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NINETY-FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1935

MRS. RATTENBURY ON SAFETY OF TRAFFIC

WITNESS STAND

TESTIFIES CLEARLY AND

COMPOSEDLY

PLANNED MURDER VEHEMENTLY

DENIED

London, To-day.

CONDITIONS

Improvement Shown In London

London to-day. While recognising that other factors were involved, the Minister! of Transport expressed the opinion, in reply to a Parliamentary, ques- tion, that the pedestrian crossings had contributed substantially to the reduction of street accidents. In Greater London the number of pedestrians killed in March and: April was 1.6 per cent. less than'

Yesterday's feature of the Rattenbury trial in the corresponding months last was the evidence of Mrs. Rattenbury, who was rear, before the crossings were es

tablished. Special observations at over three hours in the witness box. She tes-

the crossings on the four main roads į tified clearly and composedly and said that she was out of London disclosed a reduction infatuated with her chauffeur, Stoner, whose mis-of pedestrians killed and injured of tress she had been since November. She thought wireless Service

not less than 44 per cent-British |

her husband must have known about it, as he had invited her to lead her own life.

She stated that Stoffer came to her bedroom în pyjamas on the night of the tragelly and told her that he had hurt “Rats” She did not realise immediately what Stoner had done until she beard "Rats" groan. She then jumped out of bed and went down- stairs.

LITHUANIAN REPLY TO MEMEL NOTE

Signatory Powers Dissatisfied

London, to-day. The attitude of His Majesty's

"Downstairs," she continued, "my husband was sitting in a chair. I tried to rub his hands; they were cold. I tried to take his pulse and shook him to try and make him speak. I took a Government towards the reply of drop of whisky neat, and then another. I tried to become sense-the Lithuanian Government to the less to blot out the picture.”

ANOTHER CHALLENGE PENDING?

recent joint Anglo-French-Italian Mrs Rattenbury vehemently communication was revealed by the denied murdering her husband or

Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, in the House of Commons yester- planning the murder.

day. The senior doctor of Brixton He said that His Majesty's GOT- Prison testified that Stoner ad-ernment do not regard it as a satis (Continued from Page 1)

mitted he took two eggspoonfuls factory answer to the demand of While not mandatory, the resclus of cocaine on slices of bread be the signatory Powers for the res tion declared: "It is the sense of fore the tragedy.

toration of normal government in itsj the Senate that no foreign trade Opening the defence, Stoner's Memel territory. They are ap-

agreements shall hereafter be enter Counsel said that there was 10

of the Tariff Act, 1934,

Governments with a view to decid-]

ed into pursuant to the authority evidence of conspiracy between the proaching the French and Italian

and any accused. Ee submitted that the such agreement heretofore entered murder was a mad act of Stonering on such further action as may into shall be terminated at the ear-who was a cocaine addict, and Service.

[seem indicated-British Wireless liest practicable moment.”

suggested a possible verdict of The resolution was referred to the "Guilty, bat insane.”—-Reuter Finance Committee-Beuter.

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DUKE OF YORK OPENS NEW MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL

done to protect the majority, who London. to-day-HRH the said they wanted to observe the Dake of York, who was accompanied provisions, if one or two of them by the Duchess, opened the (Continued from Page 1) "decide to do some throat-cutting Middlesex Hospital, London, which Declaring his approval of Mr. It all gets back to what happens if has been rebuilt at a cost of about Donald Richberg's appeal for the 90 per cent want to be on the le-£1,500,000. The Duke, who is Pre- maintenance of the code provisions vel, but 10 per cent hit below the sident of the British Empire Cancer until a new order is established, belt."

campaign, expressed the President pointed to a batch

particular The President said that he does satisfaction that the new hospital's of resolutions on his desk from not plan to broadcast. He is not equipment embodied a provision for various. industries, pledring the yet ready to talk of what he pro-modern treatment in all branches of maintenance of these provisions, poses to do to meet the situation. cancer research-British Wireless but agreed that nothing could bel-Reuter.

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