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He Saw Man Searching

His Mother's House

STANDING ON THE BAR TABLE AT THE CRIMINAL SES- STONS before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell yesterday, a 13-year-old boy demonstrated to the jury how he saw the man in the dock searching his mother's house at dead of night while he was re- turning home with a stone of Chinese ink.

The case was the outcome of an attack In Po Kong vil- lage, Kowloon, when seven or eight men entered the house of Tam Saa-ving, and her family while they had packed up preparatory `to leaving for Chungking.

fendant

for

BRITAIN BUYS. ALL EGYPT'S

COTTONTM

CAIRO, Nov. 20 (Renter)-It is officially announced that the British Government has agreed to buy from Egypt" all her cotton which, before the War, was sold to Germany.

PROFITEER FINED 50 RUPEES

The cmission to

state

the

maximum prices obtaining in the

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 1st' NOVEMBER, 1939, 9.30 AM.

A revised edition of the Hong Kong Post Office Guide is on sale at all Post Offices price $1.00.+

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

Christmas and New Year Cards bearing, not more than five written words and enclosed in open envelopes are accepted by the Fost Office at the rate for printed matter, ie, 5 cents per 2 ounces. for all countries. ·

Hongkong, China and Macao at 2 cents per 2 ounces. Envelopes must not be closed.

The men entered by the kitchen while returning home from next door and began searching the door with a stone of Chinese ink house eventually taking alx rings. he saw two men trying to get into $23 in Hongkong money and $25 the house from which he got the In Chinese currency. The men ink. One of the robbers pulled Colombo Municipal area was urged seized the woman by the throat him outside and left him there. as a plea in a profiteering case by and tore her jacket while the He then ran to his mother's house Mr. V. Ponnusamy, who appeared other Inmates of the house were next door, where he saw the de- for a man named Abdul Careem, a also attacked,

Inside searching

salesman of Kandapola.

Careem was charged before Mr. Formosa In the dock was Lam Muk-sing. something. He pleaded not guilty and was His Lordship then asked the lad (H. S. Roberts with profiteering in Straits arraigned before a jury compris- to get on the table and show the rice and currystuffs. He was found Japan. ing Messrs Tsang Fook (foreman) Jury what the defendant was do- guilty and fined Rs. 50. in default Java and Manila.

months' Later six A. Andrews. Tsang Chul-yuen,ing in his mother's house.

rigorous imprison-Japan. Tae Tim-chao, P. M.Elenbass Ehe positively identified the defen-ment II C. de Cuvalho and E. Alves.

dant at the police station.

Mr. Ponnusamy argued that in Defendant (from the dock)-the absence of the maximum prices Mr. T. J. Gould. Assistant Crown

obtaining

the Colombo Solicitor, prosecuted, assisted by You falsely accuse me.

Witness (to Judge)---I am post-Municipal area the accused found Sgt. C. Dowman, The defendant

tive he was the man was not represented by counsel.

it impossible to calculate the Further evidence was given by prices for Kandapols." Sgt. J. A. Cordeux and Fong "Gazette" notification giving the Chung. 14-year-old maid-servant axed prices of currystuffs in the to complainant. The latter den-district had omitted to mention the tified the handkerchief në

maximum retail prices in Colombo, used for wiping the baby's mouth. It had stated merely the increase. She was attending to the baby at over the Colombo prices. the time of the robbery,

Of special interest in the case was a handkerchief found with accused's belonging's and which he claimed as his own, but which the complainant. asserted belonged to her. She "said it was being used to wipe the baby's mouth at the time of the robbery. After the rob- bers had gone the handker- chief was missing.

riven

ARREST OF DEFENDANT

that

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---London date 11th Nov.

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date 15th November

The

Halphong Haiphong Saigon.

Calcutta and traits.. Haiphong

Shanghai Saigon,

on a different page of the same "Gazette."

The Magistrate stated in his Leong Wing. detective 98. testi- finding that the maximum prices fed to having arrested defendant obtaining in Colombo were men- After complainant had

within a short time of the crime. tioned in a notification signed by evidence telling of the night's ex-This was corroborated by another Deputy Controller, Kegalla District, perience,

Chan Hong Chan, 26. Chinese detective Chun Lam, draftsman. living next door, told how he had gone to the com - plainant's house on the night of Oct. 15 at about midnight, He was surprised to And three strange men there, one of whom had a

gun.

