1939-09-19 — Page 14

NAZI SUB.

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 19, 1939.

NIGHT RAID ON HEROIN

COMMANDER FACTORY NEAR KAM TIN.

SPILLS

THE BEANS

WHEN REVENUE OFFICERS RAIDED AN UNNUMBERED HUT IN SHA PO-CHUN VILLAGE ON AUGUST 17 AT 7.30 P.M. THEY FOUND A HEROIN FACTORY IN FULL BLAST, AND AS A RESULT THREE MEN AND A WOMAN WERE THIS MORNING CHARGED BEFORE SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS WITH BOSSESSION OF 214,000 HEROIN PILLS, HEROIN SUFFICIENT TO MAKE 40,000 PILLS, AND OTHER INGREDIENTS SUFFICIENT FOR 800,000 PILLS.

Washington, Sept. 12. German submarines will pitilessly sink all American ships which refuse to stop upon orders given them by

The four accused were Lau Cheung, the U-boat, a German sub-Li Kee, Ho Ngo, a woman and L marine commander said to Ping, and they were defended by Mr. the Captain of an American Percy Chen, instructed by Mr. C. A. S. Russ, while the case for the Crown cargoboat.

was conducted by Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown Counsel.

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This information was conveyed the State Department in a telgram from a shipping concern, owners the s.s. Wacoste, which was stopped and searched by a German submarine off the Western coast of Ireland, on Saturday last.

of to the

In this connection, Secretary State Cordell Hull declared press that the State Department was gathering information about the pre- sent conditions of naval blockade in European waters and the conduct of sea warfare by both sides at war. The attitude of the U.S. Government will be decided in the light of this infor- mation. Havas.

TIN QUOTA

London, To-day.

The jury was composed of Messrs. D. A. MacGregor (foreman) Kwok A. Doran, Yu-shu, J. M. Abraham, Cheuk Kwai-cheun, J. A. B. Silva and L. A. Silva.

First witness, Lau Wan, a bean curd dealer and rearer of pigs, stated that he lived in the hut with his wife and two children and other grass cut- ters. At the end of July, a rented a room for $8.00.

may

defendants

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Two days later, four moved in with their furniture. could not see into the cubicle as the windows were covered up by the oc- cupants. The man who engaged the room rarely came, but the four de- fendants seldom left the house.

Cross-examined by Mr. Chen, wit- ness said he was 53 years of age. His The Chairman of the International health was not good and his eyesight As far as he knew Tin Committee has issued the follow-was defective. ing communique, a modification of the each defendant cooked or helped the first portion of the communique issued others to cook the food as was also the case with the washing. He was on September 12.

certain accused were the persons who lived in the room.

The International Tin Committee has fixed the quota for the third quar- ter of 1939 at 100 per cent. of stan- dard tonnages. The position regarding the quota for the fourth quarter as already explained remains unchanged.] -British Wireless.

TIN PRICES

London, To-day.

NEAR KAM TIN

round the room and then examined other parts of the premises.

In the part reserved for ancestral worship, he found second defendant sleeping.

ATTRACTED BY SNEEZE

He looked into two other rooms and saw persons sleeping. They were of the country peasant type and he was satisfied but in one of the rooms, he found the woman accused hiding un- der a bed.

He examined another cubicle with a

cockloft. This cubicle was used as a store room for grass. Some peasant folk were sleeping there. He examin- ed the cockloft but could find nobody. When about to leave, he was attract- ed by a sneeze. He called to the per- son to, come out and fourth defendant came from under the grass.

He took the four defendants to the

defendant put First

on

room.

a jacket but refused to be searched to use by Mr. Grimmitt who had some force.

Second and third defendants claim- ed clothing in the room but nothing was found on them when searched. A packet of powder was found on last defendant.

The case is continuing.

