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NULLAH OUTRAGE

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these manholes, and on a dull day it is very dark inside. Along the east side of the nullah from the southern most end, there is a pipe of cable covered, with con- crete, making a sort of ridge.

Felt a Man

SEQUEL

Continuing his evidence, Dr. Va- lentine, said that on the follow- ing day, the boy was identified by his father, Mr. T. H. J. Fine. A post-mortem examination was performed and he found that apart from the wounds which he had already described. the skull

had been fractured at the back. The cause of death was a frac- tured skull

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1934.

SMASH AND GRAB KWANGTUNG NOW

FAILS

Attempt On Lane

• Crawford's Ltd.

An attempt at "smash-and-grab”

the early hours of yesterady morning falled when the thick plate glass window of Messrs. Lane. Crawford's store resisted the at- unknown Chinese the injuries tempt of "an found such as would be compati-robber to make off with a quan- tity of jewellery including Rollex ble with the child's fall into

Watches.

Mr. Fraser: Were

a

stone paved nullah from a height of say ten feet -Yes.

"It makes a good hand grip. Ptes.. McCarthy and Simons came by that side. Simmons was leading and keeping his hand on this pipe and as he came up between the second grating on the first man- hole. he felt a man standing against the wall facing downward into the bullah. He spoke to the to the man but received no reply. He seized the man with the assis- I tance of McCarthy. The man struggled and bit Simmons on the Fed?-Oh¡-on."," wrist. After a lapse of some time, Pie. Linton and Sergeant Geywood of the R.A.0.C. arrived. Geywood the had followed Linton into

nuliah with an electric torch. The man was still struggling furiously Each of the four inen took an arm and a leg and frog-marched him

And subsequent. Immersion water?—Yes

No

in

His Worship: He was not drown-

Accused's Condition

Mr. Fraser: You saw the accus-s ed before-Yes. At 4.15 p.nl on. June 22 I was called into the re-

cetwing room to see another per

son who fell into the nullah and I

went there and saw accused. He was suffering from the effects of

along the nullah." The man sillmerston and a number of injur continued to struggle and once actually got one hand free. All the time, the witnesses will say he was hanging his head down in the water. He went limp and lost consciousness just as they reached

the part of the nullah which goes into the outer air. Someone got a rope and the man was hoisted up the bank..

Attempt to Escape

He was given artifical respira- tion, the police was called and he wast aken to the hospital. There he was examined and found to have been crinking. His leg was found to have been injured and

les which consisted mainly of ab- rasions and contúŝions. It Was discovered Inter. that there was a fracture on the right side. He He did was in a dazed condition. tra answer апу

Els breath smelled of alcohol and all

question.

he would say was in Chinese. words to this effect "I am ddunk." Asked by His Worship what exact Chinese words were used by

ches.

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window, had been badly cracked Gordul Singh found that, the

"be" two ob- by what appeared to

the robber vlously heavy blows, meanwhile was seen to disappear

PEACEFUL

In Areas Cleared

of Bandits

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CRUISERS AT

WHAMPOA

Preparing For

Manoeuvres

(From Our Special Correspondent) (From Our Special. Correspondent)

Canton, July 31. Canton, July 31,

The three cruisers at Whampos, That Kwangtung is peaceful Hai Ch. Hat Shen, Chao Ho are following the suppression of Compreparing for a manoeuvre some- munists and bandits is the report time next month. The warships of General Yu Han Mow, com- will cruise out of the Pearl River

munding officer of the First Army of the First Group Army now

for the practice, and leading mill tary and civilian officials will he invited to board the ships during the manoeuvring.

.

at

The first sign of the attempted | stationed in Southern Klangs!...

Once a notorious stronghold of robbery was given at about 4.30 a.m. this morning. when Gordal the Commünists, South Mountain

The cruisers came South in May, Singh, watchman employed by the Eastern Kwangthang is now very 1933 to join the South-west regime. Arm. beard a crashing nelse just peaceful, according to general" Yu leaving the North-eastern squad- outside the firm's Jewellery depart- The place is now being developed fron at Tsingtao. Nanking ment window, inside of which was into a farming district, and the first desired to incorporate them a valuable display of Rollex wat-people there can now live in peace into

their units and sent the without fear of the bandits..

