanias, because of the number of lies he told to cover up shortage in helpful interviews with the men testimony to the fact that morrow morning for Shanghai, tak with my cane in earnest.

The next thing I knew was our whisky decanters was racing from Dublin. Admitting that Britain wishes to live in peace ing with her the advance party of sergeant of police holding my arm down the hillside with my gun. We Mr. Thomas is scarcely at any with the people of Southern the Argyll and Sutherland High while Nttle brown men in khaki knew that he could not reach us be time the ideal diplomatist, and Ireland. If his utterance be dis-landers.

uniforms, and with drawn guns, fore Bull; and I think that our recognising also the extreme discounted as proceeding. · from á

secured the madman with half a greatest terror at the moment was taste with which any bridge ex leader in Opposition, then con.

dozen pairs of handcuffs.

that he would elect to fire at the pert would regard a game so sider what is admitted by the

Running amok is a not infrequent madman himself, when he stood an curiously, mixed, it is not impos men who went to Ottaws. The

The wedding will shortly take occurrence among the highly atrung excellent chance of hitting one aible that some good cards were leader of them, Mr. ; Sean played in more senses than one. O'Kelly, a member of the Free place of Mr. Leonardus Petrus van natives of the Malay Straits and us. Next thing we knew, Bull was

Calcar, a bank employee, Penfusula adjoining territories. Scores of But Mr. Thomas has a partner State Ministry, interviewed on Hotel, to Miss Margot Von Ziegler, tives fall victims to their mad blood Evans dived for his legs, but, the in hard fact, holding far stronger his home-coming, confirmed the Helena May Institute, Kowloon,

lust, and as a rule a white police cunning big fellow stopped nimbly trumps than himself. The opinion expressed by Mr. Thomas

officer is forced to shoot down the backwards, and Evans cras farmers of the Free State, that progress" had been made by General Tang Sai-tsang, Chief-of-lunatic.

the ground. This time though by no means feeling yet means of informal conversations. staff of the 19th Route Army

Experts: Puzzled,

looked like coming down the full effects of their enforced He even, a little later, added the arrived here yesterday from Amoy, Occasionally a similar affair hay-results. I could do frustration, can perceive already somewhat surprising explana and will stay in the Colony for a pene in China, although as a rass Annanias did that ruin lies not far ahead tion that the primary reason of short while before proceeding to the Chinese are too balanced and He pressed the trigger: Their demand for relief in its his going to Ottawa was not for Canton.

philosophic to utline this outlet for four times, and heaven alone knows only possible form of a reason trade

theirs? marital

Many where the shot

e droppe when dived away into the Straits, which we reco Hent way of later and handed

District Ma

able reconciliation will ere long Anglo-1

be too Insistent for even Mr. de wonder Mr. Valera to disregard it. In his easy power to provide them with fresh politics. outlets for export they can have was that prese no surviving faith, now that he that the door has coolly admitted that he sees open, and that no possibility of finding new Mr. de Valera w markets to take the place of the Mr Thomas" British Vague assertions of formed of fanatical confidence have a way posals. Th of ending in negations.

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News In Brief.

levance thes

Like No Tha turn of notifiable discases,

found it for the week ending October 8, gives been murdered by ma

with the following diphtheria 8 cases; this way, and in the old all this enteric fever 8 cases (8 importad the murder gangs ru

ratyphoid fever 1 case; menin this proved an ritis 2. cases. pulmonary - tuber- getting rid of unwanted Jeulosis 68 deaths.

A native would feign madness and murder his employer, knowing that crime would be put down as the work of a madman, and

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