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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 30 1939.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 48-HOUR-OLD BABY IN
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NOTICE
THE MAY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of VOTING MEMBERS will be held at the Club House, Happy Valley, on Tuesday, 30th May, 1939, nt 5.30
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WANCHAI DEATH HOME
(Continued front Page 1) daring attempts at daylight robbery In recent times, frustrated only by the courage of a Chinese detective,
The four men casually approached the Wing Cheong Jewellery establishi ment at 440 Shanghal Street on the Pretext of wanting to purchase some gold.
'Produced Pistols
COAST BLOCKADE
ON THURSDAY
(Continued from Page 1.) strength in the Mediterranean.--- United Press.
Relations Worsen
LONDON, May 29-British tatlons with Japan appear deteriorating.
re- to be
It is beloved that Britain in prepared to reinforce the British fleet well-at Singapore to nasure protection for
no shipping if necessary.
As three of the men' were dressed in European fashion suspleions were aroused when they entered the shop.
As soon as they gained admittance, however, they each produced Mauser platel
There are additional press reports that the tri-partite alliance might be extended to the Far East in the event of Japan joining the Rome military alllance- United Press,
Berlin
-
The shop opened immediately into the street and the gangsters were in full view of amazed passers-by.
Third Power Interests One of the occupants of a "neigh-
SHANGHAI, May 20-A spokes- Secretary.bouring shop, Informed of the hold-
up, courageously blew his policeman of the Japanese Embassy to-day whistle.
denied that the Japanese demunds in are incon- the foreign concessions sistent with Japan's promise to pro- fect third power interests.
H.K. Stock Market
were
The following quotations Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- ket this morning.
BANKS
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The Chinese detective was in the vicially and, drawing his revolver, Inmediately raced to the scene.
Chased By Dotective One of the gangstera, on duty in the doorway, warned his companions and the four men, each picking up handfuls of jewellery, raced from the shop.
They were chosed along Shanghai Street
Argyle Street by the detective, who was soon joined by other constables,
police pressed closely, the gaugsters turned around and commenced exchanging re- volver fire in the street.
into
When the
Woman Killed
On
One of the bullets hit a well- dressed Chinese woman, at present waldentified, as she was watching in petrified astonishment from the doorway of 58 Argyle Street. She was shot dead with a bullet in the abdomen,
He maintained that the Japanese demande are "logical" and that their being satisfied would not infringe on third power interests in any way.- United Press.
Submarino Cable Cut
AMOY, May 30 The telephone service between Amoy and Kulangsu is temporarily suspended. The sub- marine cable was cut by the anchor of the Butterfell and Swire ship Anking which entered port at 0.00 o'clock on Monday morning-Domci.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
(Continued from Page 1.)
to-day predicted that the majority of the Committee would support the pro- Administration's neutrality posnis.
He said Mr. Cordell Hull's enun- ciation should increase the prospeel of congressional action during this session.
Another shot struck the Chinese detective in the shoulder, As he fell to the ground the four men vonished down a side street,
Wilhin a few minutes, however, they were seen clambering over the hills
near the Kowloon Hospital, having apparently reached the aren "I think the majority of the Com- by car or other form of conveyance.mittee will be in accord on the basic The police cordon was immediately principles of the Secretary of State's thrown around the urea, every avail-programme," he said. "Naturally I able pollteman being out in the effort am in agreement with the Secretary's to Apprehend the criminals.
proposals because they are substan- tially in line with my own."
The men must have doubled back in their steps for the three arrests were made near Hung Hom Street, which run parallel to the rallway line near the Waterloo Road crossing. Police are still searching for one well-dressed man, also armed with a Mauser pisto).
At Paint Of Revolver The three arrests were made by Delective Inspector Pope, who held the men up at the point of his re- .5.05 b. volver as they were endeavouring to 351⁄2 sa. clamber over" a
wall. 100 n.
The men, all armed with Mau- .9 n.sers, made no attempt to use their 7.90 b. weapons when faced with the .4.45 b. Inspector's pistol, and submitted ..102 n. tamely to being handcuffed.
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Island Crimo
Another dragnet has been spread over the island in a search for the murderer or murderers
responsible
for the callous crime at Wanchal..
