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FRAUDULENT BANK CLERK

EMBEZZLEMENT OF $7,000

FOUR MONTHS' GAOL TERM

Wong Yat-sun, 277 .ex. employee of the Overseas Bank- ing Corporation. was this morn- ing sentenced to four months'. hard labour by Mr. C. B. Burgess at the Central Magis- tracy for obtaining $7.000 from the Wing Wing Hong firm in February by means of a forged document a bill of collection

with intent to defraud. Mr. Li Chor-chi was the com- plainant and said that at the time the defendant applied for a. holiday, which was granted. The bank suspected nothing until the client came in about his account. relating to three amounts that had been paid in, when the fraud was discovered. į

Defendant, who held a posi- tion of trust in the bank and had been employed there since 1924. had yielded to a sudden temptation. The bank was only proceeding on one charge, though there were three, and were not pressing the case. in view of his long association with

the firm and the fact that he gave himself up.

ASCOT PRICES PUT UP

Man In The Green Hat

SPOILED THE HARMONY

The popular dancing duo, known as Las Rossilanos, will make their debut before the Hong Kong public at the Roof Garden of the H.K. Hotel on Saturday REAL They are well known in. Europe, and come here with great reputation.

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1936

LOCAL TRAFFIC \LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

ACCIDENTS

Two People Killed Last Week

RUNNING ACROSS STREET

The R.M.A. Dorado arrived from; The following passengers sailed Penang at 11.40 am. yesterday, yesterday morning by the sa carrying 160.975 Kilos of inail.

Tjisondari to Batavia:-Miss E. Tasartey, Mrs. W. Z. Mulder, Mrs. The L Victoria. Lloyd M. Ladengast and Mr. L. J. Scott] Triestino lizer, is due to arrive in Williams. In the Colony of Hong Kong, will dock immediately and one of Hong Kong, this evening. She including the Island. Kowloon and her propellers will be the New Territories, during the {week ended at $ a.m. on Saturday last, there were

The as. Nellore is due here from changed. Moji next Friday afternoon. Leaving the dock the following

The RMLS. Empress of Japan; altogether 45morning the day will be spent at

the wharf and the ship will sad left Vancouver for Hong Kong! traffic accidents, as the result of for Europe at 5 p.m. on Thursday. via Honolulu, Japan ports and which two persons were killed and

16 persons were injured.

Of the persons killed, a Chinese male ran across the road in front

B'25 lof a moving motor bus and

fatally injured. A Chinese boy died as the result of injuries re- {ceived when he was knocked down, by a motor-lorry while running jacross the street.

Of the persons injured, eight] were pedestrians who were either

Shanghai on Saturday last and is due here on the morning of Augustį

la the same evening.

DARDANELLES 14. The vessel will sail for Mani-

CONVENTION ·

Serving The Cause Of Peace

London, To-day.

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The graduation function of the Chun-Shing Institute of Commerce will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden on Friday next at 5.30 pm Professor Hou Ti- shan, LL.B., M.A., has kindly cen-

In telegrams of congratulationsented to distribute the prizes. walking or running across the exchanged between the Foreign Dr. F. S. Lam will preside. road and were struck by vehicles. Secretary and the Turkish Foreign

ing tram-car.

inoon.

express

One tram-car passenger was in-Minister in connection with the! The as. Santhia is expected jured while alighting from a mov-conclusion of a new Straits Con-here from Amoy to-morrow after-

vention, both statesmen Falling From Vehicles

their conviction, that the event Two lorry passengers and one marks the opening of a new period!

Mobat Khan, aged 28. an Indian, motor-cycle passenger were injur- of close friendship and co-opera was this morning committed to med through falling from moving tion between the United Kingdom the House of Detention by Mr. C

cycle respectively. A ricksha pas-fruitful for the cause of peace. motor-lorries and a moving motor and Turkey, which will be most B. Burgess at the Central Magia. senger was injured while alight-British Wireless Service. ing from a public ricksha.

AIR FARES TO BE LOWERED

A private motor-car driver was

Between Karachi And injured when his vehicle collided

Batavia

with a pillar. One vehicle driver and one passenger were injured The KLM.. Air France and as the result of collisions between Imperial Airways will lower the vehicles.

Cares on the Eastern part of their, Of the 45 accidents, 16 were col-

inter-continental lines.

lisions between vehicles; 15 were On the proposal of the Royal collisions between vehicles and Dutch Air Lines. the three com-pedestrians; and 14 accidents were Ascot-About 70 sites for. bigpanies will bring the passenger due to other causes.

on the stretches between marquees on the Ascot course, tariff

from which the crowds on the Karachi and Batavia more into FORMER FIANCEE

at the line with those on the

Western free side of the course races were supplied with refresh- part of the route, by lowering the

fares ou August 1. ments, were sold by auction OF

Ascot Heath.

Prices varied from 40s) e frontage to 18s.

foot

It is a curious auction. A me- tropolitan police-sergeant booked and two constables marked out the length of each plot

each entry,

The same people buy the same sites year after year at the same prices.

Harmony Upset

As a rule the auction is a very friendly affair, but the harmony was upset somewhat last month by a man in a green hat, who dared, on two or three occasions to raise the bidding. "Who's

he?"

BATHED AFTER MEAL

Soldier Drowned In Swimming Bath

Salisbury.

SHOT

tracy when he appeared before him, charged with being 3 vagrant.

Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am to-day was|

CROWD BREAKS 0.53 inch. The total since January

WINDOWS

Sir Oswald Mosley Besieged

Over 200 mea and women Fascists, including Sir

Oswald Mosley, were besieged for over an hour in the Hulme Town Hall, Manchester, one night last month

Youth Of 18 Sentenced by ཊྛཾ - crowd several zhou-

To Death

sand strong, which kept them im-1 prisoned until police reinforce- ments cleared a way for the exit. Sentence of death for the mur-Sir Oswald had addressed a meet- der of his former sweetheart was ing in the hall. passed last, month at Shrewsbury

| Assizes on Ernest. Robert Hill, When Sir Oswald succeeded- in

aged 18, a farm labour.-

making his way from the Town

It was allegd by the prosecution Hall to a Fascist Club in a street that he shot Dorothy Clews, aged 200 yards away, a large section of 15, to whom he was formerly en-the crowd turned its attentions from the hall and poured into the

An inquest was held last mouth gaged.

on Private Henry Lewis, aged 34, Hill, who was recommended to narrow street, completely blocking

no it.

of the South Wales Borderers, sta- mercy, declared that he had tioned near Salisbury, who died in intention of injuring the girl, and

a crowded swimming bath at Salis-that he intended bury the previous evening. Lewis's air. home address is Brynglass-avenue,

Stones were throws at the club

to fire into the and at Sir Oswald's car, which was

standing outside Windows were The girl was shot in the arm. broken and a Fascist fag torn Portllanfraith, Newport. Mon. ļand died from tetanus, which de- down

It was stated that Lewis, after a veloped later. For the defence "What right has he to bid against small meal and three pints of beer, it was pleaded that the tetanus Finally police cleared a portion

us?"

people

a:.ked.

dived into the bath: He swam to bacilli could have come from other of the pavement and Sir. Oswald The auctioneer, had to remind the edge, turned on his back and sources, and that the ground itself ran across of his car and drove the company, "After all, this is then sank to the bottom.

was unlikely to cause death.

tored.

an auction," and peace was res- A girl swimmer raised an alarm and Lewis's body was later re- "He made me pay an extra covered. three pounds for my plot," said ose purchaser.

ACCIDENT ON GLACIER

Londoner Killed In Norway

BALLET FIRST NIGHT

Queue 48 Hours Before Show

away.

Home Cricket Scoreboard

Surrey secured first innings points against Kent at the Oval

Surrey: 316 (J. C. Squires 76), and

168 for 5..

Kent: 259 (Daley 5 for 58). At eight o'clock one Saturday! evening last month the salierynings points against Essex at Ilford. Northamptonshire secured first în- Oslo. queue began to form outside the Northants:

381 (Grimshaw

A London student, Hubert Dong-Royal Opera House, Covent Gar- Timms 81).

las Sweeney, has been killed while den, for the following Monday's Essex: 124 and 38 for 3. climbing the Skagastoelstinderne opening of the De Basil Russian mountain.

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Ballet season.

Yorkshire secured first innings

Yorkshire: 167 (Tate 5 for 33) and

His companions, A. Hamilton] About 30 people waited all points against Sussex at Bradford. Robin and Nigel Beaumont night, and when the official "chair 253 (J. Parks 5 for 79). Thomas, tried in vain to help him man" arrived at 11 o'clock on Sussex: 162 (Smailes 5 for 45) and when he slipped down a crevasse Sunday morning with his stools, a at the top of a glacier,

|queue of about 300 people stretch-

The three students were passing ed along the full length of the along the ridge when Sweeney bent opera house.

163 for 4.

Nottinghamshire beat Derby by 6 wickets at Ilkeston. Derby: 187 and 125 (Voce 5 for 43). down to pick up his spectacles, Some enthusiasts, even when Natts: 182 (Walker 6 for 87) and which had dropped. In doing so their places were secured by num- 133 for 4. he lost his balance and fell down bered stools for the performance the glacier.

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Hampshire beat Glamorganshire by 141 runs at Bournemouth. Hampshire: 108 (Mercer 6 for 48)

and 352 for 9 dec. (McCorkell 114). Glamorgan: 175 and 144 (Creese 5-

for 32).

Somerset secured first

innings points against Middlesex at Taunton. Middlesex: 142 (Hazell 5 for 36); Somerset: 146 for 7

Gloucester: 238 and

6

There was no play yesterday.

Leicester secured

first innings points against Gloucestershire at Leicester.

292" for (Barnett 204 not out). Leicester: 419 for 8 dec. (Berry 127,

C. S. Dempster 88).

-Beuter. TO-DAY'S MATCHES Lord's-Rugby School borough College (2 days).

Scarborough Yorkshire Mid-

Nottingham Notts v Kent. Bove-Sussex Northants. Worcester Worcester v Glamorgan Southampton--Hampshire v cashire.

34 hours hence, waited on to see Lancashire secured first innings]dlesex. ⠀ His friends arrived at the Tur- the dancers leave the house after points against Warwickshire at Bir- tagroe Hotel at 2 aim to report the rehearsal. They sat chatting warwickshire: 284 (Croom 75).

mingham. the accident. At dawn rescue ex together, friends of many a long Lancashire: 287 for 8 (Hopwood 117 peditions were sent to the spot, and rainy first-night vigil, and not.out). but Sweeney's body could not be seemed loth to leave their hard- found.

1won seats.

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County Championship Table To Date

V.. Mari-

Lan-

1 has been 33.20 inches, against an average of 51.85 inches.

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