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PUBLIC AUCTION,

ARTIODLARS & CONDITIONS Pthe Sale by Pablle Auction to be haid on TUESDAY, the 8rH DAY of SEPTEMBER, 1981, the Offices of Las Public Works Department by Order of His EXCHLENDY 213 GOVE #os, of One Lob of CROWN LAND Dolony of at Tai Kok Toul in the Hong Kong, for a term of 15

with the opfang, of runawal di Crown BRITY ZR1 KING, for one farther Baas to be find by the Burraror of

karm of 75 your

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Kowicon Inland Lot No. 2575.

Junction of Boundary Street and

Begistry No.

Locality.

peng Yang s

Boundary

Mongiare

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ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

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be held on TUESDAY, the 8TH DAY. of BEPTEMBER. 1931. st. & F.M., at the

Offices of the Public Works GOTEL by Order of Bie EXCELLENCY NOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Shamshaipo, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commending from

1st July, 1838 with the option of renewal at a Orown Bant to be fixed by the Surreyor of His MAJESIT THE KING, for one farther term of 24 years Ises the last three days

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

thereof.

No. of Bale.|

Registry No.

Locality.

"New Rowlbou falend Let No, 1566. Between Now Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 1439 and 1511, Fak Wing Street.

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3,150,

DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS, PARTICULA by Publio Asstion to be bold on TUESDAY, the 8TH DAT of SEPTEMBER. 1931, at 8 r., at the Offices of the Public Works Depart ment, by Order of His EXCLANCY THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Shachaipo, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 commencing from lat July,

1809,

with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Hu MAJEST THE Karo, for one further term of 24 years less the Inet three days therea!.

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FANLING CADDIES,

8, so far No Caddies have

GIANT PLANE'S ESCAPE.

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four engines and, in July,mado the journed of 225 miles to Paris in 1 hr. d5 mins, arriving in the Fronch upital ahead of Another machine which left Croydon 20 minutes earlier. She can y no a much greater altitude than other machines, so that if when, crossing the Channel All her engines should fall she can glide to land. ON

This forcod landing `domon- strates that, with this type of air: down in &feld, almost the altar craft, the pilot is able to put it a billiard table," an Imperial: Airs ways official said to reporter. "The Hannibal is fitted with brakes which make it possible for the machine, despite her great site, and weight, to be pulled up immediato ly, she touches the ground. Thus

she is able to land in the smallest of fields. The field, in which the liner landed was about 300 yards square,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931.

PARTRIDGE POISON MYSTERY.

JURY RETURN OPEN VERDICT.

POSTCARDS FOLLOW "HOORAY"

TELEGRAM.

London, August 11.--An open vordict was returned by the jury at to-day's resumed inquest a

Artenant HC-Chord do the day after he had catena portion artillery offer who died on the

of a Manchurian partridge,

Mr. W. J. Fransis, Deputy Coro- ner for West Surrey, said the evi dener would establish that the cause of death was strychnine pci- soning. “It will be shown by the evidence of the assistant patholo

Mrs. Chevis, relying to a fur ther question, said she was ch friendly terms with her husband. She, did not know anyone of the had used the name for any pur name of Hartigas, nor anyone who

рос.

Superintendent Stovell rose to put one question. "Had Major Lieutenant Chevis any Jackson, or, friends or relatives named Harti gan" he asked...

Mr. Chavis: I don't know shout

Superintendent Staveil Diď you tell her to burn it -No«

The Coroner's So far as MTS Chovis is concerned she told you to destroy the bird, not tog burn it Sha did not say how you were to destroy it. You took it to Mrs. Toomans, and said "This is to be destroyed," and did the put it Into the fire

Bolger agree with this statement. He further stated that, when Mrs. Chavis entered the kitchen after warda abo spoke to him and Mrs.

Yeomans, the cock. "We naked

aid about . Chevin She told her, he said, "what the doctor

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RUBBER.

«MARKET STILL DECLINING: MOSSTs Pontreath and Co. have forwarded us the following ette dated August. 0, from Messrs Hornby Homelryk and Co. of

Co. Liverpool.

ptually, it will impose its own sea- trictions, but one cannot get away from the fads that no other into consideration, and that while Se stimulating" factor can be brought

the present depressed ecndition of world finance continues, it is 10- podle to hold out any hope for nu, advanco Ang Hubber vglues.

