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Lun Sun was recalled and stated in answer to Mr. D'Almada that he did not know how long the people above him had been living at 32. Kennedy Road.

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VISIT TO CANTON The rumour.circulating in Hong Kong before the arrival of the By- ing boat, that a visit would be paid to Canten, was confirmed by Air- Chu Pun, ambulance attendant,

Commodore Smith, who stated that gave evidence corroborating that of

he would pay a "courtesy call" co the other attendant at the previous mursaal Chiang Kai-shek, Gen- hearing. He went on to say that eralissimo of China The visit over the wound in deceased's abwould probably, be made by air on domen was a kind of ash ike that Thursday. of an incense pot. He washed the powder off which looked like powder that is used by Chinese for

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TORRENTIAL RAINS Reverting to the passage to Hong Keng from Natrang, Air-Commo- dore Smith stated that weather Det-Insp. O'Donovan gave form-conditions "were very bad indeed." al evidence, In answer to a ques- tion by Mr. Lo, witness said that as the officer who had charge of the case throughout, he had come across nothing that suggested - a third party in the case.

Kwan Mun, car cleaner, deposed to having seen the deceased drive the car away on the morning in question.

Ng Ping Tong. elder brother of

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testified to his brother's handwriting.

COUNSEL'S ADDRESS Addressing the jury, Mr. D'Alma- da said that one point in the evid- ence was clear and that was that the deceased was blindly infatuat- ed with Cheung Yee Law and that she returned the affection in no small degree. The deceased was a frequent visitor to the house throughout the day and despite the denials of the servants and o! Cheung Yee Law, on the evidence of the diary and the, Chinese doc- tor, that fact must be accepted, Deceased yisited the woman as his mistress.

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SHANGHAI that these two groups planned to

Torrential rains and strong head winds were encountered between Paracels and Haluan Island, which | unite;

The Revolutionary Socialist reduced the air-speed to 65 knots. The boat under FL. LI. Abrams Group had carried on a lengthy wirelessed to Air-Commodore Smith | correspondence with M. Trotsky. When who planned a "Fourth Interna- that it was turning back.

tional. He had also according to ever bad conditions were encoun- tered, explained the Air-Commo- semi-official sources. Instructed his dore, the flying boats had ordersBelgian followers on the methods to separate and each make their of own course..

THE CREW The crew of the dying boat in is as follows: First the Colony Pilot Squadron Leader C S. Ric- eard, Second Pilot and Navigator, Pilot Sergeant Elder, and five air-

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Air-Commodore Smith said that the return trip to Singapore would be made on Friday via

Manila, Borneo and Sarawak.

beginning A revolutionary movement. According to his re- circ. general strikes, the arming of the workers and revolts are preparatory to the forming of peasants' and workers' republics.--- Trysorean News Service

ATTITUDE OF PORTUGAL

Geneva, Sept. 21. The Portuguese Foreign Minister, Monteiro, Issued statement in the Journal de Geneve" in which he declared that victory for Commun- ism in Spain would mean war for Portugal. The Government must therefore defend the national in- dependence at all costs, to main- tain western civilisation, law and order. Regarding Portugal's at- titude towards the London non-in- determined to take his own life-tervention committee, the Minister driven to a frenzy.

pointed out that Portugal would abide by the neutrality agreement to the letter, but did not wish to relinquish the freedom to carry out its obligations according to its own discretion- Transocean New Service

The rumours that the deceased went to the house that morning and committed an indecent assault showed that they had been written were to be disregarded for there

by a man almost driven mad by was no shadow of such ailegations's relationship. He was a man

The deceased had d ́ed of one, or maybe all of three things; polson, scabbing and mutiation. The wound had been an upward one. and though Dr. Thomas had dis agreed with the view that it had been inflicted by another person, yet Dr. Taylor, an authority had cited otherwise. Inspector O'Dono- van had said that there had been

The points were fourfold; the at tack on Cheung Yee Law, the pol- son, the stabbing and the mutila- tion: they all pointed clearly to in- sanity at the time at which they

were done,

Mr. D'Almada, concluding, sald that if the jury were zatisfied that no third party but that was only the wounds were not self-inflicted his opinion and not fact.

Turning to the cause of death. Mr D'Almada asked the Jury if they could be satisfied that deceas- ed took his own life, as Insp. O'Donovan had stated.

case were

The features of the peculiar. In the instance of the breaking of glass, which was heard by the amah, it was to be expected that as a servant one would have imagined that she would have made enquiries. She did nothing of the sore and continued with her work

Then there was the bottle in the

house, all that had been found of It was the stopper. It has been corroded but the bottle had not been found.

then they should return an open verdict. I they thought that the wounds were self-tatlicted then they must have been inflicted in a moment of insanity.

