1938-08-23 — Page 5

HAWKERS COLLECT $100,000

For War Chest Of China

Exceeding the most optimistic expectations over $100,000 has now beon collected by the Hongkong and mainland Chinese hawkers as part of the loen campaign in connection with the Chinese "Offer Gold" move- ment.

The movement was first started on August 13, the first anniversary

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9.30 London Kelay-The News 0.50 Schumann-Fantasia In C Major, Op. 17.

Played (Plano Solo),

of the outbreak of hostilities between Win

China and Japan In Shanghai. It was first started by a few hawkers

by

Wilhelm

THE HONGKONG

JAPANESE RAIDER

TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST

SHOT DOWN]

Persistent Raids On

Hankow Line,

Canton, Aug. 22.

two

One of the 46 Japanese planes which raided the Canton-Hankow and Kowloon-Canton railways to- Backhaus day is reported to have been shot down by Chinese anti-aircraft guna 10.13 Songs by Elizabeth Schaat Suntong, midway between Wham-

pon and Sheklung. and the mann (Soprano),

Lied Aus Wien (A Song Of Vienna Japanese occupants of the machine

Schubert); kiled. Willner-Relchert

Sadt Meiner Du

Traume

achievement was of my

News of thla Dreams City

throughout the city by Solveig's Song (From broadcast Sieczynski); in the central district of Hongkong "Peer Gynt" Griegs; Wiegenlled loudspeakers and the populace show- with the aim of doing "their bit" by "Der Kuss (Cradle Song "The Kiss" ed their joy by marching through the slogans. streets shouting patrlotle collecting a few hundred dollars by

by-Smetann). the streets on 10.32

In Haydn-Symphony CA party demonstrated outside the selling fruits on

house where Madame Sun Yat-sen August 13. When the sum reached thousands of dollars for the central Played by the Vienna Philharmonic is slaying and shouted, "Long Live district, hawkers other outlying

in

ying Orchestra conducted by Bruno the Republic of China." districts such as Shumshulpo, Yau-Walter. mat and Wanchial organised separate. 11.00 Close Down. campaigns with the result that the satisfactory sum of exceedingly $100,000 was collected within the past week, while money in still pour `ing in.

All over Shumshulpo, Youmat, Mongkok,

Wanchni Itung Hum, Shaukiwan and other districte Chin- ese hawkers have been displaying fruli atalls on the main thorough fares to which hundreds of Chinese, mostly of the poorer classes donnte money or jewellery in exchange for fruits.

of

Major

("Milliary"),

can

collect, Sums

amounts they ranging from $10 to as much as $100 have been donated by Individual hawkers.

move-

SMALL TRADERS HELP Apart from the hawkers operating in the streets it is understood that Hawkers and stall-holders of markets in Shamshulpo, Hung Hum and else where also participated in this move- ment, giving a good portion or the entire day's earnings to this enuse. MONEY POURING IN Displayed on top of the stalls are Small traders and owners of shups banners bearing patriotle Chinese in the outlying districts also played slogans and decorated with bank- an important part when they gave notes. In Wanchai as many as 50 sums up to a few hundred dollars. The small teahouses and restaur- hawkers may be seen working at one

worked out a novel way of stall to "push their sales" by shout-ants ing patriotic slogans and attending collecting money by increasing the charge of ten served by one cent per From Uime to the numerous donors.

cent" to time the hawkers parade in motor customer. As this "one lorries and on bicycles in their res- ment was joined by all small res- taurants $30,000 was collected. This pective

the cheer of districts to thousantis who line e roadsides amount will be given to the students and

shops. On the approach of the of the Caston Sun Yat-sen National parades Chinese shops make spon- University to go north to serve on taneous donations ranging from $10 the war front. to as much as $1,000. The Tal Sam Yuen Restaurant of Wanchal donated $1,100 to the hawkers of that district as an encouragement while a smaller cating

house near-by gave $200. Chinese employees of the Tram

donated

the $1,000 to Company hawkers.

One of the Wanchal organisers sold on Sunday night that the total collection should easily exceed $10,000,

A feature of the campaign Is the large number of slogans displayed, free translation of some of which read as follows: "Chinese labourers will save the country," "The tide has now turned in our favour," "To save the country is to save ourselves from destruction, ""Let all labourers join this patriotle movement because the rich people are too concerned with raising rents!"

Apart from the groups of hawlcers working at the big stalls many hun- dred others are working individually at street corners donating what small

over the city.

