1938-09-20 — Page 17

Court Sequel To Big Narcotic Haul

SECRET FACTORY

AT STANLEY

LETTERS TO THE

EDITOR

WATER

To the Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph,

Sr. have not before me any Returns later than 1938. These, however, are very interesting.

The total consumption of water for that year was 7300.40 millon gallons, The damestle consumption was one seventh of this at 1184.04 millons, and 481.49 millions was consumed in Government Buildings,

free of charge. 3102.75 millions were taken

Five Chinese, including a woman, appeared before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell at the Criminal Sessions this morning.

charged with the possession of 03,000 heroin pills and 37 pounds of a plak mass "containing dincetyl morphine, sullent for IL further 50,000 pills. Defendants were arrest ed at Stanley Peninsula on August 12, Mr. D. J. N. Anderson appeared on behalf of all accused, on theby trade. Instructions of Mr. M. A. da Silva.

Again, in Hongkong, the free sup- The accused were Chen Yee, widow,

tow, ply Government Buildings at 20134 Leung Sze, LI Man-Jok, Chaumore than half the domestic supply Cheung-lin arut

Kol-mimat 563.03 ions, Leung cl Clou admitted the

In Kowloon, free supply to Gov- offence.

ernment Buildings is only 180.15 as atainst 486.40 millions for domestic supply

Yju

THE HONGKONG

JAPANESE CONCENTRATION IN S. CHINA

(Continued from Page 1.)

unti

near

TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER

20, 1938.

YANGTSE BATTLE

RAGES

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Japanese who tried to proceed south- ward were beaten back by the Chin- ese yesterday when they emerged from the elty.-Central News.

Advance Stemmed

BRITAIN, FRANCE

AGREE TO - SUDETEN TRANSFER

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to rumours here, to try and urge the Czech Government to accept the Franco-British proposals for a pence- ful settlement of the Sudeten ques-

tion. HANKOW, Sept. 20. Undaunted by the Japanese cap-

The attitude in Qual, d'Orsay ture of Wusuelt, 18-miles south-west of Hwangmel on the north bank of chicles here is that France has now the Yangise River opposite Matow, committed herself and the next step and Shangcheng in south-east Honnu must be taken by Prague. It is re- on the cast bank of the Kwan River, garded as unlikely that the proposals Chinese forces are exerting herculean will be published before

the reply efforts to stem the Japanese advance on both banks of the Yangtse.

comes from Prague.

uro two destroyers and a transport and near Praias two cruisers. The majority of Walchow Island's 7,000 population are fishermers some who escaped and reached Pak- hoi told of intense Japanese activity in the building of wharves and other sary accommodation for ships necessary and planes, and the conscription of 800 Chinese na construction coolies. being Korean workinen are also brought to the island in large mun bern by warship.

Eight Japanese warships and one aircraft carrier are stationed the island. Our Own Correspondent.

Chinese successor nre reported from several fronts. A part of the Air Raids In South

Japanese forces which took Wusueh CANTON, Sept. 18.

on Saturday morning are morooned Soldem nincked by Japanese air by flood waters, whilst the rest are

aran around harassed by strong Chinese units. men in the past the

In a series of counter-offensives Wangshek of the Hankow he was

With regard to this meeting i ts bombed yesterday. Because few of yesterday the Chinese recaptured offeinlly stated that "for the fitne the stiilagers had evacuated it a fear,must of the important points both being participation by M. Daladier ed that the deathrall will be very east and west of Kwangtai, and are at the intended Godesberg talks is in complete control of the highway Seventeen raklers look part in the running between Kwangisi

out of the question," but this is re- garded as an indication that in the rak. Later they split up, five going

which WHS to the Kowloon line;

the highway from the future course of negotiations France others and the

Chinese north, Chi

be included.--Trans-Ocean. reinforcements are slightly damaged. flying up the West River to Wuchow.rusting to the south-west of Kwang-

bombed

Nanning and Liu- Planes Sune-

t-tal to check a Japanese column which chow, about 50 bombs failing on is seeking to join with the Japanese

hundred at Wusuch Nanning, where

to affuck the Chinese hinese

The Jury empanelled were Messrs. W. J. Thompson (foremans), Kal Pak-choi, L. G.

heavy. Marques, Cheung Iwont-ting, R. Sleap, Yeung Wing- hong and W. Greig.

