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̈THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1940,

Four Bodies Found Lying In

Pool Of Blood Catholic Body

Ordinance Misinterpreted i

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Consequent upon the imposition

of a sentence exceeding the maxi- Um permitted under the Magis trate's Ordinance, the case against | Li Yiu-choi, 21, unemployed, and former 21, Li Ping-yan,

of an charged with possession offensive weapon with intent to commit a felony and with passes- pion of a revolver and five rounda of ammunition, and the latter charged with loitering with intent to commit a felony, was retried Latimer at Kowloon H. Susic. W. Court yesterday.

First accused Jind been sen- teneed on June 18 by Mr. W, it. Latimer and Mr. Hernce Lo to three years hard labour on the

your's Art charge and

charg hand labour on the first and to one year's hard labour, the Hentences to gun concurrently, on aerised the sccund. The other

chrer to sentenced had boon mothe imprisonment

to one

for one

A misinterpretation of the Ma- gistrates' Ordinance bail resulter a sentence of three years being imposed on conviction offence,

whereas the maximum sontonge an que conviction

cannot Dolce court

years

The story of the gruesome discovery of four dead Banned In

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bodies, lying in a pool of blood and covered up with rice, was related before Mr. George She

at the Central Magistracy yesterday when Hungary

Chow Wing-shing, 24, unemployed, was charg- ed with the murder of Wong Tak-yin, aliàs Wong Tse-yu, his wife, and two children at the Man Hing Tai Rice Shop, No. 30, Cross Street, on May 30, 1939.

́Budapest, July 5.. Hungary's Communist Minis- of Home Affairs, Laszlo Bajk, has banned the Catholic University Federation,

ter.

His action followed the dis-. closure earifer today that Gen- eral Sviridoy, Russian Chair- man of the Allied Control Com- mission in Hungary, had sent a note to the Hungarian Govern- ment, demanding strong men- sures against the Catholic clergy.

Mr. R. S. Smith appeared for } Chinese Detective-Inspector Chn the prosecution, while Mr. Hineung. retired, said that in 1939 together with Inspector. L. R. Shing-lo kept a watching brief on behalf of the deceased's family. Whant, of the Homicide Squad, he The case was adjourned to con- visited the scene of the crime. He sider the possibility of a state- found the flat in disorder with ment made by the accused through rice scattered about the floor. In. an interpreter, who did not caution side the cubicle the body of a man the accused properly before tak was lying in a pool of blood. On

The reason given for the ban ing the statement, being taken as the bed, were a woman's body to-

on the Federation was that it, hire. evidence against

gether with a baby and

und a seven-

stood for Hun- According to

The allegedly, had girl, also dead. the Interpreter,

year-old

gary's entry into the war at the Kong Hon-tit, of the S.C.A., he bodies were covered with rice. acted na interpreter in Hok Lo On Information from deceased's side of Germany, was opposed dialect in the presence of A.S.P. brother. Wang Tse-fong, he learn to democratie social order and Bennett of Wanchai Police Sta-ed the name of the deceased WIS antagonistic toward the alon. He told the accused to teli

United Nations, thus violating the truth.

the armistice terms.

Mr. Smith. at this stage, said he was not satisfied that the ac- cused had been fully cautioned according to the printed form, and in s

asked the Court to strike out that part of exceed Lwo

the evidence and the statement.

Both accused were nee rdingly Fried again on the same charges Yesterday when they both plended

n guilty and wit in 3 called for the prosecution.

were

Whs ti

1 principal witness Chinese desertive, Mak Sing-nim vl. said text on information re

he had gone to Tung Choc Ste shout 8.45 pm, on May 16. the ar first accused walk up to tle as window of a house with

i

woond acemed

in

Doctor's Evidence

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Wong Tak-yin. The body of the woman was the wife, and. the children were nained Wong Lai- chu and Wong Bing-chi. The body of Wong Bing-chi was found in the passageway under a pile of rice.