Kwintin,

Four alarms were sounded in Con- tox 10-day, but no planes appeared on the Canton-Hankow raided and thei line, was heavily trekt is at present unuseable. There have been no trainy northward In the past 15 days.-Reuter.

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From one of the organisers of this campaign it was learned that haw- kers in Shumshulpo have been doing extremely well so far as they suc-September ceeded up to the week-end in collect-December ing over $14,000. The large number March

Chinese knitting and other May factories in Shumshulpo undoubtedly Sales for the day:-6,020 contributed to make the good result

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23, 1938,

Shot Manager Robbed

Bank of "5

Figures"

DIED RATHER THAN

FACE DISCOVERY

Romiley, Cheshire. "IRREGULARITIES that may amount to five figures, at least, are being in- vestigated at the Romiley and Bredbury branches of the Union Bank."

This dramatic disclosure was made to the jury at the inquest on Mr. William Rawson Cornall, 36-years-old manager of the two bank branches, who shot himself, his wife, and his two children-aged five and four-at his luxurious home, Guywood House, last month.

Mr. J. A. K. Ferns, East Cheshire coroner, commented on the devotion which Cornall had shown his wife. Sentence by sen- tence he probed the character of the man who, only a few days ago, had the reputation only of a lavish spender, an unfailing benefactor of the needy, and a loving father.

A sister and a maidservant of When Mr. Greenwood gave evi

dence he said that it would be in- the dead man were the only wo

possible at the moment to state the men in court, and only one or exact amount of the deficit in the two people other than those bank accounts. directly concerned with the case were present.

ORDER TO JURY

Most dramatic' moment was when Mr. Ferns addressed the question to Mr.

K. Greenwood, assistant chief Inspector of the Union Bank at Man- order?" chester: A

"Are the books in "No" replled Mr. Greenwood and spoke briefly of the "irregularitles," but stopped when the coroner sug- gested that the jury had not to act as accountants.

Mr. Ferus surprised the court by saying he wanted the jury to and ace the view

the boules character of the house.

of Old Thomas Lewis Rawson, Hall-lane.

Fallowfield, Manchester. cousin, said he was manag Cornall's ing director of Dyson's Motors, Lid., to whom Cornall had lent £20,000. Cornall's finances were perfectly sound. He frequently carried large 044/04% 63%/63% suns of money with him. On Fri- December 06/00% 65/65 day last he showed Rawson an auto-

88%/G84 malle pistol. May......

£400 IN NOTES 13,159,000 bushels.

Chicago Corn

possible.

A different tong working Youmati and Mongkok expects to September get over $10,000:

This result is very gratifying to the Chinese and hundreds of haw- kers have sacrificed their time and earnings for over a week to help socure $100,000 for their govern-

..

. Saturday's Sales:-

ments. C. M. Post has been in December September The formed by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce that the "Offer Gold" May movement sponsored by the Chamber for three days, August 10 to 13 has yielded a total of over $30,000 incl. national currency, while Dec. Chinese further donations are still expected.

May

5254/52% 40149%

Winnipeg Wheat

03 /48% 0774/67%

52/52 4874/487% 51/51

"Cornall said to me, 'How do you like that?' and then produced 12 bul- lets, He said he had got the revol ver during the week, and carried it for protection. He said, 'I carry

lot of

and have this to be on money the safe side," said Mr. Rawson,

Last Saturday afternoon, when 6721/87 Cornall came to his office, he had on 074/674 him bundles of £1 notes. Mr. Raw- 7034/70% son estimated their value at between

£400 and £500.

A sister sald that she and her brother inherited money from their brother's share grandfather. Her was £10,000,

WOMAN BROKER

CHARGED

R.A.F. Youths For Trial AEROPLANE THEFT

CHARGE

"WANTED TO LEAVE COUNTRY"

TWO RA.F. apprentices were, at Oxted, Surrey, committed for trial as the result of what one of them was stated to have called "a mad escapade,”

£10,000 Involved

Gerald Ernest Nicholson, aged 18, WOMAN who, at the age of

23, was said to have had and Peter Leonard Hauser, aged 10%, were charged with breaking complete control of the office of into an aerodrome hangar at War- a stock and share broker by lingham and stealing a Percival whom she was employed pleaded Vega plane valued at £2,200, and not guilty at Rochdale, Lanca-with possessing a sawnoff shot-gun shire, to eight charges alleging when committing a felony.

