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THREE SHOTS AT EUROPEAN DETECTIVE Extraordinary Incident At Wing On Bank

Det. Sgt. Terrett EMPLOYERS Wounded In The Neck DENY PLAN FOR Detective Sergeant H. R. Terrett (A21), of the REPRISALS

PAN-AMERICAN CRASH IN MEXICO

Mexico City, To-day.

The worst air crash record- ed in Mexico for several years occurred when a Pan-American plane crashed into the mountain- side yesterday and burst into flames.

Five passengers and three members of the crew were killed,

The plane, which was bound for southern Mexico, had only taken off five minutes before the crash.-Reuter.

GOVT. ACTION TO STOP

Paris, To-day. The General Confederation of

Hong Kong Police Force, was badly wounded in the front of the neck by a shot alleged to have been fired by a Shanghai Chinese, S. L. Wong, at about 12.30 o'clock this morning. Terrett was assigned to escort the alleged assailant French Employers deny that there to the latter's office on the second floor of the is any question of lock-outs or Wing On Bank Building at about midnight, to extensive dismissals taking the make further inquiries concerning an unpaid form of reprisals for Wednesday's

strikes. bill due to the Gloucester Hotel from Wong. On the second floor landing, it is alleged, Wong sud- denly whipped out an automatic pistol, and fired three shots at Detective Terrett, one of the bul lets hitting him in the front of the neck. Wong escaped from the build-

HOTEL CHIT

Denying that employers had en- forced extensive lock-outs through- out the country, the communique states that while the lock-out is suspension of work, taken on em- [ployers mitintive, suspension⠀⠀ of work by a minority of workers, as on. Wednesday, cannot be termed

ing and Terrett, after obtaining Wong is said to have signed a help from an Indian constable, chit at the Gloucester Hotel. His such initiative. was removed to the Queen Mary signature was not accepted as he The communique adds that the

WATER RACKET Hospital, where his condition is was not allowed credit facilities, measures which have since been

Effective measures to put an end of efforts by landlords to make capital out of the introduction of the new

water regulations on January 1 are taken in an addition

reported to be favourable.

TELEPHONE CLUE Immediately on being informed of the incident, the Commissioner, Mr. T. H. King, offered a reward

of $250 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant.

ing the early hours of this morn- ing, resulted in the apprehension of Wong in the Luk Kwok` Hotel.

Smart work by the police, who to the Emergency Regulations, ap-carried out an intensive search dur- proved at Wednesday's meeting of the Executive Council and publish- ed in to-day's Gazette.

The new regulation follows, com- plaints that landlords have served notices on tenants requiring them to instal their own meters or have their water cut off.

The new regulation makes such warning notices meaningless.

THE REGULATION

It reads:

The only clue, which the Police had to work on was a telephone call made by Wong when he was at the Central Police Station prior to pro- ceeding to the Wing On Bank Building. After Wong had dialled a number he was heard to ask for room number 817.

HOTELS COMBED After the shooting, the police re- and membered the telephone call the number of the room, and they Immediately carried out searches "Where until the date of this re-in almost all the hotels and board- gulation any premises have been ing houses in the Colony, and ar- supplied with water, the metered rested of: Wong in room No. 317.of consumption or excess consumption Luk Kwok Hotel. of which has been payable by an

The officers responsible for the owner or landlord and recovered, arrest of Wong, who is stated to in whole or in part, from his have several aliases, were Inspec- tenants by way of rent, such owner tor Roseskwy, Inspector. Whant and or landlord shall, notwithstanding Sergeant Nolan, who personally any notices he may have given to visited all the hotels.

his tenants or the water authority,

continue to be deemed the consum-

any persons. of any moneys due in respect of lawfully occupying such premises, such consumption, or excess con- and, until such arrangements) are sumption,

until he has made armadé," the Water Authority may rangements satisfactory to the continue the metered supply of water authority for the continued water to the said premises.

er and shall be liable for payment supply of water to

but he had no cash. He was taken taken to renew individual contracts to the Central Police Station where in no way infringe the collective he made the telephone call and was contract which is a completely dif- later escorted to his office in the ferent thing-Reuter. Wing On Bank Building,

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