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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1997.

WITNESS FROM TIENTSIN

Trial Of Japanese Postponed

OBITUARY

CAPTAIN G. F. DENT

The death occurred at the French Hospital yesterday after short illness, of Captain George F. Dent, K. Itabashi who was charged be-M.C. He was aged 54 and is sur fore the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl vived by his wife and one daughter. MacGregor at the Criminal Ses- Capt. Dent was from Birmingham sions for importing and being in His military service began with the possession of 724 ounces of heroin, Coldstream Guards.

He fought was remanded to the March Ses-through the Great War, receiving sions on the application of Mr. H. the Military Gross. Later he trans- G. Sheldon, K.C., who stated that ferred, to the Welch Regiment and certain witnesses whom accused came out East in 1927 with the desired to call would have to come (Shanghai Defence Force. Sub- from Tientsin.

sequently he went with his Batta- Mr. E. H. Williams is conducting lion to Singapore and India. Decid- the case for the Crown, while Mr. ing to retire, he returned to this H. G. Sheldon and Mr. Hin Shing Colony to become one of the pro- Lo, instructed by Mr. J. M. Hall, prietors of the Dolly Varden Hat are for the defence.

Shop.

The funeral will take place from the Hospital to-day, passing the Monument at 5 pm-

DANGEROUS DRUGS CASE:

"THE GIRL ON THE FRONT PAGE" At the Criminal Sessions

with GLORIA STUART

EDMUND LOWE

KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION

HOUSEHOLD COAL

Peak District

$20.00

: Bowen Road & lower level

$19.00

Pokfulum

$20.00

Repulse Bay

$25.00

Kowloon

$17.00

Shek-O & Stanley

$25.00

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION

Head Office:-TIENTSIN

DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents, Hong Kong

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this

MR. A. H. ABBAS

morning, before the Chief Justice, | Sir Atholl MacGregor, So Mi Chan The local Indian community. suf- and Chung Chiu Yau were found fered a sad loss by the death of guilty of being in possession of Mr. A. EL. Abbas, who passed away.. dangerous drugs and sentenced to yesterday at the age of 53 years. three years hard labour, while a The late Mr. Abbas was born in.... third defendant, Wong Liu was dis- 1884, and educated at Queen's Col- charged.

lege. On leaving school, he took up Mr. E. H. Williams conducted the post of technical draughtsman. the case for the Grown and the fol- in the Engineering Office of HM lowing jury was empanelled; F. S. Naval Yard, where he remained for Nicholls (Foreman) F. A. Prata, three years. He then joined Messrs. F. Buman, G. A. Cruz, S. K. Hei-Brewer and Co., as an accountant, berg, G. S. L Angeles and Fong and later entered the services of Shin Chuen.

the Hong Kong Club.

RESISTED. ARREST

Mr. Abbas was afterwards, pro- moted Assistant Secretary, working Des under Mr. (now Sir) Alfred

An unemployed Chinese was this Voers for some years. During his morning bound over by Mr. K. Keen period of thirty-five years service at the Central Magistracy when found guilty of resisting arrest in Battery with the Club, he acted as Secretary

on many occasions. Defendant pleaded that he did not! The funeral was held at the Mo-. know that the detective was a police (hammedan Cemetery, Happy Valley, officer. It was stated that defendant

Path

was seen in Battery Path with a han-Festerday evening, when the Maulvi

Jabbar officiated at the graveside. derkerchief which smelt strongly of pepper. The detective had to enlist the aid of a passer-by to assist him in taking the man to the Station.

ALIEN REPORTING

GIANT EMPRESS

IN BOMBAY

Not

Due In Colony For Over A Month

Innocent Sasso was fined $25 by Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy this morning for failing to register with the Police within 72 hours of his ar rival in the Colony, N

Detective-Sergeant Edwards said de- The fendant was employed by the Hong cruiser, Empress of Britain, carry-

giant round-the-world

Kong Hotel, and arrived in the Colony ing some five hundred passengers

on February 7. He was advised on Wed- nesday, February 10, to report to the Police but he did not do so till Satur- day.

SOVIET AND FINLAND

Stockholm, To-day. The Soviet Foreign Minister, H Maxim Litvinoff, will return the visit of the Finnish Foreign Minister at the end of April, states a local newspaper, Previous to this, however, the foreign ministers of the Scandinavian countries will hold a conference Helsingfors-Trans-Ocean.

at

GERMAN PLANE DEVELOPMENT

has arrived at Bombay where she is staying until Friday next.

The Empress of Britain is also staying four days in Colombo and it will not be until the afternoon. of March 21 that she will arrive in Hong Kong.

COMMERCIAL NIGHT-FLYING

Many questions affecting civi air transport are dealt with in the report of the Meteorological Depart- ment of the Government of India for 1935-36. - In discussing the new Berlin, Yesterday. Empire air-mail scheme, the report Planes arriving at and leaving Tem-states- At important stations pelhof Aerodrome will number 84 every day when the new summer sche along the route it will probably be dule of the German air lines comes into necessary operation:

This figure does not include mail, freight and chartered planes.

to maintain a service throughout the 24 hours, and at in-

stations every 15 hours.

The present daily arrivals and de- or more. partures at other European aerodromes are: Croydon 76; Le Bourget 50 and Amsterdam 50-Trans-Océan:

PLACER CLAIMS

Gasnier Duparc, French Minis-

ter of "Marine, laid the foundation stone of the new natal base of Meis el Kehir, near Oran.

Poles and Lithaamians are reinforc The Philippine Gold "Mining Co., Inc. E100,000 corporation was recently ing their frontier forces following an organised by prominent business men.allegation that 60 Polish soldiers The incorporators are Clemente del armed with machi Castillo. Assemblyman Juan L. Luna, frontier post 13 yards into Lithuania. Dr. G. V. Campomanes, Mrs. Luisa Arzneta del Castillo, and Simplicio del Rosario The new corporation has 13

hoved

The Civil Service : Cricket Club

placerelims in a Tronds, pro will hold a Whist Drive vince of Benguet, Mountain Provi

day at 920 pm