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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936.

FIRE IN HONGKONG HOTEL

STAFF FIGHTS TO CONTROL FLAMES

SNACKS BAR DAMAGE

Prompt work on the part of the staff of the Hongkong Hotel in the carly hours of this mornhig averted serious fire, which broke out in well. known Snacks Bar, Queen's Road,

Fire was discovered 4.30, pm, by Mr. O. A. Kalaghoy, Assistant, Man- immediately raised the ager, who alarm, notified Mr. A. G. Piovanelli, and at same time called the Fire Brigade.

Mr. Plovanelli took charge, had fire hose

rigged and the staff fought the flames which for a time spread at an alarming rate, unt!! the arrival of the Brigado at 4.60 4.12.

WILLENTZ RUSHES TO ARMS

FIGHT TO. DEFEND

.CONVICTION

HAUPTMANN'S FATE

(Special To "Telegraph").

Tronton, Feb; 25.

ECONOMIC

EXPERT LEAVES

CHINA CURRENCY

PROBLEMS

UNIFICATION. UNLIKELY

At noon to-dny Sir Frederick Lelthe Ross, Chief Economic Adviser to the British Treasury, left for Shanghai on the Empress of Bussia. Sir Frederick has spent a little over a Mr. Walter Willents, the Attorney-wook in South China studying, con- General of New Jersey, has hastily ditions here and conferring with ended his Florida vacation and Government and banking officials in rushing home to Trenton to defend the convection of Bruno Hauptmann, sentenced to die in the electee chair for the murder of the baby son of Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh.

He is reported to be ready to go to the courly if necessary to prevent another reprieve.

It is expected that Mr. Willentz Despite the combined efforts of the staff and Brigade it was 5.40 a.m. bo- will call a conference to-night to pre fore the flames were finally subdued. pare a defence against the attacks of The fire started behind the counter, Governor Hoffman, who has made between two electrle refrigerators. accusations of perjury against im

The whole of the Snacks Bar be-portant crown witnessER, hind the counter was wrecked, with Mr. Willent went Florida expect

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROY NKLIN, at 1 and B, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria,

Canton.

In an interview just before his departure yesterday Sir Frederick said that his trip to the South had enabled him to meet people from a part of China he had never previously visited and to obtain their ideas on the economic and trade problems of the country.

considerable loss of stock, which ining that Governoroffman would managed, though. I would like to see

covered, it is understood, by insurance.] convince himself that the case

Scotland Yard

Takes Charge

PROBING SABOTAGE IN NAVAL SHIPS

London, Feb. 25.

Scotland Yard is Investigating the evidence of recent sabotage of Bri. tish warships by a mine-releasing apparatus at Chatham Dockyard.

A workman la suspected.-United Preas.

HEAVY AERIAL ATTACK

BADOGLIO'S BOMBERS

STORM AMBAALAGI

Rome, Feb. 26.

Intense netivity on the Eritrean front is reported in Marshal Balo- glia's Iktest communique,

The Air Force is particularly active in bombing the enemy south of Ambaalagi and in the Tembien region, -Router's Bulletin Service.

MONGOL MUTINY

LEADER

SEEKING AID OF NANKING

Nanking, Feb. 20. General Yun Chi-hsien, leader of the Mongol mutiny against Prince Teh, has telegraphed an appeal for Nanking's help.

Tho

was

M. Flandin, Foreign Minister, who yesterday defended the Franco-Soviet Pact in the Cham ber, where ho scoured a substan- tial majority over the Left and Contre.

solved. However, the Governor has flatly accused the prosecution's wit ness Whited of lying.

"At the moment I aco little opport- unity for any expansion of our trade with China," said the expert. "At the present time the currency position is. satisfactory provided it is properly a unified

for the whale coun- currency try. That, however, is for China to decido and I see little possibility of i occurring in the near future."

Sir Frederick returned to long- kong on

on Monday evening and since then has been the guest of H.E. The Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott at Government House. Yesterday Frederick visited the races, but "I didn't win anything," he said. "I don't expect a proit from that sort of an outing?"

TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN,

WOMAN GETS YEAR

IN GAOL

The seriousness of the casual sell- ing and buying of children was point- ed out when Wong Nul, 38, a woman, was sentenced to one year's hard labour by Mr. Macfadyen at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning for taking part In a

1 a transaction for trang- ferring the possession or control of a nale child named Leung Yan-kam, aged

2 years, for a valuable con- sideration on February 0.

Bon,"

"I bought this child as # plended defendant when charged,

and for no other purpose."

Tai Yung, aged 41, married woman, tite mother of the child appeared as complainant.

