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LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

TEN MONTHS FOR BURGLAR

Foki Stabbed During Attempt To Escape

02

he of

A total sentence of 10 months imprisonment was imposed Tang Iu, unemployed. when pleaded guilty to charges burglary, assaulting Wong Pong Shing, with a knife, and posses-: sion of the knife for an unlawful purposé,

The barglary charges were in connection with the theft of three dozen singlets from No. 13. Lynd- hurst Terrace on June 14. six lengths of cloth from the place on July 23, 288 yards of silk from No. 28. Lyndhurst Terrace

same

To-day is the anniversary of the declaration of war, 1914.

An exhibition of Mr. Prosper Italston's opals will open at Messrs. Lane. Crawford and Co.'s premises today.

The Massed Buglers' Retreat will be sounded at Shamshuipe at 6.15 pm today.

There will be a dance at the Cheero Club to-morrow at 8. p.m.

The ss. Bangalore is due here with the English Mail on Friday.

The s.s. Rajputana carrying the outward bound English mail, left Singapore on Saturday for Hous Kong and is due to arrive here to-morrow.

Morris Oxford tourer No. 3505,

on July 23. and 10 jerseys from which was reported by its owner, Queen's Road West on July, 16.

- Fokis Awakened Detective-Sergeant Riddell said

Mr. J. Imarie, of 1 Garden Road. to have been stolen between 8 p.m. on Sunday and 4 p.m. resterday that the fakis of No. 356, Queen's while parked at the Lower Peak Road Central were awakened early Tram Station, was found by the yesterday morning by the noise of Police at 9 o'clock last night out- somebody trying to open a door-side the old City Hall. On going out' defendant and an-

other were seen by Wong Pone The S.S Tanda, carrying the Shinx. The defendant, in trying outward mails, left Manila vester- to escape. hit the complainant day and is due to arrive here to- across the brow with a knife.

morrow morning.

The defendant admitted he had gone to steal and admitted, har the other ing taken part in

A Dinner Dance will be held on the Open Roof of Repulse Bay burglaries. He took the police to Lido - weather permitting the different pawishops, where all and at Repulse Bay Hotel in the the goods, except $21.80 worth event of bad weather, to-morrow were recovered

at 9.00 p.m. Leung Iu, aged 17, was charged: together with the defendant on the

Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 was hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, counts of burglary, but. he remanded for 48 hours for the was 3.75 inch. The total since police to find if he had any re-January 1, has been 46.55 inches. lations in the Colony.

PRISONER'S DEATH

ENQUIRY

against inches.

23 average

of

55.18

In a report to the Police, Com-

MacDonald,

H. M. S. der Tamar, stated that while driving car No. 4428 along Main Street, Saiwanho, about 3.30 p.z. on Sun- down a boy, day, he knocked

"Natural Causes," The Leang Ju, aged 16 years, who re-

Verdict

· THE CHINA "MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1936

BLCK

CAME

Detective. Captain William O'Brien, of the Chicago police. is shown reflected in the mirror where "Black Legion Cane" was inscribed by the blackfaced intruder who beat Mrs. Florence T. Castle, pretty night club hostess, to death with a brick before the eyes of her son, James aged 7. Jimmy is shown below as he described his experience to the night clerk of the Chicago hotel where the slaying took place.

STRUCK WITH SPANNER

Dentist Attacked In Surgery

ceived injuries to his face and Mr. G. W. Simpson, a dentist, shoulders, and was admitted to was attacked in his surgery in the That prisoner. Tang Ku, age the Government Civil Hospital Broadway, Southall, last month by 26, who had been serving a teru It appears that Commander Mac-ja man who struck him on the head of six weeks' imprisonment, hacDonald was on his way to Sheis-0, with a spanner and escaped. He died from natural causes was the and the injured boy suddenly step was taken to hospital with serious

the verdict of the Coroner's inquest ped off the pavement into

held at

the Central Magistracy road right in the way of the car. this morning, to enquire into the

circumstances surrounding

prisoner's death.

thei

Mr. C. B. Burgess was the Co DEFICIENCY IN

roper and was assisted by the fol lowing jurors: Messrs J. E. Hunt, (foreman), A. F. Walkden and Usuf Shamsuddin.

