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A SPECIMEN CASE

Case No. 2568

Reported in July by the Salvation Army. The father died eight years ago leaving two children and a widow who earned her living by sewing canvas shoes on a machine lent her by a for- mer employer who has left for the country taking his machine with him. She is The now out of work. Society is maintaining the boy (ten years) at the St. Louis Industrial School and the girl eight years) has been admitted to the Tung Wah Hospital Free School. HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

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JAPANESE CONVICTS MUTINY

Two-hour Drama On Fishing Boat

Tokyo, Mar. 24.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1988.

BARCELONA Record Fliers Distinguished BOMBING Hop Off From Soldier Found DISCUSSED

Prime Minister's Reply

reply had peen received 10

to

no the the

London, Mar. 23. The subject of the recent bombing The Yokosuka correspondent of the

of Barcelona was again raised to- Yomiruri Shimbun states that 27

night at question time in the House boys, aged 17, inmates of the Uraga of Commons. The Prime Minister,

said Neville Chamberlain, of com- Mr.

from the prison, whose daily form pulsory punishment included fishing, have mutinied on the Sokoku Maru Insurgent authorities in Spain

fought

them. When addressed Island, They of Hachijo

protest

open desperately for two hours and al- asked for a definition of an most overpowered the ship's guards, town, and why Barcelona, in which wireless was situated the seat of the govern- the who finally reached

ment, milltary bases, munition fac- room and summoned help.

torles, docks and railways, Ringleaders of the mutineers rush-classed, he replied that the rules of ed the wireless cabin, but the guards international law worked the key. A police bout stituted military objectives were in- rushed to the scene, but at present definite. is unable to board the Sokoku Maru owing to the high seas.

The guards are unable to report the present situation by radio.

Meanwhile the police boat is at Hachio Island.

The mutineers are said to have intended to sail United Press.

was so

as to what con-

tion to make any statement.

An

was in

Singapore

Singapore, Mar. 23. Flying Omeer Clouston, ac- companed by Mr. Victor Ricketts, took off from here for Calcutta at 5.47 p.tn. G.M.T... to- day, having accomplished the perilous crossing of the Arafura and Timor Seas in the course of Vieir attempted world record New fight from England to Zealand and back-Reuter.

THE PRISONERS OF CZECHO-SLOVAKIA

(Continued from Page 0.) Berlin, Dresden, and Breslau within an hour.

hang

conclusion of Pending the

Ten years ago. I said that examination of the subject, which had been undertaken by Government Czecho-Slovakia was a disturb departments, he was not in a posi-ing element in Central Europe

the war-clouds To-day One definite rule of international heavy along her frontiers. law was that direct and deliberate

There might still be time for bombing of non-combatants

Mathe Czech Government to make il circumstances illegal. His America.-EL

protest

was reparation, but it is under the Jealy's Government's bused information which had led control of the same scheming it to the conclusion that the bombard-

politicians 09 brought that ment of Barcelos, carried on up- parently at random, and without the hybrid country into existence.

of military objectives, special alm was in fact of this nature.

Not A Friend

GAMING HOUSE RAIDED

A raid carried out by Detective- Sergeant J. Bentley and a party of police officers in Luard Road yester day resulted in the appearance of

Ho Tsing before Mr. H. R. Butters nt the Central Magistracy this morning, charged with keeping the address as common gaming use. He admit- ted the charge and was fined $20. Six other men were arrested in the premises, charged with gambling and convicted.

Į

On

In reply to a furl

further question, the presentations made to the Vatican

Prime Minister said the recent re-

were not such as to call for a reply, but he understood the Vaticans was deeply interested in prevention of air raids on civilian populations in Spain, and was no doubt taking such action as was considered best cal- culated to achieve this end. British Wireless.

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Major-General Watson Old Campaigner

London, Mar, 23, Major-General Hugh W. M. Wat- son, who was home on sick leave, was found dead to-day in a hedge near Leamington, A sporting gun was by his aide, and he lind severe head in- juries-Reuter.

Wharton Major-General Hugh Watson, c.n., C.M.D., D.3.0, had been Inspector-General and Military Ad- viser in the Iraq Army since 1937.

Born in August, 1881, his father was да distinguished soldier. He joined the Militia 7th King's Royal a regular Rifles In 1899, und obtained a Commission in 1909. He served In the South African War in Somaliland From 1008 to 1912 in 1903 and 1904.

to the G.O.C., 5th Division Curragh, and in 1914 wos he was A.D.C. appointed Adjutant to the 6th King's served in the Royal Rifles. He Great war from the beginning to the end, including the battles at St. Elol, Ypres Salient and Cambrai. In 1015 he fulfilled special service in Galli- poll. He was on the General Staff G.HQ, the General Staff of the 8th Corps, and was Brigade-Major of

the 158th Brigade and took part in the evacuation of Suvin, Egypt in 1915, A year later he was in command of the 2/4th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, and from 1917 to 1918 was

the Senior Officers' School, Alder- silot,

Brigadier-General Commandant as

of the begetter.

Czecho- DR. BENES was the chief Of him, even so Slovak State.

During the Great War lie was twice wounded, unct was awarded the sympathetic a Socialist writer as Professor Harold Laski has said: C.M.G., D.9.0., with Bar, and appointed "I doubt whether any European | Brevet Lieut-Colonel.

From 1030 to 1831 he conmanded statesman entirely trusts Dr. Benes. No one knows better the 139th (Sherwood Forresters) than he how to be most things Belgade (T.A.), and from 1932 to 1034 was commander of the Cailro to all men."

Brigade, Egypt.

Dr. Benes has done well out of bis political career. Signs of the wrath to come suggest he would do well either to retire or to reform his prison-camp policy. It is significant that his country has not a single friend among the five States on her own borders.

27 DROWN WHEN STEAMER SINKS

Tokyo, Mar, 24. Twenty-seven were drowned, and The Pharaoh who hardened 14 rescued when a small passenger his heart was engulfed by the steamer crashed into the rocks during Red Sea. It is the more terrible a fog off Chemulpo, Korea, yesterday. flood of German armaments that -United Press.

is surging round the Czech fron- tiers to-day. The prisoners of Czecho-Slovakia may yet see their captors overtaken by the fate of that old Egyptian tyrant who would not let the people go.

GAMBLERS CAUGHT

A raid by the police in Hollywood Road resulted In the arrest of 14 Chinese, and Chan Chung, 36, un- employed, was charged with keeping the flat as a common gaming house, while the rest were charged with gambling. All were convicted. Table money of $3,04 was, ordered to be donated to the Poor Box.

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