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HONG KONG. NOVEMBER 17, 1937.

JAPAN FOUND GUILTY

THE HIGHER

POLITENESS

ALLEGED

THREAT BY

DETECTIVE

"I'LL BEAT YOU TO DEATH"·

1937.

There "comes a moment, just before every lunch or dinner. when the guests begin to move slowly towards the food Con- vention decrees that every man among the guests shall then hang back and profess ya desire to arrive last at the feast and toi take what is left over after the older and more important mem- bers of the company have takei

Corroborative evidence was given full advantage of their start.by a district watchman, Chan Fat With its muttered references to at the Kowloon Magistracy yester age and honour, it is one of the day when the inquest into the few

motients in the life of circumstances Burrounding the Western an when'

Oriental death of a man, named Chan Bun,

Kowloon Inquest Hearing

WANTED MALE CHILDREN

Disappointed Woman Commits Suicide

HIGH SPEED DIESEL ENGINES

'

Rotary Tiffin Talk

of the Hong Kong Rotary Club at port" at yesterday's timin meeting

which the President, Major R D. Walker, presided.

A verdict of suicide was return-

Mr. L. W. Tipple spoke to Hong ed by a jury comprising Messrs. Kong, Rotarians on "High Speed A. E. Quin (foreman), L. Roza-Diesel Engines in Modern Trans- Pereira and Cheang Wye-sam, 'at the conclusion of the inquiry held at the Central Magistracy yester day into the circumstances sur- Founding the death of Lau Xing, died on October 23 at the Queen 33-year-old married woman who

Mary Hospital after having been picked up unconscious outside No.

· Mr. Tipple said in pane

with

the internal combustion engine as

We are all now familiar

used in the car, and the Diesel is a development of this, the essential

politeness intervenes and a high, who died from rupture of the before. Mr. R. & D. Forrest sati viously prepared or

minded deadlock is created.

It can be said, not unplaasitity. that honour paid to a «man's guests is honour paid to him, and that the host is gratified that his guests plainly think so ouer of

But hosts and | one another,

still more, hostesses have » isom- only given a good deal me

the readiness to come last to the courses than to the company, and

board is in reality a very poor compliment.

August 31, was con- spleen on tinued. Mr. K. Keen sat as Coroner, assisted by a jury and Mr. John Whyatt, Assistant At- torney General, appeared on be- half of the Hon. Inspector General

of Police,

360 Queen's Road West three days as Coroner and Inspector W. Malr was in charge of proceedings for

the Police.

Evidence was given to the effect that the woman had been admit- ted to the Po Yuk Maternity home

carburetted

difference being that walle a pre- Aring mixture is introduced into the cylinder, compressed, and fired

mechanically by means of an elec- tric spark, the Diesel has air only drawn into the cylinder, which is then heavily compressed causing at the above address on October half an hour after her admission.ity is infected into the cylinder 15 and had given birth to a girl fuel oil of a relatively low volatil- a high temperature rise, and the

She had, appeared quite norma! and happy before the birth of the abnormal, save that she would not was not a son. carry her baby. lamenting that it A little after mid- night on October 20 she was found lying house.

I did not require a meeting of world Powers to tell the world thought to the table and the they had been assaulted at the baby and even afterwards was not

is now placed on record that a

Police

Serious allegations had been made at the previous hearings by a witness, Wong Lap. a friend of who stated that the deceased.

Station by censed were detained for enquiries police officers. Wong Lap and de- regarding a sewing machine be longing to a tallor: which had been missing.

Shamshuipo

At yesterday's hearing the dis- trict watchman, Chan Fat, told the Tam-lin, the tailor, told him he'

unconscious outside the

and ignited by the heat generated in the compressing of the air.

The first Diesel engine was de- signed by Dr. Rudolph Diesel, but although this was patented an en- gine was never actually built to

these original drawings. Dr. Diesel patented his engine throughout. the world and although one or two- A relative of the husband, who is away in Swatow, testiĝed that

firms-manufactured engines under his patents. very utile development took place until the expiry of the ten years and were on excellent

patent rights in 1912, when a de- terms. Sometimes, in conversation with relatives, deceased would ex-finite impetus was given to the press disappointment and annoy-

Industry. ance at not having any sons, but she never sald or hipted she would x herself because of that

In his summing-up the Coroner

MANY TYPES Many firms branched out in this: line and many types were evolved, All these were in the slow-speed class-a maximum of about 200 re- ΟΙ less. volutions per minute Around 1919 the so-called high-

that it was, the majority opinion that Jupen was guilty of the crime of breaking the peace, but in vow of the fact that Japan

