1934-12-26 — Page 12

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BIRTH CONCEALED

MARRIED WOMAN SENTENCED

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"This crime will meet punish.

ont wherever it arises so longi

FRENCH BUDGET

PEACEFUL APPROVAL BY

THE CHAMBER

Paris, Dec. 24. Parliament to-day peacefully as I am on the Bench," said Mr. Approved the Budget which easti- the Central mates revenue at £026,000,000 and W. Schofield, at Magistracy on Monday, when pass expenditure at £640,000,000.

Parliament then dispersed for ing sentence of three month's hardį tabour on Chiu Heung-tal aged 44, the holidays.-Reuter.

married woman, residing at No. 5661 child was stillborn, There is no when passing sontence of three evidence to the contrary, and there months hard labour on Chi is a small amount of evidence to Loung-tal, aged 44, married show it was 80. woman, realding at No.

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"The case ia unusual, and in Concealing the birth of a child view of the great mlachief that between December & and Docem might follow from cases of this kind, I consider the woman should ber 10. ,*

The case attracted a great deal o punished. After taking every- of interest among the Chinese, thing into consideration, I am of

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

SEAMEW BACK Mrs. Roosevelt

IN COLONY

DAMAGE REPORTED

NOT LARGE

H.M.S. Seamow, the river gun- boat which ran aground near) Mahau whlist doing piracy patrol

In Politics

DEFENDS CONTRACT FOR AIRCRAFT

(Special to "Telegraph”)

DECEMBER

PRISON FOR PATRICIDE

GIRL'S SENTENCE COMMUTED

(Special to "Tsiegraph”)

(hy Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphis Mon sapes Ordinance, 1814. Ressivad. Duermber

in a thick fog along the West River By Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphie M 13, 11.85 mm.) early on Saturday morning, return- men Ordinance, 11111 Resciend, Dovember ed to Hongkong last night under) her own power,

H.M.S. Robin and H.M.S. Cicala had stood by the ship whilst a salvage lighter despatched from the Naval Dockyard effected tem- porary repairs,

"

The Seamew war holed in the foreponk and two compartments were flooded, but the damage is reported to be not considerable.

· MEMORIALS TO DR. SUN

CANTON TO APPOINT

COMMITTEE.

Canton, Dec. 24.

Washington, Dec. 21. Despite the fact that she ardent- ly advocates old age pensions, Mrs, Roosevelt, wife of the President, against a contract for the supply condemne those who would fight

"TELEGRAPH'S" NEW SERIAL

"Lovable" Starting On Thursday

"Lovable,"

a real Action treat, with three heroines, is the next serial story of which the rights have been secured by the Telegraph. It will start in our issue of Thursday. Written by Mary Raymond, the story is full of youthful romantic adventure and will make a wide appeal to lovers of modern fiction.

Start reading it in Thurs- day's Telegraph and make a point. of following the en- tangling of the lives of three girls on which the story 18 based.

Paris, Dec. 24. President Lebrun to-day signed the commutation of the death sentence of Violette Noziore..

The girl, who murdered her father to acvure his savings and spend a few days in revelry and luxury in Paris and Marseilles, admitted the crime. She will Epend for life in prison-United Presa.

YUNGTING RIVER CONSERVANCY

CHINA TO IMPROVE WATERWAYS

Tientsin, Dec. 25.

The South-West Executive Com-1

The Chinese National Economie mittee of the Kuomintang has

Council has resolved to appropriate decided to catablish a committee

$3,400,000 to be paid in several to take charge of all buildings

instalments, for financing the con- constructed in memory of the inte

servancy programme of the Yung. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, such as the

MEMENTOSALIHKUARIESTORU KORKEINE SARKARCZ GLASMENNETTİNGigating, River in Hopel, which la a Ohungshan Memorial Hall, the Chungshan Monument, and the of Douglas aircraft to the Govern.chronic problem for shipping.

ment. Chungshan Library, and to collect

The local foreign consular body and preserve relics of the late for delivery of 71 machines, of the held a meeting last night in con- observation type, at a cost of nection with this problem. It was $1,055,394. It has been argued resolved at the meeting that the Messrs. Halao Fu-chen Chow that the country cannot afford to Chinese authorities he urged to Lu, Lin Yuen-kal, Yin Yih-chung, pay old ago pensions, and expon-carry out the fundamental conser- and Chon Yiu-woon have been fenis of that plan declare that it

leader.

The contract, let recently, calls |

appointed to make preparations, would be better to put to such avancy plan of the Yungting River The proposed commitice is expect-purpose money at present being and other water courses for the ed to be inaugurated some time expended on fighting aeroplanes benefit of shipping interests.— next month-Central Press.

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No facts were divulged by In- THRILLING EVENTS. in Court, being under medien came to the attention of the observation.

Polleo when inmates on the ground floor of No. 586 Qucon's Rond |West, found human bones which Dafendant admitted the charge, had been forced down the drain nud Mr. Schofield passing sentence pipe, The gruesome discovery wald: In this case, I understand was communicated to the Police, that the facts tend to show that and investigations resulted in the the child was born dead, and the detention of the defendant, who wpman herself states that the resided on the first floor.

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