The quadruple murders
were
The Committee meets on Wednes-
day.
"The isolationist bloc have indicated that they will put up a lone fight if Secretary Hull's plans are placed be- fore the Senate,
Representative Sol. Bloom said he will introduce a new Neutrality Bill and also that he will convene the House Foreign Affairs Committee on consider Secretary Wednesday to Hull's proposals.
Representative Bloom's Bill will generally meet all Mr. Hull's sug- gestions, and he said he hoped to get the Bill from the Commitice within this week.-United Press.
discovered shortly after 10.30 D
Wife Of Explorer 'Vindictive'
ISMISSING her action against the
trustees of a fund relating to her
o'clock this morning by relatives husband's property, Mr. Justice Far-
of the family.
The dead couple are Wong Tak-well recently told Mrs. Charlotte de kien and his wife, together with their Windt, widow of the explorer, that
her pititude had been to some extent: vindictive.
two children.
Wong was the owner of a rice shop
at 30 Cross Street, where the crime
Mrs. de Windt, an actress whose
was committed. The shop was in-stage name is Elaine Inescort, and Mr.
Percival Keitley, as executors of her
habited by, in addition to the dead husband's will, naked for the removal man and his family, three tokis, all of whom have disappeared.
Neighbours became curious the shop was not opened at 7 o'clock this morning.
of the defendants, Mr. Joseph Nunes Nabarro, solicitor, of Piccadilly, W., when so Chumaceiro Maurice,
shoe manufacturer's agent, of Lan chester Road, Highgate, N., from the trusteeship.
They endeavoured to peep through the shutters, but could see nothing in the darkened room.
Wailing Infant
The walling of the two-day-old baby, however, was audible and, deciding that something serious
The action was heard in the Chan- cery Division, and Mr. Nabarro and Mr. Maurice denied that any vaild reasons existed for their removal.
TRUSTEES' REFUSAL was amiss, the neighbours sent for Mr. Justice Farwell said the action relatives of the tenants at Holly-had been wholly necessitated by the
wood Road.
When the relatives arrived it was decided to break in the front door of the shop.
a horrifying sight.
slept.
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attitude adopted by Mr. Nabarro and Mr. Maurice of blank refusal to retire from the trust when asked to do 50,
He thought the attitude of Mrs. de Windt had been, to some extent,
As the door crashed in, the relatives and neighbours were greeted with vindletive towards Mr. Nabarro, and Both Wong and his wife had been that she was possibly glad of the make an attack on him. opportunity decapitated,
they apparently 19
Mr. Nabarro and Mr. Maurice being willing to retire from the trust, the Judge appointed the Midland Bank to act in their pince, and directed an "The two children were treated with account to be taken of the dealings of
the retiring trustees, equal brutality, their bodies being-He said he was unable to give any chopped in several places. Death in costs to either side, each case must have been instantaneous.
ogKressor.
almost
The only survivor in the family of five is the only one who will never be able to give a clue to the perpetrators of the crime.
Bhe was born two days before her mother and fatlier were brutally done to deaths. The dead children were ared approximately Boven and nine.
Wuhan Dykes Repaired
Overcoming
Tokyo, May 20. difficulties of five months, the Japanese In Central
It is believed that the murderer | China kave just completed repairs decided to put oil four members of to the breaches in the dyke of the the family to death in order to assure Yangle near the Wulian area, which hint there would be no person left to were made last year by the retreat- describe the crime.
ing Chinese in attempt to check the Japanese advance.
This, it is believed, is the only reason why the infant was allowed
New York Rubber July
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U.S. Memorial Day Observed
To repair the destroyed dyke the Japanese used 210,000 coolics.
To add to the difficulties of recon- struction, the. Chinese had destroyed the intake of the distributing pumps. With five newly-equipped engine pumpa fasialled the intake has been JulyL:7753Y7756-
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For the future protection of 17,707,000 bushels was observed in the Colony this dyke hgainst any further allempts to Chicago Corn C
morning when-a-small-party of destroy-1, 105 machine-gun pedeanle 504/61 ~~61/51%
American residents, headed by Mr, have been erected and pill-box forti- 52%/52% R. C. Coudray, Vice-Consul, paid a fleations built along a 2,230, matre 5213/52
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