Doctor G. L Shaw, Medical Of- ficer of the Victoria Gaol, said; that he first saw deceased on June

RAIN

July Fall Below Average

head injuries..

GOLFERS SCORN BIRDIES

Not The Score Kind, But Real Crows That Steal Balls"

Wilmington-Depredations of crows have officials of the muni- cipal golf course in a quandary. Many players reported that the birds few away with their rolf balls.

One irate linksman said he lost five balls on two holes and saw the crows.

fy away with

them.

The rules say the loss of ball by such means does not

C.L.D. officers were investigating the attack, for which there

ap-

cost a stroke, but then-it does cost a ball

it

peared to be, no motive.

Mr. Simpson was consulted

his surgery by a young man, who apparently turned to

walk out.

SISTER SHIP OF QUEEN MARY

To Be Faster And More Economical

SAVING OF £250,000

IN COST

A £5,000,000 order for a sister!

ship to the Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary is to be placed with John Brown & Co.. Clyde- bank.

Although several other frms tendered for this contract. the decision to place it with the build- ers of the Queen Mary was in- fluenced by the fact that a saving of £200,000 to $250,000 in the cost will be effected.

Had the keel of the new ship been laid at another yard, it would have been necessary to lengthen and reinforce the building slip, and to produce an entirely new set of patterns, not to mention possible dredging operations in preparation for the launching.

This work has been carried out at Clydebank for the building of the Queen Mary. Construction of a sister ship will therefore, be in the nature of a repetition job.

*No. 535"

The new ship will have approxi- imately the same dimensions as the ¡Queen Mary, but her gross tonnage: will be 83,000. The existing liner's tonnage is 80,773.

The propelling machinery will embody a number of novel features based on progress in marine en- gineering since the Queen Mary was designed over six years ago. The new ship will be faster and more economical to operate.

While on the stocks she will be known as "No. 535"-as the Queen Mary was known as "No. 534"" At her launch, probably early in 1938, she will be named King George V.

The Clyde Trust, which is sponsible for navigation conditions on the River Clyde, has satisfied the Canard-White Star directors that no undze risk will attend the launching and down-river voyage. of a ship, even larger thar the Queen Mary.

Two £6,000,000 Battleships In consequence of the placing of this £5,000,000 order on the Clyde, the Government will, it is under- stood, allocate contracts for the two battleships of the current| naval programme to other areas It is regarded as certain that one will be built on the Tyne by Vick- ers-Armstrong, of Walker, in col- laboration with Swan Hunter-and Wigham Richardson of Wallsend.

The dentist was then struck a blow WOMAN COMMITS The second may be built on the

on the head

Mr. Simpson's

condition

was

SUICIDE

Mersey, but the placing of con- tracts will be determined by a due regard for local unemployment

stated later to be fairly satisfac Nerves Wrecked. By conditions and competitive prices.

tory,

LODGER FOUND STRANGLED

29, when his condition was poor.. The weather of July was re- it being found that he was suffer-markable for the deficiency in ing from tuberculosis. He was ad- rainfall,-8.81 ins. being record- mitted to the prison hospital onled against an average of 15 ins. July 3, and died at 150 am on The rainfall was fairly well August 1 At the post mortem distributed, however, as it fell it was found that death was due upon 20 days. The maximum Curious Problem For to pulmonary tuberculosis and trainfall in one day was 2.49 îns.' pulmonary abscess.

BATHING SHED THEFT

1.

Young Chinese Sent Back To Country

ber of a good family, Was

volvent Society membership ticket

Police

Motoring

ALLEGED HALLUCINATION

was

that his The suggestion wife's nerves had been wrecked made by a solicitor at the in- by excessive motoring quest in Reading last month on Mrs. Mildred, E. Stallwood.

Each battleship will have a dis placement tonnage exceeding 30,000 and is likely to cost at least £5,000,000. Of this 85 per cent will be spent on wages..

"£20 IN NOTES

STOLEN

on the 19th, and 0.48 ins. fell in one hour at noon on the 5th; there were 4 thunderstorms. Albert Harding, aged about Mrs. Stallwood was found The total amount, 33.66 ins. re-37, was found dead in his bed-dead in the bathroom at her Author Accused Of corded from January 1, to July room at a house in Palmerston-home at Woodley, Reading,

Public Mischief. 31 shows a deficiency of 19.77 road, Wimbledon, by his land- with a wound in the throat. lins.

