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KOWLOON CITY MURDER

Woman Found With Rope Round Neck

Another mainland murder tragedy was discovered this morning in Kow- loon City. A“ 39-year-old "Chinese

RETURN AFTER widow was found lying dead in her

8 HOURS

"I have never known a place where people of different races were better mixers. If anybody should get parochial or insular here in Hong Kong, it is his or her own fault," declared His Excellency, Sir Andrew Caldecott this afternoon, at a luncheon given in his honour, on the eve of his departure, by carrying special the Consular Body of Hong Kong.

unnumbered hut in the Tai Han King Village, with her hands bound with a rope which was also twisted round her neck.

FOUR TURNS

Tokyo, To-day. The Asahi Shimbun's" Japanese- The deceased, Ku Kum-kai, also built monoplane, “Divine Wind," known as Ku Mui, had resided in Coronation con- the hut since September. She earn- gratulatory messages, which hoppeded her livelihood as a herbalist doc- off at 1.44 a.m. to-day for Leudon, tor. Commander A. Bianconi, the itself a very gloomy significa-with the ambition of setting up a Consul-General for Italy, pre- tion except when of course ad-new speed record, was forced to sided and there were twenty-four dressed to those of our best friends return at 9.05 a.m. to other Consuls-General and Con-whom we dislike the most.

Tachikawa But suls present.

Aerodrome owing to bad weather.- in the case of H.E. the Governor, Reuter. Following luncheon, Commander it is really a serious case, as the Bianconi said—I happen to have majority of us rather doubt whe- been Senior Consul only for two ther we will have the the chance days, and I lack the experience and in the future to meet in any other thought of my genial predecessor part of the British Empire the

we

According to information receiv- ed up to the time of going to press, deceased was last seen at yesterday. This morning when neighbours paid a visit the

wooden tubs.

AIR LINER FIRED covered her lying across two small

ON BY A.A. GUNS Valencia Apologises To France

París, To-day.

The Ambassador in Paris of the

-A rope was twisted four times round her neck. It appears that death was due to strangulat

The Police found that the hut had been ransacked, showing that robbery was the probable motive.

Detective Inspector Rozeskwy and Inspector F. T. Portallion are in charge of the investigations.

Local Weather Forecast

Let me say that it has been the most distinguished gentleman most agreeable legacy of our deare honouring to-day. parted friend the Belgian Consul The solidarity of the Consular General to entrust me with this Body which is a tradition and a very important function. Many of fact, is so strong that it makes us have most earnestly desired everyone forget the differences of that these friendly meetings of nations and characters between Valencia Government has apologis- Consuls should happen more fre- ourselves. May I say that the ed for the firing at an Air France quently. They should give the community has never been so com-air-liner earlier in the week. measure of the solidarity of the plete as when in the moment I ex- The machine, which is on the Consular Body and further those press the wishes of all of us for Alicante Barcelona service, was fir- relations s of cordiality with the your brilliant future and our re-ed at by anti-aircraft guns when foremost British authority which grets for your departure. My passing over Valencia, but was not The Royal Observatory represents such an important part dear Colleagues, I invite all of you hit.

reports that the anti-cyclone has increased in the happy outcome of the Con- to drink the health of H.E. the In addition to the crew of three, considerably in intensity, pressure sular mission.

Governor.

four passengers were on board, and being highest over China to the north GOVERNOR'S SPEECH

the firing ceased when the radio of the Yangtze Valley: Forecast- Hong Kong represents indeed a

Replying, Sir Andrew Caldecott, operator signalled the plane's ident- E. Winds, moderate to fresh, cloudy remote part of the British Empire said: The Malays have a proverbiality-Trans-Ocean.---

generally, probably some drizzle. where a certain independency of saying of a man who lives in a ideas and originality of habits small place that he is like a toad have created what I call Hong who dwells under a coconut shell; Köng soul.

by that of course they mean that This small island is not only for his horizon becomes very limited you British, but also for many and his vision similarly restricted. foreigners, who happen to live here There are perhaps British Colonies for a long time, a kind of patria which might be likened to chica, a kind of additional home toad's coconut shell" but Hong country to everyone of us.

Kong, in spite of its small géogra-

HONG KONG SOUL

the

In Hong Kong during eighteen phical size is not one of them. That months, we have had a large op- is because we enjoy here a mic- portunity of witnessing Your Ex-rocosm in which men and women cellency's daily work. AB you of so many different nations" "“(ná- know, the Consuls never miss an tions which you, my kind hosts, so occasion of remarking characters hospitably represent) play their and making practical considera- part. They play their part not tions and I can assure you that you merely in the business of the port. had the most unanimous approval but very eminently in the social from this internationally selected life of the Colony. I have never body of gentlemen. It is very sad known a place where people of that we should have the first meet- different races were better mixers. ing for months of the Consular If anybody should get parochial Body just in order to say goodbye or insular here in Hong Kong it ia to the most popular Governor in his or her own fault it is not for the recent history of Hong Kong.

lack of opportunity of cultivating A SERIOUS CASE

international friendships and of BO Therefore, I don't think this widening the horizon of sympathy | function would be too happily de- and interest.

scribed as a farewell party to I attribute this happy state of Governor. Farewell affairs to two main causes; the

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