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THE JAMAICA DISQUALIFIED IN 7TH RACE.

"Hongiang. Telegraph"

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BATTLES.

THREE ENCOUNTERS WITH

ARMED ROBBERS. ·

3 KILLED; 2 WOUNDED.

Shanghai, Feb. 27.

One of the most sensational contesis · between police squads and armed robbers ever recorded in Shanghai's criminal annals.

BIG SWEEP NUMBERS. occurred early this morning when

The third day of the Faces WAS Romewhat

marred

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**=XFWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929. BATЯE

THE HONEYMOON MURDER.

ASTOUNDING STORY OF

CONFESSION.

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STRANGE DEVELOPMENT IN CHUNG MIAO CASE.

PARLIAMENTARY CARICATURE.

STRONG CRITICISM OF THE GERMAN SYSTEM.

MINISTER OUTSPOKEN,

Berlin, Feb. 26. A grave indictment of the Par liamentary ayster in Germany was made to-day by Dr. Stresemann, the German Foreign Minister, at

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SHOCKING HANOI MURDER.

FRENCHMAN KILLED IN THE STREET.

SHOT DEAD UNDER AMAZING CIRCUMSTANCES.

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STRONG BELGIAN

PROTEST.

UTRECHT PAPER "NOTED FOR

ITS HOSTILITY”

TREATY A FORGERY,

Brussels, Feb. 26. Strong Indignation was volced in the Belgian Chamber to-day when the subject of the alleged scoret Franco-Belgian military al- Hance was under discussion.

THE MINERS FUND GROWING.

THE $3,000 MARK NOW PASSED.

FINE. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TAIKOO AND K.C.C.

STILL MORE PROMISED.

by overcast and, rainy weather, two of the armed robbers were tributing the Lakeland murder to order that the Committéo might which has attained the nature of neation of a so-called averet docu- Fund, which brings the total Bo

heavy

In America who had a

a meeting of the Executive Com- SURETE'S ACTIVITIES. A BIGAMY MOTIVE?

The Foreign Minister; M. Hy Imittee of the German People's an amazing series of street battles

mans, replying to interpellations. We have pleasure today The shockingly 'cold-blooded in regard to the Dutch news acknowledging further. donations occurred.

Recently the Daily Express Party.

The meeting was convoked in murder of a Frenchman, a case paper's accusation, and the publi-to the British Miners' Distress In the course of the shooting, printed an extraordinary story at

Chinese discuss the possibility of forming cause celebre in France Indo-China, ment, denounced the document far received by the Telegraph to shot dead by the police, a pedes | the Vengeance following X: fairly

"big coalition" Government in has stirred the French community published as a forgery.

well over $3,000. downfall last night. This natural.trian was accidentally killed by a "long"

the Reich, Independent of what in that Colony to the highest pitch. He said that it was published by

Heading to-day's, Hat comes a ever Government rules Prussia. of indignation,

Dr. Stresemaún declared the

On February 9th, the eve of the newspaper noted for its hosti- cheque for $320, sent by Mr. R, K. the members of the staff of Talkoo Parliament had become a carica- Chinese New Year, a wealthy it against Belgium, and sug-Duncan on behalf of a number of ture and had an entirely false Idea Frenchman, named Bazin, was wish to prevent fresh negotintions Dockyard. It is the desire of the of its responsibilities towards the shot dead in a street at Hanoi as between Holland and Belgium for subscribers that fifty per cent. of Commenting on present he was boarding his car to return the settlement of outstanding Is this sum shall be ear-marked for nation. anomalles, he said that the com- home from a visit to a friend. petition among the many parties.

Bues. for popularity by promises of mili- arda of marks for social services

ly affected the attendance in the stray bullet, and two other by-grudge against the victim's father. shot down with A still more extraordinary story, early part of the day, and when standers were the first race was run there were bullet wounds.

allegedly revealing motives under

gested that it was prompted by a One of the robbers was arrest-lying the crime has rasched the comparatively few people present,

People from a correspondent in At the lilin-time ceremony, H.B.ed uninjured,

The Northern District police Paris. For this crime Chung the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.) presented the Gov. received warning of an armed rob- Miao, a young Chinese, who was sqund In believed to be the dead girl's hus- ernor's Cup. won on Monday by hery, and sent out

search of the gang. The police and, was hanged at Strangeways Elliot Ray, to Mr. L. Dunbar, the clashed with the armed despera-Gael, Manchester. According to owner, congratulating Mr. Dunbar on his success.

does and shooting occurred, but the Paris revelations, Chung Mino the robbers fled, a long chase was a bigamist. ensuing, in the course of which two of the fugitives were picked off by the Police.

