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“KIDNAPPING

PROFITABLE

BUSINESS"

Statement In Court By Unemployed

6-YEAR-OLD GIRL TAKEN

TO UNONG

been told by

was #

"That be bad friends that kidnapping profitable business" was what Yuen Kau, unemployed, aged 17, told the Police after he had been arrested for kidnapping Chung Kung-sung, a 6 year-old girl, on December 29.

When charged before Mr. Ki Keen at the Central Magistracy | this morning he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months' hard labour.

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Sub-Inspector Kirby said that the j defendant formerly lived 220 Hollywood Road with His aunt. who occupied a cubicle next

to

the girl's parents. He had known the little girl for about three years, ! Last Tuesday the defendant estic- ed the girl away early in the morn ing and took her across the har-i bour to Un Long, intending to sell two her for $20. There he met Hakka women, to whom he offered the girl for sale. One offered him 36 and the other $3. hut the de-: fendant thought the prices were not good enough. He wandered about the district and later start

At a reception to Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, in New York City, James A. Farley, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, is here shown kissing the cardinal's ring after he had been presented to the distinguished visitor.

ed to walk to Castle Peak with THE EMPIRE AIR

the girl. He had no money with him, but he boarded a bus for Koxioon and a kindly woman paid: their fare to the Jordan Road Fer- ry. On arrival there the conductor handed them over to a constable as he thought they were in some kind of trouble, without any money. and they were taken to the Police -Station.

SCHEME

First Section To Open In April

SOUTH AFRICAN SERVICE

The Aving-boat service be-

The girl had been reported miss-tween Britain and South Africa

ing at about 5 p.m. that afternoon via Egypt will start on April 1 and all stations were circulated.

this year. It will be the first stage of the Empire air trans-

NEW AERODROME port scheme, and will carry.

AT FENGTAI?

Japanese Authorities

Making Offers

Canton,

without surcharge, all first-class mail of participating countries lon the route.

The details were given in a Swinton, note by Viscount

Secretary for Air, issued last! month. This shows that in or- message der to make provision for the To-day--A

an air service be thejoperation of that states from Peiping Japanese troops in North China (tween Egypt and South Africa are planning to build an aerodrome during the period between the of the existing of 2,000 mows in Fengtai, which termination

is 20 miles south of Peiping and agreement and the commence- is the junction point of the Pei-ment of the flying-boat service. ping-Mukden, Peiping-Hankow and it is proposed to extend the Peiping-Suiyuan Railways. It is term of the existing agreement learned that the Japanese authori-with Imperial Airways Limited ties are offering $50.00 per mow from January 23 to March 31. to the owners to buy the lands near the barracks there. Own Correspondent.

Our

RAW RUBBER Latest Quotations From

Subsidy Alterations

The provisions of that agree ment have in practice since been modified in consequence of the taking over from Imperial Airways Ltd, as from April 1, 1936. of the section of the route between Johannesburg and Cape

South Town by

from Mars, is working on one of African Airways.

the first all-steel welded homes st which rendered

erected zre being The adjustments

of this Wynnewood, Pennsylvania change include a reduction in Straits Currency for Raw Rubber: the rate of subsidy payable to

Singapore

Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co. have received

the

following necessary

quotations from Singapore

Spot

Apr./June

July/Sept.

on account

Buyers Imperial Airways Ltd. from!

This electric welder, looking for all the world like

CHATA MAFE MONDAY-TANUARY 4, 1937

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

OBITUARY

(Continued from Page 1) -

Mr. F. M. d Arculli, who 're-] signed from Newspaper Enterprise Ltd. has now joined the Hong Kong Daily Press.

The loss, on New Year night. It was stated yesterday that as of approximately $400.00 in cash Mr. Potta condition had shown

was reported at the Taim Sha Tsui an improvement, Dr. Black and Police Station by Mr. P. S. Robert- the nurse were returning to Hong son of the Canadian Pacific Rail- Kong:

way Passenger Department. The Mrs Potts and another son re-money, contained in a black lea turning to Hong Kong from her wallet, was lost between the Canada, left Shanghai last Thurs-Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula day for Swatow.

Hotel, Kowloon, between the hours 51 YEARS IN COLONY The late Mr. George Hutton of 9 and 10.30 pa and it is not (known whether the wallet accident- Potts, who was popularly known as the "Father of the Hong Kong ally dropped from the pocket, or was lifted in the jostling of the Stock Exchange," has been nected with Hong Kong for 51 crowd on the Star Ferry. years.

