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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1938.
Cremated Remains Of H.K. Man Found In Boiler Room Of Empress Liner
Dog Snapped At Girl: Owner Fined
Summoned before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett in the Kowloon Magistracy Court this morning, Mrs. E. Arnold, of 6 Duke Street, was fined $5 be cause her dog shopped at thirteen
year old Enid Watson.
The girl was immidiately treated at the hospital and suffered no ill effects from her experience.
Reported missing for three weeks and given up as lost at sea, the charred body of Lee Shing, 41-year-old Hong- kong Chinese employed as a fireman aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Japan, was found in one of the boiler rooms of the ship when it docked at Manila early this week.
The dog was on a lead walking Lee Shing formerly resided at 1251 with the three Arnold children on i public path running parallel to the Peking Road, Kowloon. News of the
railway when Enld Watson came ragedy was conveyed to his family New Radio
skipping along and atttempted to petere when the Empress of Japan In Hongkong yesterday the animal, after she had been told "rthed not to touch him.
When imposing the fine Mr. Bar--
morning.
The fireman was posted missing)
Technique To
nett stated: There are several from duty on August 24, the day Beat Sun-Spots
aspects in this case which demand before the ship reached Honolulu. leniency. First the child was warn-
gd not to touch the dog, and second, A search by officers and crew
the dog had recently been inoculated proved fruitless and it was assumed Engineers Boliove 1940
that the missing man must have BITTEN BY DOG
fallen overboarti at sea. An entry While standing outside the door to this effect was made in the ship's way of a house In Gordon Road log-book. Whitfield, yesterday, Ng Pak-chuen)
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Belongings of the missing
in
of
a 12-year-old boy, was bitten by Alsation doy owned by Wong Chuk were turned over to his family
Kowloon when the Empress westward voyage to Manila. Japan arrived in Hongkong on the
He received treatment at the Query Mary Hospital, and the nulmal was sent to Kennedy Town kennels observation.
ARMED ROBBERS
IN OLD CITY
An unnumbered house in Cid Kowloon Cily, occupied by Tsang Fult, 33, master of the Fuk Kec Dairy, was entered by a gang of seven men about 12.30 m. today
Two of the gung were armed with a revolver and a dagger respectively, They held up Tsang, and forced him to reveal the place where he kept his
valuables.
They decamped with money and clothing to the value of $64.60.
JOCKEY CLUB THEFT
A remand of one week was asked for by the police when the name of Lal Yau, 20, unemployed, was called before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy this mor- ning, in connection with a charge of theft of a rattan basket containing a swimming suit and a bathing gown from a motor car parked outside the Hongkong Jockey Club yesterday.
The property belonged to Capt. R. S. T. Bowden, of the Hongkong Jockey Club Stables.
Inspector A. V. Baker prosecuted,
Shortly before the ship berthed at Manila, Lee's body was discovered in Fit 3 of the boiler room, when The Empress the Commander of ordered it cleaned,
Dr. J. L. Wilson, of the Philippines Quarantine Service, belleves that Lee might have fallen into the pit and died from the intense heat from the boilers.
Ship officers state that "no man can stay in the place for one minute and live while the engines are in motion."
Members of the crew were ques- tioned by police in Manila, but there is no proof that Lee met with foul play.
Will Be Bad Year
London, Sept. 14.
Major The Post Master General, Tryon, revealed. here to-day that American after consultations with telephone authorities the Post Office is constructing a special radio re- ceiving station to combat the intense sun spot activity which is expected to interfere seriously with world
radio communications in 1040.
He also announced the introduction in a few weeks time of a new in- ternal air mall service which, starting at Perth and calling at Newcastle and Yeadon Airport for Leeds and Bradford, will speed up delivery of mails from these districts to London.
The Post Office operates the whole of the long distance international telephone services by radio appara- tus, working on a short wave-length. Therefore, the approaching period of sun spot activity has been viewed by both the with grave concern British and American authorities,
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The intense heat of the pit in administrations, working in close witch he had met his death had collaboration, have come to the con- almost completely cremated his clusion that the adverse effects of the were spots can be offset to a great extent remains by the time they discovered,
N. Y. MARKET
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New York, Sept. 14. The market to-day reacted to the
by adopting an entirely new tech- nique in the reception of short-wave transmissions,
The new method is bound up with the use of a number of receiving aerials suitably spaced in the direc tion of the incoming signals. This new type of aerial system imposes conditions on the site very stringent suitable for their erection and the present short wave receiving station at Baldock would not even approxi- mate to these conditions.
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It was stated that Lal was ill and European situation and losses ranged was at present in hospital. The re-up to three points, equalling gains
After an extensive survey of the mand was granted.
made during the early rise, Auto-
marsh the South of England, the mobile equipments displayed most vitality and some small gains Rochester was finally selected. The were made by Chrysler and General aerial system which is to be erected Motors. Steels met support after there consists of 16 separate aerials, all erected in line and in the direc- heavy losses.
The news of Czech fighting pre- tion of America, with the receiving cipitated a break which later showed station built behind the aerial most
the were remote from signs of rallying, but
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H.K. QUARANTINED
BY SARAWAK
The cholera epidemic in Hongkong, although of slight proportions, tus bren sumelent to alarm the Govern- 1ment of Sarawak, and quarantine restrictiona have been' Imposed ngalust arrivals from Hongkong on account of this.
of
Meanwhile two new cases cholera have been reported in Hong- kong during the past 24 hours, making the year's lolal 420,
There were also five cases of dysentery, bringing the aggregate to 717, one case of diphtheria and one of measles.
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