Fokis Missing

He found a chopper, a firewood chopper and a sharp brass rieu In the afternoon, the same wit-examiner, all stained with blood, ness was recalled to give evidence | inside the cubicle.

connection with the charge There were four fokis missing sheet. Kong then went on to soy from the

shop. Their names were that the Latement he produced in Chow Wing-shing. She Yee-chun the mosting was made through Dr Kwong and the amah Young! him after he explained the charg Chat. All had made good their to the accused. The charge was escape. following complained in accused in the morn- and the statement was made ing a in the evening. The Brat witness for the Crown was Dr. R. E. Victoria Mortuary in 1989. remembered that die

na behind. Having received intemation that they were out be drew his

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commit a challenged second Alvares, officer in charks of

revolver and

reused, handcuffing him.

With second accused in tow followed first

kunod

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who pro-

rried to run into a partly demo- Aished

house.

When the detective

The Primate of Hungary, Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty, is Butron of the the supreme

were

GIRL FRIEND.

Shanghal July_D.

A young man was offered -a girl friend, hore-quito a rarity in these days of GP's in town for being courteous to a middle-aged win on a bun.

She advertised in the "Per- senal" collimn of a local nuper that she wanted to "contact the courteous, young gentle- man who gave a lady his moat on a bus....She would like him to meet her daughter." -Associated Press.

Italians Leaving Pola

Paris, July 6. Representatives of the Italian popolation in Venezia Giulia to- day sharply attacked the "Big Power" Foreign Ministers' plan to Internationaliso Triesto and code to Yugoslavia all the, area cast of the French line.

Background To Strike Of Pawnshops

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Since the liberation, pawnshops in the Colony have not been licensed. They have also been charging a uniform rate of interest of 10 per- cent per month on all articles pledged, irres- pective of value, and limited the period of pawn to one month, so that in effect pledges have had to be renewed month by month and thus the same interest, has been charged for every month that an article was in pawn. Against this, interest scipu Inted by law varies, according to the

of the articles value pawned, from 2 to 10 per cent for the first month, and 15 to 3 per cent for each succeding month to the legal period of pawn of eight months.

In order to exercise effective control and to regularize, the relationship between the pawn shops and the pledgors, the Police Department

Slanguage Dictionary

The

New York, July 6. American Funk and Wagnall new standard diction ary has some new words for its which became common recently pages

the through American army usage.

They include: flattering a girl's legs.

Cheesecake-A photograph

in

notified pawnshops Colony that they would be re- quired to take out licences as from July 1.

Banana oll-fulsome flattery. Snafu state of utter con- fusion,

Describing the plan as violation of the Atlantic Charter and the Yalta Agreement, they warned at a press conference here tonight that the Italian National Libera- The pawnshops then decided tion Committee of Venezia Giulia to close down, the explanation would continue to fight this solu- offered being that it was neces

Then there are GI (soldier), at its sary tion with all the means

to suspend business for behind-the-eight-ball Crning disposal.

one month for the purpose of thwarted), and jork (Oxford- Thousands of Italiana present fleeing from their homes

are at stocktaking.

lan-blighter),

Federation.

The Russian nute to Hun- gary allegedl that the clergy inciting the population against the Russian occupation forces and demanded a ban on youth organisations, especially the Catholic youth-Reuter, Router.

in Pale and five other cities coded to Yugoslavia, they declared

Bandits Active In Hainan Today

Shanghai, July 5.

It has been

Dr. Charles Earle Funk de- reported that certain pawnshops have called fended the additions to the on picdgors to redeem articles "slanguage." He limits him- pawned within one month, fait-self to words like "cockeyed" ing which the pledgors would and "heck" (as un expletive), be regarded as having forfeited which are both included in the their title to such articles.

new version.

"A dictionary should be the The reports are being inves-record of 籍 living language. tigated, and the whole position Onee

You stop hearing new of the pawnshops is being ex-words, the language is on its amined by the Police Depart-way out," he said. Iment and the secretariat for

Principal Chinese Detective Yiu Mok said that in 1940, on in formation, he went to Po Ling District, Swatow, where he arrest- of the ed neeused Chow Wing-shing, |

the

A large area of Hainan Island, returned to China Chinese Affairs. Ile but failed to obtain an extradition

order as the place was occupied after Japanese occupation during the war, is today terrorised by well-armed bandits who plunder food crops and paralyse transporta- tion, according to reports brought back by CNRRA observers.

had perform ed a post-mortem on the body a woman, a man and taro children, a male and a female. All of them

of the

the Japanese,

April 17 this year neeused was arrested and ne recognised

ited to follow, first accused were Chinese. The enuse of death; accused as the same man whom he

A revolver at him,

that

The detective retreated to the street and waited a first ac euse emerged. ile thea drew La revolver and challenged him. First accused. 11.

at

save him. it up.

hearch 1. vealed The did not ༈༙ a weapon.

