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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 24, 1939.

A FORGED OBITUARY GAMBLERS

LETTER

Man Arrested When Ho

Calls For Money

WHS

Bengal Governor Dios After Operation

Calcutta, Feb. 23. Lord Brabourne, Governor ol Bengal, who recently underwent an abdominal operation, ายง dled-

Reuter,

CAUGHT

One Man Jumps To Death During Raid

Death followed Kong Chiu-sang. 33, taitor's assistent, when he left his Granville Road, Kowloon,

Detectives from the Yaumati Police

How un attempt was made to de- fraud an aged man, So Yuk-cho, re- siding at 25, Caine Road, at $100 by

Michael Herbert Rudolph Knitch-house means of a forged letter, was des

bull, army officer and 5th Baron on Wednesday, to go to a room in the cribed le Mr. I. Edwards at the Cen- Brabourne, was born in May, 1895, Wo Ping Boarding House, Yaumati trat Maglatency yesterday when and educated at Wellington College district, to gamble. Cheng Ming 24, unemployed, and the loyal Military Academy Station raided the room, and in the charged with the offence. Detectives father was the 4th Baron, the confusion that ensued, Kong jumped Inspector A, L. Hopkins prosecuted.

1 window, It was alleged that complainant re-uthor of "The Political Evolution of

the Hungarian Nation" and his to the street through ceived a letter on February 3 bearing mother was a daughter of 11. von which was on the second floor. He the signature of a relative of his in Flesch-Bruningen in Austrian Im-died shortly Macau, a man named So Hong-kee. perial Councillor. The family had who had an exchange bank in a village pear Macas. The letter deall | with some family affairs, and also asked complainant to hand over $100

a person named Liu Tak-choy, who would call for the money. Coat plainant hunded the letter to lds son and asked him to deal with the

matter.

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rending the

became

So Kung-leung, complainant's son

Jetter, suspicious because the naine of the sender's shop, which was mentioned in the letter, was not written correct- 19. instead of being written as the Bo Wo firm, the name mentioned in the letter was the Chong Wo firm.

So Kung-leng informed his father of the suspicions, and Jetler Was sent to So Hong-kee, the purported sender of the letter in Macao. Com- plainant received a reply by tele- gram telling him that the letter was forged, also ding him to arrest the man who would call for the money.

Woman's Visit

A woman called at complainant's house on the afternoon of the day in question, and said that she had come for the money on behalf of Liu Tak elroy, and as proof showed him half of a receipt which tallied with the other half that was sent in the letter lo complainant.

So Kung-Jeung said that he had not yet received the letter from Macno and asked the woman to send List Tak-choy for the money, On the evening of the following day, defen- dant called at complainant's house and saki that he was Liu Tak-choy. He said that he had called for the money. So Kung-leung telephoned for the police, and defendant was arrested,

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After corroborative evidence by complainant and his son, defendant gave his story in the witness box, saying that he was a carpenter. He met foreman friend of his on the morning of February 4 and inquired for a job. He was told to coll at "number one hundred and twenty- some thing," he could not remember what the third figure was. le callesi at complainant's house and was ad- mitted and hmmediately seized and syarched. Llc was then orrested. Defendant dented the charge and said that he wished to call witnesses.

Mr. Edwards adjourned the case to 2.30 this afternoon to allow defendant

Compassionate! time to call witnesses.

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SOLICITING EVIL English-Speaking Chinese Sent to Prison

31-year-old Chinese, Chuang, Tung, allas Jung Hony, speaking Kumlish with on American accent, was charged before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistraeg yesterday, with Laliciting for an in- purpose at Thomson Road. Wanchai, earlier in the morning.

