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April, 11, 1939.

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POLICE CLEAN UP SHAMSHUIPO

"INSIDE JOBS"

ROBBERIES IN the Shamshuipo District dating back to December, 1937, were cleared up by the Police following the arrest of two persons on April 7.

Entrance to the buildings were effected by picking the locks or by skeleton keys, and the jobs were so cleverly done that when they were reported, Police thought they were inside jobs.

BANGKOK

The two men were Lau 1fing, alias Lau lang. 29, and Lee Cheung, alias Ko Lo Cheng. 34, both unemployed. Both de-

SENSATION fendants pleaded guilty when

Italian Legation Man On Murder Charge

ROME, Apr. 10. THE ARREST of Dr. Ettore Grande, first secretary to the Italian Legation in Bangkok, on a charge of having murdered his wife, has created a sensa-

they

appeared

before

Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning to the unlawful pussession of a file, two pieklocks and twelve keys, and to three other counts of burglary and larceny.

Lee was additionally charged with

burglary and larceny of jewellery anti clothing at No. 116 Taipo Road, third floor, on December 10, 1937.

'stolen amounted to about $300, of

MOTORISTS IN COURT

A fine of $5 was imposed on L. A, Soares when he was summoned at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning for leaving his car unattended in Salisbury Road.

Lt. Comdr. D. C. Clarke, H.M.S. Tamar, was also fined $5 when he pleaded guilty by letter to a similar offence.

A fine of $10 was imposed on K. A. Munro at the Central

Magistracy, when he was sum. moned for allowing his car, No. 4923, to cause an obstruction outside the Peak Church on March 23.

B. M. Bateman, of Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co., and D. von Hansemann, residing at the Courtland Hotel, were each fined $2 for parking their cars In Pedder Street.

PIRACIES

IN THE COURTS

EX-EMPLOYER,

SUED BY GIRL FOR ALLEGED ASSAULT, SAYS

SHE-

"WALT

EASTER OFFERINGS STOLEN FROM

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL CRYPT

THE ENTIRE Enster offerings at St. John's Cathedral have been alofen In one of the most mysterious thefts on record.

The money was stolen from n safe In the erypt of the Calliedra).

It was placed in the safe on the evening of Easter Sunday, and was not missed until late yesterday afternoon.

The thief of thieves apparently used a duplicate key to open 'the safe, as there are no signs that it was forced.

Pallee tested the kafe for finger prints this morning, but there were none.

"There is absolutely no clue," an officiul admitted to the “Tele- graph" this afternoon;

The total amount stolen exceeded $600 and Included notes and coins,

"Claimed $60,000 For Pioneering

Work She Had Done For Me"

NEAR H.K.beat plaintiff on November 23

The total vane of the articles Five Men In tion among diplomats here.. which $79 has been recovered by the From Two Vessels

The arrested, diplomat is the son; Poltes. of the well-known Italian University Professor, Stefano Grandy at Turin. When on leave Inst year he marri-

Signorina

Vincenza

Virando,

Raid Reveals Hide-out

The claim $160

for for

repre-

about

One or two minutes laler, plaintiff started to pull out one of her teeth, which had been logse for over a year. Subsequently, he went to the Central Police Station and made a report. About two or three hours later in officer came to the office.

On returning to the office, defend- ant gave plaintiff a note to go to the hospital at his expense, because he

Pistol Hold-Up

In N. Territories

SIX

*IX MEN, four armed with revolvers and one with a Mauser pistol, robbed Cheung Ki-lap, a farmer, and his wife of $54 in money and property, carly yesterday morning at Lokmachau, New Territories.

The robbers forced Cheung to, hand over his keys, with which they opened a trunk and stole the money and property.

When they left, they forced Cheung and his wife to ac- company them, releasing their victims after they had boon made to walk some distance from their home.

N. Zealand Doctor Murdered

CANTON, Apr. 8,

DR. O. L. EATON, of the New Zealand Presbyterian Mission at Kong Chuen, seven miles north of Canton

on the Canton- Hankow Railway, was shot dead by robbers last night.

The rubbers broke into the mission to lost the refugee centre, where the inmales were not destitutes but were in the centre for protection.

The funeral of the late Dr. Eaton will take place to-morrow.

A polmant feature of the sad In- cident was the fact that Dr, Eaton was married only lust December.- Our Own Correspondent.

Well-Known Figure

Doctor O. L. Eaton, WIS from Christchurch, New Zealand, and 33 years old. He was with the Presby terian Mission at Kong Chuen, Three Chinese nurses

gave blood for a blood transfusion in a vain attempt to save the missionary.