Stocks -London and "Liverpool":" 138,916 tons, an increase of 777.

M

The market has continued to do. dins under the pressure of firat hand selling and scattered cutaidetone Ilquidation, now low lovela baring been recorded.

The trade is showing almost a complete lack of interest and at times, it is not easy to find buyers for certain grades. ANNA A

There is still, a dearth of new

from Holland, and parties inter

triction will emanate from, the con ested are still doubtful as to whe ther any material scheme of rêu

us the doctor said it was strycheferences held in that country. minė poisoning.

The few people who have a far The Coroner: You are quite cert

aurable opinion of the market may cer of course, contend that the price re Yedians, the cook, recalled, tain, about that, aren't you'l-Fesis ridiculously low, and that, even-

ezid that the safe in which the partridges were kept had no lack She noticed nothing unusual about

after they were cooked,

Another official said: The dai gist of the Home Office that we Major Jackson. It don't think my the partridges either before: Oze

ags in more apparent than real, but it would have been more serious" but for the skill of the pilot. It is exeredingly unlikely that such liner would ever apin, nose-dive, Tand cruali.?!

A registered under the New Scheme proposed by the Committen and at the arrangements for providing Caddies from another source have fallen through, Players 20 kindly requested make their own arrangements for Caddies till: Further Notice LOCAL & CADDIN 18 TO DE ENGAGED AT FANLING

to

NO

Special Railway Tickets for Caddies tulen from Hung hoon Y obtained on Application to the Cla Office.

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Secretary

Ho stated that" there was an

erroneous impression that after the Hannibal left Croydon she had to return in order that adjustments could be made to one of the engines. There was no mechanical trouble of any kind, he said. All that was necessary was a small adjustment of one of the wheel brakes,

Piece of Metal from Engine. It wna nt first thought that the bronking of the first propeller might have been caused by a bird, but it was stated that last night that a further examination of the circumstances revealed the following facts:-* ***

When near Tonbridge one of the four engines failed and a piece of metal from this motor flew into ond of the other propellers, breaking blado. This caused the engine with the broken blade to vibrate badly, and the pilot decide to nlight. In landing one wing hit

telegraph pole and the tail was torn by some tree stumps. The hull structura sustained no injury, nor was there damage at any time nt the saloons, none of the occupants of which, owing to the size and strength of the metal hull, suffered shock or injury

It was decided to dismantle the Hannibal and to take it back to Croydon, where it will be repaired, and reassembled. Mechanics work ed at her throughout the day, and various portions were placed on motor-lorries for Croydon,

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husband had.

come back to the partridge as be ing the means by which the stry- Dr. J. H. Ryffel, Home Office chning was conveyed, whether ac analyst, gave the result of his cidentally or feloniously, to the analysis, and his examination of officer and his wife. The con various articles taken from the clusion of the inquest, would not bungalow. The analysis contained mean that the investigations would a large amount of strychnine He be relaxed in the slightest degree. also found strychnine in the drip The Coroner referred to the ping. He concluded that the tota: "Hooray" telegram received by Sir quantity associated with, the par William Chovis, the officer's fatridges amounted to at least two ther. Inquirion, he said, were at once instituted with a view to tracing the sender, but they had not been succesful. The sending of the telegram," he declared "whether is had any significance or not, was an exceedingly cruol net."

Anonymous Postcards.

A photograph of the telegram had been published. On Auguer the editor of a newspaper received a postcard purporting to have been written in London on August 1 It rent: "Dear sir-Why do you publish the picture of the Hooray telegram 1—J.

Hartigan." That

grains. The total quantity of stry chnine, taken would depend on the proportion of the bird enten He understood that this was only a amall proportion:

Asked if Mrs Chevia came to the kitchen and said that, Lieu- tenant Chevis was suffering from strychnine poisoning, Mrs. Yeo- mans said, "I don't remember what she said."

