1941-07-17 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 17, 1941.

ESCORT GIRL'S CHARGE AGAINST YOUNG MAN

ACCUSED OF DEMANDING $2 from an escort girl and of assaulting her in a hotel on Tuesday, Chu Hung-bun, 25, appeared before Mr. H. C. Mac- namara at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

According to the prosecution, conducted by Sub-Inspector Baysting, accused made the acquain- tance of the girl, Chan Ying-pin, who was aged 20, in February last, when she was working in Yu Lok Escort Bureau.

Three months later, she joined the Tung Fong Burean and se- cused followed her continuously and consistently. Between Febru- ary and April, accused. it was alleged, received Various SUBIS amounting to $40 from the girl and threatened to kill her if he. was retused,

The girl was scared and went to Stanicy, living with a friend; for a month for the purpose of shaking him off. She then joined the Hap Chung Bureau but, after a few days, was traped by accused, who, it was alleged,

several demands.

made

AL 2 pm.

re-

HOUSING OF

GERMAN

EMIGRE'S SUICIDE

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}

Richard Steiner, 71-year-old

German emigre, hanged him- self in Shanghai last evening because he lost US$200. Rela- tives explained Steiner Was collecting the money to leave for the United States. International News Service.

CHUNGKING R.A.F. EMBASSIES Pays

Call

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"1

WITH NOUNCEMENT

CANBERRA'S AN- MENT

OF AGREE- ΤΟ THE

CHINESE NOMINATION OF MR, HSU MO. VICE-MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR NINE YEARS, AS FIRST CHINESE MINISTER TO munique AUSTRALIA, THE WAICHIAO- PU IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A squadrons of FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT bombers attacked enemy OF MR. HSU to

ITS shipping in the

on July 4, she ported to the police, who instruct- ed her to truz accused with marked bank-notes However, made 2142 appearance until last Tuesday when was summoned by telephone the Kum Tor Hotel in Road

accused

Hotel Incident

she

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In the hotel, accused was alleg- ed to have demanded $2 and, as! she refused, slapped her,

She ran out of the room but, on the staircase. her right band WILS caught by the hooks of a waler pipe. Accused, it Wats

alleged, dragged out her while she caught by the pipe and. result, her hand was form was admitted to hospital.

as

was

She

MENT

MO'S APPOINT-

AS WELL AS

An Air Ministry com- states several Blenheim

docks

AGREEMENT ΤΟ THE at Rotterdam yesterday NOMINATION OF THE FIRST afternoon.

AUSTRALIAN MINISTER TO CHUNGKING.

Direct hits were made on many Mr. Hsu Mo is to be succeeded | ships, including one of over 15,000 by Mr. Chien Tal, former Am-tons.

Warehouses and in Brussels, who left

stores Were bassador Geneva on Tuesday for Lisbon heavily damaged.

Eour British bombers are miss- and who will travel via America

to Chungking with General Chening. Two of these were actually Chieh, Ambassador in Berlin, who seen to bomb their targets. Reu- has also been recalled.

It is expected that the German

Embassy premises. on the south bank opposite Chungking, will be taken over by the Australian Accused and he assaulted the Legation, while the Italian Em- girl beemise she went out with bassy premises, which are direct- other men. He denied that hely below the U.S. Embassy, will dragged at her while she was be taken over by the latter which caught on the water

He is crammed owing to the destruc- mpe took her to hospital in

tion of the U.S. Military Attache's taxi il

to offices International News Ser-

and later accompanied her the police station, where he was vice. surprised when the girt made

of

the allegation against him having demanded $2 denied that he made the demand.

Accuse.

The case was adjourned until 11:30 am

next Monday

PIRACY OF PETROL JUNK

British

water's

UNDERWORLD HITS BACK

ter.

THRILLING

TASMAN

FLIGHT

A record for the flight across the Tasman Sea from New Zealand to Sydney, Australia, was recently established.