A Japanese guard, about 200 yards from the mission, was totally un- aware of the incident untit informed, although more tim 20 shots wero fired by the bandits.

The body is being brought to Can- ton for burial to-morrow.

The deceased was well known in South China and had been married only last Christmas.-Rcuter.

TIENTSIN MURDER

Tientsin, Apr. 10. Chen Leh-shi, local Director of thee eral Regerve Bank, was shot dead last night ni a cinema which was showing "Gunga Din."

A Swiss engineer, Mr. Charles Glauser, was also shot dead as the assailout fired wildly at a Tartar named Mansouroff, who grappled with him. Mansouroff was sent to hospital and his condition is aecious.. ---Truter,

HEARING OF the action brought by Miss Molly Chan, of 24 Lockhart Road, against her former employer, Karel Weiss, manager of Rolny's, claiming $1,000 as damages for assault, was continued before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell in the Summary Court this morning.

According to the statement of Police she rushed at him with o claim, defendant assaulted and rule

He put out a clenched ist in order tral, ground floor, by striking to werd her off but she ran into it. her on the mouth, left cheek and Blood came from her mouth. She Hospitalist at 12 Des Voeux Road Cen-then beat her face with her hunds and tore her hair. He put her on a left ear, bruising her lips and chair and took a towel to staunch the loosening One incisor tooth, bleeding. AN ATTACK on a junk by a apart from rupturing her left Detective Sergeant A. Soutar, who gang of men near Tsing I Island eardrum and causing deafness in daughter of a wealthy Turin family prosecuted, said the Police executed about 3 a.m. yesterday, resulted the left ear.

a stolen property warrant at 621 in the wounding of three mem-damages included Shortly after the wedding the Shoeghal Street, first floor, en Aprilbers of the crew, who have been medical and dental expenses. young wife lost her life during a7 and on searching the middle

Mr. P. Wynter-Blyth appeared for hunting trip, the Siamese authorities cubicle, which was occupied by the admitted to hospital. officially describing it as an accident. two defendants, found a number of The junk, No. 739V, was lying at plaintiff and defendant was The bride's family was, however, pawn tickets, and some of the stolen anchor with four adults and four sented by Mr. D. McCallum. suspicious and demanded a post-

Dr. M. Nicolson testifled to having mortem examination, when the body Property. When arrested, each of the Children on board, when a camp examined plaintiff on November 21, felt sorry she ran into his st.

defendants was wearing a wrist-containing five men came alongside. arrived at Turin. The police doctor watch which had been stolen

of Anding bruises The men from

boarded the junk, and 1938, and

Asked For Documents swollen. One suggested crime, whereupon

Hour of them produced daggers the lips, which were Taipo Hox.

Previous to the incident, plaintiff Grande was arrested in Hart.-

They attacked the aduits, who were tooth was toastned and the left ear-

had alleged he owed her money, and Trans-Ocean.

The title and keys were also found sleeping at the stern of the junk, and drum was ruptured. in the cubicle, while further stolen inflicted stab wounds on Loung Lin, !

could ulow he had replied that if she "It required a pretty hard property was discovered when an-

to cause the produce any document substantiating

Details have recently appeared in other search warrant was taken out 62, master of the vessel, Lee Kway, with an open und

The following day, he wrote aa French avtation journal of a new the next day for an address in Yuen 42, his wife, and Leung Mui, 22, his rupture, which could be serious; but this he would repay her at once.

when I last saw plaintiff about three

letter to plaintif asking her The robbers remained on the junk or four weeks ago it had practically submit all claims to which she said ing developed for the R.A.F. and said

totype of twin-engined fighter now be Sergeant Soutor said that the two for an hour before decamping with healed."

she was entitled.

have a maximum speed of about men were apparently members of a $120 and clothing belonging to the

Plaintif made out a list, but he 435 m.p.h. trad$12 any of housebreakers which

At Least Two Blows

United Press adds thint owing to the The three injured per- Queen Mary was at the Garrick been carrying on for some time, and Junk people.

told her he could not recognise thei claims.

No oficial details have been dis- constant gunfire in the film "Gunga "Theatre recently to ceThe that although the Police knew they uns have been adiated-to-the Row-The-jurics-he-found_were_.com-

"most"of the audience did not Mother," Karel Capek's Just

loon Hospita).

patible with having been caused by

Dit At one lime, plaintiff had asked closed and it is not clear whether it play

Fired On From Junk

with at least two blows

apen him to give her his share in a radium is intended to be an interceptor or realise the shooting tragedy, had occurred until the assassin had Two fokis of another cargo Junk land.

apparatus. He had only half a shore pursuit machine.

escaped, There is, however, reason to think- Questioned by Mr. McCallum, Dr. but offered a quarter of it to her.