Mr. A. W. Grimmitt, senior revenue Sha Po Chur was officer, said that near Kam Tin Village. He and party left the car about a mile from Au Tau and walked across the paddy fields to at the the hut which was situated foot of a hill. The night was dark As he with a slight rain falling.

foot of the hill, a dog The Ministry of Supply states that reached the henceforth no persons shall be allow-barked and he pushed his way across On en- ed to buy or sell tin otherwise than pig sties to get to the front. on a basis of a maximum price of tering the hut, he smelt heroin,

In the front room he found pills £230 per long ton.

and in the process of The seller may add any reasonably being dried

defendant was The delivery costs and the customary being made. First extras for special shapes or for quan- near the door. There was no-one in the room at the time. He looked titles less than one long ton-Reuter.

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SOVIET INDUSTRY DECLINING

Stockholm, September 13. Soviet industry is declining and the economic assistance from the U.S.S.R. on which Fleld-Marshal Hermann Goering dwelt at length in his recent speech may not amount to much, well- Informed circles here stated to-day.

These quarters. quoted statements made by Soviet papers of late. The economic organ "Industria" reported on August 4 that production of metal was by several hundred thousand tons below official expectations. Deliveries of the of metal was far below that same period last year. On August 27 the same paper reported that produc- tion of the sixteen main coal mines in the Soviet Union was insignificant.-- Havas.

CZECH ENVOY MAY LOSE STATUS

* Moscow, Sept. 10. The Czech 'Minister's motor-car was seen driven through the streets to-day without the usual Czech flag on the bonnet. This led to the belief, despite Soviet denials, that the envoy's diplo- matic standing is no longer recognised by the U.S.S.R. Observers also marked that Russia had not as yet in the proclaimed her neutrality German-Polish war.-Havas.

SHIPS' CREWS REFUSE TO SAIL

UNDER EIRE FLAG

London, To-day.

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BECAUSE THEIR CREWS refused to sail under the Eire flag, the Irish mail ship Cambria and two cargo ships are being held up at Holyhead.

crews allege that under the Eire flag their wives would not be entitled to receive compensation for loss of life or injury in the events of the boats being sunk.

LOCAL SHARES

Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations to- day:

MINING

Raubs $8.70 b.

H.K. Mines $6% cts. so.

PUBLIC UTILITIES

·

China Lights (Old) $7.90 s.

INDUSTRIALS

Antamoks Ps. .15 sa. Atoks Ps. 14% b. Batong Buhay Ps. .011 sa. Big Wedge Ps. .18% sa. Coco. Grove Ps. .11% sa. Consol. Mines Pa. .0035 sa. Demonstrations Ps. .08 sa. I.X.L. Ps. 34 50. Ipa Gold Ps. .10 b. Itogons Ps. .151⁄2 sa. Mambulao Ps. .05 sa. Masbates Ps. .004 sa. Mind. Mothers Lode. Ps. .05% sa. Mine Operation Ps. .09 b. North Camarines Ps. 15 sa. Paracale Gumaus, Ps. 13 b. San Mauricio Ps. .69 sa. Surigao Consol. Ps. 17 sa. Suyoc Consol. Ps. 10,sa. United Paracales Ps. 2311⁄2 sa.

LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to day was 1/2-13/16,

London Silver was quoted yester- day at 22-9/16 for Spat and 22-7/16 for forward.

The London on New York cross rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.02. The New York on London rate

£--U.S.$9.02.

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A member of the Cambria said: "We are not scared to move the ships sail across, all we ask is that we under the British flag."

It is understood that the London- Midland and Scottish Railway Com- pany, the owners of the vessels, are arranging

the to transfer

port of registration of their flect, which at present is Dublin, to a British port.

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ITALIAN MARSHAL RESUMES HIS HOLIDAY

Rome, September 12. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Chief 'of Staff of the Italian Army, left Rome this morning and returned to his coun- try estate.

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The Marshal had interrupted his holiday and had hurriedly returned to Rome on September 1, when news of the outbreak of the hostilities between Poland and Germany reached the Ita- lian capital. Havas. -

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