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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 25, 1936.

LINDBERGH RANSOM MONEY APPEARS IN CIRCULATION

OFFICIALS PUZZLED BY ITS ORIGIN

PROPOSITION

REJECTED

| AUSTRALIAN GOVERN. Boston, May 20. Department of Justice agents were concentrated |MENT DECLINES TO to-night in Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire LEASE IRON DEPOSITS. after discovery that more than $20,000 of the $50,000 TO JAPANESE Lindbergh ransom imoney was found in this section.

Clarence D. McKean, head of the Boston Bureau of the Depart- ment of Justice, denied, however, any of the ransom money had appeared in this section.

"There is absolutely nothing to it," he insisted.

IN VARIOUS BANKS Since Bruno Richard Haupt- mann died in the electric chair at Trenton, N.J., for the kidnap- murder of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh's infant son, the money has appeared at two banks in Albany, N.Y.; Northampton, Springfeld, War- cester and Greenfield, Mass. Omcials Who declined use of their names said they believed bills are about to be

Facts Showing That-

CUSTOM

DIES HARD,

AND OFTEN

NINE conclusions on the enshed in Southern New Hampshire. changing customs of Indications are that persons travel- the people of Great Britain Albany, NY, disposed of the ranson from the Statistical Abstract notes in bills of $20, $10 and 55 de-issued by the Stationery

Office:

ing northeastward from a point near

nominations.

RULE RESCINDED Although the money was in United

which President Franklin D. Roo

Yampi Sound iron ore is not going to be mined by Japanese, advices. coming from Singapore state.

A British company-Bassert's has obtained the lease, and is now engaged 011 preliminary work before exploiting the 97,000,000 lons of ore reputed to be lying the above high-water mark on islands in the sound.

The reports were confirmed follow- ing the arrival at Singapore of Captain J. I. Grey, Australian yachtsman and surveyor, who took the original party of Japanere pros- pectors to Yampi Sound in October. 1934, aboard his private yacht, the Silver Gull.

The Australian Government vetoed Nippon Mining Company (which also the Japanese project sponsored by the owns large iron mines in Mainya) in

January last, after the Japanese had EMIGRATION: South Africa spent much labour in surveying the is the only British Dominion According to Captain Grey, the are

Ockls,

States currency of old gold certificates overseas which attracts nearly Island and a third smaller island in

sevelt ordered declared and reported three years ago, all banks now are cusiing and clearing these bills with out question by authority of a

special Treasury order rescinding rules ugainst cashing such certificates,

The fact--that-practically all the hag been passed ransom moncy through New England banks brought the G-men into this arco. Among the agents were three who worked for months on the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.

hus far only $19,715 of the money Thus Colonel Lindbergh paid a ransom collector In a Bronx cemetery on Apr 2, 1932, has been definitely lo- cuted.

was

A FEW HOURS AFTER

time Hauptmani From the arrested in New York to the night of his execution, no more of the Lhdbergh money was known to have appeared. However, a few, hours alter Hauptmann died the money be

paper Kan appearing in banks, the Bsserts,

Wedding of Capt.Hinchliffe's

Widow

as many emigrants from the Old Country as before the war.

I

WEATHER: Manchester people are provided with evidence for protests. Although Manchester has ten inches more-rain-a year than Norfolk, the Isle of Man is len inches "wetter" than Manchester.

WELSHMEN are not easily lured to Scotland. Among Scotland's "in- vades," for every one born in Wales, thirty-one are born in Ireland

found on Cockatoo Island, Koolan the Yampl Sound is extremely rich

and easy to get

at. Its metal con- tent is 68 per cent.

Mr. Yamaguchi,

manager of the Nippon Mining Company at Singa- pore, stated to The Free Press, Sing apore, that he could not confirm the report of the Australian Government's decision, but he stated the purchase of Yampi Sound ore would not result in restriction of output from Malayan mines.

"Although we can work our Dun- gun mines only eight months a year, owing to the northwest monsoon, we are expanding the output continual-

SCOTS are not attracted to irely," he said. land. For every Scot who settles in the Free State, twenty-four crews the border into England,

DIVORCES: Before the war, for

every divorce in Scotland there were in England; now there are nine stimes as many divorces granted in

England as in Scotland.

HOUSES: There

There Are more 11- occupied houses proportionately in Scotland than in England, Ratio: England-one empty house for every thirty-four occupied; Seutiani-ne empty house for every twenty-five occupied.

year.

£1,500,000 to £2,000,000 }

Conscripting

The "Black”

Races

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Sitters, indeed, perhaps, but without ny axe to grind.

7 Some find this in city life: you

should.

8 Mere counters.

11 I slept, and of Learn I dreanit

in chle attire (Hidden).

12 Commenced-and ended with a

weapon.

13 idklon in Clue 11.

A great deal, mostly silly. hanging the picture: it would 17 What Uncle Podger lost when

have been safe in the bank. Liberian type

for example. 21. Green vegetables.