THIRD PARTY RUMOUR Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo then address-

ed the jury and said that he was glad to support Mr. D'Amade with rumours that reference to any might have affected the jury, in that they were not supported by any evidence. The most awful rum” our was the suggestion that there had been a third party in che case, and so far as Mr. D'Almada bad persuaded them into believing that there had been a third party, that had been based on rumour and not

A window had been broken but fact. there was no evidence as to how that had happened.

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The evidence of Cheung Yee Law had been that the deceased arrived

at the house with a newspaper parcel. Of that parcel nothing more had been heard. Assuming

If there had been a third party then it was saying that there had been murder. In the absence of conclusive evidence, it was a wick-

In ed-a dastardly suggestion. view of the witnesses who had stated that there was no one else

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that the package had contained in the room, if it were" belleved that there had been a third person It

tantamount to a being conspirators to murder.

The diary against anyone but only showed the state of mind and character of the deceased.

the knife or the bottle, what had happened to the newspaper?

Cheung Yee Law, upon being at tacked west out of the room and called to the amah. She then re- turned to the room and lay on the bed when the person that had at- tacked her was lying on the floor.

ABH-LIKE SUBSTANCE

There was the ambulance man's evidence of the ash-like substance on the stomach, while according to the maid's evidence no one had

touched the deceased from the time of discovery untill the arriva of the ambulance.

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LIBEL AGAINST JEWS Newspaper Owner Sent To Prison

London, Sept. 21. The trial concluded at the Old Balley to-day of Arnold Spenser Leese, proprietor of the news-

"Fascist,” paper,

and Walter evidence Whitehead, printer of the same Journal, who were charged with publishing a seditious bel con- cerning the Jewish people.

The accused were found guilty Dr. Thomas's testimony was evid→ ence and that of Dr. Taylor was on two counts, namely, conspiring The evidence that to print libellons and scandalous only thesis, was not contradicted was that of statements, and printing libellous the rickshaw coolle, Lau Kau who statements in order to effect pub- had stated that he law the de-Uc mischief. ceased cutting himself.

SELF-INFLICTED

Dr. Thomas had said that the Was there anything, left unsaid? stabbing could have been self-in- asked Counsel. Some of the wit- ficted or otherwise, but the swal- nesses were not telling the truth.lowing of the polson and the mu The amah had said that after she tilation were self-indicted. Com called out she "fainted, yet the bined they could only point to self- coolie stated that he had conversanfiction. On the issue of fact and tion Chemg Yee Law had said that she was unconscious all the time after calling out to the smah. There was evidence to show that she, had had some conversation afterward..

Mr. D'Almada said that if the jury returned an open verdict in- stead of one of decision, the Police would continue their investigations and something further might be brought to light,

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evidence there was only one con- clusion to which they could come and that was self-infiction:

H's Worship commented on the facts as submitted by both Cour sel and concluded by saying that tr the hypothesis of murder was re- jected then there only remained that of suicide and there was am- p'e evidence to show that the de- ceased had inflicted all the wounds on himself and the woman, regards Insanity, there was evidence to show that 'n had affected the deceased's mind, but there was evidence to show that he had been labouring under great stress

MUST HAVE BEEN INSANE. If they believed that the decens. ed took his own life then he must have been insane. The diary and letter showed that he had been reaching a break'ng point in his relationship" with the woman. He was greatly jealous or her giving favours to other Looking at the entries in the diary, the last few i strēts

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Retiring for a few minutes, the Jury returned a verdict of "suicide white labouring under great mental

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Leese. was sentenced to six |`months" imprisonment, while

Whitehead was fined £28, Reuter

CAMPBELL BLACK

Inquest On Airman Adjourned

London, Sept. 21. Messages of sympathy from all over the world were received to- of Captain day by the widow Campbell Black, who was killed in an, aerodrome accident on Satur day at Liverpoo', lacluded one from the promoter of the London-30- hannesburg Air Race, for which Black had entered, and one from the Governor of Kenes.

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A Nairobi telegram states that the airman's death has general regret all over East Africa, where Black was regarded as a loca pioneer of aviation

The Coroner has adjourned the Inquest pending the results of ser- ce and civil enquiries which will be held by the Air Ministry.

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