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CHEUNG CHAU NOTES

Large Ornamental Arch For Jubilee

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[From Our Own Correspondent] :-

Cheung Chau, Yesterday. Preparations are in hand for elebrating the Jubilee and a large ornamental arch is being erected at the entrance to the pier.

MAY 2, 1935

COTTON SPINNING IN CANTON'

More Machinery For Government Works

Canton, To-day."

LONG PRISON TERMS FOR ROBBERY

Women Victimised At Castle Peak

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JURY UNANIMOUS At the request of the Weaving! and Spinning Factory for increase

Sentences of three und of Jennies in order to meet the

imprisonment and three growing demand for its products, years the Provincial Government has in-years' imprisonment were this mor structed the Department of Rening passed on Loung Wo and construction to order 100 more, Chan Sing by His Honour the payment for which will be made Chief Justice, Mr. A. D. A. Mac- gregor, at the, Criminal Sessions in There will be a display of fire by Instalments. works on the vacant lot, near theThe factory is now ready to train the Supreme Court. The charge be was one of robbery, the latter local school, and, a special late more workers, as more will launch will leave Hong Kong at 111-needed when the working hours pleading "guilty" and the former pm on May 6, 7 and 8, to enable will be increased-Central Press. reslilents to see the sights in the,

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Th jury empanelled comprised?" THRILLER EVER FILMED! Mesare, A. D. Humphreys (Fore man),W. Matthews, Ho. Pol Cheong, T. M. Pereira, L. R. Ildefonso, A. P. Tarbuck and T. C. Monaghan. The jury brought in an unanimous verdict of guilty without leaving the Court.

Two Women Victims Canton, To-duy.

Mr. J. A. Fraser, the Assistant! The Municipal Government has

Attorney-General, conducted the The vegetarians are now erecting recently chosen a suburb for con-case for the Crown. In outlining their matshed for the annual thea-struction of a public cemetery. A the facts of the case Mr. Fraxer trical performance, not far from plan of the layout has been drawn aid that two women Lau Chau the Police station.

up by the Bureau of Public Works sing, married, and Kum

The area of the land to be used ying, unmarried, went to a nunnury is 377,865. square feet. It large at Castle Peak on February 24 enough for 10,882 graves, Cen-accompanied by four children. All struction will be started as soon of them took a walk up Castle Peak the scheme is approved by the and on the upward joumey met the| government-Central Press. two men, the older of whom was the present accused, On the return rip they were accosted by both men and relieved of their jewellery.| The two men were later apprehend- ed by two Indian constables near Ping Shan Police Station.

Ten candidates were accepted for Baptism in the Reniel Mission. They came to the Yaumati head quarters for the service on April

28..

Miss Brancroft, who has been in charge of the work here, leaves on furlough in July.

We are sorry to learn that the Rev. G. Lindquist will leave short- ly with his family on account. of his wife's delicate health.

RUSSIAN TOURISTS IN FAR EAST

Soviet Bureau Appoints Agents For China

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FOREIGNERS ARRESTED BY

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Phoon

The two women then entered the

U.S. EMBASSY INVESTIGATION

A message from Tokyo states that the American Embassy has witness box and corroborated the no information about the mat-statements of Mr. Fraser. The two Iter, and doubts the American Indian policemen and an interpre

identification. The Embassy inter did kewise.. following up the case. Reater. Identification 'Parade THREE BHANGHAI RESIDENTS Assistant Superintendant Mur-" Tokyo, later. phy, Assistant Director of Criminal

It le belleved that the name of Intelligence, stated that he had The China Travel Service, re- the sailing junk la "The Flying held an identification parade, and presented by Mr. Philip Chai Dutchman," the members of the that the two men were picked out manager of the Tourist Depart crew being three residents of Shang- by the women who had been ment, has signed a preliminary hai, the Americans W. S. Gates and robbed,

In his own defence Leung Se! agreement with the Intourist Gene Roubin and a German named

said that he knew the ladies were (Soviet State Travel Bureau), H. G. Wrede, whereby it becomes booking The adventurers left Shanghai on gentlewomen and so as they would agent for the Intourist through April 2 and intended to travel to the not be frightened he had asked Philippines, New Guinea, the Cocos them in a very low voice to give jout China.

and South-west Africa him some of their jewellery, Mr. Philip Chai, who has been (Islands,

Mr. Fraser stated that at the: acting as travel manager of the with the object of recovering the Chinese theatrical troupe visit-gold the German cruiser Emden is time of the robbery the two men ing Russia, left for home on supposed to have had aboard when had been employed on a sand- Sunday week via Siberia after a she was sunk of Cocós in 1915, and junk, most successful tour in the Bo-to salvage the Spanish galleon Cor- viet Union Chekiai Agency.

In addressing the jury His Lord- morin, sunk in 1520 eight hundred ship said: "You have arrived at the| miles from Luderitzbuch, South-only conclusion possible. I cannot

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