At Mongkok Pole Station, Brat reased was asked to explain rust marks on his clothes and finally consented to load a police party to a piece of ground where the revolver was found.

Sentence was passed on first ac. cused of two years' hurd labour on the first charge and a fine of $1,000, in default six months hard labour, was imposed on the second. Sentence of three weeks Yard labour to date from yester- day was passed on second defend- ant,

per and

adails Way mutiple wounds arrested in Po Ling District on various parts of the body, while 1940. the children

Wong Tre-kal brother of the fractured skulls. hand They were all suffering from chop-deceased, of No, 60, Hollywood

and stab

wounds. The records Road, stated that he remembered of the examination in

in the Victorin the death of his brother Wong Mortuary wern lust. He also re- Tre-yin, who was murdered on the membered the holies being identi- night of May 29, 1939. He saw tied in his presence.

his brother about 8 p.m. an the Mr. G. J. Bennett, A.S.P. (E), day he was murdered. Chow was stated that ho had supervised the one of the fokin. investigation of an alleged murder case at Cross Street in 1939. Detective Sub-Inspector Mischen-

Safe Open

The account

ho was in charge of the case. A The safe was opened and the document which he produced in contents missing. Court was a statement made by books were torn up. His brother's other eased in his presence at the clothing, wrist watch and No. 2 Police Station. It was property were missing. taken with the assistance of n He saw the accused again in the 11ok Lo" interpreter, Kong Hon- Upper Level Police Station in

April this year.

Lit

Bodies Under Rice

Lau Chuen. Chinese detective of

about 2.30 p.m. on April 16

After further evidence Mr. She adjourned the case until July Dat 10 p.m.

PENINSULA HOTEL Upper Level Police Station, and ARRIVALS AND

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he was instructed to make an at- DEPARTURES rest at a house in Queen's Road Weat near the Government Civil Hospital. There he arrested the

With the derequisitioning of the Peninsula Hotel on June 16 a pro- Framme of redecoration and re- furnishing ng been commenced. i accused and brought him to the A feature of this is the removal Police Station. of the blast wall blacking the

Hankow Road entrance.

Renovations

are to be

com.

menced on the Rose Room which

ht yesterday under

had its last night

N.A.A.FI. as the Officers' Club.

Plans for the

visage

Rose

Koom on

an eight-plece dance ar chestra to be

Chief Justice

Takes Oath

In the bandit-ruled interior. I extreme distress is reported by travellers reaching the coasts, and at Ling Sui and Manulin, on the island's east coast, food 18 seared becHARC 11 severe draught cut the rice erop to 20 per cent of its normal yield.

The whole island presents the appearance of an armed camp. All villages have organised local militia for self-protection.

Every convoy must be heavily guarded, and not even. militia- defend towns and villages are anfe against the sudden destruc- tive ruids of plunder-seeking bands of 40 to 60 bandits armed with Tommy guns.

Slave Labour

It is reported that about 8.000 Chinese hauled to Hatun to work on slave labour projects, such as erretion of a modern fishery, died of malaria or other diseases because of Japanese neglect.

Hainan, situated between the Gulf of Tonking and the South China Sen, has an area of 1,400 square miles. It was used as a naval base by the Japanese dur- ing the war.

PRICE

He added: "I remember when legs was a vulgar term. Nico people said limbs. In our new addition we include 'pins'

CONTROL BILL (for legs)."-Associated Press.

Washington, July 6, The Senate Banking Committee approved a one year price control bill by a 12 to 6 vote today.

Democratic Leader Barkley said he has "every reason to believe" It will be enacted.