Counsel, Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown prosecuted and said that defendants' place of activity was a remote spot on Stanley Peninsula, About 1a.m. on August 12, a Chinese detective stationed at Stanley Station received Information as a result of which he went to the Peninsula, accompanied by three informers. They

wolland along the new milliary rond and then down a steep and morty path to the Bca. After climbing over 50 yards of rocks and batiders they came to a matshed which was very cleverly

It concealed.

practically Invisible from the sea and there was a large fisiog net spread over

the roof, which served the dual purpose of hiding the shed and, if it was noticed, to give the impression that I was an ordinary Asherman's hut.

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www:

Making Pills

Again. I find the unmetered supply in Kowloon is 045.00 millions gallons million and, for Hongkong, 1581.85 gallons, a total of 2527.78 million stallons, or more than twice the domestic supply.

Something

where.

secnis

wrong

PARIBU PUMP.

WAG

about

BRITISH POLICY

Sir-Thank you. It the to give us The Times and Daily Mail viewpoint of this Czuch crisis n? well as crying wolf sa vigortaly with

handlares,

Wh

over

Own

Planes Shot Down

CANTON, Sept. 20.

and

A difference of opinion is evident on the question of whether a nega- tive reply would cancel or merely postpone the next meeting between air. Chamberlain and Here Hitler.

will

Godesberg Parley To-morrow

GODESBERG, Sept. 20.

ensubities are reported. All Kwangsi fortifications in the hills weat who kept in a state of alarm through- W Wustech, and also

ang und also in the vicinity of wide-Tenchiachen, strategic point above on the day because of the

The second meeting between Mr. Wusuch. Meanwhile, Chinese units Chamberlain and Herr Hitler will spread aerial activities Our Correspondent.

from an undisclosed point are help-almost certainly take place here to ing to sandwich the fighting is said to be the Fierce morrow, although official confirma- › be raging at Liang- tion is still incking. The small chitshan and Siangshan,

Rhineland town la already under the The Japanese

Nanchang-Kinklang world significance and lodgings are Railway is confirmed in field dis-almust unobtainable at any price.

* patches Subjected to constant Further influxes of journalists and Chinese attacks, the Japanese said to have withdrawn from theed.Trans-Ocean. town. But as it kea now in utter

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GOVERNOR'S PARTY

TO SEE FILM

TRAFFIC OFFENCES IN COURT

Pleading guilty by letter to a sum- His Excellency the Governor and mons of speeding: in Lockhart Road party will attend the premiere of "In on September 7. Miss B. L. 1icheno, Old Chiengo" on Friday, September Air, 11. I. Butters at the Central This Fox film, which was passed Magistracy this morning,

by the focal censors in its entirely, Sergeant Sargeant prosecuted, and co-stars Allee Faye, Tyrone Power god defendant was doing between 33 and Don Ameche, and was directed

King!. by Henry to 38 nup.h. The road was fairly clear at the time of the offence,

surprised and you it seems will not. that Iwo Japanese planes were shot the evacuation of Mah-luence of the impending event of of Conduit Roud, was fed $15 by 30, al 9.30 p.m. -----

the

are Foreign Ministry offlelals are expack-

It Britain goes to war I shall be It has been officially

Runs during You may not suTiciently realize the down by anti-aircraft gradual ve-orientation of British cun-yesterday's raid on Kwangri.

One was brought down at Yinyuan servative poliev.

