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COLLEGE CLERK CHARGED.

FRAUD ON EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ALLEGED.

FALSE VOUCHERS?

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FRIDAY, MARCH 9. 1928.

GRIM LAICHIKOK MURDER.

(Continued from Pajā 1)

the deceased went out quite often dressed like that,"

NO ANTI-BRITISH SLOGANS.

CANTON GOVERNMENT ISSUES STRICT ORDERS..

OFFENSIVE POSTERS.

That was the last time that tho deceased was seen alive, continu- ed Mr. Whyte-Smith, or at least Pau Tat-shing, a clerk, of as far as the evidence of the

A report from Canton states that the Government has ordered the re- Queen's College," appeared before Crown went.

Now the question was, proceed-moval of all anti-British slogans and Major C. Willson this morning, ined the prosecutor, what was the catchwords, either written on paper connexion with six charges of accused doing in the interval? and posted on walls in the streets, There was evidence that at 7.30 or painted on the walls of the city. alleged attempts to defraud them. he was seen walking behind. In an order to the Chief of Police Education Department. It is al the deceased. The foreman of regarding these slogans, the Gov- leged that the defendant obtained the reclamation contractors would ernment declares that as a result of money by falsely purporting that say that he knew most of the the recent "Red" reign in Canton, watchmen well and he would für nnti-British "posters wore lavishly certain vouchers were truc, where-ther tall the Court that sometime displayed in the thoroughfares, and between 7.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. he in many cases they were posted on na they were false,

the steamer wharves and even on was awakened and found the ac-

some of the river steamers, cused at his shed,

Mr. Leo D'Almada o Castro, who appeared for the defendant, asked his Worship to adjourn the heat- ing until Thursday if possible. In doing so, he explained that he had made arrangements to see the Director of Education in regard to the case, but had not yet had that opportunity.

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Wanted Knife Sharpened. The Indian watchmen, said Mr. Whyte Smith, often went to this man's shed to sharpen knives, Be he had a grindstone on the pre- mises. When he saw the accused, he asked what he wanted and Son Mr. C. G. Pendue, A.S.P., who dogar Singh replied that he wish- appeared for the prosecution, in-od to sharpen a knife. timated that he had no objection' to a remand.

The foroman asked if he intend ed killing a goat, and, if so, to give him the head, but the accus- Mr. D'Almada then applied for ed did not reply and the foreman bail on behalf of the defendant, returned to bed again, later hear- He mentioned that the defendanting the sounds of a knife being

sharpened. was in a position to raise $500.

Mr. Perdue objected to bail at the figure named, but indicated $2,600. He added that there were three very serious charges, all of which were indictable offences. The charges arose out of defen- dant's actions extending ever BOVI period of ten months.

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Hi Worship adjourned the case until Thursday at 2.15 p.m. grant- ing bail of $2,500.

KEEPING ABREAST WITH TIMES.

(Continued from Page 1.)

The following day, to go a little in advance, anid Mr. Whyte-Smith, it was found that a chopper which had been kept in the kitchen

The order continues:-"It is the vlow of the Government that these. slogans are Communistic and there should inform all Police Sub- fore the Public Safety Bureau Stations to send men all over the city to wash out such slogans. Fur thermore, the heads of the Sub- Stations will be held responsible should there be any reappearance of these slogans in the future.".

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FEARED CONFUSION WITH U.S. NOTES.

Washington, Mar. 4.

of the watchmen's quarters Governor General Stimson, of was missing. The accused and the the Philippines, has been request- deceased were due to go on dutyed to give consideration to a sug- again that night, but neither of them appeared.

Body Found.

A search was instituted and at 1.30 am. the deceased was found

lying in the open space about 36 yards in front of the row of stalls, He was found lying on his face and had several severe ganhca on his hend, and face.

The accused was not found that night, but at 6.20 n.m. the following day he was seen at the Kowloon Railway Station buying a ticket. He was seen to go to the ticket office and ask for a single ticket for Sum Chun.

gestion by the Secretary of Trea- sury, Mr. Mellon, that Philippine currency designs be changed so as to eliminate the possibility of coh- fusion with the new United States paper money which is to be issued early next year.

The Philippine currency is ap- proximately the same size as the newly adopted United States cur- rency, and the location of the por traits of Presidents Washington and McKinley on the Insular bills are such that the two currencies might be confused.

Mr. Mellon has suggested that portraits on the island bills be that they be substituted for others.

Clase reconnaissance, however, especially in country affording some cover, had still to be done by troops capable of speedy and

The accused, proceeded Mr. silent movement over difficult Whyte-Smith, was a man who was ground and in the face of opposi-on monthly agreement with, the tion.

