THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 17, 1939
HITLER SLUMP
Here is a piece of news picked up in a broadcast in German from Parle In common with other municipal institutions in a Saar town the lunatic asylum was evacuated. Prior, to France en- tering the war 34 inmates declar. ed themselves to be Hitler.
On evacuation only 12 stifi claimed this "distinction."
ALLEGED BURGLAR IN COURT
2.
HOTTEST
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QUEEN'S
OCTOBER DAY FOR 49 YEARS E
Yesterday was the hottest October day in Hong Kong for 49 years.
In the greatest heat of the day, the thermometer soared to 93 degrees, which has only once been exceeded
since records were taken, on October 12. 1890, when 93.8 degrees were re- gistered.
Accused of having, on October broken into No. 24, Fuk Wing Street, fell to 77 degrees, but it had risen to During the night, the temperature first floor, and of stealing consider-85 degrees by 10 a.m. to-day and mov- able quantity of jewellery and $830 (H.K.); and, on August 27, having
ed steadily up to the 90 degrees mark. burgled a house in
Humidity Maple
at 10 a.m. was only 58 Street, Chan Tan, 30. was this morning re-
per cent. manded by Mr. Q. A. A, Macfadyen conditions is expected.
No early change in the "heat wave" for one week.
Pressure is rising over China
generally. The typhoon is now about 350 miles to the S. W. of Tokyo, moving North-East.
In connection with the case, alleged accomplice, Wong Ying,
1422
26,
was charged with being an accessory before the fact and was also remand- ed for a week.
Inspector R. Cunningham told the Magistrate that further charges might be brought against them.
FRENCH SEIZURES OF CONTRABAND
Paris, To-day.
During the second week of October, the French Navy held up 25,000 tons of contraband goods bound for Ger- many-Reuter.
THREE MONTHS FOR ABLONG
Appearing on remand before Mr. R. Edwards this morning, Marquis Ablong, 19, was sentenced to three
$68 in Canadian currency at the Man months' hard labour for the theft of On Boarding House, and fined $100 or a further one month's hard labour, for impersonating a Police Officer.
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