Japanese built cruiser Ning Hai to General Yu said that Hsu Man moved up to Whampoa. Then the Turning to the southern districts chase the three cruisers, which Shan is now an orderly and peace-chase ended, as the Nanking ships ful place after the bandits were did not wish touch Canton driven away. The people who left the place in fear of the brigands

Since that time. the three have returned to till the soil and cruisers have remained at Wham" engage in agricultural pursuits.`·

Oncers and ratings The conditions

in Hainan Is-keeping the three warships in land are also quiet, said General trim. Rear-Admical T. C. Klang, Yu. although the authorities are commandant of the squadron, is confronted with the return of a appointed concurrently president. large number of returned emal- of the Whampoa Naval Academy. grants owing to depression abroad This problem is having the atten- tion of the insular authorities.

In the darkness of the alley-way.

Beyong damaging the window it was ascertained that no other damage had taken place.

HYPERION FAIL AGAIN

"

the accused. Dr. Valentine replied Beaten In Dullingham

"Yam Chau" "(drink wine).

Dr.

Valentine then went on to say that that the accused had a cut and bruising on the left side of the head.

Stakes

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 19. Hyperion, whose overthrow in the Ascot Gold Cup was a big dis-

make the

It was put in a plaster of Parts

Mr. Fraser: What happened on splint. He was identified as the accused. While in hospital he had July 6th? On that day there were removed the hospital. Your Wor-three prisoners in the prison ward

in the hospital including the ac-appointment to Lord Derby and ship will remember that two̟ men.

I visited the ward about and backers, falled to escaped from the Government cused.

7 p.m. and the accused was not in expected come-back in Civil Hospital about

the Dul- his bed. I went straight to the lingham Stakes at Newmarket yes- time.

in a terday. Good odds were laid bath room and found him peculiar position, half in and Half the dual "classic" winner, which failed by inches to give 29-19.: to

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the same

Later on July 9, he was charged and in reply, he said "I was drunk. I was unconscious and had a wound."

"

out of the bath.

Mr. Fraser: Did you notice any-Calthness, ting peculiar about him at this Accused's Movements Enquiries into his movements time?-apart from what I show that he arrived in the Co-mentioned, no.

In fact the other two men es- lony from Swatow on June 21, bringing with him a rattan suit-caped Yes, between 7.30 and 8.45. case. He said at the time that about half a hour after my visit. he was going to Singapore but that he had been cheated and had been

put on a wrong boat and brought to Hongkong. He was then dress- ed in à cream coloured jacket and

dark trousers and was wearing a rather unusual type of straw hat. He slept in the cockloft of a shop where he had previously been efn- ployed. He took his morning meal on June 22 at the shop but was missed later on in the afternoon. His suitcase was recovered on June

On

It was the latter that set the have pace, which amounted to nothing more than a good canter. A little over a quarter of a mile from home Hyperion came on the inside, and soon after went to the front. It then appeared as though Hyperion would win easily.

When did you see, the accused again after the escape?-Immedia- tely the alarm was given. I was

informed and I went down to the ward. I found the accused lying in

a spent force, however, as he tack- Caithness proved to be far from led the favourite in earnest up the his bed. I then discovered that his hill. Hyperion struggled gallantly. plaster of Paris had been removed.. but the weight told, and shorten- I also discovered that it had beening his stride Caithness was able soaked off in water. He could walk to snatch the verdict on the post. with the splint, on and off.

Sound in Mind

22 and in it was found certain leting his mental conditions-Yes. All ters. One was signed under the name was Ng Yik San

„Counsel's Obj„ction"

walking into No. 2 bridge when she saw a Chinese who was standing

in the No. 1 bridge, throwing a boy and then & girl into the nul-

waters.

poa.

to

BIC

Brig.-General Cher Han Kwong, THE NEW LIFE

commandent of the inland, 13 civilising the Mew and Lai äbori- gines.