In the time-honoured way.

The Champions,

Chief interest to-day has centred THE CASH SWEEPS.

The People's Paris correspon dent writes:-

Mother's Statement.

law

must cease.

Since then the best minds of the Political Bureau and of the Surete service have been exercised in an endeavour. to bring to book two The German People's Party has Annamites who were seen hurried submitted a motion that no newly to drive away from the spot in the Budget Estimates without the expenditure shall be sanctioned in a car after the murder. consent of the Government and the Reichsrat.

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the relief of distressed miners in

Scotland, and we are accordingly. forwarding $160 to the special Fund opened by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir Alexander Stevenson. The remainder will go to the Lord Mayor of London's.

Fund.

This handsome gift from Talkoo is much appreciated, and in scrd- ing it Mr. Duncan says it is for- warded "with best wishes for the further success of your Fund."

31. Hymans added that the 1920 agreement, which was submitted to the League of Nations, harmo- Mr. Dunbar suitably replied.

the Locarno Treaty nised with Mr. C. Gordon Mackie presented

and contained nothing contrary to his daughter, Miss Jean Mackie, to

the League of Nations Covenant. To-day a sad-faced and broken Mr. Heard, the winner of the

The agreement was supplement- Ladies' Purse, Miss Mackie hand- The Reserve units participated woman revealed to me the truth

Chauffeur Eyes Witness, ed by understandings between the Ing to him the puree which was in the chase of the robbers and about the murder for which Chung

General Staffs of the two coun- tied with ribbons of the Jockey there were three separate encoun-Ming was hanged in Strangeways

An eye-witness of the crime was tera hetween the gang and the Gaol, Manchester, a few days age.

Following recent allegations, the native chauffeur of the murries, solely aimed at the defence Club colours,

The pre-police before the chase was given The revelation will come as a aur the leaders of the Nationalist Steel dered man. He stated, in in- of the country. After acknowledging

The Foreign Minister express→ two of robbers prise to those who have believed Helmet organisation has submit- terrogation by police officials, that

the

K.C.C. Contribution. Bontalion, Mr. Heard presented up with Miss Mackle with a beautiful dead and another a prisoner. that the young Chinese

student was the victim of a misted to President Hladenburg a Bazin, earlier that afternoon, haded the hope that the Dutch Gov-

Amongst to-day's donations is a bouquet, and escorted her to tiffin Our Own Correspondent.

statement of the policy and aims visited a lady friend in the touto ernment would collaborate with

the Belgian Government in estab- cheque for $75 received from Mr. carriage of justice.

of the organisation, which they de Hue. declare does not oppose the Re- At about 6 o'clock, as dusk was lishing the true facts.

C. J. Roe, Hon. Secretary of the A résolution was carried ex-Kowloon Cricket Club, represent- publican. Government but the falling, Bazin came out of the My informant was the mother Parliamentary system which they house to return for dinner. As pressing confidence in the Gov-ing sums contributed by members he stepped across the footpath to ernment and endorsing its protest of that well-known sporting or- of the executed man, who came all hope to reform by legal means. the way from China to Europe in

President Hindenburg has ac-wards his car, a man approached The only dissentients were four ganisation. The Club hopes to the belief that her son wan in- nocent and with the object of try-cordingly informed the Cabinot and handed him an urgent letter Flemish-Frontists and a Commun-forward a further cheque later on

open ist Deputy.-Reuter. ing to save him from the scaffold. that he sees no reason why he which Bazin was asked to

"In me," she said, "you see a should saver his connexion with and read. While thus engaged, Bazin stood unconscious of the sadly disillusioned and broken the Steel Helmets-Neuter. woman: I came here in the belief that my son was innocent. I go back with the heavy burden of knowledge of his gullt, hanging over me. I have

no reproaches for him, for God knows he must have been sorely tempted to do allow this thing, but I cannot stories about the intervention of others in the crime to pass with ont stating the truth,

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in the Champions, in which there nix runners. There some disappointment at the failure of Elliot Bay (last year's winner) to go, to the post, and his "with- drawal made the rare very open, especially in view of the heavy going. President Hall, the Derby winner, found much favour In the betting, whilst Sitting Bull and Chesapeake Bay were also well well backed,

