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GENERAL

Youth Found Not Guilty SINO MERCHANT Crown Land

On Robbery Count

was charged

A 17-year-old youth. CHAK CHEUK-KWAN, who before Mr Justice Cressali at the Criminal Sessions yesterday on a robbery count was discharged, after evidence had been called, when the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty by a 5-2 majority.

SUMMARY COURT her with two others and

CLAIM FOR JUNK

To Plaintiff

Dowman, C

ALLEGEDLY INTIMIDATED

Senior Chinese R.O. Among Accused

Auction

Factory To Be Built|

On The Site

MYSTERY OF THE RUINED

HOSIERY

Washington.-I took

show wind

government what makes A woman

high officials maddest

Prior Lo the great discovery. romanticists he.d that a woman

scorned was tops in upset femini Bity Another shool of thought

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1941.

DID THE FRENCH GENERAL

READ THIS BOOK?

Seven years ago a comparatively unknown captain in the French Army wrote a book which, by virtue of its prophetic character, may some day rank him as the outstanding oxpo- nont of the most revolutionary military strategy of this age, The Army of the Future, by Gen. Charles de Gaulle (Phila- delphia: Lippincott, $2), is the first English translation of this remarkable Bttle volum◊

down walls

leet

12 bricks

A four-storled factory will soon fagtest Chak was alleged to have, toi

rlse on the plece of Crown land At the continued hearing before registered as Kowloon Inland Lot AD!

A N. Macfadyen at the No 4310, altuated at Ka Heu..g

A perusal of its pages impels the guns, crossing ditches three yards ather hot in custody, robbed Pun Major

conclusion that if the French wide. climbing mounds 30 shroff elinF - Flig

employed by Central Magistracy yesterday of an Road, To Kwa Wan, between K.IL

General Staff read it, they must high. charge against 12 No. 4047 and KIL No. 1834, ne

felimg 40-year-old trees, the WAH KIU YAT PAO, of Holly intimidation

a foun- persons, including six Chinese re-cording to Mr. Hong Yee-hing, the said a mother defending her young have discounted it as the work of knocking. wood Road, of $47.34 and

venue officers, among whom

16 successiul bidder for this lot when put out fury unexcelled.

over-imaginative subordinate wide, crushing a vostacles har- inia pen on Mar. 21

But for shrill, militant outrage, officer.

rers and hedgerows-this is what Mr J Reynolds Crown Counsel. Senior Revenue Officer. Mu Kang.it was put up for public auction

31. and two women, Yu Yuk-in. at the Public Works Department for triple distilled annoyance and

industry can today provide for berserk beauty on the loose, the

SOLUTION OFFERED

every professional diviston This 21, and L1 Lo se, 20, complainant offices yesterday. Chu Pak-yuen. 29, merchant, ofi Mr. E. B. Lambert, F.R.G.S., As government officially gives you---

To another General Staff, how brigade of two regiments. one of No. 109. Des Voeux Road Central,sistant Superintendent of Crown, don't take her if you're smart ever, this treatise offered a solu- heavy tanks, the other of medium third floor, was recalled to the Lands, was the auctioneer.

gal with a run in her brand-new

tion to that stalemate of modern tanks, with a recomaissance bat- witness box for further cross

With an area of approximately hostery.

Here ation of very fast hight scpines. examination, on the application of 3,720 square feet and an

annual

It all started one morning when armies, the war of position

was lueldly presented a new tech provided with Improved equip the defence

rental of $68, bidding for this lot high wind whistled down Penn-aque which employed lightning ment for liaison, observation and started at $2,790. In bids of $100 sylvania Avenue as thousands of

thrust and manoeuvre as its basic fleld work will constitute the and one of $210; the piece of land 'wim limbed government steno was finally knocked down to Mr.graphers were going to work. methods. Nazi generala must have principal

Ot Hong Yee-hing for $4,300, or ap

read with mingled surprise and unit. 2 sudden, dozens of them De- proximately $1.15 per square 100tgan venting high pitched squaks approval the French captain's The building convenant stipu at-Stockings were popping all over conception of the modern striking ed that in the event of a factory the place. Ugly ladders climbed torce as described thus: being erected on the site the rate past plump knees. Lace work ap- Six divisions of the line com- able value must not be less than prured where had been a gilsten-pletely mutorised and caterpillar for the now famous Panzer Divi- $12,000. Should, however, the pur chaser desire to build both real- dential premises and a factory or

Judgment Awarded assisted by Det-Sgt.

appeared for the prosecution, and the following comprised the lary: Mesurs J. R. Jones Foreman. Won The case in which a Hongkong Pia kwan. Raoul Blgazzi, Tsol San- registered Junk, which was alleged MA B de Haan, C T Todd by the defence to have alded the

and H J Wilkinson Japanese in a piratical act on the

Mr Reynolds said that al about! Defendants were alleged to have high seas, formed the subject of i

threatened Chu, on April 9, with an action was concluded at the am on Mar 21 Pun was rolleet- Summary Court yesterday wifen Ling fees for the newspaper and hadntury with intent to alarm him.

in als pocket $46 and $1.84 of his i Mr Atrod S K Lau, assisted by

While he was proceeding to Det. Sgt

appeared for the prosecution, while defen- dants, who are $100 bail each, were represented by Mr. M A da Silva CROSS-EXAMINATION

Mr Justice EH.. WIiams award- costs to the ed judgment with plaintiff

, the Kowloon Tong Club and near La side lane of the club he encoun

The plaintiff. Mak Shiu, of Noitered four men who pulled him 15 Ko Sting Street. frst. floor-me the lane. The robbers, after claimed for the return of the junk relieving h'm el the money and No. 3346H, and its appurtenances: pen, ran away or its value, $1,000, and the action from Lam Cheung-wing.

costs of

of No. 380 Castle Peak Road

Plaintiff was represented by Mr.