Dwelling on the communist, posi- tion in Southern Klangsi, General Yu said that the Reds no longer cause any trouble to the Cantonese troops in the southern front büt are engaging the. Nanking troops In Eastern Klangsi. Twelve dis- tricts in Southern Klangst are re- captured from the Communists, while highways are being built to connect all the towns with the

MOVEMENT

What It Is Doing

In Hankow

in

Hanko, July 21. The New Life Movement is con- tinuing its alcivities here, and the authorities have tried to stop the base.

dancing which, has attracted quite Forts are constructed in every large number of local Chinese to placé captured from the and they are

Reds, the Metropol garden situated strengthened in the B. A. D. No. 2. Besides this order to prevent a counter-attack amusement, they also have wee by the enemy. Reconstruction is golf, and 2.merry-go-round, which going on 10 those recaptured incidentally has never gone round regions. General Yu added.

yet, and tables where light refresh- ments Can be served, On hos nights this place is crowded, and an occasional visit opens one's eyes

DAVIS CUP DONOR to the great changes that have

OBJECTS

To South Africa's seem to be making themselves a

Proposal

Have you kept any observation on the accused with a wlew of find-

time. the

he was in hospital.lah.” The man later jumped in

London Aug. 1. Every time I took my" rounds himself. He was dressed in 2 It le reliably learned that South used to converse with him. The white shirt, dark trousers and Africa's proposal to hold the Davis As Mr. Fraser was going to read result of my observation was that. wearing a straw hat. No one was Cup Mentally, which, it is under the letter, Mr. Lim raised an ob- | in my opinion, he was sound in on the bridge at all. She imme-stood, is-supported by English and jection saying that it would pre-mind.

diately called out several chair Australian delegates, was rejected judice the case in the eyes of the All the time he has been in hos- toolies who were nearby, and two by 12 votes to 11 at a private meet of them rescued the children. She ing of the Davis Cup Committee public, but on. Mr. Hamilton re-pital?-Yes. questing the Press not to publish

had a side view of the accused. Mr. Dwight Davis, donor of the On, July 9, she attended an iden-trophy, attended and spoke against

cation parade and picked out the resolution..

the

come about since 1927, in this direction no doubt all to the good

Speaking of the New Life Move- ment, the representatives in Kuling

genermi nuisance, especially where. foreigners are concerned. It is un- fortunate that something cannot be done to stop this interference, as It is only leading to unpleasant- and possibly an incident. which will afterwards be regretted. one of the petty things I am told

ness.

that in the Cap, it is a rule that persons crossing the street must pass round the policeman. What an absurditý fö such a small of what can be expected when the place? It seems to be a forecaste

administration is changed.

Junk Bisected By

River Steamer

"Cross-examined, by Mr. Lim, Dr. the contents, Mr. Lim, waived his Valentine said that he was not the objection:

only doctor wh looked after the After reading the letters, Mr. | accused while he was in hospital, | the'accused. Her reasons for pick- By a substantial, majority Fraser went on to say that the po- Dr. Thomas also treated him. ing him up were that he was very delegates voted against the exist-FOUR” DROWNED lice later held an Identification Mr. Lim. Were you the first to thin and his hair was inclined, toing qualifying competition, and a parade and the accused wis pick- | attend the accused when he was be long and shaggy. He has high return to "status quo" was decid- ed up by Mary Plae as the man brought into the hospital?-Dr. cheek bones and sunken cheeks. ed to ascertain the opinion of the who threw her over and by Mrs. Wong actually saw him first. I Mr. Lim: When you first saw this absent countries, which, if they Fairburn as the man she saw was really the Arst to attend to man standing in the middle of the Increase the vote, will result ir throwing the children into the him.

bridge, were you actually on the the countires starting on the same nullah

Did Dr. Wong give him any treat-bridge or just going down?—I was footing in 1936.- "Regardless of whether the

acment at all before you attended to just on the very beginning of No. | Reuter. cused is the man who did this act hin-Not to my knowledge. or not, concluded Mr. Fraser, at- tion should be called to the gallan try and absolute disregard of safety, shown by those people who took part in the rescue. The water was deep and the nullah was, In many places, dangerous. There Was great promptness and very great gallantry shown by a num- ber of people.

Was the accused taken directly

2 bridge.

You said he picked up the boy threw him into the rullah, then the girl, and then jumped in

to the ward on admission?--Yes.

