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SHOP COOLIES THEFTS

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LANE CRAWFORD'S VICTIMISED

• HARD LABOUR SENTENCES

Tsang Kwai, a shop coolie em- ployed by Messrs. Lane Crawford and Co., Limited, was this mor- ning sentenced to four months' hard labour by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Magistracy for the theft. while a servant of the above frm, cf one lady's wrist wrist watch, four gentlemen's watches, a Parker fountain pen and a quantity of clothing, to the Total value of $526.60.

Lee Soo, another coolie working with the same firm, was sentenced to three mohtas hard labour for and the theft of a fountain pen articles of clothing to the value of $110.75 between December 31 last year and March 11.

Detective-Sergeant T. Cashman Mr. H. said that on Wednesday Burson, the complainant, manager of the jewellery department of the

somhe firm, found that were missing, and instructed clerk to make a. search of the

watches

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The new hall, for the display of motor-cycles and accessories, at the¦ Berlin Motor Show,

CASE "RATHER PUZZLING"

Man Dead In Car In Garage

-INQUEST EVIDENCE

ARMY LETTERS MISSING

Found In Gunner's Locker

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1936

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

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The forthcoming wedding is jannounced of Mr. Pedro Nolasco da Silva, broker, residing at 7

OBITUARY

General Sir David. Campbell

Garden Road, and Miss Ofelia FORMER GOVERNOR OF MALTA

Barretto, steno-typist of 6 York Road. Kowloon Tong.

London, To-day.

The death has occurred of There will be no dinner dance General Sir David Campbell, for- (to-morrow at Repulse Bay Hotel

Governor of Malta - but the usual tea dance will be Reuter's Bulletin Service. held on Sunday at 4.30 p.m.

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General Sir David Campbell, G.C.B., was appointed to Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 Governship of Malta in 1931. He hours ending at 10 am. to-day

was born on January 28, 1869,) was 0.02 inch. The total since and was educated at Clifton. He January 1 is 4.33 inches, against joined the 9th Lancers in 1989 an average of 3.76 inches.

Two cases of diphtheria, one of scarlet fever, two of enteric fever fever and one of cerebro-spinal were reported to the Health thorities during the 24 hours end- ed on Wednesday.

and served throughout the South African campaign from 1899 to: 1902, where he was mentioned inj despatches, created a Brevet Ma-] jer, and secured the Queen's Me dal with 7 clasps and the King's Medal with 2 clasps

of a

During the Europeza war Sir PLEA OF "CURIOSITY”.

first in command of A fine of $25 was imposed upon David was Remarking that it was "ather

The discovery of official Army E. E. Warburton, of No. 7 Hill the 9th Lancers, and then a puzzling case," the East Hamp correspondence in a soldier's locker wood Road, when he pleaded Cavalry Brigade in the 21st Divi- shire coroner (Mr. Leonard War-was mentioned at a Woolwich dis-guilty before Mr. Q. A. A. Macsion, from 1916 to 1919. Et was in despatches six conlie's quarters, where one of theer) adjourned the inquest at Bet-trict court martial last month fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy mentioned

ley, Hants, recently on George Gunner Vernon Farrant Cooke, yesterday to allowing his brown times, was created Brevet Colon-! among the Bullen, aged 56, licensee of the aged 18, of the 17th Field Bgde, and white dog abroad at Jordonjel, awarded the Companion of the Fe-Bath, the Legion of Honour and property of the first defendant Sir Joseph Paxton Hotel Locks RA, pleaded not guilty to con- Road without a muzzle on

the Croix de Guerre, being finally! The Police were sent for and.

