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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1925.

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At the Central Magistracy yes- Tokyo, August 28-Japan has terday afternoon, Mr. S. B. B. protested to Canton against the McElderry, sitting as Coroner shooting on Wednesday of three with the assistance of a jury com- Japanese marines from the des posed of Messrs. A. B. Scott, (forc-troyer Momy, one of whom was mán), G. R. Vallack and F. F-killed and two seriously wounded.' Ribeiro, conducted an enquiry into Fifteen marines it is understood the circumstances of the death of were ordered to assist the Shanyo' A Chinese male aged eight years, Maru which is grounded near Can who was alleged to have been ton. The motor boat was sunk by poisoned":

fire from the fortress and from Dr. J. R. Creig. of the Victoria shore, the foregoing casualties in- Mortuary, gave evidence to the suing.--Reuter effect that the body of the deceas News was received in Hong-C.. ed, Kwong Mun, was sent to the kong yesterday afternoon by the mortuary from the Tung Wah Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha that the Hospital. There were no exter-Shunyo Maru, which grounded on Monumental Dep1:-Showroom nal Injuries and the decomposi-the Second Bar below Whampoa, tion of the body was too far dd-had refloated without assistance vanced for a post mortem exami and undamaged. The Incident, nation. Witness was unable to however, has not "passed without] give any opinion of the cause of certain grave. happenings which death from external examination. have resulted in the death of a It might have been possible to Japanese bluejacket. determine whether death was due From the few details which hayel to poisoning or not, if the stomach reached Hongkong, it seems that were analysed.

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THE MALARIA DEATH RATE.

Statistics prove that Malaria Dr. Chiu Chi-aun, medical officer Japanese men of war in Canton, kills more people every year in of the Tung Wah Hospital, stated by the master of the Shunyo the hot damp countries of the that the body of the deceased was Maru and a steam launch, the pro- East than any other disease, an received at the hospital at 6 p.m.perty of the Mitsui Bushan Kaisha appalling fact when one considers on the 21st inst. It was taken to was despatched, manned by a crew that most of these deaths were the hospital by the deceased's of naval ratings.

preventable.

father but no details of the boy's! As the launch passed the Wham- Not so many years ago Science death were given. When asked, poa forts fire was opened, riddling was still groping in the dark as the father replied that the cause the boat, killing outright one mem- to the cause of malaria. But now -of-death was unknown. There ber of the crew and seriously it is positively known that the wire no signs of violence on the wounding another. As the launch cause lies in the blood in the form body, which was sent to the Viswas filling rapidly she was beach-of bacteria, and thousands of suf- toria Mortuary at 4.30 p.m. on theed but is in such a condition that ferers have found Dr. Williams following day,

there is no possibility of her be- Pink Pills, the world-renowned The Coroner: One most uning salved.

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Insomuch that when a Tall Tanned Stranger called for a "Sandy Mac,” whiskers wagged, papers "rustled, and eyebrows rose „ among the Four.

Until they marked the way he drank. And observed the deference of George who served iti

Thereafter they whispered with George. Then amongst themselves. Later the senior Crony -a Purple Colonel-called in a clear voice "Four Sandy Maco, please."

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takes for the corpse to be taken as to how the remainder of the quinine and every other remedy AGENTS, IL RUTTONJER & SONS 10 QUEINS ROAD CENTRAL : HONG KONG 16 the Victoria Mortuary from the crew were able to return to Can-have failed to give permanent

Tung Wah Hospital.

Witness interposed and sail that since the 23rd inst. bodies were sent to the mortuary twice daily, at 8.30 in the morning and 4.30 in the afternoon.

The Lodger's 'Sweet. The deceased's mother said that her son died at about 430 p.m. during her absence at work on the site of the Po Hing Fong disaster. Witness had been told that her son had been given a sweet by at female lodger two days previous to his death.

There had been disagreement existing between the witness and] the lodger for the last three years. The boy's father said, that on the night of his son's death the female lodger was afraid to re- turn to the house to aleep and the following morning she removed sher personal effects, and had been

since residing elsewhere.

ton, but the kneldent is vouched relief.

for on the best of authority and a The reason for this is that Dr. telogram arrifed in Hongkong yes- Williams Pink Pits act directly terday afternoon with the above and immediately on the blood.. details. No official communica- They purify and strengthen the tion on the subject has yet been received by the Japanese consul.

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blood, restoring to it an abund- ance of red corpuseles in place of those destroyed by the malarial germs. And in good, rich, red blood the malaria" parasites can- not live.

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WOOD ROAD LOT.

There was a large attendance at the China Auction Reems yes- terday, when Mr. E. V. M. R. de Souza put up for sale lensehold property situated in the neighbour-

nad of Hollywood Road and bid-| ding was fairly brisk, although confined to only two parties,

A small girl who lives on the

The property was one equal un- floor stated that she saw the wo divided share of Section A of In- min give the deceased a green and Lot Nu. 222a Inland Lot sweet which she extracted from No. 232, and the remaining por- her pocket wrapped in a plece of tion of Inland Lot No. 232a and newspaper.

Section B of Inland Lot No. 232a Summing-up, the Coroner said together with the buildings there- that it was possible that, the on consisting of Nos. 203 and 205 sweet was poisoned, but there was Hollywood Read, and Nos, 23, 25 no evidence to return a verdict and 27 Tung Street, held for the of murder against the woman. residue of 924 years from 1918. It seemed to him unlikely that she would take revenge in such a man

It would be rather difficult for her to obtain a poisonous

ner.

The opening price was $20,000 with bids of $500 acceptable. After a considerable lapse, the first bid was made and from then

sweet: The case was either one on calls were rapid until '$26,500

of murder or nothing:"it was not manslaughter.

After retiring, the jury, found that the boy died from unknown causes..

THE TYPHOON.

STRIKES LOOCHOO ISLANDS.

Considerable Damage.

was reached, at which price the property was knocked down to Mr. Lam Ho-to..

THE SHAMEEN SHOOTING.

THE SOVIET'S HAND IN CANTON.

Cantón, August 22.

It is learned from" a reliable source that a citizen of Canton, Tokyo, August 28-An official who is thoroughly conversant with despatch from the Loochoos reports the Russian language, encounter- that Wednesday's storm swept the ed in the city in the evening of islanda, resulting in a number of August 20 a Russian, who in an casualties, including three deaths, effusive moment volunteered the 192 houses destroyed and 110 boats following information: sunk.-Reuter.

KARAKHAN LEAVES.

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Shanghal, August 28.-M, Kara- khan accompanied by his wife and! family left for Moscow by train yesterday evening, using a special car. He was bidden farewell at tho station by C. T. Wang, M. Cerruti,.. Baron Yoshizawa and other diplomatic and governorn- ment oficials Router.

"I fired the second shot against Shameen; Ivanovitch flred the first. It took us three weeks to get the money from Borodin (Soviet Consul in "Canton)."--- Renter's Pacific Service,

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