1932-01-02 — Page 19

HEWELS MARKED BEFORE THEFT.

FIRST CLASS ON

THIRD FARE.

CLEAN-UP STARTED ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Fimt-clean passengers WHA

THE HONGKONG

THE VOLUNTEERS.

ORDERS FOR THE COMING WEEK.

TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1932.

MAILBAG STOLEN FROM HARWICH EXPRESS.

Was a mailbag, which stolen in a train rushing from Southern Railway in England haveing Hongkong Volunteer Dofenes Harwich to London, and which la begun to co-operate with the com-

the

helloved to have contained pre-

repany's officials in maklug war on cious stones, suretly marked on the people who travel frst-class the Continent and distinguished in with third-class tickets. tho train from 21 others by a Hundreds of letters have been- member of a gang of international revived at the Waterloo offices since a newspaper mentioned that thieves?

This is the theory held by de.plainclothes inspectors were board. tectives investigating the theft o'ing traina just before they began the bag. The probability of ato move and making a mulden de- necrot mark presents a new pro-mand to see ticketa. blom in the wel of internationni! crime.

Precious Stones,

Wha

One senson-ticket holder Jornvinced that #regular fellow- passenster who always went into the Registered packages from Ant-tarting time only paid third-class carringe fow seconds before werp, the famous precious stones fire. He wrote to the company, market, were in the bag. It was and the not known the full extent of the noted. value of the robbery.

from

The facts of the theft are:

Twenty-two mailbugs Antwerp were checked at Harwich and placed in the van of the boat

man's movements were

On three successive nights he i was seen to, reach the station a quarter of an hour before the train was due to leave. He lingered near train express to Liverpool Strestenuntered along the platform untli a book-rtall for twelve minutes, Station.

When the train arrived in Lon. he saw a uniformed official had don 21 bags were found in the examined tickets, and then calmly

entered a first-cines carriage.

var.

Somewhere between Harwich On the third night two men fot.

lowed him in, showed him their

and London one mailbag was diss.R." buttons, and asked for his tinguisher and vanished.

The theory of an identification

ticket. mark was immediately raised. Yet

He produced a third season, ex- plained that he had had

It

No. 53/31 Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps orders by Lieut. Colonel

G. Bird, D.S.O., O.JLE., Command

Corps.

Hongkong, Thura., Dec. 31, 1031. 1. Paradca,

(n) Battery-Parade at Corps Head- quarters at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 7th, January, 1032. Engineer Company,

(b)

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

WILH. WILHELMSEN. The NORWEGIAN AFRICA and AUSTRALIA LINE,

The Motorship,

TRIANON" having arrived from Norway via ports on the Sint December, 1931, consigneer of cargo are hereby notified that all goods are being landed at their risk Into the non-hazardous, hazardous and/or extra hazardous godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whorf and Godown Co., Ltd., whence delivery may be obtained. Goods not cleared by the 7th January, 1932, will be sub.

ject to rent.

All broken, chafed and damaged An-packages are to be left in the godown where they will he examined on the both January, 1912, at 19 a.m. by our

Surveyore, Mesra. Anderson Ashe.

1. Muminy, January 4th. Minta

ture Range Shont. Sunday, January 10th. nual Company Shoot, Notliention to Range will published in next issue of Ordera Practice will be the same in Part II and all members who have not classified In Part II are requested to attend this shoot hs there may be no other opportunity tu make themselven efficient, fel The

Officer Commanding the Machine Gun Company will isnur

and

No claims will be admitted unless noticed and/or application for survey made in writing within seven days after funding of the goods or in ans case before the goods are taken de livery of.

Claims will not be recoverable unleas

hin Orders separately to his Com-complete accounts are sent in within mand.

fourteen days of final dischargo of Yeancl.

ΠΗ

2. Musketry--Engineer Company. The undermentioned Members of the Engineer Company classified Marksmen at Stonecutters on 20th. instant and are entitled to wear the badges for one year:

Na, 728 Cpl. A. W. W. Salier. No. 1809 Spr. 8. C. Salter,

No. 1121 Spr. G. E. L Johnson. The average for the Uarty the bag must have been branded minute rush to catch the train, and very high standard of efficiency.

