THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 10, 1940
SEQUEL TO MOTOR CYCLE SMASH
FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE, A FRIEND AND A CHINESE PEDESTRIAN WERE INVOLVED, AT THE JUNCTION OF PRINCE EDWARD AND WATERLOO ROADS ON MAY 8, MR. L. GIB- SON, OF NO, 22, CARNARVON ROAD, WAS SUMMONED BEFORE MR. Q. A. A; MACFADYEN THIS MORNING FOR DRIVING IN A MANNER DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC, AND FOR FAILING TO NOTIFY THE POLICE WITHIN 48 HOURS OF A CHANGE OF ADDRESS. MR, GIBSON PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO DANGEROUS DRIVING.
BREN GUNS MENTIONED IN CHARGE
Sergeant W. Rothwell said that at
7 p.m. on May 6, Mr. Gibson, on a motor cycle, was driving along Prince' Edward Road towards Waterloo Road, parallel on the off-side with a car go- ing in the same direction. He overtook the car and turned left hand into Waterloo Road when about 80 yards ahead of the car. He made a wide sweep, and the cycle skidded, knock- ing down a Chinese pedestrian, while Gullherme A. d'Araujo Guimaraes, he and his pillion passenger, Miss alias William Guimaraes, alias Wil-Betty Aslett, were thrown. liams, alias Ah Kam, 41-year-old Eu- rasian, described as a book-keeper, of 114 Argyle Street, top floor, appeared at Central Magistracy this morning on charges of obtaining money by false
pretences.
Road.
The other car, driven by Mr. J. H. Horowitz, was following him round the corner and pulled up. Mr. Horowitz and an ambulance took the injured to hospital. At the time of the accident, a number of people were coming out of St. Teresa's Church.
The first charge is that accused on or about January 15, obtained $13,- 200 by false pretences from Tong Yuk-Mr. Gibson should not have driven In his opinion, the Sergeant said, cho, 32, secretary of the Weihaiwel parallel to a car when nearing a junc- Administration Office, 4 Shan Kwong tion and should not drive in a manner forcing him to take the turn too wide. The second charge is that on Jan-
Mrs. Whelan, for the prosecution, uary 22, at Room 419, Lei Chan Hotel, stated that when. she was 'crossing accused obtained $13,200 by pretend-Waterloo Road after the Church ser- ing to be in a position to sell or deliv- vice, she noticed the cycle make a er to complainant six Bren machine-turn at "a terrific speed," so that in guns and 6,000 rounds of ammunition, her opinion, he could not possibly have
The case was adjourned.
SERIOUS MOTOR SMASH
A chauffeur and two Chinese pas- sengers are in a serious condition at .the Kowloon Hospital as the result of | a motor accident near Customs. Pass yesterday.
Private car No. 1292, was travelling down Customs Pass Road near the Cemetery, and a lorry 5752 in the op- posite direction. The car collided with the lorry and was badly damaged. The occupants were immediately taken to hospital.
MINE DRIFTS INTO BATHING BEACH
Considerable excitement was caused among bathers at 141⁄2-mile beach yes- terday afternoon when a mine was seen drifting into the bay.
The mine eventually settled itself in a corner of the bay in about two feet of water, and many of the bathers "evacuated."
The naval authorities rendered the mine harmless at about 8 p.m. and re- moved it.
A HYPNOTISED, UNITED NATION
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propaganda tactics have been success- ful both with the German workers and with certain sections of the lower middle classes. The bellef that in this struggle the German people are also fighting for a "new social order" is consciously or unconsciously present in the minds of the majority. The slogan "against the British plutocracy" has another improtant function: it helps the German people psychologi- cally, by providing them with an ex- ternal objective on to which they can unload all responsibility for the hard- ships they are forced to endure.
QUISLING MEMBER OF THE OXFORD GROUP!
News that Quisling, the Norwegian traitor, is a member of the Oxford
Group Movement has caused consi- derable flutterings in the May- fair drawing-rooms where the Group propaganda finds its most responsive -adherents.
avoided hitting the pedestrain.
The summons was adjourned.
GAMBLED GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD
A 34-year-old shop coolie, Mak Shui-sang, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour by Mr. R. Edwards this morning, for fraudulent conversion of $266.10 from the Gray's Yellow Lan- tern Shop.
Miss A. Clinton, manageress, peared as complainant.
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Defendant was entrusted with $266.- 10 to pay into the Chase Bank on June at 6. He went to a gambling den Lyndhurst Terrace instead. After los- ing $60, he tried to raise money from a friend in Kowloon, and when he failed, gambled
the again and lost rest. He gave himself up on Satur- day.
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