NUERNBERG

DEFENCE SUMMARIES OPEN

(Continued from Page 1)

The bill differs in two import-

"If the German Reich did at- President Truman vetoed June 29. Įsion pact that was still valid, it ant aspects from the measure tack in a breach of a non-aggres- These are modifications sponsored committed an offence in inter- by Barkley in pricing provialens national inw and is responsible covering manufacturers whole but only the Reich and not the Malers and retailers-Associated Individual. This is beyond all

Press.

A major bandit suppression campaign is expected to ba MURDER CHARGE launched shortly.

A charge of murder was pre-

July 3.

doubt, according to inter- national law at present valid."' he concluded.

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asked for a remand of three days

Sub-Insp. Andrews, prosecuting, launch,

Defence Counsel Stahmer said pending further inquiries: This it was fallacious to assume that was granted by the Magistrate, Goering had had a big say in Mr. W. H. Latimer.

Readers' Letters

Hitler's rule.

He quoted the British Minis ter to Berlin, Sir Nevile -Hen- derson, as saying casion:

or one vC-

"He (Goering) was the por- necessary for the rehabilitation of fect servant. I have never seen

Hong Kong. Why? It's as plain

maintained toward

Goering A "Victim" Meanwhile, C,N.R.R.A. hau |

Hermann Goering was pictur begun the distribution of rice ferred at Kowloon Court yester- ed in a final plea for leniency Communications are thes and long to the needy on the day against Lo Kam-ki, 37, un as the land's biggest problem. Fear-island.

"victim" of his including backwoods employed, of Shek Tan village, loyalty to Hitler ing large-scale repressive drives aborigines

and to Ger- driven from their! Sun Wui. It is alleged that ac-many, aware of many mistakes bandits have made most roade wild jungle homes by starvation. used murdered a man named impassable by hurning bridges,

Lau Tat-chuen in Mongkoktsui on ing ship that he had helped to but refusing to leave the sink- Congee-mixed nice and observers said.

water--is doled out twice daily In addition to the Island's by a 12-man C.N.R.R.A. staff, Arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel normal population of 2,000,000 and cur is given to village

Thursday

A. now living in daily fear of their magistrates for distribution to were:-E. Bridell, Lt. J. C. Wang, Y. T. lives, 17,000 Formosans brought the hungry-Reuter. Woo. W. T. Goodwin, Miss T. N. to Hainan by the Japanese as Konoreva, K. B. L. Smith, camps near Holkow and Yulin, J. Bar-slave labourers are crowded in bour, E. H.

Mayer,

J. W. M. G.

Robertson, Dupre,

on the northeast coast, adding Taai, Mrs. S. T. F. Koo Koo to the food problems of these Vec-chien. Lt-Col. J. Lawlon,

towns.

ZBW Capt. R. W. Clapp, Lt. A. R. Kitts, Lt. T. E. Strickland, H. S. Poul- and Mrs. S. K.

Miss Lee,

Sir,--On arriving ia Hong as the proverbial nose. These arti- greater loyalty and devotion imported from Sir Henry Blackall, who arrived

His Honour the Chief Justice, Men, Mr.

A. Liang, C. H. Huang, Capt. M.

Kong six months ago I was elated ties are part of the paraphernalta than he

Hit- JA Shanghai. It hoped to ong in the Colony

to feel that at last I could listen that adorn and enhance the shape-Hitler. Everything was on Wednesday. Sharkey, G. G. Yang, Mrs. J. Mrs. M. H. Camboil, best orchestra available in

a British radio programme ly limbs and so on which are ler's. He himself was nothing." H. This will be took the oath of allegiance and

Stahmer followed the line that Hear

after a long spell of the Clague, Mr. E. R. Northern port.

Washington, July 5.

U.S. guaranteed to effectively brighton "R.

