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LOCAL CHEMIST LEAVES NEARLY TWO LAKHS

The late Cheng Lai-tong, chem- ist, who died on October 14, 1936, at his residence, No. 96, Caine Road, left local estate to the value $187,800.

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Probate of Will has been granted to deceased's widow, Li Yuk-sang, and Cheng Yik-kwan, chemist.

Local estate, valued at $4,000, was left by the late Edward Charles Allen, who died at No. 3D, Block, Kennedy Road, on June 22.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, the ceased's widow, has been granted the Letters of Administration to the estate.

A New

-RUMOURED- REVOLT IN DOLONOR

Peiping, To-day.

A Dolonor message says that a regiment of Manchukuo, troops under the command of General LI Shia-hsin, garrisoning- Dolonor started a revolt last evening and attacked the barracks in which another regiment of Manchukuo troops were stationed. After dis--` arming the latter, the `mutineers left for Tolin.-Hua Nan.

Kowloon

Shooting

York Chinese laundry-Drama

man, Suey Leung, alias Chiu. Sui- leung, left local estate to th amount of $2,700 when he died on board the 8.s. Empress of Japan on April 4, 1937, while the vessel was on her voyage from New York Hong Kong.

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Letters of Administration to the estate have been granted to the de- ceased's widow, Chung Shi.

NOTED CHINESE GENERAL SERIOUSLY ILL

tried

Stubborn Silence Of Victim

Lying in the Kowloon Hospital, critically wounded with a bullet in the neck, Leung Wai-man, former tally clerk on Shirala, stubbornly declines to give any information to the Po- lice as to the identity of his as sailant or the reason for the shooting.

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1937.

DEPARTURE OF ASHIGARA

Exchange Of Good Will Messages

The following farewell messages were exchanged between the Com- modore, H. K Naval Establish- ments, and. Rear-Admiral Kobaya

shi, Commanding the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the Cruiser Ashigara, yesterday: From Com- modore, H.K. to Ashigara, Rear Admiral Kobayashi:

"On behalf of the Naval Estab- lishment at Hong Kong, I wish you

a prosperous ending to your me- morable voyage, and only regret that the bad weather at Hong Kong necessitated the curtailment of cer- tain of the entertainments and ar- rangements."

From Ashigara, Rear Admiral Kobayashi, to the Commodore, H.K. "Renewing our hearty thanks for your hospitality and entertainments, I should like to apologise again for having caused much trouble by in- viting your people on board amidst the terrific weather.

"Now, on leaving the last port of the s.3. our mission, let me communicate to you our full appreciation of what through our voyage. I wish you your Navý has done for us, all

and the Royal Navy good luck and prosperity."

Enquiries by the police show fairly conclusively that Leung is well aware of the name of the man

who attempted to murder him in Desmond

dramatic circumstances last night.

Leung was gambling at the rear of No. 74, Canton Road, ground

Parsons Passes Away

Shanghai, To-day. floor, in the company of seven or

London, To-day. "General Li Lieh-chun, one-time eight others, when a man strange

The death occurred this morn- Governor of Kwangsi, who came to Leung's companions, suddenly ing of the Hon. Desmond Par- into the limelight as president of

without entered, and

hesitating, sons, brother the court martial which

of the Earl of arrested in Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang after pointed a small, black 32 automatic Rosse, who was

pistol at Leung, shouted: "Don't Kansu Province, in China, two move," and fired two shots.

years ago and released after urgent representations by the British Government. Reuter.

the Sian affair, is seriously ill in a Buddhist monastery at Ta- chang, near Shanghai.

GENERAL SCRAMBLE

One missed `its mark, but the se- cond shot struck Leung in the neck. The other member of the

General Li suffered a stroke on July 2 while walking on the bank of a stream near the monas- tery, which he entered recently gambling party disappeared in

his retirement from active general scramble.

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life.

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8.30 The shooting occurred at

APPRENTICE HANGED

The body of Ah Wo, an appren- Doctors have gone to Tachang p.m. last night and the wounded tice on H.M.S. Tamar, was found from Shanghai to attend him. man was rushed to Kowloon Hospi- by a Police constable hanging from

his condition was tal, where

re-a tree on the hill side above Mac- ported to be fair. Later reports donnell Road this morning. Identi from the hospital, early this morn-fication and other papers were ing, however state that his condi- found in his clothing.

General Li Lieh-chun is one of China's most prominent revolu- tionary leaders.-Reuter.

SOME IMPROVEMENT

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Shanghai, To-day.

General Li Lieh-chun, member

of the Central Executive Com- mittee, had a stroke while angling

Ta

tion is now serious.

ANOTHER

by a stream at Tá Chang Village PURGE OF

He had been ill for some time due to excessively high blood pres-

sure.

The last bulletin says that he is improving and that he is able to speak a little and to take a small amount of milk. Da-Dao.

LATIN AMERICA RECOGNISES

FRANCO GOVT.

Paris, To-day.

"SABOTEURS"

Moscow, To-day.

KILLED BY BUS

Chan Hi was killed instantly at 10.30 last night when he was knock- ed down by bus No. 635 in Lock- hart Road at the junction of Fen- wich street. The rear wheel of the bus passed over the man.

Another “purge" has started "in"

Acknowledged to be one of Europe's Moscow, this time against office- expert shots, Mr. Svinhufvud, the 75- holders in the Communist Party.... year-old ex-President of Finland, has At a party meeting, it is report-just won a shooting contest with an 601 points, his nearest ed, a group of “enemies of the aggregate of people" was expelled from the par-

rival scoring 583.

STOP PRESS

TEL: 20022 or 33993

Madame, Sun Yat-sen and

her companions are back in

Shanghai, says Reuter, hav

ing returned during the

night after an official of the

Soochow Court explained

that they could not be ar-

rested and emphasised that

the ten Salvationists would

not be found guilty if the

trial showed they were work-

ing purely in the interest of

the country.

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