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WOMAN'S DEATH.

* ACCIDENT ON KOWLOON

RAILWAY TRACK.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928.

OFFICIAL LEAVING.

BIR. McELDERRY GOING TO TANGANYIKA.

A death Inquiry was held by Mr.

Hongkong will shortly be losing E. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon a very popular Government official Magistracy yesterday afternoon in the person of Mr. S. B. B. Mc- into the circumstances of the death Elderry, who is being transferred: of an unknown Chinese woman to Tanganyika': 20 Deputy whose body was found lying on Chlef Secretary. Mr. McElderry the Kowloon Raliway track near has not been In the best the No. 3 Bridge on the morning of health for some consider- of November 4.

able time, and it is hoped that the change will bring about an im- provement...

Dr. J. E. Dovoy described several fractures of various bones and eaid that death was due to multiplo

Mr. McElderry, has been a re- injuries, shock and concussion. It was the opinion of witness that allsident of Hongkong for close upon the injuries were caused at the twenty years, lie arrived hero in December, 1909, as a cadet, and same time.

According

In the following month was sent to Sub-Inspector James, who, on receiving a report to Canton to study Cantonese, at 5.45 a.m., visited the scene, the passing his final examination In body was lying between the rails. the language in November of 1911. Witness found a pair of Chinese Then he was made Acting Assist- Alippers which had apparently ant District Officer, Northern dia- been "walked out of." The body trict, New Territories. His next was somewhat too far away from appointment was as Acting Deputy the bridge for the woman to have Koglatrar and Appraiser, Supreme fallen or jumped from the bridge. Court, and also Deputy Registrar It was given in evidence that and Accountant, Ho also served several workmen of the Kowloon as Acting First Assistant to the Canton Railway were returning Secretary for Chinese Affairs and from work at the Shatin Tunnel at Acting Assistant-District Omeer, about 4,80 a.m., having gone out Southern District, New Tor- the previous night. On approach-ritories, before being seconded for ing the No. 3 railway bridge, a duty in the Colonial Office and woman was seen lying between the later for military service. tracks. The brakes of the trolley. After an absence of several were applied but the vehicle did years, he returned to the Colony not stop until it had passed the in 1919, and was made Acting body. On returning the workmen Chief Assistant to the Secretary found that fo was already ex for Chinese Affairs. In August, tinct.

1920, he was attached to the Colonial Scoretariat and later be came Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils. In 1922 he was seconded for service in the Secretariat of the League of Nations (Oplum Section) and in November altended the Oriental Red Cross Conference at Bangkok as representative of British East- ern Colonies with regard to the oplum question. Since then he has filled the posts of Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils, District Officer, South- ern District, Acting Second Police Magistrate and Acting First Police Magistrate and Coroner.

It was stated that nothing had passed along the lines between the time that the trolley went to Shatin until it had returned.

A verdict of death by unknown causes was returned,

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BOTANICAL GARDENS. The public band concert which is to be given in the Botanical Gardena on Sunday afternoon, from 4 to 5.30 o'clock, should at tract many, not only because of the suitability of the time but also 1927 he went on leave and re- JAPANESE RADICALS. because of the excellence of the been which hns arranged by Mr. W. H. Fitz-Earle, the conductor of the Band of the 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers,

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Hongkong at the presented Colonial Office Conference. He returned a few months ago.

Mr. McElderry, who is 43 years of age, is a B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. During his long resid-

LONG TERMS IMPOSED AT IIAKODATE.

Tokyo, Nov. 22.

As will be seen below, there are jence in the Colony he has made Twelve alleged Communists, selections from the works of such many friends, who will much re-rounded up last spring, have been well-known composers as Mas- gret his forthcoming departure sentenced at Hakodate to from 2 sanet, Greig, Puccini, Kern and and will wish for him prosperity to 5 years' imprisonment. Five Sullivan-a real feast of orchestral and improved realth in his new others received 2 to 4 years' de- music. "The Show Boat," which sphere of activities. could not be given at the last concert owing to the lateness of the hour, ia included, and many will want to hear selections from the musical comedy which is all the rage in London.

The programme to be given is as follows: 1-Marche Herolque, "Szabadi,”

Massanet. 2.-Suite, "Peer Gynt," Grefg.

1.-Morning.

2. The Death of "Ase." 3-Anitra's Dance. 4.-Dance of the Impa in the Halls of the Mountain King, 3.Selection, "La Boheme,"

Puccini.

4. Piccolo Solo, "The Larks'

Festival," Brewer. (Soloist: Musician A. McKenna). 5-Musical Comedy, "The Show

Boat," Kern. 6.-Excerpts,

(a) The Barcarolle," from

Tales of Hoffmann,”

Offenbach. (b) "Praeludlum," Jarnefelt. 7.-Selection, "Yeomen of the

Guard," Sullivan,

8. Gallop, "John Peel," Hunt

"Blue Ronnels O'er the Border."

God, Save the King,

Paris, Nov. 22, is learnt that M. Moreau, the Governor of the Bank of France, and Professor Allix, one of the French members of the Dawes committee, will represent France

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Uproar at Osaka.

Osaka, Nov. 22.

On the rasumption of the trial

of 99 alleged Communists arrested last spring, the defendants ro- ARREST-peated their demand that the pro- coedings be made public. The Court refused, whereupon the de-

uproar, fendants created an pressing dissatisfaction, and aing- ing radical songs.

The police have made an arrest in connexion with the theft of jewellery, amounting to $2,700 in value, from the Wo Shing shop at No. 12, Lyndhurst Terrace.

They have taken into custody the accountant of the shop, and will produce him before the Magistrate this morning on a charge of larceny as a servant of the shop.

It will be recalled that the Wo Shing jewellery store was reported to have been burgled two nights ago, it being suggested that zob- bers were able to force entry into

Ox-

On the Judge ordering the re- moval of the rowdiest, all attempt- cd to "leave, causing further dis- order, whereupon the case temporarily adjourned, and will be resumed Inter-Router.

HANKOW CHANGE.

BRITISHI CONCESSION.

WAS

the shop and steal a large quantity NEW DIRECTOR OF FORMER of goods. from a counter in spite of the fact that a number of fokis were sleeping on the premises.

C. 1. D. officers, who were assigned the cane, were of the view that it was probably a theft from within, and in the ensuing invest! gations they yesterday arrested the necountant on obtaining a state- ment that the man was alleged to have been seen with a bangle in his possession.

Nanking,. Nov, 22. The Belgian Charge d'Affaires

on the International committee to and Dr. C. T. Wang signed the draft a final settlement of repara-new Sino-Belgian Treaty to-day. tlons-Reuter.

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Hankow, Nov. 22. Tsai Kwang-huang, the former Secretary for Civil Affairs in Hu- peh, has arrived from Nanking to take up the directorship of Special Administrative District No. 3 (the ex-British Concession) in succes- sion to Mr. L. N. Chang.-Router.

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