The British Empire must be the north of Palchol, and the other at bread and bulter eaf the Bandish Linnting, newe Nanning.

ruins after repeated bonbardments, speaking peoples in the future. And Two Japanese airmen were capture Chinese have not yet re-entered Ito develop this ideal requires no|ed alive.-United Press,

¡it. overving to European side, issues.

The matshed was fil by six candits,There is a bare minimum of European and on walking inside the detective commitments ng' follows,

The woman was by cooking pols, apparently

saw all the defendants sitting at a Kogland for her own security must tuble.

SOM: guarantee the security of Northern boiling France and the Netherlands and water. Leung was workhip at a pil | mun obtain security for the short machine on which was some pink

sen route to India by unsentimental the Mediterrancan

mass, Li was engaged in weighing

gome pink mass on a pair of scales,ement with

powers concerned. (Note that the

Chau was making pills on machine, while Yiu was squeezing a quantity of the pink mass in his hands, A drying cupboard and other parapher- nalla were also in the room,

Cape roule is nearly as good as the Suez route for Australia and the For East).

A trading agreement with U.S.A. is necessary and we have got it.

Then Britain can afford to keep The detective told the defendants

out of the cat-flight going on in the to keep still, and while he remained

world. rest of the

In fact, the In the matshed with two of the |

greater the strife the less the threat informers, the other went back to to the British Empire. This Empire Stanley Station to report. About 3 a.m. Chief Preventive Officer W. J.whirl having come almost fortul-

Buller arrived, necompanied by Mr. Davis, the Government Monopoly Analyst. They examined the hands of the accused, and nil, with the exception of the woman, had some pink stains. Accused were arrested and taken to Hongkong, while the paraphernalla was taken to the Imports and Exports office by launch, Corroborative evidence was given by the detective, Wan Ping-kwong, Chief Preventive Officer Buller, and Mr. Davis,

Asks For Dismissal

Mr. Anderson asled for the dismissal of the first defendant, submilling that she had no caso to answer as she was a domestic servant and there was no evidence to show

fulere

terly, is worth preserving at all lenme of educnted English-speaking corts as a nucleus for a

peoples.

It is necessary therefore to warn English democrats against natural ympathy for their continental fel- Jows, a svmnathy which will lead to wor and that revolution and rantel

Our time

communism

BRITISH WARSHIP

CLOTHING STOLEN

In the Slantse sector the Chinese recaptured Lannilang. 15 miles Clothing valued at $24 was stolen nurth-east of Tchan, during a fierce from the residence of Mrs. F. counter-attack carly yesterday morn Bumann, "Mirador" Deepwater Bay ing. The Chinese are successfully on September 18. WATERSding out at Yalkow, strategic pus

KAL Die Singtze-Tehun highway. Central News.

DRAMA NEAR HONGKONG

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Quinine "Reinforcements" nationality of the Swedish ship, al- though she had a large Swedish Bag

HANKOW, Sept. 20. painted on her skies, Swedish mark- Among the reinforcements" rush- ings and was lying a Swedish taged to Tehon last week were 200,000 said Capt. Brandt.

quinine pills, according to Chinese medien

units here. Before that there was not a single quinine pli available in the entire Nanchang Tehan sector for four weeks.

"Then they asked me if site was really a Swedish ship. They said they thought she was a transport carrying troops and munitions." The Ningpo, Capt. Brandt told them, was carrying Japanese cargo from Japan to Hongkong.

All the pills sent last week were of foreign manufacture and were im- ported from the Dutch East Indies and Germany..

When the Japanese destroyer picked up the message from the The Japanese bombing of Chongsha British naval auiborities at long- about fortnight ogo destroyed u

that kong, telling Capt. Brandt,

depol

pol for medicines, besides killing unless his vessel was allowed to scores of wounded soldiers who were proceed within an hour, British in hospital near the depot, said the warship would leave and inter-medical men.

Tons of medicines for use against vene, the boarding offlects made which

profuse apologies and returned to malaria, cholera and dysentery were the destroyer.

destroyed, they sisted. The site was Before they left they asked Capt. marked with a large red Brandt what report he would make United Press. to the British, mivol authorities, at Hongkong.