When he realised it was a rob- bery and tried to run a way he was caught by the robbers and draged inside. Then" about four or five more robbers came in. He was robbed of two rings. The robbers were there for about ten "minutes, and on hearing police whistles,

rar away.

PULLED OUTSIDE "

Making a statement from dock, the accused said: "It I did commit a robbery at com- plainant's place, I won't mind" being killed or run over by a bus, The small boy also bught to be killed or "run over by a bus if he makes such a state- ment. The handkerchief is really mine and if your Lord- ship does not believe me, I can call two witnesses to that it is mine."

prove

The accused then said that his

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Canton

Canton Shanghai Japan and Shanghai, Japan

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Bervice"- He could not agree with the

London' date, 15th November. argument that just because the

Manila. maximum retail prices of

Manila, currystuffs obtaining ba the

Calcutta and Straits Colombo Municipal area did not

Haiphong appear in the "Gazette" nötica Bangkok and Saigon. tion of the Deputy Controller.

Shanghai Nurara Eliya District, the Court Japan and Shanghai. could not look into another not-straits. fication appearing in the same Shanghai "Gazette" in order to ascertain the Sandakan. maximum

retai prices of Japan and Shanghai. obtaining In the Japan and Shanghai. Japan and Shanghai,

witnesses were Cheung Keung and currystuffs another man whose real name he Colombo Municipal area. did not know but whose nickname He was satisfied on the evidence Japan. was "half-crazy-man.”

the Both of that.

accused sold the Java and Manila. After Fong Kwong had given them worked at the Wing On Tea-currystuns to the complainant in evidence of now he was chased by | house in Shamshuipo.

of the maximum retail the robbers. Fong Yuk Kwan, a Hls Lordship asked the police to prices. and fined him Rs. 50, in 13-year-old boy and son of the make inquiries and adjourned the default six months' complainant gave evidence of how, hearing till 2.15 pm, tomorrow.. imprisonment.

WAR BAGS Guerilla MAY RETURN Canton

are

At the Royal School Needlework, busy fingers arranging patterns of surgical ap- paratus, bedjackets, and night- shirts for the Red Cross,

"They will be sent to hosp'tal supply depots all over England," Lady Smith-Derrien, principal of the school, said,

excess

U. S. A, Honolulu, Japan and Manfis (San Fran-

cisco date, 6th November).

Shanghai

rigorous

Straits. "Japan.

Calcutta and Stralta

Activity Along Kowloon Railway

A Central News Correspond mt, who made a tour of the Canton-Kowloon" Ralway zone, found Chinese guerillas active along the linne.

Sections of the line are still in Chinese 'control. Τα the southern sector the Japanese ar concentrated at Skumchun

while in the northern sector Japanese milltary trains are run- ning only between Canton and Sheklung. Large Chinese guerilla units are stationed at various points to the east of the railway. They haye "We are making patterns of frequently attacked the Japanese.

Continged from Page!

masks for doctors and nurses to

2,000 AT SHUMLAUN wear in the operating theatre

The Japanese garrison at Shum- With the aid of about 80 chun is estimated at 2,000. About! voluntary helpers we made 1,620 500 Japanese troops are stationed and Newwangmino, following their patterns in paber for gauze swabs at Bocca Tigris, and 400 at reoccupation of Vitaltow on Nov. and sewed 200 surgical masks. Tungkun.".

THE BAG FUND

"I have asked the War Office if

they want me to re-open my Hospital Bag Fund. I sent 6,000,000 bags to various medical units in the last war

*They are used when a man la

wounded-to hold the contents of his pockets and personal belong ings-sealed and labelled, and tied to his stretcher

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2nd Dec.

3rd Doc.

4th

Dec.

Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unlem otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel malls are closed at 5 pm on the previous day. When

5 mails are advertised to close after pin. Parcel mails are closed at 5 pm.

Registered and

Date and Time:

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8.20 AM

10.30 AM

1.00 PM

For

TUESDAY

CHINA WAR NEWS

Manila, Makassar, and Sourabaya... Canton

Haiphong

Fort Bayard

1.30 PM

2.30 PM.

Shanghai

Straits, Ceylon, India, East, and South Africa.

9.30 FK.

K.P.O.

Reg

3.00 PM

Ord

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Airmail for Malaya, Java and Australia by “Im

perial Airways Direct Service"-dus Sydney, 27th November.

G.P.O.