Newly Appointed A conviction was registered on the have been admitted to the Kowloon!

when plaintiff She refused and eventually he agreed that the Air Ministry is becoming in-

Tientsin, Apr. 10. first charge against both men, while hospital following the piracy of their Nicolson said that

Junk in Chinese waters.

first came to him she appeared some-to give her his half share on condi- creasingly interested in long-ringe

It has been revealed that Chen second defendant was sentenced to al

In his report to the Palice, Long

were tion that she would renounce all multi-enging Oghters, injuries total of twelve months on four cotints

what agitated. The

She accepted

Lien-shlh, who was assassinated to- Kwan-cheong, 56, the master of cargo mure consistent with plaintiff having claims against him.

Single-engine interceptor fighters, day was the newly appointed Super- burglary Yola u mine Junk No. 12219H, states that he was been slapped than with her running this offer and a document was made fendant was given

such as the Hurricane and the Spit- intendent of the Chinese Customs- uut and signed to this effect. months for three counts of burglary $140, ani was sailing near Mak Mun,

Continuing, defendant suid that fire, are designed to engage enemy United Press. He Sin-mui, dentist, told the Court so recommended for banishment.

day, when he was fired upon by

November last. money to carry on his business. siderable heights, before they teeth sometime in two-masted junk. Two of his fokis Plaintiff's teeth were good generally, One of her friends, Frank Lee, teach their objectives, were wounded. They were then

and the tooth which was pulled out did advance him $2,000

Consequently the interceptor must boarded by the pirates, and the cargo and been, in his opinion, loosened by did her brother, who lent him have a very high climbing rate. This

but all this money had been reindlimits both the fuel and the ammuni transferred to the pirate vessel.

a blow with a fist. Piracy Off Black Point

Dr.

Queen Mary's 10th

Play In 3 Weeks.

It was her tenth visit to the theatre In three weeks.

Earlier she visited the Savoy Theatre for the second evening per formance of the Comedie Francaise company, and the evening before she and seen the Edgar Wallace play, Slx,' al the Aldwych

"Number Theatre.

Chow Street.

were responsible for a few more } cases,

101 could

prove anything against them.

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Gittrying a general cargo valued at into a clenched list.

an

New Fighter For R.A.F.

In her ten visits she has seen three and larceny.. Both defendants were chinese Territory, about noon yester; of having pulled out one of plaintiff's plaintiff never advanced him any bombers, which may be flying at con-

Urillers, "Number Six." "Gas Light and They Walk Alone."

SPOKÉ TO LEADING LADY Princess Alice Countess of Athlone and Lady Moud Carnegie were

Queen Mary's party.

ja

Philippines Send Band

On her arrival Queen Mary chatted) with Miss Kathleen Robbison, Australian, who is presenting the

leeding part.

enjoys all her visits to the theatre,

the end of the performances,

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tion it can carry.

MORE PETROL CARRIED

can

A report has been made of a pincy MANILA, 1, I. in Dritish waters off Black Point o

fo Mr. McCallum, Cross-examined, defendant denied

The larger multi-engine lighter, in- The Philippine Army band, 110 Saturday.

to that he did not pay plaintiff's salary tended for pursuit over long distance bill the play, ant

and durin interval spoke to t

According to Cheung Kan, 23, part witness

explained that he during the whole of last year.

of bombers returning from raids, Miss Louise Humpton, who plays the men and lamed conductor, will re-

Philippine Cominon-owner of the junk, No. T1360A, he $150, present the

false tooth with Ax

Mr. Wynter-Blyth: Why did you

Cap. wealth at the grand opening of the left Castle Peak with a cargo of 307 had to

HE'S Queen Mary, who is 71, thoughly iden Gate exposition in San Fran- thas of Revosene, a mumber of rolls of old

average charge sim the agreement giving her your neeti not have such a rapid climbing cisco. The maestro, Lieut.-Col. call, a quantity of, fried fish and for pulling a tooth was between $10 have in the radium apparatus, if she rate, and can carry much more petrur

has no claim against you?--I told her and anumunition. She joins warmly in the applause at Walter H. Loving, predicted_ "our several düzens of batteries for Man and $20.

