1938-11-30 — Page 28

ATTEMPT TO

EXTRAORDINARY

TRICK MEDWAY JAPANESE OFFICER

COMMUNIQUE

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMB

Nobody noticed it much, of course, but when Mr. HALF

Lazarus opened up shop in 1892 it was a sure indication of the Colony's growth. -WAY century of service-

token of the trust in MARK our optical integrity.

Lo Tse-chien, 29, a tailor, em- An official communique concern- ployed by the Deh Hing Co., naval ing the incident on Saturday when and army officers tailors, of No. Japanese troops crossed the British 41, Hennessy Road, appeared at border, occupied No. 12 observa- Kowloon this morning charged tion post and hoisted the Japanese STOP PRESS with obtaining $82 by false flag, has been issued by the pretences.

Japanese Command in Canton,

Det.-Sgt. Cochrane, prosecuting which differs astonishingly from said defendant had been employed the known facts. by the Deh Hing Co. for the past five years.

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On October 24, he received an order frn Lt. Anderson, o HIM.S. Medway.

Having obtained a pass from Lt. Anderson permitting him on board the ship, he obtained the sums between October 26 and October 31 from the mess-man.

As the pass was only valid for one day he altered the date and added on the pass, "Please pay $82," and went on board again on November 16 and obtained the money from the mess-man.

The communique claims that the Japanese were pursuing Chinese troops, that the Chinese took possession of the post, that the Japanese were fired on from the post, and that Japanese troops dislodged Chinese troops from the post and captured it.

Official quarters in Hong Kong, to whom the communique has been referred, stated that the statements were wholly inaccur- ate.

Lt. Anderson noted the addition

The post was not occupied' at of $82 when bills sent to him by the time of the Japanese en- the mess-man. Investigations led croachment. the police to arrest defendant.

As defendant had a clean record, the Magistrate ordered him to sign a bond for one year and to repay $82 to complainant.

UNACQUAINTED WITH NEW ERA

A German mining Christian Conrade, was

engineer, cautioned

by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy for entering the Colony without a valid passport.

Defendant went to the Registra- tion Office, to report his arrival from Shanghai, and found his pass- portas without a

a visa. Defendant said he had been in the

There were no troops, British or Chinese in or near it, no shots were fired from it.

The Japanese movements were! under observation from the mo- ment they began to cross the Shumchun River, until they withdrew on representations.

IRAQ ASKS

FOR AGENDA

OF CONFERENCE

Bagdad, To-day-

Colony before, and a visa was not Following the example set by the

necessary at that time.

des was cautioned for a similar offence.

STRANGE COINCIDENCE

to

ex-

HOME OF WELL-KNOWN CHINESE RAIDED

CAUSE-

VOLVERS, WHO RANSACKED THE PLACE AND DECAMPED WITH MONEY AND JEWEL- LERY TO THE VALUE OF NEARLY $5,000.

Egyptian Government, the Iraqi THE RESIDENCE OF MR. Mrs. Clara Bertha Wally Bran-Government in its reply to the Bri-YIP KWAI-CHEUNG, AT NO. 2

tish Government's invitation LEE KWAN AVENUE, participate in a round Table Con- WAY BAY, WAS ENTERED ference on Palestine has requested THIS MORNING BY THREE to be informed of the basis of forth- ROBBERS ARMED WITH RE- coming negotiations and the treme limit of 'concessions which the Government would be prepar- ed to make to the Arabs. It is be- lieved in political circles that Iraqi a mile west of Tat Government's decision will depend Hong-pon on Sunday morning and on nature of London Cabinet's re- robbed of a cargo of wolfram and ply. lead ingots, to the value of $1,935, Tsoi Chung, master of the boat, arrived at Shaukiwan last night to make a report to the Police.

Attacked

Mr. Yip, who la secretary to Mr. Aw Boon Hau, and manager of the Wing On Tong medical, store, Much attention has been aroused usually leaves the house at 9 a.m. On leaving this morning, he by information from Palestinian

noticed the front door was open, Arab Quarters that Palestinian

but paid no particular attention Arabs will only take part in the and simply banged it close. At While waiting on the sea front, London conference on condition, about 9.30, three men entered the he noticed a small boat unloading firstly, that the basis of discussions house by means of a duplicate key lead ingots that had been stolen shall be made known beforehand and forced Mrs. Yip to hand over from him. He detained one of and secondly that Palestinian the keys of the safe which they the men, but the other three es-Arabs shall be represented exclu- opened. caped in a lorry which was there sively by the Grand Muft! and to take the cargo away.

All the servants were engaged in other members of the dissolved the kitchen or servant quarters. Arab High Committee. Some mem- bers of the Committee have been

DEPRESSION NEAR deported by Mandatory authorities

MANILA

to the Seychelles Islands while others have sought refuge abroad. Among latter are Grand Mufti who

Trans-

The Royal Observatory reports has fled to Beirut and the well that a moderate anticyclone has de-known Arab leader, Aun! Abdel veloped over China and the neigh-

Hadl, who resides in Cairo. bouring seas... Depressions are

Ócann. sitanted to the South of Hokkaido and about 200 miles west of Manila; the latter is probably moving W.N.WEF*

Forecast: N. E. winds, fresh

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