1939-05-17 — Page 36

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 17, 1939.

ROBBED BENEFACTOR MILITARY Airliner Crashes,

Deserted Wife Steals From

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Her Friend

Given a home after she had broers. deserted by her husband, Leung Wal- 18, married woman, repaid her benefactor, a 142-year-old woman |named. Lail

Kwan

by stealing IFD- perty belonging to her valued at $370. Leung appeared before Mr. R. A. D, Forrest at the Central Magistracy yesterday, charged with the theft of a cloth girdle containing a pair of gold bangles, $220 Chinese currency and $50 Hongkong currency.

Sgt. J. Hendridge said Lat dis- covered the less of her property an May 12, and made a report to the Pollco, Leung, who lived in the same room, was suspected, but when ques- tloned, put the blame on a young girl. Enquiries, however, revealed that the girl had nothing to do with the theft. Leung later confessed to the theft, and said she had sold the ban- gles in Kowloon for $200.20, and had spent the proceeds and part of the stolen money in

in purchasing furni ture and clothing and paying the rent of a flat she had rented after the theft. Only $50 had been recovered.

Leung, said Sgt. Hendridge, was concubine of a man who had since left her, and she was taken in by Lal out of pity and given a sleeping space in Lai's cubicle at a house in Mercer Street, Central dia- trict.

the

Leung was ordered to return the $30 found on her to the complainant, and was achtenced to three months' hard labour. She was further order- ed to pay $100 compensation to the complainant, or to serve another two mondis hard labour,

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THEFT FROM MULE CART The theft of a canvas cover from a mule cart belonging to the Royal Indian Army Service Corps in the R.A.S.C. Comber on Monday led to Chan Wah-yuen, 18, unemployed, Forrest at the Central Magistracy being

charged before Mr. R.AD. yesterday.

Chan pleaded guilty. He said ho had come from the country where his mother had been killed in an air-raid. He had formerly

worked for the R.LAS.C. and had been promised food and wages of $3 per month. He had received food, but alleged he had never been pald wages.

A remand until to-day was ordered

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allegations.

ELECTRIC BULBS TAKEN Charged with the theft of two electric bulbs from the roof of n house in Bonhamn Strand East and returning after being banished for ten years in October, Ho Tack, 28, unemployed, was sentenced to two months' and nine months' hard labour respectively, by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday.

THEFT OF FLANKS Questioned by a detective while carrying two planks in Hollywood Road, Sze K1, 32, street coolie, ad- mitted that he had stolen them from a shop in Queen's Road Central. He was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday. He had two previous convictions.

POSSESSION OF ARMS Given by Frenchman As Payment of Bill

A Shanghai tailor, Chung Chang- kwal, 34, was charged before Mr. T. J. Houston at the Central Magistracy yesterday with the possession of a 7.65 calibre Bayard automatic pistol and four rounds of ammunition, and ---0.36 calibre-Marina-automatie pistol and 12 rounds of ammunition, nt a flat in Main Street West, Shau- kiwan, on May 4. He was commit- ted for trial. Mr. F. H. Loseby ap- peared for the defence.

Sub-Insp. W. N. Darkin said that on information, Inspector

W. A. Russeli and a party of Police went to the fat about 7.30 pm. on May 4 and found three Shanghai Chinese there. One was Chung. The flat was searched, and underneath a hat- stand In the parlour, a parcel was found containing the arms,

Chúng claimed the arms as his and said he was principal tenant.

Sgt. G. J. Perkins, Police armour- er, said all the arms were in good condition.

Sgt. Ip Chak said that when he questioned Chung, he told him that

a Frenchman who had ordered cloth- Ing had given the arms to him.

Cross-examined by Mr.

Loseby. Ip

sald Chung told him the Frenchman was a member of the crew of the Marechal Joffre. Ip admitted he knew a tallor named Chan Keng- ching and that it was he (Ip) whe had received the information result- Ing in the arrest thung.

Mr. Loseby asked him it Chon was the informer, but the question was over-ruled by Mr. Houston, who said that the defence had not suggested any malice on the part of Chan.

told the Court that the Frenchman had ordered 3110 worth of clothing, but had paid only $40. The man told him that he was sail-

ing for wall but.promised to

pay the

when he returned

to Hongkong on May 11. The Frenchman handed the pistols and ammunition to him. Chan was pre- sent when that was done, and had lold defendant that it was all right for him to keep him.'..