The time was 7 hours 48 min- ! utes-and the last 100 miles was

SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] done with one of the four engines

THE SHANGHAI UNDER- WORLD YESTERDAY REVENG- EO ITSELF ON VALENTINE SIMIAGIN, RUSSIAN SER-

out of action. Pilot was Capt. J. W. Burgess who established the earlier record of 7 hours 51 minutes last October,

U

When a cylinder head blew GEANT IN THE SETTLEMENT off the starboard outboard motor POLICE, FOR HIS EFFICIENT SEARCHES AND ARRESTS. BY the crew of the Tasman Empire FELLING HIM WITH A FATALying boat prepared to make BULLET IN THE BACK OF THE forced landing. Advised of

ON mishap, Rose Bay, Sydney HEAD WHILE HE WAS PATROL DUTY.

A piracy in

The Chinese assailant escaped on Sunday was repor ed to the on a bicycle. police by Muk Chi- ai, master of Simlagin, who died before trading junk, No. T4683H, on his reaching hospital, in survived by arrival yesterday.

a brother, also in the police, and a pretty sister who works as a According to Mak, his junk; waitress In a popular cafe. was boarded at 9 pm. on Sunday International News Service. while anchored at Cha Ku Ling. Seven armed robbers, from two

sampans and a sailing boat, sail- URGENT

ed with the junk until the follow- ing day when he and his crew were put ashore on an island near the Nine Pins Group.

Some 1,650 tins of petrol. valued at $15,000, were in the junk. The master and his fokis

passing junk.

the

base

raised 1 rescue crew and plans were made for the rescue 'plane to alight alongside the disabled enable passengers, machine to

mails to be trans- freight, and ferred. But when Pilot Burgess found his machine was main- taining speed he decided to go on.

The 12 passengers were un- aware of the prospect of landing in the Tasman. "We all heard the engine go; there was a bang which could be heard above the roar of the motors," stated A. W. Coles, Federal Member of Parlia- ment, who was a passenger. [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" "We saw that one engine Was THE FURTHER JOURNEY TO gone but we were told the mach- BRITAIN OF MR. HARRY HOP.ine could fly comfortably on three. KINS,

We OF! Nobody worried any more.

WAR NEEDS

CO-ORDINATOR

were brought to Hong Kong by a AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN, were only 30 minutes from port 18 CONNECTED WITH URGENT and the excitement of nearing BRITISH WAR NEEDS, IT. Is home left no time for worry about REVEALED.

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD

Mr. Hopkins is already route after efforts to keep journey secret.

the engine."

en

the

He will keep the President dated up on the British position in the light of the Russo-German war.. -International News Service.

CAUGHT ON ROOF

CODREANU BROTHER SHOT DEAD

ZELON CODREANU..

AN AIR MINISTRY COM- MUNIQUE SAYS IT IS NOW KNOWN THAT AN ENEMY. FIGHTER WAS DESTROYED, Sentence of eight months hard | BROTHER OF THE CHIEF OF BY ONE OF THE BRITISH labour-was-imposed by Mr. G. I THE PROHIBITED RUMANIAN BOMBERS OVER GERMANY Lowry on Tsau, Yim, 38, coolie, ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

A single Beaufort aircraft of the Coastal Command attacked an enemy supply ship of 3,000 tons off the north-west coast of France yesterday morning.

A salvo of bombs was dropped and hits were seen on the stern of the shipRouter.

at the Central Magistracy this morning, for snatching $700 in Chinese currency from an amnah in Peel Street vesterday.

IRON GUARD, WAS SHOT. DEAD. IN BUCHAREST. ON BUNDAY, ACCORDING TO A MESSAGE / PUBLISHED ME IN BERLIN YESTERDAY? · FROM A street hawker who saw, the THE RUMANIAN CAPITAL.. Incident, gave chase and arrest- The official account says tho ed defendant on the roof of a affair occurred in a park wher house at Peel Street.

a quarrel broke out among

The hawker was rewarded by crowd. The policeman who shot the Pollee, Accused had two Codreanu has been arrested; previous convictions,

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