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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

British War Organization. Fund Reaches $126,077.47

The British War Organization Fund, Hongkong Branch, has now reached 5126,077.47.

Since the last list of subscribers was published, a number of large donations have been received, chief among these being $10,000 from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, $5,000 from Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., $5,000 from an anonymous donor. $2,000 from Mr. T. V. Soong, and donations of $1,000 from Mr. M. Y. Tanr, the Nether- lands India Commercial Bank,” “ Anonymous," Mrs. J. H. Taggart. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Fahnstock, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mansfeld, the Hon. Sir Henry and Lady Pollock and "anonymous."

The following is the list of sub- scriptions to date:

Foreign Staff Gibb El- vingston & Co. .................!

Previously Acknowledged $88,518.07 Local Start Mackinnon

The Hongkong Club

Mr. Max Malini

35.70

170.00

10,000.00

250.00 Mr. & Mrs. Leo D'Almada

Mackenzie & Co. "................. Staff Gibb El- 35.70 Local

vingston & Co........ 50.00 50.00 Mr & Mrs. A. E. Gerondhi

Mr. & Mrs. Gibson Fahn-"

stock

114.00

96.00 100.00

1:

1,000.00

75,00 100.00

JT.. Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Mans-

feld

250.00

1,000.00

Mr. S. W. P. Perry

Mr. James Lee

Hongkong and Shanghal

*Tester and Abraham

Mrs. B. H. Church

Hongkong Company, Corps

Miss Z. Antonova

50.00. Mr. Emile Essig 225.00 Mr. B. Herschend

Banking Corpn.

Anonymous

GENERAL

Two Japanese soldiers captured by the Chinese in an engage- ment in Kwangtung photographed (right) as they arrived at Shlukwan, war capital of the Pravincial Government, and (left) After their enlistment in the Chinese Armany. The men said most of their former companions did not have their heart in the war and wanted to be on friendly terms with the Chinese peopia.

100.00 PRODUCED

of Military Police

H.R. per J.P.

25.00 M A. M. Levenberger

Mr. J. Pestonjee

25,00

Mr. and Mrs, C. Blaker

500.00

Mr. D. Forbes .... In Memory of "Karl"

25.00 25.00

20.00

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent'

Sarby

Mr. D. J. Gilmore

250.00

500.00

Mr. E. C. Tregillus

• 1 500.00

Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott

Miss 'C. B. Robinson

100.00

Harston

500.00

The Hon. Sir Henry and

Mr, T. J. J. Fenwick

40.00

Lady Pollock ............

1,000,00

Mr. E. P. Streatfield

30.00 Mr. C. A. Blum

100,00

25.00 Mr. & Mrs. G. w. G.

50.00 25.00

Mr. W. W. Rae

Mr. R. Games

Mr. T, V. Soong . Mr. M. Y. Tang

Staf of the Bank of Can-

ton, Ltd.. Hongkong Netherlands India Com-

mercial Bank ...... Mr. R. J. Maltland

Mr. D. Eager

Miss S. F. Sutton

Anonymous

Mr. R. A. Rodgers Mr. E. M. Raymond

Mr. D. L. Newbigging

Mr. T. M. Gregory.....

25.00 Mr. & Mrs. P. E. Baskett 2,000.00 Misses Alleer and Doris

Woods 1,000.00

Mr. S. E.. Edgar 500.00 Mr. R. E M. Devaux...... Jardine, Matheson & Co.

1,000.00 Anonymous

25,00 Mr. & Mrs. D, Benson 100.00 Mr. H. J. Armstrong 100.00 Mr. N. C. Horne

200.00 Mr. D. J... Wilson

25.00 Mr. B. S. Carter 250.00 The

300.00

100.00

Oncers

5th Bat. (Naplers) 8th Rajput Rifles

50.00 Mr. C. Austin

Mr. B. C. Lawrence

Mr. N. Brandei

50.00

Mr. H. J. Tebbutt

:

Gande Price and Co., Ltd.

50,00

il

Mr. and Mrs. A H.

Compton

Anonymous

Anonymous

Mr. Joseph Prentice

Mlas V. N. Brett

Miss M. Webster

Mr. E. A. R. Newton

Mrs. J. H. Taggart

Mr. J. E Taggart

Mackinnon Mackenzie &

Co,

Gibb Livington & Co..... Mr. H. V. Wilkinson Foreign Staff Mackinnon

Mackenzie & Co.

150.00 1,000.00

FORGED

·DOCUMENT

HEAVY FINE FOR

ENGINEER

HIGH BIDDING AT CROWN LAND

AUCTION

There was high bidding at the Crown Land sale at the P.W.D. Offices yesterday.