A.R.P. INSTRUCTORS Wanted to Give Lectures: In Chinese

It is proposed to. hold a special course with a view to training twelve Chinese, AR.P. Instructors. Candi- dates should be over 20 years of age and should be willing to give ARP. lectures in Chinesa to residents. M The work is entirely voluntary, and a fee of $4 por lecture Is pay- able from Government funds

Applications to attend the courie should be forwarded direct to tho Air Raid Precautions Officer, Colonial Secretary's: Omeg

SERVICE

Britons Overseas May Be Called Up

LONDON, May 16. WHEN THE debate on the Blitary Training Bill was re- sumed in the House of Commons to-day, the Attorney-General. Sir Donald Somervell, moved a

7 Die In Flames TOKYO May 17 The air-liner Tama, while taking off from the air- feld at Fukuoka, in Kyushu,' at. 11:21 o'clock this morning for Keijo nōd

(Seoul) struck domo wires

crashed, resulting in seven coaualties

of three.

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among the eight passengers and crew FLYING BULLETS CRACK TO THE BLARE OF YOUTHFUL HEARTS POUND TO

The other four succeeded in BUGLES! - escaping from the plane, which burst Into farmer-Domel.

THE BEAT

new clause giving power to N. Y. Exhibition Of apply the act to British subjects who ordinarily are resident out- Chinese Art

side Great Britain.

The Attorney-General explained

New York, May 18. The Arden Gallery opened with that under the new clause it might an exhibition of Chinese art objects be considered desirable that British to-day. persons living abroad should regis- The exhibits include the Dragon fer at the British consulate, instead Throne and Jade shrine. The ex- of having to come to England, hibition is being held in aid of Mr. Wedgwood Benn asked what Madame Chiang Kai-shek's fund for happened to a South African living Chinese war orphans-United Press. in England.

Other speakers asked what would be the position of a man, born of English parents in France, and of men bom of English parents in the Argentino.

Position In Colonics

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The offices of the French Consulate will be closed to the general public to-morrow, being the Feast of the TO - MORROW Ascension of our Lord.

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The Attorney-General declared have been passed no medically ft. that the Bill did not apply to persons ordinarily resident in the dominions will be called up two months later

A second big batch' of conscripts overseas. That Included the self- Trans-Ocean. governing dominions, colonies, and protectorates:

Six Months Training

Therefore a South African national LONDON, May 10-Mr. Ernest was excluded.

Brown, Minister of Labour, to-day Those living in the self-govern-announced in the House of Commons ing dominions and other parts of that should Parliament pass the Mill- the Empire bad certain obligations tary Training Bin before Whitsun, to serve in the defence of their own the first groups of conscripts, com- territory, therefore they were ex-prising between 40,000 and 50,000 cluded from the Bill.

young men of 20 and 21 years of age,

on July 18.

On the other hand, British subjects would begin their six months' train- Hving in foreign countries retained ing on the advantage of British protection, and it seemed right that they should not be exempted from military training.

He admitted that difficulties might arise in cases of doubt about the nationality of some youths, but as all countries did not accept the same laws, there could be no final and complete solution of the problem.

The clause was inserted in the Bill. --Reuter,

50,000. To join Up On July 1

'LONDON, May 10.-On July 1, be tween 40,000 and 50,000 conscripts of 20 und 21 years of age, will receive orders to report for service.

Subsequent groups would bo called to the colours every two months,

Anti-air raid training for Fleet re- rves would start on June 15. The serves reservists will not undergo the usual exercises, but will be trained in con- ditions most closely resembling those in actual warfare, and in the case of anti-air raids, the units will carry out the same service as the regular army. These exercises will last from two to three months, according to the brunch of defence service involved.- Trans-Ocean.

Hongkong Students

and Conscription LONDON, May-16.-It is offelal- ly confirmed that Hongkong and |other colonial students temporarily They will have to join their units resident in Britain' will be exempted within a fortnight, provided they from conscription.

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