COD-

Mr. Potts was a Yorkshireman,

being born at Bedsle, on April He was educated at

According to schedule, the Kidderpore is expected to arrive in the Colony on Friday next. left Moji yesterday at

She

5

puzz

Bell's Hippodrome Circus arriv

16, 1864. Harrow School.

It was in 1885 that he first came to Hong Kong to join the firm of Russel and Co., remaining with ed in the Colony at 7 a.m. to-day them until their failure in 1900, by the ss. Hupeh from Tientsin. when he went to Shanghai and The Circus, which will open next opened the brokering firm of Friday, is under contract to Mr. Benjamin, Kelly and Potts. In Doreski, of the Hong Kong Amuse- 1906 Mr. Kelly separated from ment Park at Wanchai this arm and established himself in Hong Kong. Six years later

The s.s. Sirdhana left Singapore

Mr. Potts returned from Shang-last Thursday, and is expected to hai and with his brother. Mr. P.arrive in the Colony next Wednes- C. Potts settled down finally today morning. brokering in Hong Kong under the

firm name of Benjamin and Potts.

1894 PLAGUE OUTBREAK

The ss. Rawalpindi is due here! with the English mails

Mr. Potts memories go back to Thursday at 8 am

the Srst great outbreak of plaguej

next

The N.Y.R. line have chartered i in 1894. when he was one of thei band of volunteer workers wholthe local Douglas steamer Haitan assisted the medical and sanitary for a trip to Manila in order that authorities in cleaning up the in- the passengers arriving here on He was also one the trans-Pacific/liner Taivo Mari fected areas. of the first Naval Volunteers,

a will not have to wait in Heng body which came into being in the Kong for over a fortnight before

wa being able to proceed south. eighties, when Hong Kong suffering from a Russian scare,: and anticipating an

unfriendly The well-known French sculptor, In M. Gaston Hanchecorne, arrived in visit from the Russian fleet.

Friday

the 1900, on the outbreak of the Boxer Hong Kong on Rebellion in China, Mr. Potts, who N.Y.K. Fushimi Maru, from Shang- was a member of the Hong Kong hai, where he had held a most suc- Volunteer Corps' Force, after vo- cessful exhibition of his works. lunteering for the South African

War and having his services de- them to the clined offered military authorities bere, who

Sent them

North.i Eccepted

011 -ngaged was port work under Major Ratcline and entered Peking with the Bri-

he

POLICE RESERVE trans-Orders For The Current

Week

tish Force under General Gaselee.

Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. E For his services he received King, Inspector General of Police. Captain's commission in the Re-

gular Army, but resigned it on thr

Chinese Company Commendation. Constable R$6 subsidence of the rebellion and re-Ho Tu Nam. is commended and

turned to brokering.

CAPTAIN IN HK.V.D.C.

granted the commended service bar by the Inspector General of Police He maintained his connection, for zeal and alertness in arresting however, with the Hong Kong

a Chinese Male who was convicted

Volunteers, in which he held the for Larceny from Person.

rank of Captain. Mr. Potts 82W two big reclamation schernes car- ried out on Hong Kong's water-

front and remembered well the

Indian Company

Training Course Part IL

days when the Praya was where The undermentioned members of attend Des Voeux Road now is and the the Indian Company will Hong Kong Club was on the site Indian Company Headquarters on Tuesday, January 5th 1937 at 17.30 of the present King's Theatre.

In his earlier years Mr. Potts hours for Part II of Training was an all-round athlete, winning Course:- many honours for the high and

Down 4 £120,000 per annum to $113,000 REPORT ON Z.B.W. broad jump and in the hurdles.

37

37% do

$7% do 37% do Market:-Buyers holding off.

Oct./Dec.

COMPANY NOT LIABLE

Assault With Ticket Punch

3/8

consequent on a reduction of £7,000 in the annual rate of contribution made by the Gov-! jernment of the Union.

Under the proposed extension of the agreement subsidy will be paid in respect of the addi- tional period from January 23

FAILURE

$

ZEK. Used Until Repairs Made

He was also a devotee of Bugby Football and was for several years captain of the Hong Kong

La Football Club, which he was strumental

in promoting. Last year he was elected a Life Mem- ber of the Hong Kong Football

Constables 2201 S. L Bux, R210 Abdullah Shah, R213 S. B. Hussain, R216 Lal Khan, R236 M. S. Dillon, R207 Fazal Tahi Oppal, R206 Mohamed Ali Op-

pal, R225 Kasim Ali, R226 A. E. Razack and R293 Jaffer Mo- hamed

Laace Sergeant R241 Sultan Khan, and Constables R205 Ab- dul Ghani, R293 Jaffer Moham- ed, R268 M. S. Vedi, R299 Ab- dul Shakoor, 2298 Ayub Khan, and 2208 Mohamed Khan.