(19 a last-atrone) was 78 points which nets ♪ in an unobtrusive way, for officials offered to pay the excess fare. at Antwerp, in the boat, and again was only when he was told he had at Harwich did not notice any-been shadowed for thing unusual.

three nights Harwich police at once tried to that he realised the game was up.

the blier was badly bitten.

In the case of another complaint

And whether any one who had not eroaned from Antwerp travelled In the train, and organised a search alembankments and cuttings along

Timo.

This man, on reaching a station near London, left his first-class compartment and complained to an Most of the cut diamonds arrty inspector that another person in the ing in England hy, registered postariaze was traveling with on the Antwerp-Harwich route third-class ticket. come from Belgium.

Intended Coup. Scotland Yard had been watch ing for A few weeks a gang of international criminals who, they were informed by the Continental police, had arrived in England.

The statement proved to be true and the excess fure was paid. But the inspector asked his informant to show his ticket. He, also, pro- duced a third-class one!

"There are still thousands of people who regularly travel first and uly a third che fare," a rail-

3. Corpe Diary. With reference to Page 10 of the Corps Diary.

Na Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

Bilis of Lading will be countersign. ed by

THORESEN & CO. LTD.

Agatita Hongkong, at December, 1981.

AIR TRAFFIC.

GROWING USE OF THE BRITISH LINES,

London. Dec. 31,

New

Victor

Records

FOR

December

TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.

8,Des Voeux Road, Central.

Entrance Ice House Street)

Tolophono 0.21648,

Proof of the continued increase PILSENER LAGER

O' Commanding Units will inform of air traffe over British lines is the Adjutant by noon on 5th, proximo provided by the receipts which, If they have any M.G. Casuals to fire rom April 1 to the end Novem at Stonecuttern on 10th. proximo.

If no notification is recalved the with £445,000 in

ber, were £17.000, no mpared Range will be re-altered for Musketry.ing period of 1930,

the ca espond- 1. Struck off the Strength.

Air trafic with india in articu- Jar is steadily growing. British

II Excellency the Governor has Vivelean. been pleased to accent the resignation by 2/Lieut. Lesile Ross, of his Com-j mission in the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps with effect from 3rd. FIRE AT UNIVERSITY. December, 1031.

Authority.C.S.O. 3 In 198/1931.

G. Strength.

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS LOST

IN JOHANNESBURG,

Johannesburg, Doc. 25.

The following has been taken on the Strength:

1767 Tpr. A. F. Jenkin, M.G. Troop eentre part of the Johannesburg Fire destroy the whole of the

University buildings to-day.

21.12.31.

G. Leave.

There was non mystery about way official has stated. As a re- their movements, and detectives sult we have armed a number of wore puzzled because of their sud-clerks from the affices with the den visit.

necessary authority for demanding Then the Yard mea heard of anticks, and they are dring good istentled coup--of what descrip work." tion they not know-and all their efforts to find out failed.

Detectives were placed on duty walehed, in order to put the Yard Tatoon, returned from

where they knew they were being

mon off their real

in large number at various hotels in London. Some of them were mallbag robbery, disguised as waiters and others as doormen.

The criminals kept their secret woll.

purpose-the

The 6.20 mail and beat train

hery took place, is a corridor train, from Harwich, in which the rab- and it is possible for passengers

registered

It is now thought that members to pass through the coaches to the

of the gang who are known to the van

police were aont to various places,, hugs.

containing the

Capt. H. R. Formyth, Scottish Coyments were burned. The material Many priceless historic docu- returned from leave on 28.12.31.

Lieut. D.

loss is estimated M.

Richards, No. 2 Reuter.

at £100,000.-

leave

ON

19.12.31.

No. 1700 Pte. H. W. Bonner, Na, 7 Platoon, granted 2 months' leave from 17.12.31 to 10.2.32.

(Sgd.) W. H. G. Gonter, Captain, Adjutant, II.K.V.D. Corps.

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