1938-03-28 — Page 24

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RUBY KEELER LEE DIXON in

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH

Consul Warns American Missionaries

Missions Used For War Purposes Alleged

DEMANDS

REDUCED RAILWAY

CAPITAL

reductions in capital structure.

28,

Commended For Arrest

Of Snatcher

Many Thieves · At- Magistracy

Washington, Mar. 27. It is learned that Senator Burton K. Wheeler last Friday secretly up- Shanghai, Mar. 28.

After chasing an earring snatcher peared before the Chamber of Com-through several streets yesterday, an The American Consul-General has broadcast an Informative warning to

merce Bourd of Directors and re-employee of the Tung Wah Eastern vealed that he will insist upon a Hospital, Pun Tal-hi, 24, made un American missionaries remaining in

plan for Government rehabilitation arrest. This morning he was warmly Yihsten and Lingyi cast of the

of the railways, to include sweeping commended for his action by Mr. H, Tientsin-Pukow railway; where at

R. Butters at the · Central Magistracy, present, fighting is raging, to the

Senator Wheeler who opposed Gov- effect that he was informed that the

when the thief, Muk Chung, 18, with Japanese considered their mission ernment ownership und also subsi- property was being used by the directly controls the railways, agreed strokes of the cane.

dics by which the Government in-a previous conviction, was sentenced

to six 10 months hard inbour, and 12 Chinese for war purposes.

that the plight of the railways was The warning added that the

Inspector Baker said that the vic- Consul-General had been given to

desperate,

However, the investigation for Alm was a 58-year-old woman, and understand that if this practice con- tinued the Japanese might be forced financing revealed that the rallways she was rubbed by the defendant

much

Pun of the trouble in Johnston Road, Wanchal. to take retaliatory action on the

upon themselves. Many have be chased the defendant and personully mission property.

real house-cleaning" is carried out, come over-capitalised, and until brought him to No. 2 Police Station:

As a result of stealing $11 from It was hopeless to attempt to operate woman in Queen's Rond yesterday, a them profitably.

man named Wong Sang, 28, unem- Senator Wheeler said that private ployed, was sentenced to five months railway holdings must be abolished hard labour. Inspector W. Mair said. bécause they serve no useful purpose. | that the woman was shopping with a -United Press.

According to Jatest reports there are four American missionaries Lingy! and three

Yihsien. nt Reuter.

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friend when the defendant snatched from her hand a handkerchief which held the money.

SEVERAL CONVICTIONS

With several previous convictions, Wo Hing, 21, was sent to gael for: two months on a charge of larceny. Wu odmitted stealing a woollen Jersey from a clothes line in the yard of

While strong police detachments a house in Fort Street. slood guard at the Chung Hwa Book

Company plant from 6 am. to 10 a.m. went "Thanks for advice. lo-day, about 800 of the staff Captain Dragich will take me to the back to work. American Consul at Guaymas." This

For about two weeks the men have Indicates that the dispute concerning been on n wage strike. which

Jaynes sent out a radlo sage is merely between Jaynes and Captain Dragich, which will settled at Guaymas.

mey-

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The first message received from the Seu Tern came from oli Tortugal Island in the Gulf of California, which stated that the captain of the yacht was abusive and apparently insane. The message added that it was feared there would be death on board, and that the sender at the message would soon be able to give of illegal fishing off Peru and Ecuador.

The mystery of this message, and what it actually means, is not cleared up by the later message, and. the authorities are still puzzled by it. United Press.

JUNK OWNERS RUN FOUL OF REGULATIONS

For falling to report to the Harbour Master's Office or station within 24 hours the fact that they had not left the port after obtaining clearances to do so, three junk people were fined $5 eails or five days imprisonment they appeared before Cmdr. G. F. Hole, Harbour Master, in the Marine Court this morning.

Butcher prosecuted. charged with

when

Sub. Inspiras

Wong

leaving port

withou! A

clearance or permit was neda similar amount. Sergeant Penfold prosecuting said that the man was leaving the Western Harbour for Tsun Won with a cargo of rice, and when stopped said he did not know the regulations.

YOUNG GIRL TAKEN FROM HER MOTHER

"I was asked to lake the girl from her mother by her aunt, and she was luken during the mother's absence," said Lam Kit, 40, unemployed.

He was charged with having taken a girl of 14 out of the possession and against the will of her mother, Leung Siu, on March 22.

The man was charged before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magis- tracy this morning, and a week's re- mand was granted to Sub-Inspector Ritchle, who stated that the girl has not yet been found,

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In consequence of a fight at the Ko Shing Theatre, Queen's West, yesterday, two men, Lo Fu, 22, and Li Ming, 26, were charged with disorderly conduct before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy this morning. They were cach bound over in $25 for a year.

Inspector W. Mair said that the an argument fight began through which arose when the first defendunt became annoyed with the second de- fendant for standing up in the thea- tre and blocking his view.