Rog.

5.00 PM

Ord. 740 PM).

Wed, 2nd

WEDNESDAY

Reg: Brat 5.00 PM

Ord. Vist 6.20 px G.P.O.

-due London, 29th November.

Japanese spy organs have boen Areas south of Puhsien, which Air Mail for "Imperial AirwaysDirect organised at Shumchun, Sheklung, was reverted to Chinese control Shektar, Chalshan and other last week, have now been cleared points along the railway. Chinese of remnant Japanese units follow- undesirables are engaged by the ing the Chinese "mopping up" Japanese to do espionage, each operations. being paid from $20 to $60 per month

JAPANESE ATTACK FUNGSHUN, Nov, 20 (Central)—Á, Tintongwal, Tongtowha, Cheung-unit of 400 Japanese foot-soldiers. muktau, Sheungping and Wong-supported by three planes, made khu are all in use hands. an attack on Wuho and Salkow- Tntongwai is in a devastated chun, from Chaoyang, last Satur- tate. Most of the shops have day. The invaders were forced to "We used to make them, first, in, closed down" and few people re-retreat after two hours' fighting. unbleached calico, but latterly in main. The railway station has Cretonne. The men liked them best been destroyed by Japanese aerial in the latter because they were bomba. more easily recognisable.

X.P.O.

1.30 PM.

1:30 PM

9.30 PM

*. 3.30 PM

KPO

Beg.

5.00 M

6.30 PM

Ord.

5.00 M -7.00 PE

7.00 75

Airmail for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Faris Urd

and Northern Provinces only) by ・ the "Alr OPO. France Airways Direct Service"-due Paris 30th Reg. November.

Straits. Balgon.

Airmail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and U. 8. A.,

by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-- | Heg. 21st 6.00 PM JAPANESE REVERSES

due San Francisco, 28th November. .....

Ord.28ad 7.30 AM KINIWA, Nov. 20 (Central)—-As a result of a Chinese enveloping Fort Bayard......... The correspondent inspected the attack, the Japanese at Shangling Shanghai and Japan, .................. battlefield at Tintonswal where a and Lienshih, In North Cheklang, Shanghai and Japan.

Amox.. "When I start this fund again 1bitter engagement was fought on near the Klangau border, are now shall be glad of help, for as long October 4. He saw heaps of ashes fleeing towards Linghu in the west. sa the sizes are kept to, even a on the ground where the Japanese A Japanese unit retreating from child can make the bags. Children are said to have cremated their Sinshih is reported to have been who have evacuated to the country dead before their retreat

encircled by the Chinese at Yang- as well their teachers can do

NEW TAXATION

chwang nearby, yeoman service in this....

Various taxes are imposed by HINGNING BOMBING "Meanwhile I have had to dis- the bagus organisations in Japan- HINGNING, KWANGTUNG, Nov. band the junior workers and the ese occupied areas. In the Bocca 20 (Central)-Three divilians were students at the school. We have no Tizris area. there are the land tax, killed and three others, wounded funds and no resources.”

amusement tax, tobacco and wine at Hingning in East Kwangtung, Amoy. tax, slaughter tax, oplum lamp on Saturday, when six Japanese Amoy. tax, oplam suppression tax, fowl planes staged two air raids over Banished for life on February 10, tax, fruit tax, medicine tax, pros- the town. About 25 demolition Sandakan. 1937, Tang Fuk, 33, who returned titution tax, and many others. It bombs were released.

Fort Bayard was committed to the Criminal amount to $300,000 per month.

Formosa Sessions, when he appeared, before. The Chinese have done' heavy

Haiphong Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central damage to communication lines,

Mantia. Magistracy: yesterday, on a charge There is a sabotage corps which is of breach of the Deportation Or- specially responsible for the de- dinance, Tang was arrested on Nov.struction of the Canton-Kowloon 12.

Railway, All the eleven highways

in the Tungkun district have been thoroughly damaged.

Aside from their military duties," the Chinese guerillas are helping the peasants in farming. A most cordial air exists between them."

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Thu, 23rd

7.00 PM

9.30 PM 7.00 M

Fri, 24th,

:30 AM 10.30 AM

-10.30 AMTM

1.00,

2:30 PM

Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hongkong Daily Press, Ltd., at Marina House, third floor, 15-19, Queen's Road Central Hongkong, London Office: 53 Fleet Street 5.0.4.

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