I ap the drab surroundings so do Goering had taken on the wit- Mr. and Mrs. F

Castle, so na to include a string the judicial oath the same even-the

The United States Census Armed Forces Radio Network. guar atte or sextet for a regular ing at Government, House,

The oaths were tendered by Gant, rden, Mrs. W. 4. Merkel, Bureau reported today civilian was, however, speedily disillusion-trimental to the task of rehabill-ness stand, that he had acted in Sunday afternoon programme of

Capt. H.

good faith and was not seeking Bell, Capt. R. Young employment jumped 1,420,000 ed; if this was the best that could tation. chamber music in the Rose Room. His Excellency the Governor in

Hing

Wong, Co Pilot J. P.

be produced five months after 1l-

for his actions. The aforesaid mentality conto apologize the presence of His Honour the Yang, F/O K. S. Van, Liu Ching-from May to June, reaching

then it seemed a sorry siders prosaic things like razors, Nevertheless, his counsel assert- total of 66,740,000 in the early reflection of radio enterpriso especially safety razora, are the red, Goering

in

was innocent of Acting Chief Justice and the ya, Ding Fu- L

's part of June. Hon. Attorney General.

and Mrs. F. 5. O'Brien, Mr. T. S.

the British Empire. Six months

aths true "non-essentials and luxuries" Wu, Mr. and

Mrs. Vibien,

Mios

The number of unemployed have passed, and stil M.

we have Griffin, Miss L. M. Griffin, M2, and increased 250,000 to 2,560,000 chucked at us the same old botch they are frem. One can always

no matter which "bloc countries" many of the charges, Both increases were attribut notch of aged gramophone records, use the old scissors in this chao. Mrs. W. Sutterlin, C. H. Wong,

Lew variety shows of Or, let the whisker sprout.” Whe Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mackay, Mrs. cd to school closings for Bum-with P. S. Mend, Mre. C. N. Edwards, mer vacation, throwing, hun- doubtful vintage thrown in. One on earth care whether n' lot of I. C. Fok, Skey Lee, Lt. H. M. reds thousands into the can only assume that the pro- commonplaca visages are bare or Drew, lit, Com. W. T. Door, Maj. labour market.

gramme producers and announcers bristly? Gen. Sun Kin, D. C. Griffin, Mrs.

languished in Stanley Camp, Engeman, Mrs. D. Green and

they with modern broadcasting five years, so out of touch Arc Kuo

technique; if this is so, something should be done to refresh thom.

Tram Fares first glance it would appear

Sir,The increase in' tram that they shut themselves in their fares which comes into effect to charge against studios and dreamily lull one an-

the best

the

War damage to the 'on

Is estimated at nil. Lack of Hotel maintenance has, however, neces, altated the present programme of repainting, redecorating and re- furnishing. Large orders have ben placed with

firma

in the United Kingdom for complete new reta of draperles, eurtains and cutlery

Considerable damage was done to the hotel by the looting of metal window-parts and an effort is bo ing made to replace the missing bolts and screws before the com- mencement of the typhoon grason.

His Honour will make his first appearance in court Tuesday, July, 9, at 10 am, when he will try the case of the King and Lau Yuk-lam

It is understood that members of the bar and solicitors will fate the opportunity of welcom- in His Jonour,

Mrs.

G.

Capt.

U.S. UNEMPLOYED

Another 3,000,000 are draw ing pay in the military service. Vacations, strikes and other Departures the same day wore:

causes accounted for the tem- do Cosier. B. de MONEY MARTTM

Barodawsky, S. Jacobson, V. K. porary idleness of 1,800,000.

Farm employment jumped White. A. W. Wood, W/Cdr. F. Chinese National Currency

Chadwick, J. A. Adam, Or J, 1.000;000,-Associated Press. showed signs of weakening Waddell, A. G. Lang, N. F. Webb again yesterday morning. Open-Mra, L, Griffin, L. C. M. Ovwer- Jing rates were $1.76 for futures kerk and Mr. and Mrs. T. M.

and

$1.88 for, spot (par Hazelrigg. On charges of unlawful poxacs-CN$1,000), but later in the day nion of a Mauser pistol in Rute the market strengthened and Street on the night of May 31 and closing quotations; were $1.80 of possession of an offensive web-and $1.90 respectively. pon at night, Chan Chun, 24, un-

HAD. A MAUSER PISTOL

Gold varied between $441 and

employed, was yesterday commited $444 a ten, closing at the lat- by Mr. Horace Lo at Kowloon tor figure. Foreign currencies Court to stand his trial Criminal Scanlons.

