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"Newsgirl" Had £4,000
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No Lack Of Goodwill Among Insurgents
London, Aug. 11.
Glasgow.
Police searching the dingy Gallow
Black- Mrs. gate tenement where burn, a 75-year-old crippled Glasgow newspaper neller, died recently, found bankbooks revealing her to have left at least £3,000 or £4,000.
It is authoritatively stated that the Insurgent authorities have informed the British Agent in Burgos, Sir For 30 years she had made her Robert Hodgson, that the delay in home in a slum, and spent her days answering the British communication propped at a corner of Argyle Street, regarding the plan for the withdrawal one of the city's busiest Thorough of volunteers was exclusively attri-fares, crying the news. butable to the complicated nature of Apparently she was a widow, but was simply the document, and not to any lack of to her neighbours she goodwill-Trans-Ocean.
"Granny" Blackburn.
Actions For Possession Numerous
Court Cannot Help Business Tenants
In spite of the enactment of the Prevention of Eviction Ordinance. the number of possession cases does; not show any decrease, and in the Summary Court this morning no less than ten such actions were mentioned In the weekly calling-over Ist be- fore Mr. Justice E. H. Williams.
The majority of the cases affected business premises, concerning which: Jis Lordship once said he was afraid he was unable to help the not tenants, as the Ordinance does provide for such a contingency.
Tam
Kl-cheung, carrying on business as the Young Tal Tradingi Company in the western portion of room No. 4, 6th floor, China Building. was ordered to leave the place at the end of September, following an action by his landlords, the Chinese Estates, Ltd. Defendant told the Court that
tlik!
REFUSED ALL AID One of them said: "She lived by herself and seemed very poor. Time and again we offered to help her, but she would have nothing to do with any of us.
"We never thought for a minute she was all right for money.
"About ten years ago she had na accident and she had to walk with crutches after that. Even then she went her own independent way and would have nothing to do with the neighbours."
The police are trying to trace Mrs. Blackburn's relatives in Manchester.
CONVICT WHITNEY HAS PAY RAISED
New York. Richard Whitney, five times president of New York Stock Exchange, now serving a "five- la-len" years' sentence in Skig- sing for misuse of funds, has had his prison pay raised from 214d. tod. a day. Iteason: Exemplary behaviour
it was extremely difficult to find alsince his sentence in April.
Whitney, ex-Harvard graduate, is ternative premises, and added
now a prior: schoolmaster. been his landlords hat
very reasonable for the reason they wanted back the place was to re-rent It at a higher rate,
His Lordship: I am afraid I cannot help you because the place is not used for dwelling but for business. You must give up the premises at the end of September. Defendant: If
plaint! want
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12,
1938.
FRENCH
FRANCS UNEASY
Control Board Forced To Hurry, :
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Parls, Aus 11.
It is understood that the Bank of France hus requested all banks In France to cut down forward dealings in francs to a minimum.
The Foreign Exchange market Is again nervous and the French Control Board was compelled to intervene and defend the frame by large sales of sterling.
The latest rumour in the financial district is to the effect that dealings in gold coins may be barred.—Routes,
Big Haul Of Heroin: Divan Raid.
Shanghai Street House Scene Of Seizure
Twelve months' hard labour and a further fine of $750 or another six months' hard labour was passed on Yuen Kei by Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day for unlawful possession of 1,536 heroin pills. The defendant was arrested in a house in Shanghai Street. Kowloon, jon August, when Revenue Oller E. T. Warden raided the premises, Tinere which was used as a divan. were 17 smokers present.
Charged
2.8 with possession of taels of opium and with keeping an opium diyan, Lau Lam, 13, WHA ined $420 or five month hard
He was labour by Mr. Barnett. arrested
a house in Wuhu Street, With
a previous conviction tor
divan, a keeping an opium
Yuen-io. was fined $125 three months' and 3 day labour for possession of 12 tuels of prepared opium and for keeping a divan.