In short, the whole convention shook the mailed fist in the face of the Powers, it was desirable by which guests do not mind that a jury of leaders responsible anything, and affect an indiffer-Court that his clansman Chan, the couple. had been married.for to their nations should bring inence and an apathetic sequies

cence, is one which reduces the had lost a sewing machine. He verdiet of guilty as a first step whole temperature of social life.

was also told by the tallor that at least. This has been done.

deceased were In the old Turkey it was the Wong Lap and Germany ignored the Brussels

suspected. Conference, and Italy declined height of impoliteness to be as

Together they went to No. 990 to vote. How could Italy have quietly well bred at the end of Castle Peak Road where

they the premises acted otherwise in view of the good meal us at the beginning: found deceased on Race Abyssinian affair? Yet the fernan had to show that the food and witness questioned deceased said it was fairly obvious that it had made its mark upon him and regarding the whereabouts of the was a case of suicide and he did machine. Deceased denied the not think, from the evidence PARTICULARS AND CON permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY solid majority of nations has that repletion had indeed taken allegation and claimed that Wong given, that anyone was to blame speed stationary- Diesel-about 600- place. But today" the English Lap hed stolen the machine. for not having taken steps which rp.m.-was introduced. It was not. found Japan guilty of a crime of tradition is to be at the end of Subsequently they went to Wong might have prevented it.

the meal as though there had. Lap's house and questioned him. been no meal; and in an age of! diets it is with many a guest only too true that there has been. no meal, What has vanished is loud and obvious enjoyment, and the fine which divides the resultive, Chan Chun, who was in the which every host means to achieve detective office, began to question from that noisy happiness which deceased. After a short while a interferes with the quiet melan-European officer came in and to choly of the other guests is drawn gether with Chan Chun took Wong ever more strictly.

Lap out. "They were absent for about ten minutes after which Wong Lap returned alone.

The Eleventh Extra Meeting will be held (weather on Saturday, 20th November. 1937, commencing at 2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be rung at

DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 22nd day of November, 1937, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the| 1.30 p.m. Public Works Department, by Or

der of His Excellency the Gov.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

Colony of Hong Kong for a term Hong Kong, 15th Nov., 1937.

ernor of one, Lot of Crown Land

at Repulse Bay Road in the

of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His

Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

lif not the

P

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the purchaser applicant), will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum at two hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash. This sum will be retard cd on payment of the purchase

price.

aggression without precedent in the history of the world.

That is the first step. The Brussels Conference has adjourn ed for six days. Meanwhile. news from Tokyo there comes that Japan is not disposed to regard the finding of the Con- 5730ference with any great favour. Wheri all is said and done that is understandable.

The truth is particularly inpalatable to cri- minals. Later messages from Dr. Johnson used so to relish that land sacred to imperialistic his food that the veins stood out Suffering from a compound trac-aggression and military terrorism on his forehead as he plied knife ture of the right leg. sustained indicate that Japan may take a and fork. To many modern men while working in the Green Island very high-handed attitude in the notion of such enjoyment in Cement Company plant on Mon regard to the whole matter. public is highly distasteful; yet day. Kung Yung, 57, coolle, was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital. That, again. is understandable. the whole idea of spreading a It is characteristic of the crook board with good things is to

POLICE REPORTS

An unknown Chinese woman, aged about 35, was found lying in a public latrine in Ningpo Street, Kowloon, on Monday with a knife wound in her throat. The woman was taken to the Kwong Wah Hos-

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT pital for treatment.

No. of Sale. į

Registry No.

Repulse Bay Road.

Locality.

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Boundary.5

Measure.

anentu.

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As per

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Annual

Rental

Upset Prical

Content

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About

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to bluff till he is cracked. But create an intense pleasure which even Japan must realise that the hut for the feast would not he day of reckoning cannot be post-there at all. poned indefinitely.

Doubtless Japan is playing this game according to a carefully planned system. Her military While leaning from a window at rulers are possessed of some in- No. 24 Victoria Avenue, Kowloon, sight into human nature, and the on Monday, Mak Sin-so, a three- spoils of war have a certain Fear-old girl, overbalanced and fellittering attractiveness even to out She was taken to the Kow-

liberally minded humanitarians. loon Hospital where It was found she had suffered a fractured skull. It is not unlikely, therefore, that as the Japanese imperialists are able to show results they will curry favour with a very large section of the community. Italy did that.

She died about 5.30 p.m.