10

Cape Town, May 18. The danger of European coun-16 UNIVERSITIES now have an in-tries raising huge armies of come from grants and fces of black conscripts in Africa was £0,000,000 a year-double that of emphasised by Sir-Abe Bailey in 1820. in the sume period salaries of an interview to-day. their stuffs have nearly doubled-

2 Consider this later on. Sir Abe, who is sailing for England 24 Mother and Harry are insepar- shortly, said: "The organisation of

able in this game. the Negro races by the Powers of 25 Make halting progress.. Europe into conscript armies will, in 28 l.l. CO-PARTNERSHIP AND PRO-the end, prove more disastrous FIT-SHARING schemes have doubled Africa and to the world as farge than 29 Could have been murdered, bat, not unnaturally, had an object- since 1913. In 1934, 270 firms prae- slavery itself, and it may prove even tion. tised profit-sharing, and among more difficult to stop once it has 30 Yacht relie, R.I.P. (anag). 183,000 workers the average amount of bonus was £11 119. a head,

INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES are fewer in number. In 1913 there were 1,450 disputes; in 1934, 471.

MRS. HINCHLIFFE, widow of from Captain W. G. R. Hinchliffe, was married at the Roman Catholic Church, Mitcham-road, Tooting, this month, to Mr. Alec Louis Conan, of Mitcham.

Captain Hinchliffe was last seen alive in March, 1928, when he left Cran- Elsie well airdrome with the Hon. Mackey on an attempt to fly the Ate lantic. He was afterwards presumed to be dead.

Omeials were asked to keep the time of the ceremony secret and only half a dozen persons were present.

Postage Stamp

The bride's age was given as 36 and the bridegroom 42. Mr. Sin- clair, who was a close friend of Capt, Hinchlife and who was at Cranwell when the airplane left, gave the bride. nwny.

Married To Save

Bachelor Tax

For Quintuplets

Urged In Canada

bene conscription of black peoples

By white Governments is a revival of slavery in its most dangerous and subtle form."

Discussing the italo-Abyssinian position, Sir Abe sald that in his opinon the chief danger was that "It Is leaving a first-class naval and military dictatorship free to work its will in the Eastern hemisphere.

"Unless Europe and America pay serious attention to what is going on in. China," he declared, "the most

terrible results will surely follow, and

sation."

It may be the doom of Western civil- Ottawa, May 18.1 Canadian and United States Sir Abe urged that Great Britain

philatelists are urging the Cana-and other liberty-loving countries dian post office to issue a special should beware of the military dicta- postage stamp bearing the portrait torships which have sprung up since the war. Great Britain in particular of the Dionne quintuplets for the should put her defences in order, for second birthday celebrations on unless she could defend herself she Rome, May 18. May 29.

would not be able to hold the British Postmaster General J. C. Elliot Commonwealth together. Claiming that her husband only

"We can and will beat the dictator- married her to avoid paying the reveals he is receiving many bachelor tax, Signora Matildo letters daily from various parts of ships," declared Sir Abe, "If we re-

member and act by

and net by the saying of one asking him to Ronco, wife of a farmer, success-the continent,

of our foremost statesmen-"The

pricu fully pleaded for the annulment honour the five famous babies by of freedom is eternal vigilance."" of her marriage before the Turis issuing a stamp bearing their In conclusion, he urged that the heads. The lettera are being statesmen of South Africa should

realise that safety lay not in isolation, ! "He preferred his cattle to me," filed for future consideration. she told the judge, and on our The only child whose portrait but in a strong British Common

on Canadianwealth of nations. wedding night he slept in the ever has appeared

"A strong British Commonwealth, Acupuncture, Moxocausis sad ono Betting cowahrd. We have not spent five stamps is the Little Princess based upon free co-operation, is the

Elizabeth, who was included

In hest guarantee of peace," he declared, Holder of Japanese and Hongkong Govern-minutes alone together."

tax the King George V Jubilee issue. |"and can be made the most effective ment Licences. Cures Eprained Ankles and Italian bachelors pay a

Instrument for defence."--Reuter, Wrists. Hecommended for many year by ranging up to £6 a year.—Router.—United Press,

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2 Marquetry is, for example.

3 Hilden in Clue 11.

4 Staggers.

6 Swank,

6 Church service.

7 A cheap drink in exchange for

pettleont.

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9 Being of the regulation east,

potted Hosey for a change.

10 These bella won't ring even if

wung hard.

14 What the dog's tall did-on

utheels.

16 Shows an Eastern gentleman as

going under another nant-

18 A cundred miles,, for example, er, to kill a cocktonchi; trend on it. (Three words, 1, 4, 3.)

20 Seaside transaction.

21 City that came to a dreadful

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22 Mountain range of a specifie

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26 The surgeon's drive. 27 What a Frenchman thinks.

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