EIGHT TIMES CONVICTED

was

Six months' imprisonment given Tsang Ping-kang, 29, at the

Central Magistracy this morning for the theft of a wrist watch from Mr.

F. Pariani on Saturday..

Sergeant Pennell said that Mr. Parlant was robbed of his watch of Des Voeux Rond Central Complain- ant noticed ́n hand extracting the watch from his waistcoat pocket, caught hold of defendant and handed him over to a Chinese detective. The watch was found in his, possession.

Defendant had seven previous con- všelions.

FRACTURED SPINE

SUSPECTED

With a suspected fractured spine, man named Wong Tim of Tal Nam Streel, was sent to the Kowloon Hos- pital yesterday. Wong was said to have received the injury when he jumped to the street from the first

floor verandah of his house.

το to

1wo

On two charges of larceny of wrist watches, Chan Kul, 23, wus months' hard write d inbour. Inspector Baker said that the defendant lived with the com plainant, a watch dealer, for a month and that when he left he took with him

three watches, two metal and ene gold. The defendant pawned the watches and was traced by the police

the pawn tickets to

when he sent the

the complasession of three glass

Found in tankards, a coolle, Kwan Man, 27, was charged with larceny, Inspector Baker wild that the tankards were stolen from the Royal Engineers' Corporals' Club. Defendant had a convicion. Sentence of previous iwo months' hard labour was passed.

STOP PRESS NEWS

CANNOT .FORESEE LOCAL REACTION "Hongkong currency is controlled by the exchange fund, the Inst published statement of which showed

SMALLPOX DROPS BUT MENINGITIS SHOWS INCREASE Only nine cases, of small-pox were ssets of approximately 110 per cent. reported during the week-end from of liabilities that is, certificates of the residential area of Victoria, cen- indebtedness issued," said the tre of the epidemie which has claimed Financial Secretary and Colonial over 1.100 lives, Treasurer, the Hon. Mr. S. Cuine. A further 14 cases in Kowloon and "I cannot say what the local reac-one in the Barbour, were also re- tion will be to the exchange position ported. The week-end total of 24 created in Shanghai."

representing an average of 12 cases per day.

cases

Two cases of diphtheria (Kow- loan), two cases of typhoid (Victorla and Kowloon! a case of measles in Victoria, two cases of dysentery-in- Kowloon.

eight and

of meningitis were also reported.

The number of cases of meningitis represents a somewhat disturbing in- ercase, being the highest this year. Five of the cases occurred in Kow- luon. two in Aberdeen and one in Victoria.

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Jerusalem, March 27.

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Flying Boat Catapulted To South America

Machine Takes Off From Freighter

Berlin, Mar.. 27. The freighter Westfalen, while in the English Channel at 1.45 p.m. to- day, catapulted the flying bout

A collective fine of. £500 has been DO-18, la start it on a non-stop light- imposed on the village of Khanyunis, to South America. Its destination is

the railway line in south not known. Palestine, where a military patrol

near

of a land mine, last Thursday.

lorry was wrecked by the explosion A later message says that it is understood the DO-18 is attempting to reach Buenos Aires in 48 hours. One British soldier was killed, and it has a crew of four, under the another seriously injured by the leadership of Flight Commander accident.

H.W. von Engel,

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A punitive police post has been es nying boat, the Westfalen started for Following the launching of the tablished in the village.

Rio de Janeiro.—United Press.

Isolated outrages and the murder

of Jews and Arabs continue--Reuter.

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GOVERNOR OF MACAO LEAVES

Their Excellencies the Governor of Hongkong. Sir Geoffry Northcole, and Dr. A. T. Barboan, Governor of Macao, attended an informal timin at Repulse Bay to-day.

Mr. H. R. Butters to-day imposed a fine of $100 on a refugee woman, Chan Pui, 42, who admitted a chargo

H. E. Dr. Barbosa took leave of his of keeping an unregistered mul-tsal host in the afternoon and departed at the Central Magistracy. Chan was for Macao from Queen's Pier shortly on $100 bail.

after 4 p.m. The occasion was with

and His Excellency out ceremony and Mr. H. W. Fraser of the Secretariat not depart in the light cruisec for Chiness Affairs said that the girl, Bartholomeu Dias in which he in- now aged 10, was sold to an amuh Inaugurated his visit to the Colony, Canton by her parents when she was but in his own yacht which had seven years old. When the amali come especially from the Portuguese left for Singapore a few years ago, Colony to take him back.

did

the girl's mother redeemed her with money from defendant. The cirl was then handed over to the defen-

GIRL HIT BY TAXI dunt as a sort of pledge for the money borrowed, there being a promise that Lau Ol, eight-year-old girl, was the money would be paid back when taken to the Queen Mary Hospital the girl married. The girl was well yesterday with injuries, to the head. treated, but she wished to return to She was knocked down by a taxi in hier mother.

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