A. McCallum: I put it is you that that if she worked for two years band will be recend to none." King Sha in Chinese territory. When i

off Black Point, a small boat con- you don't average $1 a tooth? No. 1 would recompense her Laining ix men approached and bull teeth out without, pain: there services.

I put it to you that you transferred ure my charge.Js higher.

said the share because you knew perfectly The men, two of whom produced Glving evidence. defendant revolvers, and another two a Mauser that plaints first worked for him in well she has advanced money to pistol and a rifle respectively, sub 1910 and left his employment on you? No. I gave her the hare be- cause she has brought me into touch Through a scheme originated by dued the crew of the junk, and forced December 11, 1938.

He gave notice to plaintiff at the with certalu Chinese business-men. Lloyd's of London, Australian parents them into the hold of their own ves-

With Mr. Frank Lee?-No. can now insure against loss of school sel. The cargo junle was towed to beginning of November last, but

With her brother?—Yes. And he had to sue to get his money fees and tuition when their children Chinese waters by the pirates, and wenty days later lold her she could are absent as Q resull of illness, the crew were released three hours remain on condition' that she behaved

back?—Yes. The cargo was all taken by better. The plan has been instilled here and fater.

Previously, plaintiff had been ex- the pirate. at Sydury.

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School Attendance forced the Junk to heave-to-

MELBOURNE.

INDIAN TROOPS FIGHT, 15 MEN "PUNISHED"

a

RACIAL DIFFERENCES between Indian soldiers of the 8th Heavy Regiment, The Royal Artillery, led to fighting between group of the men on Good Friday, the "Telegraph" learns from authoritative sources this morning.

He also inade her an offer for higher commission and salary, but she refused and instead demanded a lump sum of $60,000 na compensation for ploncer work which she had done for him.

It was reported recently that an American Seversky 2 PA-L, convoy pursuit ger had been demon- strated at the R.A.F. Experimentai Establishment at Martlesham Heat, Suttoik. A range of 3,000 mlies and axmum speed of 300 m.ph. is elaimed for this atroplane, which c be fitted with either four or eight machine-guns Bring forwards,

The French Air Force has been supplied with the Fotez 63, which can "Don't Tell Lies"

be used as u twin-engine igniter und, when so adopted, is equipped with Defendant denied that _plaintiff's two 20mm forward firing canno salary had ever been at $50.

and one movible machine-gun in the He was rebuked by Hls Lordship Įgunner's cockpli. Its maxinium speed and warned not to tell lies when a is 285.6 m.p.h, but lis range, 020 document was produced relating to miles, seems rather inadequate. this paint.

Defendant explained that the_do- REARMING BLENHEIMS cument was only promise and on

It is understood that the British

He refused to pay the money, and the following day plaintit came back to the office in a state of condition that a certain Mr. Leung Blenheim is now officially regarded

und exettement-con- joined the exports department. nervousness

The ease is proceeding, thally banging the table with af paper-weight while he was talking

In the course of the disturbance, one of the soldiers was with a friend. stabbed in the arm.

Rovia.

Four men were placed under arrest and detained in the Guard

Subsequently, cleven Indians who sympathised with arrested volunteered for detention.

The fifteen men have since been suitably punished.

those

It is revealed that the Indian soldiers who were detained in the Guard Room at Mt. Davis Fort, following an affray between four men, went on a hunger strike as a protest.

The strike was subsequently abandoned.

He told her to keep quiet and she replied by abusing lilm..

A High Voice

not merely as a bomber but as a general purpose aircraft, also capable of use for reconnaissance or Oghting.

Hammer In Family of Blenheims would require rearm-

100 Years

In the afternoon when he went back to the ofce, plaintiff spoke to

Beardstown, Ill. im in high voice and they ex-

A 100-year-old hammer, brought a few words. He told her to this country from Denmarks. charred

If used as fighters, Die older types ing, as they carried only one forward Bring machine-gun In the port wing and one machine-gun in the aft turret.

The latest type of "lonit-nosed" Blenheim has a range of 1,800 miles

to keep quiet, otherwise he would prized by Cyrus Christensen, Beards and a maximum speed of 205 m.p.h. communicate with the Pollee.

Plaintiff became more angry as a town, whose father brought it to the Details of the armament to be fitted acult, and when he picked up the United States when he left Denmark to this machine have not been ro-

ivcated. telephone to communicate with the to avold army service.

Domet adds that the murderei man, Chen, was Manager of the Tientsin branch of the Federal Reserve Bank and superintendent of the Maritime occurred in the Grand Theatre in the Customs at Tientsin. The incident

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