A little boy. Shek Ylu-kan, aged 6. was fatally injure when he was knocked down by motor lorry, No. 3062, driven by Kwok Yee-hing, in Queen's Road. West, near Western Street, on Monday. He suffered injuries to the head, and died on 5744 the way to the Queen Mary Hos

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Falling from a ounk in the Hing Kee matshed on Monday, a coolle, Ng Ming. 45, received, such injuries that he died in the evening at Queen Mary Hospital,

HEROIN POSSESSION

Lau Chuen 34, unemployed, was committed to the Criminal Bes- slons by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday on a charge of possession of eight ounces of heroin, sufficient to make 200,000 pills. Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, and said the herola was found in the course of a raid

MEDICAL RELIEF

APPEAL

Deceased and Wong Lap were taken to the Shamshulpo Police

Station for further investigations. A Chinese detective was sent for and to whom the alleged suspects were

handed over for en quiries. Another Chinese detec-

Chan Chun who later returned. took deceased away.

ALLEGED THREAT Witness said that when deceased They were then left in the detec returned he appeared to be crying. tive room for a few minutes, after which Chan Chun returned and questioned deceased and said, "Ir you don't tell me the truth I'll beat you to death-be quick."

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

until 1917 that the high-speed au- tomotive Diesel engine was con- sidered practicable: It is a de... Anite advantage to obtain power at slow engine speeds, as it is when getting away from rest or often. rounding a corner that power at slow speeds is needed.

The Chairman of the Hong Kong

following subscriptions to the Asso-have Travel Association acknowledges

A further QI. advantage is: with thanks the receipt of the that the fuel oil does not to go through the ex- ciation for the period 1837-1938-pensive refining process

which Messrs. Mackintosh's Ltd. $100.00 obtains with petrol, making it Messrs. Furness (Far

necessarily cheaper. East) Ltd. Messra. Gilman and Co.

Ltd.

2

50.00

50.00

By virtue of the charge being Ared by compression heat a higher- compression ratio must be used ST. JOHN AMBULANCE than with petrol, which would de- The Director of Ambulance has tonate at Diesel pressures, (I wilE received a communication from remark here that I deliberately Canton to the effect that certain un-omitted mentioning pressure and round of the city. collecting sub-afterwards to give them to anyone scrupulous persons are making a temperature figures but am willing scriptions and purporting to re-interest). The higher the present the St. John Ambulance pression pressure the greater the Brigade.

"Receipts sent to the Bureau of Public Safety have been pronoun- ced as forgeries and can only be described as such.

Com-

Dower from a given size cylinder at a given speed, and development along the lines of raised compres- sion ratio and anti-detonating fuels (Tetra-ethyl-lead), is taking place in the petrol engine nela.

DANGEROUS. DRIVING

Lorry Driver Fined

Chan Chun told deceased that his allegation against Wong Lap was unbelievable and that deceased For general information, It's had stolen the machine himself.

announced that there is no branch Tell me the truth quickly...or of the St. John Ambulance Associa- else I'll strike you," the detective tion and Brigade at Canton, and said to deceased, and gave de- that none is authorised to collect To The Editor, The Hong Kong ceased three blows on the side with money or issue receipts in the a rod similar to a truncheon, and name of these bodies. Similarly Daily Press."} Dear Sir.-On behalf of the In-shoulder blades.

two more on the back between the the Hong Kong public is advised The detective not to make donations to any in- ternational Medical Relief Com- then turned to question Wong Lapdividual without ascertaining the mittee on whose work an article and upon getting no satisfactory bone fides of the collector. appeared in the "Hong Kong Dally

answer he gave Wong several

Donations may be sent to the Press" yesterday, may I say how blows. Wong told the detective Director of Ambulance at St. John

that deceased had a grudge against Headquarters. very much we hope there will be a that we have made for the support manded the return of a loan or columns of both the English and D. B. Michell. R. A. Defendant the appeal him because he (Wong) had deceived are acknowledged in the day, on the complaint of Captain

Chinese press, and official receipts denied the charge. duly issued.

generous response to

of a Red Cross Unit at the Front,

committee for which this

has made itself reponsible.

Monthly subscriptions, of what- ever atze, will be most gratefully

received. and should be sent to

There is, however, a certain dissimilarity between the Italian and the Japanese position. First and foremost, liberally minded world Powers were much weaker the when Italy perpetrated her land- Baines, St. John's Cathedral, or to taking tour de force than they the Hon; Secretary. Miss 2. D. M. are to-day, and secondly, there Carter, c/o Helena May. Garden

were not so many nations so vitally interested in Abyssinia as they are in China particularly and the whole of the Pacific generally,

Hon. Treas. The Rev., H

Rd. Yours very truly,

MIES Z. D. M. CARTER,

Hon. Secretary.

BALLROOM MANAGER SUES FOR PAY

An action against the Kwong Chow Hotel Ltd., proprietors of the Kwong Chow Ballroom was brought by Paul Wong before the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice Lindsell; in the Suramary Court yesterday.

money.

