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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 4, 1939.

"3,000 RIFLES IN H. M. S. Canadians And

PRESIDENT" Explosives Charge Document Read

H.M.S. PRESIDENT, the R.N.V.R. training ship' moored in the Thames at Blackfriars, was mentioned in a document read at Bow-street recently, when 18 men were again charged with conspiring together and with other persons in Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and else- where, to cause explosions.

The defendants are: Peter The 10 men were remanded for Stuart, 26; Michael Preston, week, only Charles McCarthy be- 23; George Brenden Kane, 2326 granted ball.

Charles James Casey, 23:1

Mr. McClure indlented that unless something usforeseen happened he

Daniel Fitzpatrick, 21; John would be able to conclude the case Healy, 40; Michael O'Shea, 24; for the prosecution in three or four Gerald Francis Wharton, 30: John days.

Mitchell, 24; James Michael Lyons,

26, Jack Logue, 17; Francis James

Burns, 17; Charles McCarthy, 03:

GIRL IN CUSTODY

Molly Gallagher, 18, churged with

and his sons, Thomas McCarthy, 20, laving explosive substances in her and Daniel McCarthy, 19: John pousession or under her control, was custody for Ryan, 31: Joseph Walker, 25; and further remanded in

Michael Joseph Mason, 20.

seven days,

Parrot Is Bi-Lingual

Mr. G. B. McClure, prosecuting, Jumes McCafferty and Daniel Mc- suid that n document headed "1.O.. Cafferty, charged with having pos- Company, contained the following session of an alarm clock, fitted for A few things may be of interest ming an explosiun, were' rezonnded

Arcadia, Flo. lo you, H.M.S.

President has in custody for a week,

Arcadia's accomplished One of 3,000 rifles and equipment for A similor

adopted Buguists is Tommy, Mrs. W. 1. Nolen's 3,000 men. It is looked after by with Jaines Patricle Connolly and 14-month-alti porral.. The bird, 12 men when not in use for train- Francis McGowan, charged with which was raised by an American having an explosive substance in teacher on the Isle of Pines, south their possession or under their con-of Cuba, uses elther Spanish vr

Engilsh.

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Counsel spoke of a letter headed "G.HQ. Britain" which said that trol Intelligence officers must gather in- formation covering Army, Navy, Alr Force and anti-gas formations and aircraft fastories.

REFERENCE TO EXPLOSIONS Det. Insp. Barnes produced a run-! ber of documents,

ose of

were

them

Headed "S Plan," being made up of 15 pages of close typing. There written details about the method of causing explosions at the North Metropolitan Power Co.. En-

A feld, and at Dagenhuum Fier. document headed "Manual of In- ructions hari e section giving de- British grid system, of the

Chelsen, Lotis-road power station,

talls

course

Was

Parson Leaves £2

A Week To Sisters

Two sisters have each been left £300 and 12 a week by a

bachelor parson, the Rev. Charles Newton Sergeant. They are his adopted children, they are about thirty--bencft in his Ann and Emma Thistleton. They £23,000 will, published recently, had helped him in his church and the Southern Railway supplies; work up to the time of his re- tirement three years ago. One He produced a pencil drawing of of them drove him round the

room in and guard the magazine Hyde Park.

of electricity.

It describes the sergeants' habits, among other things," remarked Mr. 21cClure, omid laughter, in which some of the prisoners joined.

By

parish in his car.

*Thousands of Loyalist soldiers fleeing into France from Catalonia, ahead of General France's victorious Insurgent troops, threw down their 67m3 once they had crossed the French border and wore herded into licop concentration camps. Here is of discorded arms of Le Perthus. Loyalists are seen in background.

Crisis News 5 Months After

Natives of Tristan da Cunha, that lonely island in the middle of the Atlantic, had their first real news of the Crists and Mr. Chamberlain's visit to Munich when the liner Viceroy of India called there recently. Although they were presented some time ago with a wireless set, to keep in touch with outside events, it broke down and they were unable to repair

Edith Lola Lily Vickers, nine-! 1, your-old arheolgirl, who

stayed Sir Fulrick Huanon, who organised with the family, gels £100 and] £1 a week "in trust for her malt the first relief ship for them 30 years starvation ago when they were at tenance, education and beneft,"

point, has just returned to England housekeeper, Helen after his first personal visit to the Latham, receives £1 a week. So island. Five months ago Mr. Sergeant does Mr. Frederick M. Sergeant, a died aged seventy. The sisters-brother.