ALLEGED STATEMENT

W. Summers,

In cross-examination, complai

suggestion that ant denied the after the cuse had come up in

On the next day at about 12.30 Court, he had demanded $100 tea accused was arrested in Shan-money from one of the defendants

C. d'almađu and the defendant byung Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios

Street by Chinese detective for the purpose of dropping of C943 an Information Accused. evidence against him. after having been cautioned, stat ed. I went together with them to Boundary Street to snatch"

An Identifteation parade was held but accused was not identified by Pun who made two false iden

The defence, as stated in a pre- vlous hearing. was that although the plait might have been at one time the owner of the junk. nevertheless, through

certain action on his part, which amount- ed to piracy on the high seas. ttfeations coupled with

faci the alleged that the Japanese in the Swatow district captured defendant's own Junk with the aid, apparently, of plaintiff and his crew. gave to the defendant this particular junk.

IAPANESE PLANES

RAID CHENGTU CHUNGKING, June 23 (Reuter) Thirty-six Japanese aircraft in two waves raided Szechuen yesterday

The first wave of nine machines after entering the province from Hankow at 9 pm, passed Chung king and few westward and bomb- ed Chengtu, the caplial of Sze chuen

residential premises only then the rateable improvement must not be less than $16,000,

SALVATION WORK

OF C.I.C.

g expanse of silken calf.

Mrs. Frances B. Sayre, wife of repeated. the American High Commissioner plaint rose

The chorus

of com

for

echelon of

the larger

"PANZER" IDEA

There can be tue aqubt, that the foregoing was born the idea

ed," and partly armoured, will

!sions" which

Polanč drushed constitute an Q. Were the girls burned up?

army suitable

crashed through Holland and carrying through a campaign. It. A. The girls were burned to

will be an organism whose front. heart of France itself.

Belgium, and finally struck at the

It is ob risp.

protection vious that with German military On some large government of depth, and means of ces, not a girl escaped ruination of and supply will allow it to operate

energy and thougiess the independently. Each one of the ideas of De Gaulle were translated her stockings.

isix larger units will, furthermore, into reality. Twice again, on days of high be provided with all that it needs clear that the co-ordination of It is likewise Very wind, the stocking devastation was in the way of weapons and supply armoured divisions with Over- services to carry on the battle from whelming atr Assault found in- it's no beginning to end

even if 11 1s

ispiration in the writings. encircled by others One may

In view of the geographical vul- picture as follows the composition

France us nerability of of each division:

pointed out in the opening chapters of the book, it seems must incre- dible that such obvious defects as jan incomplete Maginot line should

HI adequate mobile armoured

force.

to crescendo.

dol

Mr Silva: Did you coach wit nesses for the prosecution or not?

Complainant: No. How do you know? You are telling alle.

Mr. Silva at this point submitted to the Magistrate to direct com- plainant to answer directly to questions and not to get personal When formally charged accused with him (Mr. Silva) stated. I went with Yun Chuen The case against the defendants

WHAT IS NEEDED On our return we met is coached evidence.--No.

Mrs. Sayre declared that the

quare arra down-town. Painstak Ah Sha who said he had

heavily armoured brigade, gol The purpose of bringing up the CIC was carrying on Its work of

ing.y. bureau of standards In- money and asked us to follow him? case in Court is to demand money salvation and helping to keep the vestigators checked possible causes moving across country as fast as a He gave us $3.50

Ah Shiu took, for settlement outdide of Court Chinese nation alive by its Inde-The chemical analysis showed that horse at a gallop. armed with 500 not have stirred action to provide

pendent method of industry.

fur, a swine.

No.

ar-

way the fountain pen."

Giving evidence yesterday. Ceased denied that he had anything do with the robbery and dented that he made any admission to the He said he went Chinese deteciivi

Hearing was then adjourned to tomorrow at 2.30 pm.

PORTSMOUTI New Hamp-

FL to the Philippines and Honorary joke to working girl--and the President of the Philippine branch capital has thousands--when of the Chinese Industrial Co-tar-a-pair hose go with the wind. operatives, broadcast from Manlia Scientific sleuths narrowed the yesterday on behalf of the CIC. zone of couplaints to a 20-block

She paid a tribute to the pioneer hostery. werk which was done by the Philippine Committee of the CIC.

acid was

in eating holes

the guns

medium caliber. 400 smaller pieces, and 600 machine-

WASHINGTON,

June 23

British Washington.

ed all efforts to reach the sub- an unusua) call yesterday.

Reu- Am- made con-

He's conducting

H K Kugel, district smoke in spector, tonk up the chase where the bureau of standards left off. chimney by-

Ing pox" area.

jur two hours

for a swim with Yun Chuen and shire), June

(Reuter) The terLord Halifax. 23 on their return met Ah Sha who United States Navy has abandon-bassador

Tebald $3.50 to Yun

Without retiring. turned their verdict

the jury re misrine 0-9 as ao possibility of ferring with Mr Sumner Welles!

e exists in the submarine.

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