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COOLIE: BURIED BY

NA FALL:

INQUIRY INTO. KENNEDY

ROAD MISHAP,

TAKEN TO

TEURSDAY,

MACAO

ALLEGED ABDUCTION FROM

HONGKONG.

How four Chinese youths were

The inquiry into the death of abducted to Maçao was described four earth coolies who were over at the Kowloon Magistracy yoster whelmed by a fall of earth from á cut dug behind, a house in Ken-day, when one of the alleged kid- nedy Road, was continued by Mr.nappers was charged in respect of R. E. Lindsell at the Central the four boys and further charged, Magistracy yesterday. Mr. E. F. together with three others, with

the kidnapping of a fifth boy.

Sample

was

recalled to

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evidence and expressed an opinion of the way in which the work wast carried.

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JANUARY 21, 1926.

THE NORTHERN WAR

GENERAL WEI TO MAKE A

- STAND.

"

Peking, Jan. 20. Lunnchow, where it is expected he Gen. Wei Yi-san has roached will make, a stand, with the sup- port of the first Kuominchun army.

-Reuter,

BANKNOTE SCANDAL.

ŠTATEMENT. IN HUNGARIAN.

ASSEMBLY.

Budapest, Jan.-20. confrontation,"

"There is going to be a great Bethlen in a speech in the Assem- promised M.

bly, which was debating the bank- note scandal, The Assembly was packed with Deputies and members of the public. The proceedings were very animated.

Much of M. Bethlen's speech was inaudible above the din, the Left section loudly, chorussing "Resign1"

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by the Government's

RUSSO-CHINESE TROUBLE,

JA CONSULAR WARNING

Peking, Jan. 20, `

In connection with the Sino- Russian railway, dispute," it.ap- pears that the trans-Siberian express which was outward bound'

delayed five hours-Reuter. from Harbin on January 18, was

Consular Body's Warning.

Poking, Jan, 20.

Later telegrams from Harbin and from Changchun show that the Sino-Soviet dispute in connuc- tion with the Chinese Eastern Railway, has reached a complete

deadlock.

The Chinese have issued orders for the resumption of traffic, "on January 19,

and attempted

Victim Recaptured.

Dealing with the capture of the The case against the defendant other boy who is the subject of charged on four counts was taken the charge against the four men, first, and opening the case for the inspector Pincott said that the boy prosecution, Inspector Pincott said was taken to Macao from Hong-

A counter demonstration Was that on January18 at about 7 kong in the same way as the othora, staged

to coerce the stationmaster at o'clock in the evening, the four and on trying to escape he was supporters, standing and cheer Changchun into carrying out Witness: Yes. If it had nol boys were playing in Parkes Street, recaptured

on the wharf bying the Premier. The latter em these instructions. The latter, been, I should have told them so. when two of them visited a haw the three men who are awaiting phasised that the Government was however, on receiving a counter-

Mr. Lindsell: When 1 visited the ker, selling congee. On their fe- trial.

not evading, responsibility for the order from M. Ivanoff, has refus- site with the jury on the 18th there turn they informed the others. All four boys, continued Inspec- the business of the courts rather

uscertainment of the facts. It wased to budge, was a certain amount of undercut-that Ah Fo (the defendant) had tar Pincott, were bad scoundrdis. than the Government; though the it is reported the Chinese have A message from Harin says ting going on just in one place, as invited them to fea The four. The frat lad had not been home

resuit of which the P. W. D. boys met the defendant and were for the last two months, while the Government wished to clear up the now interlocked the signalling representative stopped work on the taken to a house in Mongkok, second resided with his father but political background, if such system, and the despatch of the [cut. You saw no signs of that prior to which they were taken to could not be controlled.

existed. He repeated that there trans-Siberian express is prevent- [prior to the collapse?

a barher's shop. and had their hair third was an apprentice at a lock-was no trace of any revolutionary ed by the menacing attitude of a trimmed. On their arrival at the smith's shop, and when he was house they were asked if they kidnapped his master presumed wanted to go to Macno to work that he had returned

to his One of the boys became frightened parents in the country. The other and escaped, while the others boy was an orphan and carried

Witness: No.

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Mr. Lindsell: Do you think the cut has been made perfectly safe

since the collapse?

Witness: Yes, I do.

The

The case was adjourned till this morning.