Defendant denied the offence, say- ing that the person whom he was alleged to have acested asked him him a place to sleep. The man was drunk at the time, declar-

Chung

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L/Cpt. Wills. of the Corps of Military Police, said that defendant spoke to him about 12.45 aan, white (he was in Thomson Road, and ask-

ed witness If he could do anything for him. Witness shook his head bu! did not speak. When defendant con- tinued to pester him, witness arrest- cd him and handed him over to Chinese detentive. Wills denied that he was drunk.

On defendant being convleted, Sul- Insperine R. McEwen, Inspector st Brothels, sald that he was a litt distance away at the time, but wher c'efendust wag

brought to him, Chung admitted having spoken to the mili tary policeman in the manner alleg, ed, and also claimed that he had been put up in it by a man named Lee. Chung had been given an op- portunity to lot for Lee, but had been unable to find him.

Sentence of three months' 1.bour was imposed,

hard

been settled in Kent since the Ume of Henry II.

afterwards from in-

This incident was mentioried to Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday by Det.- Lord Brobourne served during the Sergennt J. Johnston, when 37 men war in the Dardanelles and on other were charged. One of them, Tsang being mentioned Iri dis- Shing-to, 46, taflor, was charged with fronts,

thnes and receiving being the

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the M.C. After the war he joined gaming house, and the other defen- the Royal Air Force and proved to dants with gambling. be one of its coolest and most daring Fourteen of the men were, absent, officers. While training he frequent and their bail of $3

cach were

commen

The other 22 were fined

crashed through bring ton venture-estreated. me, but his nerve was never $2 each. linken. Resigning with the rank of Det.-St. Johnston requested that captain, he was rected in 1931 Con- Sang be remanded for 24 hours servative M.P. for the Ashford | that a statement could be obtained Division of Kent and was appointed | from him concerning Kong's death. parliamentary private secretary to The remand w granted. Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for The sum of 31.00 was picked up India. He made a close study of all in the room and this was ordered to Indian questions and few, if any, of be given to the Poor Box, the younger members of the House! knew the subfvel better. In Febru- ary 1833, his father died suddenly at sea when five days out from Cape Town on the way back to England. Lord Brabourne therefäre succeeded) to the title and left the House of Commons for the House of Lords.

In June, 1933, It was announced! that in the following December he would heraine Governor of Bombay on the retirement of Sir F. H. Sykes. Although he was one of the youngest men appointed for many years to a post of such responsibility, nobody who knew him doubted his ability to fill it with distinction. He had and attractive

personality, unbounded courage, the will to get things done and a sound knowledge of the pro- blems he was to face. Moreover, his wife, a daughter of the Marquis of Sligo, had all the charm and gifts which make the perfect hostess.

Another Case

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Mr. Macfadyen also dealt with nu-

which widow named Kwok Kan. 32, was other gambling ense,

Barged with being the keeper of a gaming house. She was fined $15.

Another woman and eight men

were on charges of gambling and found in the house, which was in they were fined $3 euch. Money Canton Road, totalled $0.72, and this was contributed in the Poor Hox.

Det.-Sergeant Johnston prosecuted.

Netherlands To Build Cruisers

The Hague. Feb. 23.

It is authoritatively learned that They were married in 1919 and at the Government has given orders for the time of his appointment had two, two new cruisers which will be the sons.

largest warships in the Netherlands

In 1937 he succeeded Sir Johnnavy. Anderson, now Lord Privy Seal, as They will have a speed of 33 luints.

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INDIAN' CHARGED

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Alleged to have caused grievous home late after a visit to friends on bodily harm to an Indian private Wednesday, A woman named To watchman named Isher Singh at the Sheuk-, 30, struck him with a junction of Gloucester and Luard wooden clog on the arm and lead., Ronds on February 18, another The boy was hurt, and was taken to Indian private watchmor Kaesar the Yeumall Police Station.

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Detective-Sergeant B. V. Hutchin- bandaged. His mother, To Sheuk- son naked for a formal remand of Jin, was charged with having one week, saying that Isher Singh trenied him, and was bound over in was in hospital with injuries to his 310 for a year.

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