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4188, situated at the juriction of Mong-

Albert

Hamilton Madden, 43, kong Road and Tong Mi Road, with an area of about 6,000 square Aneu unemployed engineer, was 10.00 $250, in default, two months' hard feet, was purchased by Messrs. 5.00 labour, when he pleaded guilty Tao Hong, and Tai Hung, c/o Mr. 50.00 before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Fung Tsun, for $15.700. The upset

price was $10,500 ( 5,000.00 Central Court yesterday to 1,000.00 charge of unlawful possession 'of a

100.00 forged document on October 14, 100,00 Being a second marine engineer, sold to Mr. P. Y. Chang, c/o Mr.

25.00 which only entitled him to possess A. J. Lane, for $32,600.

price for 10.00 the appropriate certificate, Madden the upset 25.00 was found to have in his possession $23,000, is situated in

Road, Hongkong... „

a

Inland Lot No. 5653, containing an area of 46,000 square feet, was

The lot. which was Blue Fool

a first class engineer certificate of

Messrs. Him Tung Yik Co., Ltd.. competency. belonging to one Mr. 58.00 Aitken, and was alleged to have of No. 59. Laichikok Road, Kow- 10.00 attempted to obtain employment loon, were the successful bidders for Kawicon Inland Lot No. 4180, 20.00 by virtue of the document

Mr. W. R. Hillyer, Shipping Paying $13,100.

The land contains an area uf Total: $126,077.47 Master. Harbour Office, told the

Court that the First Class En- 6,045 square feet and is situated The upset gineer certificate was issued to at Mongkok Road. Mr. Alexander Altker in February price was $10,579. 1930. Five years later, the cer- tificate was reported to be missing.

BANKER'S ORDERS 5,000.00 Mr. A. H. Guinness-Monthly $20.00

PAPER PRODUCED

50,00 Mr. E. P. Streatfeld

25.00 Mr. E. J. J. Fenwick do. do. 50,00. Mr. W. W. Rae,

.do.

40.00 25.00 30,00

or destroyed, and a new one was issued to Mr. Altken,

25.00 Efr. E. A. R. Newton 500,00 7. A. M. Levenberger do. 1,000.00 Mr. J. Frentice.

do.

25.00

25.00

do.

25.00

"Mr. D. Forbes 800,00 Mr B. Herschend 500.00 Mr. S. E. Edgar, 500.00 Mr. C. Austin

do.

do.

Mr. B. S. Carter · 320.00 Mr. H. J. Tebbutt

do. do. do. do.

IMPERSONATION OF POLICEMAN ALLEGED

Boarding House Incident

Marquis Ablong, aged 19, Mr. before charged

was

CUITORCY

R. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday with the theft of $68 in Canadian and" with impersonating police officer on October 7. Det.-Sergt. J. Forrest, said that the defendant went to the Man

а

On Boarding House and claimed

WOMAN” FOUND DEAD: MURDER SUSPECTED

On Friday, October 13, Mr. Hill- 25.00 yer received a report that the de- fendant had produced the certificate 10,00

5.00 at the Royal Naval Dockyard and asked to have particulars taken of 10,00 25,00 20,00

The body of Chinese woman.

him in the hope of employment. Following the report, the defen- -dant was arrested in the Seamen's

Institute on Saturday.

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Colony Water Returns

NOT MUCH BETTER THAN LAST YEAR

The water return for September. 1939, in one way shows a satisfac- tory situation on the Ma'nland.” The total storage shows 3.495.72 Mr. Hillyer remarked that at the million gallons, as

opposed to time Mr. Altken reported the loss 1,637.51 million gallons for October"

of the certificate, the defendant 1938. was working as his subordinate,

Madden was allowed seven days

to pay the fine as stated above.

aged between 35 and 40, was found ROBBERY PLAN

lying in small hollow off the Ho Tung Cemetery Path. between Smithfield and Mount Davis Road, Kennedy Town, on Sunday mom-. ing. She had a wound on the fore- head and her hands were also bound. The victim had the ap pearance of an earth coolle.

Two baskets, filled with, earth, were found beside her body,

Murder is suspected,

CHILD'S BODY DUMPED

J.

A widow. Chiu Ho, aged 65, ap-

NIPPED IN

BUD

K

On the Island the total storage comes to 2,205.53 million gallons, as against 1,554.47 million gallons for the same month last year.

This makes a total of 5,701.35 million gallons, as opposed to 3,191.94 in October, 1938.

14

SEX MONTHS' SUPPLY On the other hand, "the total estimated population of the Colony was 13 1,850,000, as opposed to 1,050,000

in the corresponding period last

Considerable excitement caused in Kowloon City early yes terday morning when a party of year.. | European, Chinese and Indian police threw a chrdon around the Sing Kee Teashop, in Salkung Street.

Two men who were having tea made a dash for liberty, discard-

We have six months' supply as against 44 months läst year.