You
The amended time-table of 3m-another two
man, or bard
to tight So Chiu, was sentenced
labour, without the month hard
and fined $45 or option of a fine.
months' hard
labour of 96 heroin pills: higher rent I am prepared to pay itperial Airways comes into operation for possession
today when the R. M. A. Delia will fined $ for possession of two mace $30 or two His Lordship: That is
leave Kai Tak at Gam. with malls of opium; and fined
months hard labour for keeping an between you and the landlords.
Defendant: I have offered to pay for England and Australia.
To-night the B, M. A. Daedalusupium divan. The defendant more but they have refused to ac- will arrive from Bangkok with in-arrested in a house in Stick Ku-lung
coming mail from London and Aus-1Street, tralia. This will be the first time
matter
cept.
is Lordship: 1 cannot help you, 1 am afrald.
the two mails from Australia have
That the tenant used the premises arrived at Hongkong by air in one as an opium divan was the allegu week. tion nude by Mr.
solicitor
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ten, claiming possession of an with the inward mail. address in Evo Street, ground floor.
added that the tenant Mr. Sin also behind in his rent. The case allegation was made by Mr. F. G. Nigel, representing Kung Main-shain, who asked for the pus- session of a fat in Woosung Street. ground floor, from his tenant, Tang Chan. His Lordship ordered thi possession be given up on September either The remaining cases were settled or adjourned,
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RUSSO-JAPANESE CASUALTIES
Tokyo, Aug. 12. A Foreign Office spokesman this! morning disclosed that the Japanese)
the casualties in the fighting on Changkuteng front up to and includ- ing August was 300 killed ami 600! wounded.
The Japanese spokesman estimated
Sentence
hard that in the same period the Soviel of six months' labour was imposed on Yeung Chung-losses were 3,000 killed and wound shui, 24. unemployed, by Mr. Butters ed.-Rouler, at the Central Magistracy this mor-
CASES
British Ship Struck In Air Attack
Was
Valencia, Aug. 11. Machine-gun bullets struck a British steamer, whose maine at present is unknown, and a num- ber of hombs were dropped near her. in the course of an air raid on Valencia to-day.
Three Insurgent planes parti elpated in the raid. So far as i known there were no casualties Among the crew of the British ship. Reuter,
INDECENT PICTURES Charged with exposing indecent
view at pictures to public
Her Street, Wan Mun. 27. unemployed,
a month's imprisonment by Mr.
R. was fined $24 with the alternative of Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning.
1
ninit, when he was charged with the NEARLY 300 CHOLERA
FALLS INTO SHIP'S HOLD theft of a leather suitcase containing
and $0
Injuries to the head and ribs were 14 pieces of clothing, a gold finger ying, four children's bracelets
The total number of cases of
Koo Kam-tin, Cargo in Chinese currency from a house in
cholera in Hongkong since the out-sustained by
board
the steamer Queen's Rond West yesterday.
year Isupervisor on Insp. W. Mair said the owner of break of the epidemie this the property, Yu Chau, 30, a motor now only one short of 300, five furtheriram yesterday, when he fell Into
to Kowloon Hospital. driver, was having his meal when cases being added during the past 24 the hold of the ship. someone told him that a man
was hours.
During the same period there were! carryng a suitcase down the stairs of
the house. Yu went out, and saw three cases of dysentery, making the He tolal 583, and three cases of enteric Yeung waiting by a bus stop. recognised his suitcase and arrested fever.
Yeung. The total value of the pro- perty was $65,
Yeung admitted two previous con- victions,
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DIVAN KEEPERS PROSECUTED
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Main Street East, and with possession of 1.2 tacin of prepared oplum, was fined $50 or a month on Die. first count,' and $00 or another month on the second.
Two oplum diyan keepers were Wong Chan-wah, 48, unemployed, charged before Mr. Butters at the was fined $70 on the two charges in Central Magistraty this morning with respect of n divan lo Tai Hang keeping divans at Shnukiwan
Street, and possession of four mace Tsang Kong-sin, 43, unemployed, of non-Government opium, charged with keeping a divan
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