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THE

HONGKONG

WEEK'S TRAFFIC

ACCIDENTS

ONE KILLED AND

30 INJURED

In the Colony of Hongkong, in- eluding the Island, Kowloon and the New Territories during the week ending at 8 д.т. on Saturday, October 10, there were altogether B trame accidents, as the result of which one person was killed and 30 persons were injured,

The person killed, a Chinese male, died. the result of injurica re- ceived when he was knocked down by a motor lorry whilst walking in the roadway.

Of the persons injured. IB were pedestrians who were either walking or running across the road and was struck by vehicles. Two bus pas- sengers and two tramear passengers were injured while alighting from moving motor buses and moving trameurs respectively. One driver and a passcoger of a motor cycle combination were injured when their vehicle came into contact with tree.

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Three bicycle drivers, one ricksha driver, a tricycle driver and a pri- vate motor car passenger were in- jured as the result of collisions between vehicles,

Of the 51 accidents, 22 were col- istons between vehicles; 22 were collisions between vehicles and pe destrlons; and seven accidents were due to other causes. .

A youth, Ho Tam-pak, was admit- ted to the Government Civil Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries received in a motor accident in

Street.

Ho

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Jr. —-ELISSA LANDI in "THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN" bicycle when he was knocked down

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GEORGE BRENT GENEVIEVE TOBIN GLENDA FARRELL - PATRICIA ELLIS FRANK MCHUGH JOHN EIDREDGE

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by private car No. 3308.

A woman, whose One Is un- known, was knocked down by car No. 2240 in Tal. Hang Road yester- was admitted to hospital day and suffering from minor injuries,

SNATCHER SENT

TO GAOL

THEFT OF WALLET AND MONEY

An unemployed man, Lee Yin, 20, appeared before Mr. K. Keen a the Ceutral Magistracy this morning and pleaded guilty to havtryg stolen leather wallet containing $15 in Hongkong money and $1 to Chinese currency.

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Inspector Mair snk that plainant. Chung Chat, was walking along Coltrane Street yesterday

afternoon, when defendant, who was

of a

waikhy in the opposite direction, apprenched him, and under the cover

handkerchief, extracted

wal- the let which, was kept in the top left coat pocket. Complainant was not aware of his loss unit he had walked five or six yards away from the scene of the theft. A district watch- man on duty nearly saw defendant stealing the wallet and made the

arrest.

Defendant asked Mr. Keun to treat him leniently, saying he had just Jeft prison and

that as he bod nothing to eat he had to steal.

Defendant, who had no previous conviction. was sentenced to weeks' hard labour.

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AUSTRALIAN

GIRL TO BROADCAST

Horigkong listeners will tear over ZBW to-night in Australian girl who wrote such delightful prose tal She gained free trip to Hongkong with 50-word description of the trip as she dreamt it would be.

Miss Shirley McLeod is the girl. She is scheduled to broadcast from ZBW at 7.10 p.m., and, in response to questions from an interviewer, will tell some of her impressions of Hongkong.

She arrived in the Colony from Melbourne by the A. O. liner Changte last week. and returns home by the same 'vessel to-morrow.

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FASCISTS ·ARMING?

Paris, Oct. 16. The French newspaper, Le Popu- laire, to-day charges, that Fascista have! hidden 1,000 machine-guns and plenty of ammunition in Paris and the suburbs, and that Croix de Fey members are all heavily armed and smuggling guns in front Switzer- land, United Press.

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1936.

CATHOLIC TEACHERS. EXPELLED

ANOTHER "PURGE" BY NAZIS

VIGOROUS“ PROTEST

Munich, Oct. 14. The Bavarian Cabinet has an- nounced a "purge" of 1,676 Catholic sisters from cloister schools and their replacement by reliable Nazis.

The Catholic Church is vigorously protesting, alleging that this action is another violation of the concordat between Berlin and Rome, but the proiest is unlikely be effective as Hert Adolf Hitler's Minister of Education has already approved the

edict.

This "nazification" of 400 schools] will throw 600 teachers out of em- ployment on January 1, and the re- maining 1,000 affected will go on tie rellet roll throughout 1937.

GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE

MAN WHO ROBBED

HIS. BROTHER

John Winch, 22, unemployed, was given one more chance by his bro- ther, employed at the local broadcast- ing station, at the Kowloon Magl- stracy before Mr. E. Hinsworth this take morning, when he agreed to defendant back into his home on condition that should the latter touch anything in his house with intent to stcal, he would immediately turn hlm over to the police.