Taking into consideration " the very great increased popu- lation, the Colony is not so very much better off than last year, considering that the himself to be a Chinese detective. peared before Mr. R. A. D. Forresting a revolver and dagger, while

rainy season is now over. He examined the hotel register and charged with dispositing, the body escaping, but they were arrested]

after a short chase in Boundary | The total rainfall recorded at went to room No. 11 occupied by of a dead child

Street.

the Royal Observatory from Janu- police to a hut in Kowloon City 80.470 Inches as compared with The two men later led the ary 1 to September 30, 1939, was and it is learned that further ar- 48.729 inches for the same period rests have been made.

last year.

Tong Fun, He told Tong that he The defendant, who was the was investigating the theft of $1,000 grandmother of the deceased, was and asked Tong he had any taking the child to the Tung Wah money on him. A sum of $88 was Eastern. Hospital for treatment, produced by Tong, and defendant On the way the child d'ed and was said to have taken the money she dumped the body in Hospital to the Central Police Station for Road near the mortuary. further inquiries. --

The defendant then took his victim to a teahouse and asked him to wait there. Tong in- "alsted on going together, and the two.proceeded on rickshaws. It was alleged that the defendant disappeared with the money:

The defendant was arrested on Saturday by a Chinese detective and an empty holster was found In his possession.

Accused was remanded for 24

hours..

Pleading guilty, she was bound over in a sum of $100 for one year.

UNREGISTERED

MUI - TSAI

A fine of $15 was imposed by Mr, A. A. Macfadyen, at the Kow- loon. Court yesterday, on Lang Ka, who was convicted of falling to report possession of a ward, 17

55,

years of age.

r

received information of a plan to rob a Goldsmith's shop in Kowloon City.

It is understood the Police had

WOMAN ROBBED

An armed robbery occurred at an unnumbered hut in Po Kong Village, Kowloon City, at 1.3.m. yesterday, when eight men., armed with daggers, robbed Lam. Sau- ying, 43-year-old married woman of $210 in money and jewellery.

Distinguished Indian Visitor Due In H.K.

A distinguished Indian Industrial Mr. Faser, of the Secretariat, for and commercial magnate in the The following forthcoming mar- Chinese Affairs, prosecuting told person of Mr. Walchand Hirachand Tiages have been notified Mr. the Court that on Saturday a Chi- will be arriving in the Colony on Arthur G. Weir, Hongkong Police, nese constable attached to Yau-Wednesday afternoon by Clipper to Miss MWG. Waygh, qursing g's-mati Police Station had received from America, accompanied by ter, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Information that a girl residing at Mrs. Walchand and Mr. K. J. Ad- kong, Mr. Kropg Wang,pak, ten-No. 201, Temple Street, was being vand, in cher, of 15, Popular Street, Sham--treated by her master. shulpo, to Miss. Yeung Kam

On instituting inquiries, the con- Cheung, 118 Des Voeur Road, Cen-stable discovered that the girl was tral, third floor, Hongkong.

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Mr. Walchand recently attended

the meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce at Amster-

Imperial Airways:

AIRPORT NEWS

SOUTHBOUND Wednesday: Hanot, Bangkok. Denebals-7 am."

NORTHBOUND

Saturday: Bangkok, Hanol;">

Hongkong. Dorado-4 p.m. Air France;

NORTHBOUND

Wednesday:

Hongkong. Service-p.m.

France. Hanoi,

SOUTHBOUND Thursday: Hanol; France. Service-6 am."

Fan American Airways:

KASTBOUND Wednesday; U. 8. A.

Hongkong California Clipper-2 p.m.

WESTBOUND

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Ng Sze was fined $50 by Mr. B Hmsworth, at Kowloon Court yes- terday, and eight of the other de- fendants, who appeared in Court, were fined one dollar each. Twenty- two other defendants, who did not Thursday: Manila, USA.. appear before the Magistrate, had Callfornia Clipper-8.30 am. bail of $5 each estreated. Table Note:The inward, midweek money to a total of $19.65 was or- fendant for - $2 when only seven | member. From Amsterdam he service of Imperial Airways will be dered place in the Foor Box. Det- The death occurred on Sept. 28, months old. The girl claimed that went to America, to wait the New about forty-eight hours in arriving Sergt. Morrison prosecuted. at Wellington, Somerset, of Mr. she was beaten with a broom. De-York World Fair, and is now reat Kal Tak because of a delay on Leonard William Crandall Lorden, fendant alleged that his ward had turning home via the Far East. the main Empire Route, Locaj re-" An suction in aid of the British of Taunton, formerly of Shanghai, not behaved well and had stolen Mr. Advani, who accompanies ports, state the plane is expected War Organisation Fund will be In his 65th year. The funeral took $1.50. No marks of beating were Mr. Walchand, in the Director of on Saturday with passengers and held at the Peninsula Hotel on place on Bept, 29.

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