ARMS OF JUNK CONFISCATED
CORNER HANG-OUT
OF SNATCHERS
That European ladies were fre- quently the victims of a gang of Wong Yu-ching, 32, assistant snatchers operating at the junction junk master, and Wong Yec, 63, of Nathan and Waterloo Roads, foki, were charged before Mr. T. J.was disclosed at the Kowloon Mag
two Houston this morning, with pos-istracy this morning when session of four muskets, two can youths were charged with snatch-. nons, and 180 percussion caps, on ing or as acessories after the fact. board junk No. T2223H, and pos- Man. Hung, 22, was sentenced to session of 121⁄2 pounds of gun- six weeks' hard labour, and Kan powder.
Hung, 20, was given six months Inspector Russell said the arms for three snatchings and threc and ammunition were found on months for breach of the deporta-. board the junk at Shaukiwan har- tion ordinance.
bour during a patrol search. De- Victims were Mrs. A. Carvalho, fendants were not the owners, and of Ashley Road, Miss A. Soares, of the junk master was not in the Nga Chun Lung Road, and Mrs. Colony.
Quie, of Homuntin Street.
The Police did not take a serious view, because the arms were for protection of the junk.
"Every day there has been some report of a snatching in that loca- tion, said Det.-Sgt. C. Pope, ask- ing the Magistrate to take a seri- and ous view.
Defendants were fined $50 or two months. The arms ammunition were confiscated.
TRAINING SHIP
A craft which will serve as a training ship for the H.K.N.V.F. and carry out the duties of Light-|
FLAGS RETURNED: BAN MAINTAINED
Shanghai, To-day. Some 220 Chinese national flags house Tender and other duties were returned to the Chinese Rate- formerly discharged by the Kau payers' Association by the French Sing, is to be built at a cost of authorities yesterday. However, the Chinese are still prohibited from flying the flag..
$400,000 by Government.
Of the total, $240,000 spent this year.
will be
Chungking has taken the matter up, it is learned.-Our Own Corres- Forty items of supplementary pondent. expenditure to be submitted to
Legislative Council Finance Com- Twenty-five Singer sewing ma- mittee to-morrow for approval pro- chines are to be purchased by the duce a total of $1,229,182. All is prison department, as more tailor- new expenditure, not representeding work is now being done in the by savings under any other heads. prison.
THE CHINA-MAIL, APRIL 26, 1939.
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Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt yes- terday signed the $66,800,000 naval air base bill passed by
Reuter. Congress.
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