Sub.-Inspector Rogers said defen- dant's brother considered that defen- dant was not quite right mentally, and was in the habit of taking any thing he wished from the house, pawning it, and not coming back for several days. "He is out of work, your Worship." stated Mr. Winch. and naturally he doesn't have any money to spend."

Defendant staled that he was given food nnt quarters at his brother's home, but his brother gave him no money to spend and this was the rea- son why he stole and pawned his Kooda.

"You have acted in an extremely ungrateful manner, stealing from your brother who has given you free room and board," stated His Wor- the brother he ship. Turning to The offcial reason for this action-

asked,

you willing to give film is that the schools are not paying another chance and take him back sumclent attention to racial science into your home, on condition that he and the biology of the Nazi state-promises not to touch any of your

If he Reuter.

docs take

anything, property? you should inform me immediately. and the next time he won't be dealt with so easily, but will be charged with theft and put in prison.”

SIMON REPORTS TO CABINET

POLITICAL UNIFORM

PROBLEM

London; Oct. 14,

The recent political disturbances in London, Involving Fascists and Communists, were considered at the weekly meeting of the Cabinet to- any, at which Sir John Simon, thei

the Home Secretary, reported on matter of the wearing of political uniforms, but it is understood that no decision was taken.

it is probable that a sub-committee wil be established to examine and report on the question.-Reuter's Bul- letin Service.

STATESMAN IN

AIR MISHAP

U.S. MINISTER IN BLAZING PLANE

Tulsa, Oct. 14.

Mr. H. H. Woodring, Secretary for War, narrowly escaped injury when an auraplane in which he was travel

taking ling caught fire, while

ofI here.

After considerable thought. Mr. his Winch said he would give brother another chance, but told His Worship that with defendant in his house, nothing of his would be safe. His Worship extracted from defen- dani

a solemn promise not to take anything from his brother's house, on pain of

being arrested bound defendant over in the sum of $50 to keep the peace for onc year, the breaking of this bond to double any sentence, passed.

JOB RACKET

PRISON FOR FALSE PRETENCES

and

On three charges of obtaining

money by false pretences, Ng Kim- wni, 25, was sentenced to three months' hard labour by Mr. Macfad- yen at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. Also appearing with him, Cheung On, 24, was discharged, the police accepting his plea that he had been an unwitting accomplice.

that Det-Sgt. Riddell said October 1, Ng and Cheung went to another man med Chau Fun, and Ng told him that they were B1- thorised by the Holok Cecil to engage coolies. Chu was asked if he could engage 35 coolies who were able to pay

on

a $5 deposit.

Ng On three further occasions. called on Chau and received in all total of $42 collected from would-be Chou in turn received

The machine linded, and the pus- | coolies. sengers made a hurried exit before several stamped receipts. Finally, the plane was burnt out.-Reiter,

SETS PROBLEM- IN ECONOMICS

Berlin, Oct. 4. "We can never renounce the de- mand that the problem of just dis-i tribution of raw materials should be dealt with and solved," declared Count Schwerin von Krosigk, Minis ter of Finance in a speech to-day.

In this matter lay the key to the handling of the colonial question, he asserted.

suspicious of Ng's bona des, Chau sent a coolle to the Hotel and dis- covered that Ng had heen lying. whereupon he had both Ng and Cheung-arreated-

KING RECEIVES PREMIER

London, Oct. 14. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley the Baldwin, had an audience of King at Buckingham Palace this afternoon. Lord Halifax, Lord Privy Seal, was another Minister who was received by His Majesty following to-day's Cabinet meeting, which last- ed for two hours. There was a full The settlement of this problem and attendance of Ministers apart from that of international debt entangle- the Lord Chancellor, who is ments was a necessary preliminary disposed, and the

Secretary

to the restoration of sound world Scalland, who died yesterday

Switzerland.Brilish Wireless. economy-Reuter,

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Also the "Fantasia and Fuguo ́in C Minor" (Bach-Elgar), and unaccompanied Works."

TWO PERFORMANCES THURSDAY, October 15 at 9.15 p.m. SATURDAY, October 17 at 9.15 p.m. Conductor:-1. ANDERSON MILLER,

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