A charge of not having a firearms certificate was adjourned sine die, fraudulent conversion involving a total sum of £10,171.

and on a charge of being absentees stockbroker, of Royds Street, flock from Halton R.A.F. camp they were

remanded for an escort. date, and she was

She was Adela Taylor, nged 40, committed for trial at Manchester Assizes, ball be- ing granted in a personal recogni sance of £1,000 and two sureties of

£500 each. £500

Mr. Ferns: Up to this happening the bank had always had every faith in his integrity?-Yes. The bulk of the Irregularities seem to have hap-Dawson's office,' pened during the past six months.

A solicitor for the bank said that none of the customers would be af- fected.

"$10,000 AT LEAST"

a

Summing up, Mr. Ferns sald of the defalca- that the whole tlong was at least five figures. "and the lowest of five figures is

£10,000,

"The Jury may consider that is sum for a considerable very branch manager to have wrong in the bank. One fact is that he had lent to Dyson's twice as much cap- tal as he had in his own right,

"Sooncr or later in a place like this complaint would be made about mistakes at the bank. Sooner Inter the staff would find out these mistakes themselves.

or

stock

THROUGH WINDOW

Mr. E. B. Knight, for the police, said Nicholson and Hauser bought n 410 gun, sawed off the barrel, and also obtained ammunition.

While staying at Croydon they had one of several flights and during at Warlingham. these noticed the private acrodrome

Having got into the hangar, at Warlingham, through a window at night, they found a Percival Vega nimeplane. As there was not enough petrol in the tank, Nicholson bought 50 Kallons from would serve the

garage. This machine for 750

It is alleged that Miss Taylor con- verted to her own use, in six casen, bankers orders for the purchase of share and, in two cases, proceeds for the sale of shares with which she should have purchased other shares, Mr. J. F. Claxton, prosecuting, said the story started as far back as 1917, when Miss Taylor joined the tem of the late Enoch Dawson, นวก and share brokers, of Rochdale,

"From 1921 onwards, she appeared control of Mr. conpsaid. to have had

"Later ne

£0,000 Mr. Dawson gave her some 6 miles.

She lost speculated.

The lads had difficulty in starting this money she

went worth of shares for herself and with

plane. but eventually and then proceeded to the the shares

aerodrome a number of speculate from the office with further round the stocks and shares, and lost heavily times, then flew into some trees and on them, In the end, she became crashed into a ditch. a debtor to the firm to a large ex- tent, appearing in the firm's balance- sheet in 1937 as a debtor for £49,000. "On November 16, 1937, Mr. Enoch Dawson filed his petition in bankruptcy and a receiving order was mande. He died on December 14,

1937,

Hauser Nicholson was not hurt. had a slight fracture of the skull and was taken to hospital.

In the lads' possession were maps for French and versational books of Europe and Africa, and two con- Italian. Both of them had ammuni-

The gross indebtedness of the es- tate had been assessed at £107,000tion and some cordite. and the unsecured indebtedness was shown as £57,000, which included representing the £40,000, amount paid for stocks and shares not delivered,

some

"HEARTBROKEN"

tuined towards her.

"DECIDED TO DESERT" Nicholson later made a statement sald he and Houser in which he decided to desert from the RAF. When he left the camp he had about

£50.

it would be of use if ever they land-

Mr. Claxton sald that in each of

get out of They had decided to the cases the persons whose money "Cornall was going on holiday for had been misappropriated had re-this country either by working their

ceived a letter from Miss Taylor

passage or by stealing an aeroplane. at least three weeks or a month, I asking for forgiveness and forbear- They purchased a pistol, thinking belleve it is the rule that managers ance and expressing the hope that are not allowed to be seen in the no hard feelings would be entered in another country. Their de vicinity of the bank during their opportunity gives an holidays. It for checking up.

"If this la so, then the whole thing is plain. Cornall aware that whilo he was away these books and mistakes would be found out. He could not face the consequenors."

WER

John James Tatham, of Todmor- den, Lancashire, sald Miss Taylor wrote to him: "I am sure you are feeling very bitter against me over this miserable business and am so sorry and heartbroken about it all. I can only ask you to forgive me and let me try to make good.

of With my knowledge markets The jury returned verdicts of I ought to be able to make money Felo-de-se and Murder against Cor-again when I can get a little capital

together." nall.

stination was going to be, France, und farther if possible,

Hauser made a almilar statement, in which he described this outing as "a med

by Mr. Maudsley, Cross Detective-Sergt. Wolff, who had given evidence of finding cartridges, "Does this ammunition was asked: appear ·

trying as If someone had been to make fireworks out of it?"

"I don't know what they were try- Ing to do with it," was the reply.

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