N

All donations re

The Director of Ambulance has

CRIES FOR HELP Shortly afterwards another de- tective, dressed in European clothes, the honour to acknowledge with came in and questioned deceased. grateful appreciation and thanks

kicked deceased, witness the receipt of the following dona alleged, when deceased failed to tons towards the New Territory

He

answer to his satisfaction.

The detective struck Wong Lap with a rod all over the body until

he cried out for help.

Witness, replying to Mr. Whyatt stated that he did not assault the alleged suspects. He said that he only gave Wong Lap two playful pushes.

The hearing was then adjourned till Wednesday, November 24

Clinics:

Mr. Fung Wing Fong (per

100.00

·1%

50.00

Charged with driving in a dan- gerous manner in King's Road early on the morning of November 3, 50 Tang, lorry driver, was sum- moned before Mr. R. A. D: Forrest at the Central Magistracy yester-

Capt. Michell sald that he was.

driving his car from town towards He had with him as a passenger, Lyemun, Barracks about 1,40 a.m.

Lt. N. W. Dimsey, R.A., and was going at a speed of 30 rolles per

bour.

ness, causing him to brake hard,

The lorry crossed the road » and “ entered the China Provident go- down (formerly Ming Yuen › Gar-- dens), and witness followed and took down the lorry's number.

At the time of the incident, 25.00 Capt. 28.00

21.95

Mr. Fung Wei Shing) $200,00 mercial Press building, defendant's When he got opposite the Com- Mrs. Fung Cheng Tin Yin

lorry suddenly shot out from the: (per Mr. Fung Wei Shing) 200,00 left on the road in front of wit- Mr. Fung Wel Shing. Shataukok Villagers (per

District Officer South)..... 160.00 Mr. Li To Ming, Fanling (per China has always adapted, an

Mr. Li Pak Wa).. eminently reasonable attitude,

Mr. Kwok Hin Wang (n and even at the present Brussels

memory of the late Mr. T. A. Mitchell). Conference she is doing every-

FRAU GIPPERICH RETURNING Per Mr.. Chan Yuk In' thing in her power to effect peace

Among the passengers arriving Collecting Tin from Cheung with honour and without the

on the sa Gneisenau is Frau H Chau Hospital "..... useless spilling of more blood:

Gipperich, wife of the German Mr. Tang Kwan Leong, Fan- Consul-General, who is returning ling (per Mr. Li Pak Wa) China has not even stooped to

The plaintiff was employed by from leave in Germany. Frau Mr. Li'Lok Sang ................ embarrass the signatories to the Nine Power Treaty by reminding the defendant on May 1, 1937. as Gipperich will be heartily wel- Mr. Chan Chiu Kwong, Fan- 197 Wanchal Road, first

manager of the Kwong Chow Ball-comed by her many, friends both ing (per Mr. Li Pak Wa) them of their pledge to safeguard room, at a salary of $70 per month. in the German and the inter- Miss Chin Choy Kum, Fan- floor, on November 2. Evidence

territorial integrity. On June 1, 1937, it was alleged national community. was given by Mr. H. A. Taylor, China's Government Monopoly Analyst, China's attitude constitutes a that defendants wrongfully dis- and by denlor, Revenue Officer superb example of patience and missed the plaintif who claimed.

trustfulness. She will reap her from the defendants the sum of neither

lieu of notice, Yan Yeung was fined $2,500 and just and great reward-unless $70, being one month's salary in 5742 sentenced to "aix-months' hard the world he bankrupt: of staten- Mr. F. E. Nash appeared for the

labour for possession of 3,000 pillsmanship.

The wire can be delivered in Hong Kong approximately 2 months after acceptance of the on No. offer.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.,

F. V. JENSEN,

Manager.

A. W. Grimitt,

In another case a man named

defendants, whilst plaintiz was

present nor legally re-

His Lordship ordered the writ to presented.

be struck out with costs for the defendants.

Michell stated that the- road ahead was clear, and he had;' his head-lights on. Defendant also had his head-lights on. but they were very weak. The lorry did 10.00 did not appear to have a rear

5.80

Hght, as none could be seen.

Lt. Dimsey gave corroborative 5.00 evidence.

Defendant was fined

2.00 Jing (per Mr. LA Pok Way Per Miss Chan. Yuet Hing... 1.40. Nestles and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., 2 cases "Eagle" Brand condensed milk for New Territory Clinics. North Chins Hospital Relief Fund Geylang Methodist Episcopal

$15.

Church, Singapore (per Mr. Chew. Chia Song), $424.82.

Two cases of emergency supplies from the Joint Council of St. John Ambulance and Indian Red Cross.