At the commencement of the race Boxing Eve shot ahead and led the others by many lengths for the first half mile, with Young Pretender, Royal Flush, President Hall and Sitting Ball more or less bunched behind in that order. Chesapeake last. There Was No Bay was change as far as the rock, when Boxing Eve fell back and Chesa- peake Bay joined the others. Sitting Ball went ahend round the bend, and had a slight advantage over Chesapeake Bay when enter- ing the straight. President Ball had to be content with an outside pasitlon. There was a great race down the home straight. Sitting Bull gaining on the others to win by four lengths. President Hall made a game finlah, taking second place from Chesapeake Bay by a fength and a half. Boxing Eve was fourth. The time was: 2 min. 37

воен.

In the Champions sweepstake on the course, the first prize was $28,611.80, drawn by Ticket No. .1124.

1-THE FOOCHOW CUP-Win- ner $600, Second $260. Third $150, For China Ponies. Weight for inches as por scale. Ponies that have run at any previous Meeting in Hong- kong, Macao or China and have never won a race and Griffins of this Meet- ing allowed 5 b. Subscription Grif- fins of this Meating allowed 10 lb, (Jockey allowance.) Allowances ac- .cumulativo. Entrance $10. Two Milos.

Mr. L. Dunbar's Coos Bay...

(Mr. Hill) 1

THE LUCKY NUMBERS AT THE RACES.

TO-DAY'S WINNERS.

Below are the Cash Sweep ticket numbers on to-day's Races;

Race No. 1..

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Ticket No. 472.-$1,257.60.

20-$357.00. 322-$ 178.80. $50 Tickets:380. 166.

Race No. 2. *Ticket No. 304.—$1,330.00,

72, 318.

149.5 380.00. # 316.-$ 190.00.

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"THE EPIC OF THE SOUTH POLE.”

FILM PRESENTED TO THE NATION.

approach of a second man, and consequently, was not prepared for an attack.

The assallant drew out a re- volver and shot Bazin in the chest. Both men then started to make a hurried exit from the scene, but in order to make sure of the mur- derous work, one of them return- ed and fired two more shots into

form the recumbent

of the victim.

Film Institute, a Alm story Scott's last expedition into the to Antarctic.

Bazin's

London, Feb. 27. There was a grent assembly at Murderer's Legal Wife.

Escape in a Car. the Albert Hall, London, to-day "First of all want to tell you when the Duke of York accepted

The chauffeur, and what has never before been dis-on behalf of the nation from the $50 Ticket: $501, 451, 97, 162, closed; that my son was already trustees of the British Empire friend, who had accompanied him of out of the house, were powerless married happily when he met the

intervene. The shots were lady he was accused of killing.

drowned in the noise of cracker- and that in European law as well as in the law of our own land he "The Epic of the South Pole," as firing occurring on the Chinese was liable to be prosecuted for the pleture is called, is the ftrat of New Year's eve, and the assailants bigany. It was this more than a series of films for what is hoped escaped, unchallenged, in a wait anything else that forced him to to become a "National Gallery of ing-car. commit the crime for which the Films."--Router.

terrible law has exacted its penalty.

Rave No. 3. Ticket No. 359.--$1,744.40. 291-$ 498.40. 645. $ 219,20. $50 Tickets-188, 48,

Ticket No. 580.—$1,606.00.

Race No. 4.

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324. $ 476.00. 168-$ 238,00,

"The news of his marriage

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$50 Tickets: 572, 412, 358, 352, was a terrible shock to us, but 91 DEGREES OF FROST

600, 15, 255, 708, 133, 181, 703, 234, assumed that he had not really

Race No. 5.

Ticket No. 423.—$3,322.20. 942.-$ 949.20. ,, 1014.474.00. $50 Tickets:-172, 665, 614.

Race No. 6.

Ticket No. 711.—$3,360.00.

161 $ 900.00.. 620-$480,00.

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Race No. 7.

Ticket ON. 843.-$3,806.80.

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‚· 1154—$1,104.80. 951.--$552.40.

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850 Tickets:-549, 211, 870, 7. Mr. Ho Kom-tong's Town 464, 139, 763, 1250, 369, 220, 617,

Hall (Mr Encarnacao) 2 489. .Mr. Lee Fu-wing's Little

Thunder (Mr. Harriman) 8 Five starters. Five lengths;

many lengths."