The Probable Cause...

were enticed

to the Portuguese water for a hawker. One of the sub-contractors said wettlement. When they arrived the he continually supervised the work, boys were newly clothed, and on He was present every day, and saw the same day visited by a man and that the work was being done pro woman and offered for sale. The perly. He never saw any signs of price being too great, the visitors undercutting

the refused to purchase the boys, who He were later shown another lad who had been tied up. The defendant threatened to treat the boys in a similar way if they attempted to escape. Some days after they had been in Macaps the police raided

Dr that surface was not safe. had hail 20 years' experience and had never known a similar collapse, Mr. R. S. W. Paterson, engineer in the buildings ordinance office of the P. W. D., said he knew nothing

of the particular work before the the premises and the defendant collapse took place, but it was and three other men were arrest- under the control of his office. Ile ed.

visited the spot for the first time

on the afternoon of the accident, and made a careful examination..!

Mr. Lindselle Did you form any opinion of what might have caused | the collapse 7:

Witness: Yes, I think, although it is only, supposition, that proba- bly working at the foot of the cut at the foot of the embankment may have caused a curtain movement just above it, and as Mr. Sumplo said, slightly. loosened a boulder} which in turn brought down, the earth.

One Part Too Steep!

Mr. Lindsell: Do you think the preliminary making of the cut at

(Lacluding admission to Carnival Dance) $4.00 Per Head. an angle of 22 or 23 degrees was

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safe?

Witness: Taking into considera- tion the nature of the soil, I do.

Mr. Lindsell: When you speak

of working at the foot of the cut, do you mean working" in a way which should not have been done?

Witness: Not necessarily. have no means of proving at what angle it was being carried out.

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In reply to further questions, witness said he had no reason to doubt that the work was not pro- perly done. He added that fur- ther along, to the west of the place where the collapse took place, there was an instance of the angle being too steep. At that point the slope was about five or seven degrees off the perpendicular.

Question of Sharing. Mr. Sample asked if there had been any shoring up at that place.

Witness: I have only visited it Jogee since the collapse and that was two days ago. On that oc- casion there was no shoring at this particular place,

Replying to a question by Mr.. Lindsell, witness said the spot had been much more safe in the inter- val between his two visits.

Mr. Sample said that he thought the part had been shored up, but taken away to make a new cut.

Police evidence was also given describing the extrication of the men who were buried by the fall. Mr. Lindsell intimated that he would like evidence of other in- spections which had been carried out to be called, and adjourned the inquiry for this purpose until Fri- day afternoon.

THE CITY OF BARODA,

"BOARD OF ENQUIRY CENSURES CAPTAIN." (Our Own Correspondent.).

Singapore, Jan. 20.

The City of Baroda Board of Enquiry has severely ensured Captain Houghton for not follow- ing the charted route from Singa- pore, 13. * consequence which his ship grounded and damaged a thousand tons of cargo. The repairs cost $400,000. -Reuter,"

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schemes.

"Wild Foreign Comment.

Chinese crowd.

The Consular Body has warned M. Bethlen read extracts. from

the Chinese authorities that it the foreign Press about the altun

will hold them responsible for tion in Hungary, which causeds of life or property, inter great hilarity amongst the Minis ference, with the rights of their terialists, but -oused the Socialists nationals, or damage to the mails.

-Reuter. to fury. M. "Bethlen said these wild reports were due to perverse propaganda by refugees abroad. It was a conspiracy against the honour of the nation.

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Soviet Mobilisation Discounted.

Tokyo, Jan. 20. The Foreign Office spokesman saya that the Government is watching the Sino-Russo friction in regard to the Changchun

Woman Sentenced. Prior to the above ease, a Chinese woman

six was sentenced to months' imprisonment on a charge of kidnapping a small girl from He emphasised the conservative her parents, and taking her to character of the Government which Choi Wan Kwok in Taun Wan for was in no wise counter-revolu wale. The girl was enticed by the tionary, but meant to respect the defendant on January 13, and was existing international situation found as the result of a detective despite efforts by malcontents to overhearing a quarrel concerning terminale the trianon treaty. Soviet mobilisation 19 the girl.

Russian propaganda--Reuter.

| Reuter,

arbin line closely, but does not anticipate any danger arising, though the trouble will probably be a long-drawn one. Consular.. advices discount the rumoured White

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