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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 1, 1940. -

ALLEGED PIRATES IN COURT

A vivid story of cruelty. by a gang of pirates who were alleged to have left some 30 people to burn to death in the hold of a blazing Junk was related before] Mr. E. Himswörth at Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

Five men were charged with having on May 6 and 7 assaulted the seamen and passengers оп board a Hong Kong registered) junk, No. T1000H and to have robbed the master of 1,192 four- gallon tins of kerosine, clothing, money and jewellery.

Accused were Sin Shing, 30, Hui Fuk-shing, 40, Ng You, 32, Hui Sik-man, 27 and Lo Fuk, 29.

According to the prosecution, the junk left Cheung Chau Island for Toi Shan District on the morn- ing of May 6 with 30 persons, in-] cluding children and women on board.

About 8 p.m. the same day

while between Lin Tin Island and Sam Mun Tsai in Chinese waters they were stopped by the pirates' junk. Over 10 shots were fired at them before they were stopped.

Six or seven pirates, armed with rifles. revolvers and daggers,

Scottish Infantry in Egypt. Troops taking up positions among rocks. (Copyright, Fox).

CRITICISM OF NEW DEFENCE REGULATIONS

ON THE MOTION FOR adjournment in the boarded the junk, tied the occu- House of Commons yesterday, Mr. S. S. Silverman

pants' hands and forced them into

pirates nailed down.

ANZACS CHEERED

THE NEWS

A STRIKING DEMONSTRA. TION TOOK PLACE IN A CAIRO CINEMA FULL OF NEW ZEA- LAND TROOPS WHEN ITALY'S DECLARATION OF WAR WAS ANNOUNCED.

In high glee that action had at last arrived the Anzacs rose and cheered wildly. The show had to be stopped.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS: H. V. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman.

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J. K. Bousfeld, Esq., K. 8. Morrison, Esq. · A New Zealand brigadier stated A. Compton, Esq. T. E. Pearce, Eng.,

0. C. Roberts, Esq.,. Hon. Mr. G. E. that "

the temperament of the

Dodwell, Hon. Mr. A. L.

Shield troops had completely, changed in G. Miskin, Esq.,

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the last few hours, everybody Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, carrying out his duties in a most hilarious spirit."

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The news of Italy's entry into the war was received calmly in Bangkok Port Said, where 138 Italians were Batavia arrested.

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one of the holds, which the (Lab.) moved to annul two of the defence regula- DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, tions which, he claimed, in the hands of any unscru- After transfering the cargo to their own junk, the pirates soak- pulous government or Minister would enable the ed bundles of straw with kerosine executive to prevent the expression of any kind of

and setting it on fire, sailed away.

The people imprisoned in the opinion in any newspaper.

hold made desperate efforts to get

verely burnt and some of

them

out and finally managed to do so, Commander Stephen King-Hall (Nat. Lab.), se- but most of the victims were seconding the motion, said that such regulations giv- were burnt to death. There were ing enormous powers over the liberty of the press could be justified only if they were absolutely essen- they were removed to hospital tial for a successful waging of the war.

15 casualties in all.

On their arrival at Cheung Cháu

and some victims died later.

Sir

•

.

re-

was not con-

It was later found that first ac-

John Anderson, Home the House. The particular cused, working on board the vic- tims junk, had given a signal to Secretary, replied that the ques-gulation criticised the pirates' junk and joined in tion the House had to decide was fined to the press but was de- ransacking the junk.

perfectly simple. It was whether signed to deal with persons who Two weeks later, first accused

freedom for the expression of might be persistently employed in was, however, arrested in Cheung Chau-Island and the rest of the opinion should entail freedom to action

impair defendants were later caught,

The case is proceeding.

assist the enemy by the systerna- morale. tic publication of matter caluu- lated to ferment opposition to the

of the war, and

calculated to

Nightmare Perils

Naiz Khan, 40, was treated at prosecution

No Home Secretary would take the Queen Mary Hospital for in-whether we were to allow free-action without the approval; of juries to his left forearm sustain-dom for organised and persistent the War Cabinet. ed during a fight with another In-defeatist propaganda. dian in Ice House Street, yester- In substance, these regulations day.

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