Time:4 min. 35.2/5 Bocs.

Pari-Mutuel.-Winner, $0.20;

1st, $5.10; 2nd, $5.10.

Race No. 8.

Ticket No. 1124.--$28,011.80. 690.--$ 8,174.80,

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2117. $ 4,087,40.

married the girl, but had taken her as a concubine, which is per mitted by our laws and customs. Immediafely the news came, his legal wife decided to set out for England, and a wire was sent to him to this effect, I have no doubt that it was the receipt of this wire that impelled him to

commit the crime."

IN SWEDEN.

RETURN OF THE ARCTIC SPELL.

Bazin was a wealthy business man, with a reputation for busi- news efficiency, among his

na-

als, and the news of his un-

timely death created a profound sensation. What at first appear- ed to be a mystery insofar as the motives for the crime were con- cerned, has been cleared up with the recovery of the letter.

Its contents, which have been dis. closed, are of a very sonsational. London, Feb. 27.

nature. It is the letter which was Blizzards in Britain and Ireland, handed to Bazin by one of the tornadoes in the United States assailants just before he was shot (which have already been respon- down.

further sible for twenty-two deaths), and a remarkable regis-

Political Motives?

TRAGIC SHANGHAI

ACCIDENT.

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TWO EUROPEAN CHILDREN KILLED.

MOTOR TRUCK SMASH.

Shanghai, Feb. 27. A sad accident occurred here this morning as the result of which two infant European children were kill ex while out in their perambulator.

The two children-Infant daugh- tera of Mr. G. Abbott, of the Wil low Pattern Press and formerly of their perambulator, in charge of the Shanghai Times-were out in a Japanese omah. The perambula- tor was violently run into by a motor barbage truck belonging to One of the little girls was in the other dying stantly killed, the French Municipal authorities. shortly afterwards as a result of the severe injuries received. The

amah was not hurt,

The driver of the truck has been

Correspon arrested-Our Own dent.

SLAVE TRAFFIC IN AFRICA

Our thanks. for this most welcome subscription are hereby tendered..

A collection la also being made. on behalf of the Fund amongst

members of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, and we are informed that the proceeds will in due couras be forwarded to the Telegraph for transmission to the Mansion House together with monies subscribed from other sources. So far the amount collected by the Institution totals $240. Members are to be com- mended on helping the cause.

Subscriptions so far received by the Telegraph are:

Already acknowledged $2,770,

& 10/- Taikoo Dockyard Staff K.C.C. Members

C. M. Anon W. X. C.

Total

320.

76.

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1,10/- and $9,201

Family's One Bed Reports to hand from Home in- dicate the hardships suffered by families in the North of England. many of the minors and their

During his tour of one of the

villages in the affected area, the Prince of Wales visited the house of a Mrs. McCan, where he saw that although there were eight people living in the two rooms there was only one bed.

The Prince asked what rent was paid for the cottage, and when Mrs. McCant told him that it was rent free, he said: "That's the only good thing about it.”

"We get blankets given to us on special occasions: some of us

ket for years," someone told the Prince.

That Madame Miao had ground for this belief was obvious when tration of 91 degrees of frost in later she produced for my inspec- Sweden, are among the latest.

Purged of its more objectionable. U.S. SIGNS CONVENTION FOR haven't felt the touch of a blen. tion the last letter written by her features of the grim winter of passages, the form in which it has. son from the condemned cell in early 1929, which seems to be re- been Strangeways Gaol, Manchester.

allowed to be printed in

This is in Chinese, but the inter- turning to its Intensity of a week the Press, makes interesting read-

ago Reutor. pretation is as follows:

Mad Infatuation.

"I must have been mad. Too lato I realized that I was in the tolls of this woman. Har physi- cal attraction was too much for

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

IMPROVING.

!

$216.20 Tickets for unplaced and me. I could not resist it, and I qualified ponies:-2099; 4223, 808, wont blindly into the marriage 2-THE GRAND STAND 102, 7654, 3176, 5635, 2701, 1690, with her. STAKES.-Winner 1000. Second 467, 3124, 888, 7532, 2472, 3160,"When the obsession passed I $250, Third $150, For China Pontes 2555, 6565, 2362, 6162, 2234, 2553. bona fide. Griffins of this' Meeting. Weight for inches as per acolo. Win- ners of one Taco 7 lb.; of two or rrre Races 10 lb. extra. Subscrip- ton Griffins of this Meeting-winners no penalty; non-winners allowed 10 Allowances b. (Jockey allowance,) accumulativo, Entrance $10.