A scarf was tied

tightly Near her was a razor. Sothe

Kenneth Apjohn The average temperature for around his neck, and he had cord was wound round her

was 832

degrees, apparently died from strangu: throat.

Carter, aged 36, an author, of the month (1.2 degrees in excess of the lation. Foul play was not sus-

normal. Humidity (83 per pected

Mr. Stallwood said that his Bursledon, near Southampton, was an Woking last month wife stuttered badly. It was a cent.) and cloudiness (68 per An unusual feature of the

caused her great uneasiness of falsely stating at a Ripley

Soth.

from Chan Chi-kai, à messenger, Inter-Plea Action In Court

head.

Charles

not

Fong Ping-leung, aged 18. un- cent.) were normal, and sun-case was that Harding, having nervous complaint and at times committed for trial on a'charge employed and stated to be a mem-jshine (248 hours) was 36 hours recently swallowed a pin, had she had been unusually excit hotel that his wallet containing this in excess. Typhoons passed to been under treatment by able lately, and at lunch on the four £5 notes had been stolen.[ morning bound over by Mr. w. the eastward of the Colony on doctor. The problem which Schofield at the Central Magistracy the 4th and the 9th; each was faced the police was whether previous Tuesday seemed parti.It was alleged that he effected and ordered to be sent back to of limited area and had but this swallowed pin or the star cularly depressed and restless, a "public mischief," and ren-

to suspicion. the country when he was charged little effect upon the weather round the neck caused death, of and complained of pains in the dered innocent persons subject

who pleaded Carter, with the theft of a suit, $1.40 in of Hong Kong.

She had been worrying about!, cash, and a Chang Shing Bene-

la motoring accident in which guilty and reserved his defence,

was allowed bail in £25. Ishe was involved while on a Police Sergt. Bright declared tour in the West country and that when charged Carter said: seemed to think that the police "Can I speak to you in con fidence? The notes were not Before the Chief Justice, Sir130, Mr. Sanderson had told the were following her.

"This was a hallucination," stolen. I told my wife I had a swim at the Club's bathing shed Atholl MacGregor in the Summary Court that he was claiming for a Me Stallwood said: "Her the money because she wanted and on his return found that his Court this morning, costs of the return of certain furniture which clothing had been stolen. On Sun-action were awarded to the judg-had been seized by bailiffs from nervous system had suffered to do some shopping. I had not from an excessive amount of the money at the time, and I day, defendant tried to gain ad-ment creditor in the inter-plea ac-the Shing King Fish Laan, and mittance to the pavilion by means tion brought by the Hol Lee Firm, which: in fact belonged to his motoring. She averaged 15,000 threw the wallet away myself."

miles per year

It was stated that two police of the complainant's ticket and be who sought the return of goods clients:

A verdict of suicide while of officers spent 23 hours between was arrested. He admitted the which had been seized by the

unsound mind was recorded. them enquiring into the allega- theft and helped the Palice to re- Court on behalf of Tang Tsum-ko cover the articles stolen.”

on July 31/

Detective-Sergeant Riddell said

that the complainant had gone for

SHELL ON RAILWAY

Mr. da Silva submitted this from Li Ling-kwai, trading as the morning that the claimants were Shing Hing Fish Laan, on a judgmaking a fraudulant, claim, and ¡ment of $909 as principal and in. brought witness {terest on a Chinese borrowing note.

his case

to substantiate

After both counsel had made

SHIP'S BACK BROKEN

tions.

MITCHAM AND GREYHOUNDS A six-inch shell, found by a Mr. C. E. P.. Anderson appeared their final submissions, His Lord- The Danish steamer Neptun ganger on the ratiway track at on behalf of the claimants, while ship stated that the claimants had (941 fons), grounded on sands in After a two days bearing Sur Purley, Surrey, recently was taken Mr. M. A Da Silva represented failed on all the issues and award- the Humber, broke her back and rey Licensing Justices hayo unan to Woolwich Arsenal" for exzmin: the judgment creditor.

ed judgment and costs to the judg-heeled over last month. The crew imously refused to permit gres ation.

of 15 landed at Küll.

hound racing at Mitcham

In the original hearing on July ment cred

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