Inspector K. W. Andrew, et the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, stated that the charge arose from a case which cano before the Court earlier this month. On February 14, a man named Leung Chau-ching, who was the kidnapper of the child, was sentenced to two years hard labour. On February 6. the kidnapper took the child to defendunt at No. 60 Wai Ching Street, third floor, and demand- ed $100 for the boy, but finally the price of $89 was agreed upon and a

Morcover, he may ask "Jafsio" Condon, New York political "bosa" and a chief figure in the investiga-sang tip was drawn up. tion of the case, to explain alleged discrepancies in his statements police and at the trial.

t

to

Members of the Governor's Own General atated that the party, Republicans, are frequently criticising him for his attitude on mutineers are patriotle and are opthe floor of the state Legislature. posed to Prince Tch's pro-Japanese United Press. altitude.-United Press.

THE VANDERBILT CHILD

MOTHER MAKES NEW APPEAL

Washington, Feb. 26. Mrs. Vanderbilt has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to grant her the sole custody of her child, Gloria.

The petition declares that the pre vious Court order was "unprecedented

and extraordinary, and condemns the child to an abnormal life in which she

BRITISH LOAN- TO FRANCE

NO ANXIETY OVER FROZEN CREDITS

London, Feb. 25.

FALSE NAME

оп

*

The kidnapper gave his name as Wong Shing which was false namo į and defendant gave her name as The sung tip was found Fung Kan.

and the in defendant's poqcasion child was also with her when she was arrested

information by the Yaumati police. Defendant was kept by a seaman, but he did not know of .the transaction at all. He did not give the woman the money with which she purchased the child.

From the casual way in which the transaction WBS carried out police suspected that the child would not have stayed long in defendant's custody, but would have been resold. The defendant was not properly married to the seaman and, she moved

the

tion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Replying to a Parliamentary ques-from address to address, and had only been at the address where she was Mr. Chamberlain, snit the £40,000,000 arrested, for several days, had his consent. He understood it said of the case, "I agree there is Joan to Franco, recently arranged, on to state that the Attorney-Genera! The prosecuting officer then went

was repayable in sterling. Asked whether any

nothing to be said in the favour of precautions

Wong Nui,

after having gone through were taken to prevent credits bocom-

the evidence

will be submitted to going back and ing frozen, he said he had no an forth like a tennis ball.” This order

was to the effort that the child was xiety on that score,--British Virelona. case," added Inspector Andrew."

to be alternately in the custody of the mother and aunt-Reuter..

BRITISH FINANCES

REVENUE STILL INCREASING

'ANTIMONY FOR POLAND

CHINESE PRODUCT WILI SERVE

London, Feb. 25. It is learned that Poland is in- viting tendor for the supply of 230 tons of antimony.

with

London, Feb. 25. Exchequer returns up to the end of last work, issued to-night, show that total ordinary revenue, excluding

Whereas the high-grade product self-balancing items, amounted to £044,665,284, compared with $620,169, was originally required, it is believed 203 at the corresponding date at that Poland will be satisfied.

Receipts, from Inland rovenua Chinese 902 per cent, pure since the ware 4326,701,000, against £310,721,- Engilah 09.6 per cent. in too expensive. 000 in the same period of the last Consequently, Chinese antimony afloat: inancial year, and customs, and ex- is being offeredReutor. cise wero £274,487,000, against £203,- 510,000

year.

Total ordinary exponditure, ox-

clusivo of self-balancing. Items,

amounted to £460,716,773, againnt £641,260,001 at the corresponding date last year. British" "Wireless,

CLIPPER DELAYED.

KING'S FUNERAL EXPENSES

SUPPLEMENTARY:

VOTE ISSUED ›

London, Feb. 25. Midway, Feb. 25. Supplementary Estimates provide The Manila-bound China Clipper has £25,000 for the funeral of the late Clayed its departure for Wake, due King George, this.sum including £7,- to a local storm being in its path, 000 for entertaining Royal and other The giant plano le expected to overseas guests and allowances for dopart to-morrow-United Press, el servants-Reuter Bulletin Service,

"I have been asked to press the Defendant had been employed as a washerwoman at the Steam Laundry at Kowloon, and on the various dates mentioned in the course of proceed ings, she stayed away from her work. You must realise, it is a very Berious offence, this casual selling and buying of children," said his Worship in sentencing the woman.

Inflationists Retreat

LOSING GROUND IN U.S. CONGRESS

Washington, Feb. 25. Opponents of currency inflation aro jubilant because only twenty-five members of the House of Representa- tives have signed a petition to forca the House to vote the Patman plan to pay off the veterans bonus greenbacks..

in

At the same time, & petition for forced action in the Inflationary Frazier-Lemke Bill now bears only. 207 signatures, compared witli 214 a fortnight ago and 218 needed,

It therefore generally admitted that any inflationary proposals have very little chance in the current

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