Russia expects. G. H. CANDY.

Gave Warning Of Police

that she was helping to make the pills Raid On House

or had any constructive possession of tliem. He argued that the Crown must prove that Orst defendant had actual or constructive possession of the pills.

"Pony Pan Lay-la," "the Inspector

is coming." was the watchword used

by a Chinese youth to warn brothel

MF. Whyatt, in describing the ease keepers of an approaching police as entirely novel, sald that he was raiding party in Swatow Lane lust entitled to submit that the Best de- night.

heroin,

fendant was an accessory, alding and Chan Ming, 22, unemployed, was abetting, assisting and encouraging arrested and charged this morning the other four defendants who were before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central the actual manufacturers of the Magistracy with obstructing Sub- Inspector C, S. Madgwick in the ex- Mr. Whyatt submitted that if do- gcnition of his duty, by giving warns fendant was employed as a cook withing of his approach. Chan dealed a family in a dwelling-house and the the offence, family were caught making heroin It was said that about 11.30 p.m. pills, then there would be no case that yesterday, the defendant was stand- she Wan akling them. But, heing at the foot of the staircase lead- continued, the hat was used simplying to No. 2 Swalow Lane, and when and solely for the purpose of man- he saw the Inspector approaching uftcturing heroin pills and was not a the house, he shouted "Pong Pan dwelling house. In order not lo arouse suspicion, the manufacturers

Chal,

Chinese

detective.

of the heroin pills could not keep corroborated this. going out for focd, so the woman was Defendant denied having shouted. employed.

He said that he was coming down Obviously, she knew of their work the stairs after having engaged and a person cooking for them was prostitute. asalsting them.

Chuen a woman, giving!

IN his opinion, she was helping to evidence on behalf of the defendant.

"We don't want you te sile Brì- tish feeling up against us," they xaid,

FEVER STILL MOUNTS

(Continued from Page 1) border defenceless but we will return victorious."-United Press.

the

Correspondents Arrested

BERLIN, Sept. 20.-Kenneth, An- derson, Reuter correspondent, and Melvin White!enther, Associated Press entrespendent, were arrested at the Sudeten rally at Dresden and

were detained for an hour and a

A.

cross.--

ADOPTED SON MOURNS AT FUNERAL

The funeral of the late Miss Jone known Schermerhorm, widely

local educationist who died at the Matikin Hospital on Monday, took place at the Protestant Cemetery, The Happy Valley, this morning: Rev, T. H. Rousseau offlelated at a service in the Chapel and by the gravesite.

The chief mourner was Mr. Mok! Shing-wal, adopted son, and those present at the ceremonies, included Mrs. T. I. Rousseau, Master 3. T. quarter under suspicion of being Rousseau, Miss M. A. Lowric, Miss spies. They were inter released.-A. D. Cole, Mavis Lee Oakley. Miss Reuter.

E. Bullock, Miss L. Hell, Miss. L. Ward, Mrs. A. Harrison, Mr. and Egypt's Precautions

Mrs. R. D. Bullock, Mr. and Mrs. H. CAIRO, Sept. 20-The Egyption Park, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Perdue, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Borndden and Mr. Government is ordering two million gas masks for city dwellers-Reuter.} E. 1. Larson.

make the manufacturing unit in self-said that the bad engaged prostitutes BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

contained

on many nights.

His Lordship held that there was a A fine of $100 or, in default, two

ease against first defendant to go be-months hard labour was imposed.

fore the jury,

Chan Yee, the first defendant, will

give evidence this afternoon.

Many Chinese Arrested By Siamese Govt.

Geneva, Berlin Paris

Athens..

Copenhagen. Stockholm CANTON, Sept, 20.

Helsingfors.

A large number of Chinese are Prague reported to have been arrested by the New York. Siamese government.

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