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"We had good luck with weather as it was a beautiful day; it is only once in months that it is at all possible to land on the Island," he

Bald. "We had fun as it was,

transferring from the ship's motor launches to their little canvas boats In mid-Atlantic.

SURPRISE VISIT

"Our visit was a surprise, as they did not know the Viceroy was calling. A ship anchored off the island some months ago but was unable to lund anyone, so they had no real news of the world till we came

"With the exception of the chap- Jain's wite, the ladica of our party were the first_women_to land since the natives originally settled there.

They were all drawn up in their best clothes to meet us. We inspected their church, school and lille hos- pital-which is very seldom used, sa they are the healthiest people under the sun, in spite of the primitive con- dillons under which they live. They also have a troop of Boy Scouts.

"Many of the older people are still [lteruté, but the youngsters are

bright and intelligent.

DO NOT LIKE CHARITY "We landed 14 tons of supplies- food, elathes, loys, cquipment for school and village hall, and medi- elnes. They are proud and do not like charity; but their economic future 13 dimcult as the population has increased from 19 thirty years

τα inore than 200,

with

They were tremendously plessed

the

photograph we took of the King and Queen and the Prime Mini- ster, and the personal message from

Mr. Chamberlain.

"The captain of the Viceroy sent

an engineer ashore to mend their wireless set, so they will not be so cut off now,"

Sir Patrick Hannon has been M. P. for the Moseley division of Birming-

ham since 1021.

Choral Speaking. Revived

Cleveland, O. Choral sponking has been revived at East high school here. The pupils In this distinctive class speak verse in groups to realize the full enjoy. ment of the poetry and, at the same time, to Implove their speech,

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Royal Visit

Ottuwa.

Roports from all over Canudu in- interest dlenie the extraordinmy

that is being taken in the tour of the King and Queen in May,

that

There is every indication trom hotels, travel agents, estate agents and tourist camp proprietors hundreds of thousands of Canadians will journey vast distances to catch. a glimpse of their Majesties.

Already most of the hotels in Ottawa, for instance, have booked all their accommodation. Plans are be- ing formed to make parks and tourist camps, where trailer partics and those unable to find rooms in town can be taken care of.

Upon every point along the 8,000- mile route to be travelled by the: King and Queen people of the Domi- nion will converge from farm, fac- tory, lumber camp, fishing village, gold mine and coal mine, frum ranch and trap line. From north and south, from hear and far, they will flock to pay homage to their King and Queen:

WINNIPEG'S WELCOME

It will be a mass movement un- equalled in British Royal history. A whole, nation will be en fete, pre- pared to do full Justice to the honour conferred upon it.

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Present Indientions are that 250,- ,000 people will came to Ottawa dur-i ing the four days their Majesties will į be here May 17-20.

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Winnipeg, which expects 200,000 visitors, has organised n Royal Wel- with 3 come Week,

committee citizens representing all walks of life to handle arrangements. Their first task will be to assign stations along the procession route for pupils of the city's 50 publicly supported schools and nendemies.

Calgary expects 150,000 from the plains and foothills and from cil set- ilements and ranch fowns.

Vancouver wil! house 200,000 people, many of whom will be Americans frem the Paciße Coast up- citles. Many Americans have plied to rent furnished houses.

MEDALS FOR ESKIMOS Halifax and other places in Nova Scotia expect 300,000 visitors, while from Montreat and Quebec come in- dications that French-Canadians for miles around those cities will move en masse into them to be present at their Majesties' visit.

Eskimo children in Canada's Far North will not be forgotten when souvenir medallions are distributed to commemorate the Royal tour. The Government has already instructed the Royal Mint at Oltawa to strike off 2,250,000 medallions for the school children of the Dominion.

The medals for the Eskimo chil- dren, possibly 500 in number, will be! taken aboard the Hudson's Bay Com- pany's mail steamer Nascopic when she leaves Halifax for her annual ; four of the Eastern Arctic carly in July.

Love's Labour Lost

SAN RAFAEL, Cal.

After witing 10 years to be able to send to Switzerland for his fancee to come here and marry him, it only took Robert Steingrubber three days become disillusioned. They to separated at the end of that time and he filed suit for divorce.

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