Furlongs,

Mr. John Peel's Royal Flush

Siz

(Mr. Heard) - 1 ; Mr. Ho Kom-tong's · Majestic

AMANULLAH MAKING HIS EFFORT.

FIGHTING BREAKS OUT IN.. AFGHANISTAN,

Moscow; Feb, 27. A wireless message received

BETTER NEWS OF FILM COMEDIAN.

Hollywood, Feb. 27.

Ing.

SUPPRESSION,

Tragle Family, Washington, Feb. 26. The U. S. Senate has ratified: tha Later the Princo mét a man who: Bazin is accused, by the men who killed him, of a long series of Convention signed at Geneva in lost his sight in a pit accident, September, 1928, for the suppres-whose wife broke her leg a few alleged misdeeds, giving the

sion of the slave trade.

weeks after, one of whose children' crime a quael-political charactor.

The Secretary of State, Mr.is tubercular, and who with his The letter refers to Bazin's ac- Kellogg issued a statement regard- family was to, be evicted from his tivities as Chief of the Labouring the Convention, stating that cottage in three weeks' time, Recruitment Bureau,

certain territories In Africa' still alleged abuse of monopolistic have slave traffic.

The Convention is designed to powers conferred on him by that position. The men who act their suppress this traffic and to pre mark to the epistle, profess to vent compulsory labour from deye- have done so on behalf of many loping into conditions analogous to thousands, of disillusioned labour- | slavery.----Reuter,

Iris And

South Seas possessions and in the

realized that I had done wrong Charlie Chaplin, who was taken and that I did not love her as seriously ill with ptomaine polson-ers sent to work mines in French much as I loved my wife. You Ing, is reported to have improved. may blame me as much as you like. It is likely; however, that the but there was no other way out famous film comedian will have to than the way I havo takon. My remain abed for at least a week. one regret is that it has brought-Router.

* unhappiness to you, and I am

grieved to think that you have

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come all this way to save me in THE RANGERS STILL the belief that I am innocent.

WINNING. "In your letter you dwell on the story I told at the trial of others

Hall..... (Mr. Encarnacao) 2 from Termez states that fighting

has broken out between troops who were guilty. I cannot deceive Messra, Chan, M. & A. E. M. Kafeck's Triumphant Stag

directed by the ex-King Amanul

you, dearest of mothers. There (Mr. Quincey) slab, and Habibullah, the present was no one else in the crime but Nine starters. Three longths; controller of Kabul. three lengths.

The fighting is still in progress your unhappy son, who was the at Malden, ahout nineteen miles victim of momentary passion, from Kabul, and no details of the spent a night of torture when tide of the battle is available. I heard that Leo (his legal wife)

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Time: 1 min. 82.1/5 secs. Parl-Mutuel Winner, $7.30; 1st, 35.30; 2nd, $6.80; 3rd, $8.80

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• Reuter.

THIRD LANARK HEAVILY DEFEATED.

London, Feb. 20. In the Scottish League to-day, Glasgow Rangers playing at home, defeated Third Lanark by five goals

to one, Reuter..

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Pay-sheets shown to the Prince by Mr. Lynch, of Hartford, re vealed afresh the awful conditions... in the village.

Four. men sharing the work of Ave shifts, entered £1 9s. 6d. by..

tween them.">

Mr. Lynch pointed out to the Prince that the men would be bet

I enclose herewith the sum

of

as a donation to the British Miners' stress

Fund."

fever-ridden rubber plantations ber of towns, notably in Haiphong, ter off on the dole. In Cochin-China..

Bazin was, therefore, killed in where some thirty members of the

nativo population were arrested. expiation for the wrongs, real or Amongst these detained and imaginary, which these labourers taken for examination to the believe they have or are sustaining Surete, were the two sons of Mr. at his hands.

Bach Thai Buol, Indo-China's most shipping magnato, prominent. Prominent Men Arrested.

These two men were found to be On the receipt of this letter, in possession of three revolvers Surete officials made one of the of a calibre corresponding to the most extensive investigations on bullets taken from the body of the record, While police traps were dead Frenchman, They cleared set on roads of every possible suspicion by proving an alibi, but route radiating from Hanol, by are still detained, on a charge of which the assallants might try to being in possession of unlicensed make their escape by car, polica weapons. It had been alleged that

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