Evidence was given by

Charles Joba Taylor, manager of the arm at Famborough which supplied the partridges. He said that he received eighteen birds, and had had no complint with remare to any of the chere: The birds cathe selling birds like this for years. from Manchuria. We have been and years, and have had no com. plaint whatever," he said

The Coroner, summing up, taid there was not a shred of évidenco to show how this strychnine came The Coroner: Then in your view, to be on the birds There was no if only a small proportion of the thing to lead to any conclusion bird had picked up strychnine whether this was an accidenta

death, nefoul murder, or whether in the bird was very heavy It it was a case of such a negligent must have been vory considerable manner of dealing with things Dr. Ryffe added that he had served up for people to eat that received three partridges taken jury's verdict must be what was amounted to manslaughter. The from the cold store of the company usually termed an open, verdict. which sold the partridge to Lieu-is asphyxin following strychnine "The proper verdict," he added, tenant Chevis, and none of them poisoning caused by eating par contained strychninė

tridge, and, there is not sufficient nine came to be in or on the par evidence to show how the strych tridge.

The Coroner: Supposing this had been followed up by a post bird had picked up strychnine card received by Sir William when it was alive, do you hold any Chevis, and posted on August, 4 at view whether it could have absorb Belfast. That read: "It is a myed sufficient to show the amount stery they will never solve.-J. of strychuine that was enten 1--1 Hartigan. Hooray."

Captain Chavis, brother of Licu tenant Chévis, gave evidence. Questioned by the Coroner whether he had been able to ascertain any thing further about the "Hooray' telegram, he said: "I have had a letter from the General Post Office. in London which I showed to the inspector giving a description of the sender as far as the telegraph clerk in Dublin could remember, That is all I know."

The Coroner: Do you know any one in Dublin that would be like. ly to send a telegram of that sort -No.

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You cannot say whether the strychnine was in the form of

powder or crystals 1-Strychnine itself is very insoluble,

So that the two birds basted, in the same fat would certainly give a proportion of strychnine on the second hird afte cooking-Some strychnine would be on the second bird."

Time of the Illness.

A Juror Lieutenant Chevis was taken ill at 9: 15, and Mrs. Chevis at 9: 15, "Would that be consistent with strychnine poisoning !—Stry chaina has to be absorbed from the intestines, and when it is taken,

which the telegraph clerk gave as in this case, with a large

Mrs. Chovis ataled that she had 'given all possible information in connection with the inquiry. Asked

amount of fat, the absorption of strychnine is much slower than if it were taken by itself. The fact that Mrs. Chevis's symptoms came

if there were any telegrams or cor- later would point to hor" haring respondence belonging to Lieuten-received less.

ant Chevis which might throw ang' light on this case, Mrs. Chovis shook her hond.

Superintendent Stovell pointed out that strychnine could be fatal within two hours. In this case it was fourteen hour? ***

Mrs. Chevis said that hur hun band had two glasses of sherry Dr. Ryffel: 1 imagine that ir after the partridge, going to the this case the strychnine must have sideboard and getting the sherry been very slowly absorbed. "Actua himself.

ly Lieutenant Chevis died of fai- The Coroner: Mr. Francis Bollure of respiration. ger, would have removed the dirty Police Inspector Pharo, of Cam

berley, said that he searched the glase ?—Yes.

bungalow and found nothing in And Mrs. Yeomans would have writing connected with the case.

Evory Saban Cents For Mile washed it-Yes,

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Did your husband leave will -Not to my knowledge.

Was ho insured Not that I know.

STAR TAXI Co. M Where can I get that informa. (Telephone No. 28748)ition ?--I should any from his bank. Hong Kong, 24th Aug., 1937,

He had searched the registers, of borough Bagshot, and Camberley chemists' shops in Frimley, Fara- to see if there had been any anice of strychnine proparations. He could not find any.

Nicholas Bolger, who was tho batman to Lieutenant Chavis, whi recalled, and stated that he did not servo any drinks at dinner on the evening in question. He was not certain whether any of the

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to vegetables. Henfterwards. Both the partridges were cookedsarved coffee, to Mr. and Mrs. together in a tin, and they were Chavis in the drawing-room, and basted in the same fat,. It rather later neticed that one cup was amazes me that your patridge | half-full and the other about should not have tasted of strych-three-quarters-full., nine-Yes. I should say it was He had not been in Ireland for PRINCE EDWARD BOAD,very musty and unsavoury taste about five or six years, and knew

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