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ESCAPED CONVICT

RECAPTURED.

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KHANCHAI

IN POOR PHYSICAL CONDITION,

Mak Kwai, one of the convicts who figured in the sen sational escape from Victoria gaol on August 12, was recaptured by the police at an addres in Amoy Street, Wanchai, on Saturday, and after almost a month of liberty, he is again behind prison walle

CER DISPUTE LAGS ON.

MOSCOW CONFERENCE STILL FRUITLESS OF RESULTS

NEGOTIATIONS MAY LAST

YEARS,

Harbin, August 18-During the year 1920 when the railway conflict. between Soviet Rusis and China was going on, the whole of Man churia anxiously awaited a settle meat, and great was the reinleing on the signing of the Habarovsk It will be recalled that the two

Protocol, which, it was-cocsider- convicte made their escape when ited would settle all matters in dia was raining heavily and although pute between the two countries they were seen just as they sealed once and for all time, within the high prison wall ista Chancery space of not more than six months.

These hopes were doomed to Lane and were chased for a certain distance by Chinese gootleman, intenso disappointment at the they kept clear of the law until Special Commission which was to Saturday night when Mak

have left on January 25, 1930 did captured., Lo Yuk Cheung, his not leave Harbin, till May. Once associate, however, is still at large, Mr. Mo Toh-hui and hia and is believed to be in Chinese arrived in Moscow, hope again territory,

grow, everybody expecting the Con- ference would last a very shot

and there are no signs of any time, but it is now August, 1931, question having been settled, dia out any final resuls being attained, cussions going on at intervals with and apparently the matter will drag on for yente, unless one the other side takes a drastic step.

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"Elusive Customer.?? Police officers who were assigned the job of getting Mak a describe him as a most elusive. customer. They almost had him more than once but invariably just as the net was closing round him, Mak would give them the slip. On one occasion, at an address in Ice Wah Street, in Wanchai, warned, is neither to the interest of na if by instinct, at meal time such a step, and yet certain ac

Chinn nor Soviet Russia to take

he laid down an unfinished bowl of rice and left by one way as police onu in na open conflict. Consi

tions. are being taken which might

officers entered by another

dering all the circumstances, the question might well be naked is there any tangible reason why the special commission should go on sitting in MoscOW !

s

Then on Saturday night his spell of liberty came to an end when he was arrested by Detective-Inspector Redlackli Wong Lan and Detective-Sergeant

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Commission Reduced,

To begin with, the Chinese side of the C.E.R. Board has been re-

As the officers entered the ground floor, they saw a man on a bed with his hond. swathed in the folds. of the mosquito curtain. The face was not at all like the photograph | duced from fivo to two members" of Mak Kwai which was circulated for more than a year, thus mak The man was now only a shade of

his former self, having lost muching it almost impossible to carry weight and his appearance on the work necessary in a pro- had changed considerably on the whole. But the officers saw through this change and they arrested their man who gave himself up very quietly....

Probably Glad to be Captured.

Since his escape, Mak Kwai dar ed not try to get a job for fear he might be recognized. He had subsisted on what his friends could give him and, judging by his phy sical condition, they had given him vary little indeed. Such was his condition at the time of his, arrest that the police officere stated that ho might have possibly returned to his cell in the Gool very soon had he not been recaptured,

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Per manner, and also delaying questions owing to the want of a quorum.

Secondly, the expense, of keep ing the delegates in Moscow an mormous and though it would not be spoken of if some result had been obtained, it seems very far from economical to keep a whole Commission in a foreign country without achieving anything dur ing the space of fifteen months,

The Chinese Eastern Railway is working as before and the present management has been wide awake to the necessity of retrenchment, not hesitating to take drastie men- sures to avoid bankrupter or at Poste Restante Correspondence. any rate heavy losses. The sattic-": T. F. Augustin, C. Breyer, E. V. ment of important question has to Bahr, Chiam Heng Hong, Miss A be made by the President in Mos- Chamberlin, The China Co., Ltd, Mr. Charon, J. Dalgarno, H. I cow, causing delay and endless ex- David Capt. J. W. Evans, Oplanations which all, interferes Eade, M. Firin, RR Gibson, Mr. with the working of the railway. Greenwood, V. Harlamoff," LG. Hogan, H. H. Hunter, Han Chin King, Ho Choy, A. L. Jones, L. N. Jensen, E. Kantzler, A. Kiefer, Lefker Konig, Capt. 8. 3. A. Long ley, L. Lonsdale, Edwardo Lau Chang, G. H. Medhurst, W. H; Mosa; Mr. Miliora, T. B. Marshall, J. Newman, C. Nelson, Oriental Art Co., Capt. A. Rawlinson, Miss B. Robertson, Messrs. Richardsons,

Under such circumstances would it not be bettor to start from an other angle and that a Diplomatic and not a Commercial onë.“

Resumption of Relations.