at the

LASKI ON INDIA

DANUBE SHIPPING

to

BALONIA

Seeing Ghosts

Goering's counsel called it "tragic" to style the Reichmar

shal'a association with Hitier us a conspiracy. It was Instead, the maintained, a "ght to free Germany" by other than "paper protesta" to the League of Na- tiona.-

Referring to the conspiracy all 22 defen- ether back to the "good old days" day has obviously been necessitat dants, including the absent Mar-

ed by an increase in working extin Bormann, Stahmer comment before the war, when things were

tw. It is high penses and is, In view of existed: they

should be.

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time that some responsible au-

thority, gave ZB.W. sharp

ing conditions, Justified. However, kick the failure of the Tramway Com

A REGULAR PASSENGER.

The House of Lords today

London, July passed the Government Coal Na

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"If such...a_conspiracy had

laws of war and humanity, it is ecoing ghosts," he declared- Associated Press.

to remind them that time marches pany to take any action whatso existed, then Hitler and no- en, and that the days of putting which are going on on board trams beat the leader of these con

over in respect of the rackets body doubts it would have back the clock are ever, Vienna, July. 5.

And rot

and which are resulting in aspirators. If the prosecution with aubjecting content Negotiations between Austria is willi theas stultified and mor- pany every day calls for an ex conspirators against peace, the 22-men, are heavy loss of vorenuo to the Combofloves that these Bath, July C.

and Rusain on the future of the gue like programmes, they now Professor Harold Laski, Danube Shipping Company, shamelessly refuse to lend what planation. were more or less unchanged. former Chairman of the Labour which before the war carried good records they have to thoso TE, is alleged that a police patrol There were buyer for U.S. idol-Party, congratulated the Gov-one-third of all Danube traffic, who liberated them, for fear that had come upon a party of two lars, at $4.65 to $4.75, Storling ernment on their Intention to are "proceeding very wet laid in the thust. The taxpayer's their own outpourings should be Chinese soldiera and three civi-at $15.92, and Australian pounds give free relationship between Karl Gruber, Minister In Hans in Buto Street about 1 a.m. at $12.52.

India and Britain at a meeting charge of the Austrian Foreign money could be better spent, I feel, Two of the three civiliaus had run

S'hai Exchange of the Bath Labour Party... Office, said today, away.

The police party then

Shanghai. July 5. The Government word seaking "We have reason to hope for caught up with accused, it

Closing quotations on the to prevent India from becoming a satisfactory solution, alleged, when it was seen that n revolver fall to the ground. He Shanghal Market today wore a second Ireland and in his added. "The Shipping. Com

follows:mm

opinion, they had stopped India pany discussions are really a Wax arrested and charged.

Buying Selling.

CNS

from becoming a battlefield, he test case as to whether property CRS

BUF) which was Austrian ba óra thé 191,500 101,700

With regard to the ovacua-Anschluss, (union with Ger 2,600 2,480

G20 tion of Egypt, he saw no ron-many) can be claimed by the

son for alarm and despondenby, Soviet, under the Potsdam / Do- Prats-amali

claration or not"-Rauter, FE Beutor.

Simla, July 6.

Gold por, ounce, Five new members nt, Floid-U.S. doliaTA Marshal Lord Wavell's care Hong Kong dollars: 610

taker. Government, were sworn SVETAL"rket.

In here todayReuter,

Pross

he

The conferation of six gallons tionalization Bill and sent it back, öf Chitono spielt on which - duty to the House of Commons for had not been paid was sordered;

Agreement on minor amendments. yesterday by Mr. Hisenda d'

Associated Press- Batson at Kowloon Court wher

Street

No Mystery': Bir-Aht the working of afficiate mentality 34 beyond the kan of

mortalm But There an urgent meeting of appeared aron Kante Koo

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scouters in charge of Groups, ton insigd2="abriotisly vdocs" not "day at 8.00 pm, at the ActNCIA

auparzarified stockings, tion Headquarters, ther

and Garden and Lower Albart, Roads

All former E.KV.D.O. Cant HIKERES

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