Heath, near Botley, who was found verting to his own use three-bruary 24.

promoted Major-General. after enquiries, visited the houses

dead by his wife the week before.packets entrusted to him to post of the defendants, where the stolen property was found.

watches was found

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Bullen, a native of Ipswich, and and with being improperly in posį C. M. Sequeira, of No. 9 Soares! a great-grandson of Surgeon-Ad-session of other correspondence. Avenue, admitted two summonses the Secretary of State for War. miral Bulles. had been missing for R-S.-M. J. O'Halloran said that for keeping two dogs without a 1926-27; General Officer Comman

fined a total of ding-in-Chief, Aldershot three days. He was found ring official correspondence he found in licence and was over the steering wheel of his car Cooke's locker included аа

en-$5 by Mr. Macfadyen at the Kow-mand, 1927-31; Colonel of the 9th. ALWAYS AHEAD IN It Queen's Royal Lancers, 1930; and in a garage behind the hotel.

velope containing a crossed postal loon Magistracy yesterday. Evidence was given that Bullen order for 7s 10d, addressed to the was stated that it was only a A.D.C. General to the King, 1931- had been dead two days when he Cashier, Eastern Command. An-matter of renewing the licences: $

the He won the Grand National in was found, He was gripping the other contained a crossed cheque defendant had licences for steering wheel with his gloved for 248, addressed to the Hon. dogs but had failed to renew 1896 on The Soarer and rode in several other first-class steeple- hand and appeared to have return-Organisér, Earl Haig's British them.

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Legion Appeal.

leaves a widow, a son and two place at general assembly on Wed-

Given to Post

daughters. nesday morning last when the cup

Evidence was given that Cooke! for The best Ali-Rocader" was

Police-constable Knight suggest-had been given the correspondence presented by the Headmaster.

led that Bullen was testing his, en-produced to post. This cup was given by the

Cooke told the court that Central British Association to be ine in the garage after a journey awarded to the pupil who was best to find a defect. The engine ran opened the letters, which had been which (shown, out of curiosity. When he In Work, Behaviour, Sports, etc. badly. Exhaust fumes. for the year, and on this occasion

awarded to 'R. Holden

Form VI.

ALIEN'S FAIL TO REGISTER

Ship's Master And Crew Fined

of

Exhaust Fumes

he

were very pronounced, might have saw what they contained he in-

worked their way up under a dust tended to return them to the Bri- sheet which covered the car and rade Clerk, but was afraid of thei played into the interior. The consequences. rine was switched on, but was not running.

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A doctor said that death peared to be due to carbon mono-, xide poisoning.

TEACHER SLAPPED

Boy's Mother Fined

10s. And Costs

LATE KING'S FUNERAL

Failure To Observe

Silence

When Robert Crawford was re- manded for a week at Belfast Police-court last month, charged WIDOW'S LOAN TO with conduct likely to lead to a

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When Mrs. Ethel Rose

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breach of the peace and with ma-i licious injury, a policeman stated that a motorist failed to stop the engine of his car during the two Minutes' Silence on the day of the

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CROWD CHASE TWO MEN

Scene After Burial Silence

Tatsuo Murata, the Master of

late King's funeral.. Crawford A scene during the two minutes" the ss Chun Shan-ho, and Yoshita!

was alleged to have struck the silence at the burial of King George Kisuke, Saka Shim. Nakato Urawa and Shoko Nakatsuni, mem-

aged 33, a widow, of Grange-road driver in the face, kicked on one was mentioned at Old-street police-

of the headlamps, and smashed-a court last month. Leight-on-Sea, was charged at bers of the crew were each fined!

window.

Charles William Trewick, aged at the

Southend recently with stealing $2 by Mr. S. F. Balfour

Mrs. Sarah Ward, of Prior £110 from a store where she was the driver out of the car, and the Lake-street, Finsbury, and Thomas Several men attempted to pull 24, printer, of Granville-buildings, Central Magistracy this morning: for failing to register, as aliens, street, Camden Town, was fined

employed as cashier, it was stat police had to draw their batons (McCarthy, aged 20, Chadworth- with the Police within 72 hours 10s, with 10 6 costs, at Clerken-ed that the lent the money to a

to keep back a crowd of 300. buildings, E.C. were fined 40s on man friend. She had relied on Sub-Inspector Nolloth said that well police court last month for

a charge of using insulting be- haviour whereby a breach of the peace might have been occasiozed at City-road, Finsbury.