You told us his breath smelled alcohol; what was this general con- self. How long did he take to do dition, for instance, what was the trils All in about a minute.

state of his eyes?-I made no note When he picked up the boy, did

of his eyes at all.

the boy struggle at all?--It is diff-

Did you take his temperature?-cult to see. He seemed to just Yes, but I did not do it myself. pick him up and threw him over. That is the internal tempera- What was the little girl doing ture, I presume?—Yes, taken in when the boy was being thrown- the mouth.

? The girl seemed to be looking

er. He looked cold and blue.

Did you actually feel'his surface temperature?—Yes.

SPANISH RECONCILIATION

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WITH VATICAN

Shanghai, July 26. Four Chinese were drowned, and damage estimated at $800 occurred when the N.K.K. as Siangyang

Maru collided with a Tsungming junk, causing four of the crew. to special to the "Hong Kong Dally junk to bisected, and the masts be thrown into the water. the Press" (Copyright,)}

broken. The accident happened last. Thursday at 10.30 am. on the Madrid, July 31.

Shanghal side of the fairway Medical Evidence

The earlier reports of favourable off the Whangpoo, Conservancy Medical evidence was then given

progress having been made in the Board's workshops, Changwanpang, by Dr. D. J. Valentine of the

Did you notice his surface tem-ever.

negotiations, which the Foreign According to an eye-witness of Government Civil Hospital whoperature, the colour of his skin?-- Did the girl make an attempt to Minister, Pita Romera is conduct the collision the junk was coming said that at 3.45 p.m. on June 22. When he first came in he was run away?--If she did, they were tog in Rome with the aim of con-up river and was tacking at the a British boy named Michael Pine, suffering from Immersion. Hlso near together I could hardly cluding a concordat or establish time. The NKK sa Siangyang aged eight, S. admitted to the surface temperature would be cold-see.

ing a temporary "modus viviendi Maru suddenly altered its course hospital. He was suffering from

Do you know Michael Pinc's par- in the relations with the Holy See, to the Shanghai side of the river concussion, being unconscious, and

ents personally?—No.

proved to have been somewhat pre- and struck the junk. Five out of the effects of immersion. He had

Do you know any of the parents mature, it now turning out that nine of the crew were rescued from wounds about the head, and con- Did you notice and hiccough pre- of the chudren who were unforthe negotiations had been miscar- the junk by the harbour launch. siderabile brising around the fore-sent No.

unately thrown over? No. None red coppletely, chiefly owing to Two of the rescued men, complain- head. There were bruisings over

Did you take any blood test? of them.

the fact that the Vatican consed of injuries and were sent to both knees. He was givn treat No. I did not take that.

Did you. after this incident,ders the political situation in Spain hospital, and one was found to ment, but he never recovered con- Re-examined by Mr. Fraser, wit-speak to any of them?-N94-0

far from stable and anticipates have broken his jaw. The injuries sclousness and died at 6.10 p.m.ness said that he did not noticė Tid you tell anyone of what you the return of the anti-clerical Left of the others were only slight

anything peculiar "about accused's saw of this incident? Yes The Wing of a majority in the Cortes..

On board the junk were 120 Mr. Fra Who came with eyen.

first time was to a newspaper re-

In political circles, it is expected bundles of grass rope, estimated at Michae F the Hospital? PWD, and Sergeant Moran had porter, and then the police and my that Romera will leave Rome $5 a bundle, waking a total of

Dr. Vanlig ? don't know who produced plans, and photographs husband and personal friends.

shortly and hand in his resigna- $600. There were also a number actual) accompanied him when respectively of the scene .of the

Did you visit the hospital at all tion as a result of this diplomatie of Tsungaung meloni which were be arived. I saw him immedia-tragedy. Mry, Kathleen Charlotte

estimated at $252.18. tely he was taken to the ward. Fairburn was called late the wit

Did you sể, te. O'Kelly? Not nese-box. that I know of the boy was DC-

the same da

".

* Mrs. Fairburn's Evidence

to see any of these children?-No. fiasco.

Atter Fung Blu Ki, a tránsistor Fresident Alcala Zamora will of the B.C.A. had given evidence to probably himself take up the mat the effect that he translated acter of achieving a reconciliation

negötikilóns

flally in tied when I saw he told the court that at the cused's letters. the hearing was with the Vatican and discuss with new

time of the tragedy she was just adjourried until Friday afternoon. the Papai Nuncio the pobilites Transocean Ao Min.

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