1937-10-18 — Page 24

WOMAN'S PEAK | CANTON REFUGEE

ROBBERY INTUITION

IN MUITSAI CASE

A fine of $100 was imposed by Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy on Chui -king, Womanly intuition led to the ap- married woman, who pleaded guil-

ered on pearance in court this morning of it to having two un Kwong Tin, unemployed cook, who tsai at No. 399, Hennessy Road

to the theft, Defendant was a reingee pleaded guilty

residence from the

of Mrs Canton and pleaded ignorance to Fergusson of No 12 Tregunter Man- the regulations.

Fraser said the house sions, of a platinum watch, a gold Inspector bangle, a pair of gold cuff links, was visited on information. The some gold studs and other articles two girls had been sold at of jewellery. Lo Yan, a goldsmith, times to defendant who

the

was charged with receiving the cuff concubine of a Military E

CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 18, 1937.

JAPANESE REPEAT POISON GAS ALLEGATION

Was

The following statement

at a press conference in Tokyo this morning.

Indisputable proof showing the use of poison gas by Chinese forces has come into the hands of the Japanese forces at Shanghai. *-

According to official information received at the Foreign Office to-day, the Japanese picked up a 95 MM shell of a Chinese trench mortar at

now Taipingchiso, one kilometre to north- west of Luchiahang, which lies the

about eight kilometres to the north- east of Nanhsiang.

links knowing same to having been in Canton The girls did

usual household work and were stolen

Detective-sergeant Davies said fed and clothed but did not desire defendant and defendant was convicted at the to remain with Kowloon Magistracy recently for wished to return to their mothers. the larceny of a gold brooch belong-

GOLDSMITH DISCHARGED

1

shell by experts, which had been car- Minute chemical inspection of the

ried on for some time, at last es tablished on the 15th beyond any shadow of doubt that it is a shell of

ing to Mrs. Wattle of No. 2 recovered was $981. Prince Edward Road. He was fined 50 or a month and paid the fine

Lo Yau, the goldsmith, charged dreadful Phosgene gas. Complainant read this in the with receiving, was discharged. He Japanese fighting in Shanghai newspapers and having previously was defended by Mr. C. A. S. Russ have hitherto had various reasons reported her loss, telephoned to the and said that defendant told him to suspect that the Chinese have been Police giving defendant's description that the articles belonged to his resorting to the use of poison gas. saying she suspected him. The father. He was a refugee from Their suspicions have now been fully. description agreed with that given. Shanghai, had no money with him, subs by Inspector Cunningham who pro and it was too late to pawn the secuted in the Kowloon case and articles He left the articles with defendant was again arrested.

the goldsmith as deposit for $2.50 Questioned he admitted the theft and said he

would return in a few and said he entered the house days. The goldsmith admitted that through an open window and left he suspected the articles to be Euro- by the front door. He was former pean, but believed the man's story ly employed there as a cook boy, but and let him have the money. was dismissed in May.

made no attempt to melt them down In view of the marked fall in He said he gave the watch to a as he expected the man would re-the birth rate in Austria the Gov- friend and had sold the gold bangle deem them soon.

ernment is envisaging measures to a goldsmith for $23.85 while the Kwong Tin was remanded for 48 for encouraging large families. cuff links and studs were sold to hours for further enquiries in con- These measures, it is stated, will nection with further thefts on the consist of substantial reduction of another goldsmith for $2.50.

The total value of the property Peak recently.

income tax payable by heads of such families

He

ENCOURAGING LARGE FAMILIES

Vienna, To-day.

Loss of revenue resulting from such a reduction is estimated at 2,000,000 schillings for the first year after promulgation of the new law, which is expected to take place at an early date. Trans-Ocean.

RISING COSTS OF LIVING

London, Saturday. At October 1, the average level retail prices was approximately £58 per

above level of July,

with 55

as com

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Peiping, To-day. The Japanese military state that reports from Suiyuan show that the Kamamura Bri- gade, advancing from Kweisua, has captured the railway june- tion at Paotao and se La quant-

ity of rolling Correspondent.

Own

Shanghai, To-day. Chinese air raids, lest night coincided with infantry in various sectors which the Japanese claim to have successfully repulsed.

The Japanese School in Range Road, which is being “ used as a Japanese barracks, narrowly escaped a Chinese bomb which fell on the Settle- ment Isolation Hospital op- posite, which the Japanese have taken over.

The Japanese announce that twelve civilian patients were n jured

Admiral Sah Chen-ping, "Grand Old Man of Fukien, has left for Singapore to can- wass subscriptions from Chinese for the $500,000,000 Liberty

He is travelling as far as Hong Kong by the Tsinan Renter.

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