Why should not China and Soviet Russia resume diplomatic relations, each country appointing an ambas

3. Read, T. B. Reid, A. Stanley, andor with a stall of assistantă Mrs. J. Saunders, South China, Lonther Goods Co.. Mrs, J. Scott, capable of discussing all questions HO. Baiman, Miss A Sollman, in dispute between the two coun Miss Ruth Story, Sang Taj Co., E. tries, and once this has been Sullivan, Andrew J. Tong, EA done, there would be no necesalty Vecais; Mona, Van Dyk, R. Wyllie,

for a special commission of rail- way men

P. P. Wolfo, J. Watson,

Registered Articles.

Chuy Ya Muy, Mona, Charon, S. complaints about the Commission There would then not be any A. Drubber (c/o HE Hotel), fox wasting time and money, as the RF. Edwards, Pritamdan Kima-Embassies, being permanent - trai, Walter Alex. Inwry (c/o H.Kstitutions, would carry on the Hotel), MissM E. Nelson R. Schosvon, Miss Ton/Lai Pun Mr. negotiations for any length of Zessezynski.

Unpaid Correspondance..

J. Herzog, May North, Capt and Mrs. J. L. O'Strander, Mra M Patterson,

tuma.

Some years ago, Japan, and Boviet Russia agreed to exchange of diplomatic representatives and all questions in dispute between the two countries are discussed by Unclaimed Radio Telegrams. commissions

the ambassadors and not by special 1477, from Canton; Lim Tu Kong, It such a course, was adopted, Cecil Hotel, from Canton; Ong the air, would be cleared and somo Kong Seng (2), from Canton; thing done, but the present posi Chosuifuka, c/o Etaprams Hotel, I tien is such that it may go on for from Canton Chung In Lin, Kow years without any result" "being" loon Hotel, from Amoy Ricemill achieved:p

from Palembang, 6899 (2), from The countries, are not ake war, Keelung 1493-2007 0731 0003 1572 | relations are apparently friendly 0448: 6870 1094-0038 1460-1342 1305 Band both are anxious to svoju any 5714-2651-1841; from Bangkok Sub-conflict then why not renew diplo-y Mrs. Franklin Canning, Peninsula cantic relations and let all father |Hotel," from Douglastonny ; · Chêng questions "follow" in: their, turn, Luvin We, 723, Nathan Road, Monge worked through the proper

kok from Shanghai

TATTOO AIR CRASH

INQUEST JURY BLAME NO ONE

Folkestone, August 10-The ques

tion wh

hnd

of night

“an airman, who and

six hours experience shoul have taken

part in acrobatics at a tattoo was raised at an inquest car hore to-night.

The inquest, at Hawkings Aero- drome, was on Pilot-Officer, Dennis G Vaughan-Fowler, of the 41st Squadron, R.A.F. who was killed when his machine crashed and burst into fines

Flight-Liout A. Esach said that a few minutes after Vaughan Fow

had left the Hawkinge Aero drome for the tatino ground he, re- turned over the aerodrome and dashed an emergency signal that he up. A few seconds later, ho wished to land. He was then 400ft. crashed

Lieut. Leach said he thought Vaughan-Fowler had encountered low cloud and weather not to his Hiking

The Coronor: How much night dying had be done!

Lieut, Leach: ohra, amine Mr. P Gardner (representing the relatives): Do you consider 5 hours

in the darkHe had a one-and-a- 55 minutes gives an officer sufficient experience for him to do aerobatics half hour's night flight on June 10,

him up No and then did aerobatics,

You did not hesitate in sending

Lieut. Leach added that Vaughan- Fowler wanted to take part in the display

A verdict of Death from mis- adventure was returned the jury adding that they attached no blame to, anyone.

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