Standard Oil Company and there evidence that be would be know that he was required to give a month's notice before leaving his employment. It might also be men. tioned that he had owing to him his pay for 18 days of that month: He had had no permission to go away, FIVE KILLED IN AEROPLANE

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He was to have been on duty until 6 a.m. but he had not Still Indispensable.

appanred for duty and he was found , Five men were killed here to-day at the Kowloon Railway Station at by the crash of a privately owned British calvalry had to be ready 6.20 a.m. with a single ticket to a deroplane, which fell 3,000 feet. to play its part, whether in place in Chinese territory and was

The dead are:-W. W. Bird, Europe or elsewhere, under wide-falso in possession of a passport. builder and pilot of the craft; Ches- ly different conditions, It was He was arrested and on his trouter S. Kidwell, of Ocean Beach; proposed that in each division two sers, which formed part of his Ralph Craig, of Coronado; Irvin cavalry regimenta should exchange uniform, and his overcoat, were Thomas, of San Diego, and a man their horses for amoured cars. stains, which the Government bac not

yet identified. Associated When this was done a cavalry teriologist would say were stains of Pyras. division would consist of two human blood. His tunic was found cavalry brigades and two region his bed and on this there were ments which would be converted also traces of human blood, into armoured ear regiments but which would retain intact their itles, privileges, precedenten and Identity as regiments of the corps of cavalry of the line.

Lay in Walt?

The necused must have gone back to bis quarters on at least two occasions. He must have gone He belleved, by carrying out back so get the chopper which was this policy, they would have made kept in the kitchen which could be the best use of modern machines entered without going through the 10 enable the cavalry to all the role quarters. The case for the Crown for which, at least, in some coun-was that after taking, the chopper.. tries they were still indispensable. he had it sharpened and then laid in wait for the decoated, possibly expecting that he would come out again.

Mechanising Artillery.

After having murdered the de-

ANOTHER GOODWILL

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I. S. AVIATOR COMING TO THE EAST.

Washington, Mar. 4. Col.-Arthur Goebel, winner of the Dole fight to Hawali last summer, first lap of a goodwill fight to the arrived here to-day, completing the

Orient.

With artillery, said the Minister,

Goebel proposes to fly, across the the difficulties were not so great ceased, the Crown alleged that the Continent to San Francisco and Heavy and medium artillery was accused must have gone back to then ship his plane to Japan. being mechanised entirely. Two his quarters and then changed his He is being accompanied on the brigades of the Field Artlilery clothes. There was no evidence flight by Ernest Robinson, vice pre- were mechanised. Some batteries that he was seen going back to sident of the Fairchild Aviation were traetor drawn and one bat the quarters, although there were Corporation.-Associated Press, tery was mounted in self-propelled two other watchmen there at the veliteles. The rest of artillery was time. All the men had been drink still horse drawn.

ing and these two were probably They had taken money in the sound asleep when the accused re- Estimates for mechanising one turned.

additional field brigade for fur- The chopper had not been ther experiments. He intended to found, and it was probably or at pursue, the polley of converting least possible that it had been horse-drawn into mechanical units thrown into the 'sen.'" as soon as money was available.

The Royal Horse Artillery and the Light Artillery would remoln for the present with horses and mules.

War Office Alert.

Know Nothing.

When charged with the murder of Jota Singh, the accused made a statement to the effect that he had taken drink and knew nothing.

"Both men had been drinking,” concluded Mr. Whyte Smith, "and to utillae fully the inventloris It seems that drunken friendliness which had proved useful in civil had changed to drunken enmity,

The War Ofce was determined

FINE TO CLOUDY. ;

The weather report of the Royal Observatory atatea: A weak an- ticyclone has formed over China and a depression covers the Loo- cli009. Moderate to fresh mon- soon may be expected along the South East Coast and over the North China Sea.

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The forecast I noon to- morrow 18: North and Nortli-east. winds, fresh; fine to cloudy, n

life, but they had to adapt them culminating in the murder of Jeta HOW MUCH DO YOU KNÓW?

to military uses and they had to Singh. It was deliberate murder, adapt the army with its ancient as the sharpening of the 'chopper traditions and historic regiments points to premeditation." with their invaluable esprit dd The case is being continued corpe to the new conditions.through this afternoon. British Wireless...

Estimates Agreed.

London, Mar, 8.

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Paris, Feb. 2-According to message: from Moscow, an

epidemic of influenza le raging in A labour motion to reduce the that elty. In the first fortnight personnel of the Army by 50,000 of January, there were over 18, was rejected by 189 votes to 20. 000, cases, and fresh cases are bo- The Estimates were agreed to-ing notified at the rate of 9,000 a

week.

Reuter.

The following are the replies to to-day's questions:-

1. At Badburn, New Tringy.D.BA, (2, AL the corner of Waterloo-read and York-raad, which was lo rendezvous for unemployed variety artista. 8. That £68,000 in gold wAI bidden there lg John Barkostoad, Lieutenant of the Tower under Cromwell The Tudor palace of Edward VI. at Enfield. 5. 30,260. 6. At Oslo, Nordsk, T. în Peking. 8. Near

Godmersham Park at Kents the Roman soldier. Juti Laberius, who, waa alain, in the Britons, 73. In_Trialty. square, Bouthwark. 10. In the Waterka als minos. at Gracow, it. Character fo Anglo-Saxon poem, hero of the epic fight with the man-benst, Grendel, 12. That it. was browed in Babylon 7,000 BC.

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