Det.-Inspr. Chestney said that

the defendants were engaged as assaulting Alfred Farmer, his promise to return it within

shermen, and since Saturday last teacher at an L.C.C. senior boys' three days. had been living ashore at No. 66. school. Ngai Tsin-wan Road.

THICK BELT OF FOG

Local Shipping Affected

Shipping was again affected this morning by a thick belt of fog, and it is feared that several ships, in! cluding the 3. President Jeffer- son from Manila, the s.s. Toyooka Maru and the 8-3. Muinam from the Straits, have been delayed and will not arrive until the fog lifts.!

Mr. Farmer had given Ward's 13-year-old son strokes with cane,

Her solicitor said he had fo Mrs.structions not to disclose the ident- three ity of the friend, who thought

NON-EXISTENT SEATS

and it was when he asked for the loan that Man Pursued By Royal at the beginning of the silence he

alleged that the mother went to Mrs. Hall still had money remain- The school and slapped Farmer's face.

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Funeral Crowd

saw Trewick and McCarthy walk- ing as slowly and as heavily as they could. Several people, spoke to them and he said, "Stand still." When the silence was over 200 to 300 people chased Trewick and McCarthy

Mr.ing from the life insurance policy! on her husband. The man had now!

George Fage, aged 28, a street secured 70 which would be paid over at once, and fail restitution trader who struck a policeman who stopped him while he was being would be made within a month.

Adjourning the case for three pursued by a crowd, was sentenc

"If it had not been for the police, weeks, the beach intimated they ed at Marylebone police-court last might take a certain course if the month to 14 days imprisonment these two men would have been

for assault.

badly mauled," added Det-Inspr money were repaid.

Fage's pursuers, it was stated, Chestney.

Trewick said they did not know! alleged that he had stood by the door of a condemned house in ait was the two minutes" silence.

that turning behind

Inspr. Chestrey stated Edgware-road offering seats at is each to view Trewick was a man of Communis- tic tendencies. He was sentenced the Royal funeral procession.

"There were no seats there, and to 12 months' hard labour in 1932 in fact all the windows of the house for unlawful wounding and were boarded up. Fage had over sault McCarthy had not been in

trouble before. ¡£6 on hima

Mishap At Grantham Station

Grantham: Silver Link, one of The R.M.S. Empress of Asia, which the LNE.R. Royal Jubilee en- was delayed nine hours yesterday gines, left the rails at Grantham by the fog and arrived alongside learly one morning last month as the wharf at about 4 p.m., left last it was being turned in the locomo-1

while the a.s.tive department of the station. night for Manila, President Coolidge. which was ¡Some damage was done to the line similarly delayed yesterday for and a steam crane was occupied about 10 hours. cleared this for several hours replacing the morning at 10 am. for Manila lengine.

A scene from Edle Cantor's Intest picture, "Strike Me Pink," which will be shown at the King's Theatre soosa.

COURT ORDERS 'POST-MORTEM "

Cambridge Fellow's Death

A post-mortem examination is to be made of the body of a Fel- low of Clare College, Cambridge, Mr. Mansfield Forbes, aged 46. who died at his homie, Queen's- road, Cambridge recently, after an illness. He was found uncon scious in bed.

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The examination is due to the fact that certain drugs were used in the treatment of Mr. Forbes's illness. It is expected that death will be shown to have been due to natural canses.

Mr. Forben, who was unmärzi- Jed, was a lecturer in English Some years ago he gave to the na tion, the ancient mill at Bourn, Cambridgeshire.

TERRITORIAL ARMY DECREASE

The total strength of the Terri- torial Army (other', ranks) - on January 1 was 121,057, a decrease lof 2,401 compared with the strength

on January 1, 1935,

George Givot, Jean Harlow and Joseph Calicis are in “Riff-Rafl," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, which will be shown at the King's Theatre next Sunday.

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