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LITVINOFF VISITING PARIS
Paris, To-day.
Before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning, Considerable surprise attended Wong Man, 38, was charged with the announcement here that the Commissar, M. the theft of a gold bangle from Soviet Foreign Tang Shiu-hung, a prostitute, at Litvinoff, ́ will visit Paris enroute the Great Eastern Boarding House, to Geneva since no conference had and a gold bangle and finger ring been planned between him and the from
M. another prostitute, Chan French Foreign Minister, Ying, 19, at the Sun Toi Shan George Bonnet. They will have Lodging House, `
ample opportunity for conferences
While
Political circles are inclined to
Det.-Sergeant Dewar said defen-in Geneva. dant called the woman to the Great Eastern Lodging House. they were talking, he showed an assume that M. Litvinoff is coming interest in her bangle. She took it to Paris for the purpose of dis- Czecho-Slovak situa- off to show him and he walked out cussing the of the room, "to get tea," and left. tion with French statesmen before
Yesterday, he was seen by a proceeding to Geneva.
room boy and arrested.
It is confirmed that. M. Bonnet will meet Lord Halifax in Geneva
It was then learned that defen- dant played the same trick on the on September 10 and that conferen- second girl at the Sun Toi Shances have also been arranged be-
Lodging House, on April 14.
tween him and the Polish Foreign
A sentence of six months hard Minister, Josef Beck and the Ru- labour was passed.
manian Foreign Minister.-Trans- Ocean.
BRUTAL ATTACK ALLEGED
Three Chinese were this morning charged before Mr. H. R. Butters with assaulting two hawkers, Gloucester Road yesterday.
in
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SUEZ TOLLS AGAIN REDUCED
Paris, To-day. of the assault arose two weeks ago
After having reduced Suez Canal when the hawkers were collecting passage tolls by six pence on July money for relief proposes in Wan-1, 1936, and again by one shilling A pickpocket was caught in on April 1, 1937, the Board of the act by one of them, but after Administration of the Suez Canal the money stolen had been returned, Company has just decided that a he was allowed to go.
further reduction should come into Defendants were friends of the force on December 15, 1938. pickpocket and at about 3.30 p.m. This latest reduction, however, yesterday gathered with about 10 is relatively small. New passages others to take revenge. They at bear a transit fee of 5/9 or 28.090 tacked complainants with iron bars. Egyptian Piastres per net ton, as Five iron bars alleged to haye against 6/- or Piastres 29.25, while been used in the fight were taken for ships without cargo the charge is 2/10%1⁄2 or 14.015 Piastres as to the Police Station.
against 3/- or 14.625 Piastres.
Passengers pay 5/9 instead of
All defendants pleaded not guilty and were remanded for a week on bail of $100 each.
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OWNER WANTED
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The receipts of the Suez Canal Company during the first & months of 1938 have declined from
The Shaukiwan police are look-7,404,000 last year to £6,435,000
this year.-Trans-Ocean. ing for the owner of a radiator cap found in the possession of a Chinese in Main Street on Tuesday. The man, who was charged be-
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Bucharest, To-day.
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