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"PAT" PATERSON HERBERT MUNDIN

CHARLES STARKETT GORDON WESTCOTT

Produced by JOHN STONE

THE HONGKONG.

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST

CRITICISM BY JURY,KASHGAR RELIEVED

BOATMEN'S HOURS TOO LONG GENERAL KUNG'S TROOPS

FOR EFFICIENCY

Simia, Aux. 8.

A rider to the effect that the hours

of boatmen employed to watch over

OCCUPY CITY

NARROW ESCAPE.

1934.

CAR PLUNGES OVER CASTLE

·PEAK BANK

A party of six Chinese, rotura- Four hundred Chinese and 2.000 ing to Kowloon after a swim at the swimmers at the South China Moslem troops have

entored Castle Posk, had a narrow escape

They from Bathing Club were too long for them

serious Injury, yesterday

a 20-years-old student of Wah Yan College.

to remain very observant, was added Kashgar from Urumchi, by the jury to their verdict of "Death are commanded by General Kung afternoon when the car in which by drowning in misadventure, at the Chen-han, head of the Chinese they were travelling plunged over fnquest yesterday on Mo Wing-hang, Peace Commission.

the side of the road, turned over The arrival of the troops has on its side and threw the occupants much relloved the British Con out on to the road. the Mr. Macfadyen conducted

do- The accident occurred near-tho quiry, which was held at the Central Bulate, which, owing to tho Magistracy, with the aesistance of prodations of marauding bande, 16-le Stone on Castle Peak Messra. D. Munrs (foreman), P. A has been in a somewhat procarious Road. The party left Castle Peak Netland, and K, A. Ismail as furor position since the defent of the at 2 pm, and wore driving back to Mo Wing-hang was found drowned Tungan rebels and their flight Kowloon in private car No. 1380, in the baths on July 10, after his from the city.

belonging to Mr. Young Ting frlond had missed him. Evidenco,

chaung. At approximately 2.80 pm, when they had got to the 16- Mile Stone, a Chinese Buddenly ran across the road.

given at the inquest was that among Other White Russian troops are other precautions, the club employed reported to have arrived at Aksu, two boatmen to row a round, watch-In Magalbaahi, and seroplanes are

Fung, Choo-wan, the driver of ing the swimmers from 7 am to 11 expected to reach Kashgar shortly;

Small garrisons are being posted the car, swerved to the right in due to drowning, and occurred the the Chinese in the direction of order to avoid running Into the Yarkand, which region abounds man. In doing so, he lost control

p.r.

Dr. L. D. Pringlo said death was

provlous afternoon.

Dr. L. S. Shin said he was sum-with the Tungan rebels. moned to the bathing club, where he

There is strong evidence of saw several persone trying artificial respiration on Me Wing-hang, Wit- Persistent Soviet support

Chinese. ness' brother arrived and they gave

the man an Injection and continued It now

the treatment, but without success.

of the car which ran over the side and capsized.

It was fortunate that the car to the was not going at a fast speed,

otherwise serious injuries could- transpires that the not have been avoided. As it hap- The dead man's friend, Chan Hing-Russian Consul-General at Kashgar pened, members of the party intermediary in the suffered only from minor scratches tak, of 12. Chancery Lane, cald ho acted as

and shock. know deceased in British Borneo negotiations between the Chineso They went bathing about three o'clock, and the Tungans, after the latter's and swarm together, but after a time defeat witness said he was going in Also, it is learned that the rebel change and left Me Wing-hang on the leader, General Ma Chung-ying, bamboo stops leading into the water was subsequently escorted across When he returned a short time after the Russian frontier by Soviet wards he could not see his friend)

to

and he reported the fact to an atten- Consular Guards Reuter. dant, and anid his friend might have drowned.

Shallow Water.

The attendant sold that could not be so, as ho would have soon him. Witness ordered some tea and waited, thinking that his friend might return 2001, The alarm bell then sounded and witness saw a man being pulled out of the water. He identified hlin

apparently drowned. He saw no-one in dimculties but, soon after xix o'clock heard a shout that a man had been drowned. After ringing the doll he dived in at the place indicated and pulled out the body.

Ho Kui, another boatman, also gave evidence.

The car, however, was severely damaged. Its right side smashed, while the mud-guards were completely wrecked.

DYNAMITE PLOT?

ROOSEVELTS VISIT TO

ROCHESTER

Rochester, Minn., Aug. 7.

A plot to injure President Boosevelt is suspected here, and special precautions will be taken The secretary of the club said that when the President arrives next later as docensed. The water was ten persons were employed at the Wednesday to visit the famous only five fest deep or so at that point. club to watch the swimmers and

William and Leung

Lal-sang, clerk in the after six o'clock there were also St. surgeons, Dra. Ordinance Department, and living at John Ambulance, mon. The boatmen Charles Mayo, 248, Lai Chi Kok Road, sald ho jump-) were on duty all day.

ed in when the alarm bell went and) Sergt, H. Brown gave formal evid helped pull the man out. With tho enee. assistance of other people he after-] In summing up, the Coroner said wards administered artificial respira-

tion.

Omelals of the State Insane Hospital have notified the Secrot Service that fifty pounds of dynamite have been stolen from there was no evidence pointing to the hospital powder house. verdlet other than death by misadven- lure, but if the jury felt that they should comment on the precautions taken by the club they could do so.

A verdict was roturned as stated

Lo Ping, a bontman, said that he could see most of the swimmers from his boat and occasionally looked over his shoulder at the rest of the swim- mers at tho' placo where doccased had į above.

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