Training Course Part IIL The following statement on the Club in recognition of his splen ZB.W. failure yesterday has been did services towards the Club's The undermentioned members of attend to March 31, 1937. at the exist issued by the Postmaster General activities, both as a player and a the Indian Company will ing rate £118,000 per annum.

Owing to a defect to the low Committee member, this marking Indian Company Headquarters on Negotiation Advanced

to this the double jubilee of the Club and Wednesday, January 6th 1937 at 17.30 hours for Part III of Train- Arrangements will also be tension power supply made to enable the section of transmitter, it was impossible to his association with it.

Rowing was another of his ing Course:--- the route between Alexandria transmit the mid-day European Judgment for the defendants, and Kisumu to be operated dux-Programme from Z.B.W. and the sporting activities and he stroked the local international contest, with costs, was given by Lord He-ing the additional period either first part of the evening pro-the victorious England crew in ZEK transmitted the usual mid-while at tennis he was runner-up! wart, the Lord Chief Justice, in by landplanes as at present or gramme yesterday.

Chinese pro-in various championship contests the King's Bench Division last by the new Empire Aying-boats.

Negotiations are in progress day and afternoon month, in the Streatham Common

until tem-jevents. He was for many years assault case, in which a chair at-with the Governments concern-gramme and was then used for the and winner of many handicap of racing ponies and

Emergency Unit Reserve tendant was alleged to have knocked with a view to securing con- European programme ed a man senseless with his ticket currence in the proposed ar-porary repairs were effected on an owner

Biot Drill A Riot Drill will be] rangement and continuation at ZEW and the transmitter brought won many Derbies and Cham- pions, both in Hong Kong and punch

with

"The King's carried out by members of the ZEW3 the short-wave transmit-Shanghai The plaintiff, Mr. William Edgar the present rates of their con-into use at about 9.25 pm.

Emergency Unit Reserve on Fri- ter was not affected and broad-Stable." Davies, of Foulser-road, Battersea, tributions towards the service

(Continued at foot of next Col day, January 8th 1937. All mem- S.W., a commercial traveller, and during the additional period.

In order to maintain the cast the usual programme.

bers will parade outside Queens a woman friend were occupying

Pier at 17.20 hours. Dress---Op- tional chairs. on the Common when a ti. existing connection to West. ket collector named Beale employ Africa it is also proposed to ed by the defendants, M. W. Shan-conclude a temporary subsidy ley (Park Chairs No. 1) Ltd., came agreement with Imperial Air- up and there was an argument, ways Ltd for a service once weekly until March 31 for, the followed by the alleged assault

of passengers and The company denied liability, carriage submitting that Beale, having mails between Khartoum and

become embroiled in a private dis-Lagos

pute with Davies, was no longer acting as their servant, and they

December's Weather

(Sgd.) C. CHAMPKIN,

D. S. P. (E). Hong Kong, Monday, January 4th 1937.

The December weather survey on December 1 to 52.9 on Decem-

He was a member of the Houg issued by the Royal Observatory,ber 27. Cloudinem averaged 64%, says that the bright weather, being 9% above the normal, while Kong Jockey Club and Chairman which prevailed generally during sunshine averaging 156 hours was of the Macau Race Club.

Last, but by no means least, he November, continued until Decem-17 hours below normal; humidity could not be held liable for his pleted.

"As the blow was not struck ber 12, after which cloudiness was (75%) was 6% above normal and was the Chairman actions.

"I find as a fact," said Lord within the scope of Beale's em-general until the end of the rainfall (0.38 in.) was 0.78in. be Kong Stock Exchange and laid Hewart, that, at the time, Mr. ployment or authority as the de-month. The mean temperature low normal. The maximum daily the foundation stone of the new

Eday 17, 1993. Davies was injured, Beale's work fendants agent, the company ̋are was 64,9 degrees against an aver- rainfall was 0.10 in, on the 24th, building in Ice House Street on

age of 62.9; it ranged from 81.2, 0.60 in, of which fell at 7pm.“ for the company" had been com-entitled to succeed.”

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