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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

9 SAILORS, SOLDIERS FACE COULT CHARGES

(Continued from Page 1)

malicious damage Willam Cruick- hank, a private of the 2nd Bottallon,

Gamelin To Confer

June 2, 1939.

FEAR OF REPRISALS

The Royal Scots, was charged withi It is understood General Magistrate's Assurance

conspiracy.

To Witness

WB3

London. June 1.

that Gamelin will negotiate with the A charge of conspiracy was also British staff offeers next week on an proterred against John Stevenson,j agreement

Governing British and Evidence for the also of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal French co-operation

defence if any

con- given at the continuation of an as- Scots,

tingency arises under the new gult Cruickbank and Stevenson were "security front" commitments,

charge brought by Abdul | charged with conspiracy, with 'two

Galfoor, Naval Dockyard police con- The vialt will be the first of afstable, against others unknown, to prepare a wit-series of big scale conferences de-Zafar Khan, before Mr. R. A. p. former colleague, ness to suppress the truth.

signed to put the teeth of the anil-Forrest at the Central Magistracy aggression arrangements Into. order. yesterday.

WEEK'S TRAFFIC TOLL Three People Meet Death

In Street Accidents During the week ending 8 am, on May 27, there were altogether 101| truffle celdents, as a result of which three people were killed and 37 were Injured. Of those killed a 18-year- old girl was knocked down by a taxicab while running road.

It is understood that in advance i

four French military missions visited for assault against Abdul Rahim, an of the formal opening negotiations Khan brought a counter-summon London secretly during the past Indian sub-Inspector of the Dock- week-Valted Press,

yard Pollce, and Constables Kurim Buksh, Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Din and Gaffloor.

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Gafoor alleged that on March 10, he was struck twice on the head with a curry pole. by Khon In the grounds of the Dockyard. Khan had TOMORROW earlier in the day been dismissed from his employment. These allega An_MGM Picture tions were denied by Khan,

who for stated that there had been trouble

Hongkong Stock Exchange-omelat across the summary issued yesterday says:

Enquiries

during the

tay

A Chinese female passenger, aged Investment shares find the market prior to his dismissal among the In- 45, was idled when her lorry singularly denuded of scrip. Buyers, dian constables, and on March 10, toppled over the road embankment whilst avoiding extravagant bids, are us he was preparing

to leave the A Chinese mole, aged

quite prepared to pay reasonable Dockyard, he was assaulted by the from injurica

prices, but holders are standing aloof, Indians he had counter-summoned. received through making business difficult. collision between a motor bus and n

He denied having struck Gaffoor. bicycle.

In Thi Po Road.

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In consequence dealings rather Mr. D. McCallum represented | Of those injured, 26 were pedes-tailed off during the day, being Gaffoor, and Mr. M. A. da Silva Erlans, who were either walking or mainly centred

lower appeared for 1Chan. The other running across the rond und were

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Indians were represented by Mr. W. struck by vehicles.

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the 15 result of a collision between vehicles. A private car driver and a passenger and ran into the harbour. were injured when their car skidded A lotry was injured when his

passenger lorry overturned.

One tram passenger and five bus passengers were injured while. alighting from a moving trut and moving buses respectively.

Of 101 accidents, 40 were collisions) between rehicles; 35 were collisions

| between vehicles and pedestrians; 20)

accidents were due to other causes,

Type of vehicles Involved.- private motor car 54, motor, torry 24, motor bus 22, publle motor car 14, motor cycle 2, tramcar 14, bicycle 8, ricksha 3.

STOLEN CAR RECOVERED Reported stolen yesterday morning, a car belonging to Mr. B. E. Sugars,: of the Government Stores Depart- ment, was later recovered by the police and returned to the owner. The car, No. 1015, disappeared from the car park neur the Star Ferry wharf, Connaught Road.

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Wing On (I.K.) $41 Constructions $1.40

H.K. Govt, 4% loan 4 p.. IK, Govt. 31⁄2 toon par

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Opening

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Before relating his story yester. day, Constable. Mohammed Khan said that he feared reprisals would |be taken against him by the Indian sub-Inspector If he gave evidence against him.

Wilners Assured

Mr. Forrest asked Inspector A. B. Allan, in charge of the Dockyard Police, to assure Khon that the ut- would be made most investigation

into any complaints brought against

him by the Indian sub-Inspector in the future. Inspector Allan sald he would see to the matter. This was told Khan, who then commenced his evidence.

He said that on the afternoon of March 10, he was in the Indian

Police quarters when Zafar Khan

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and Ghul Mohammed, both of whom | TOMORROW

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service, entered and began packing An MGM Picture

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belongings. Not long after-

wards, the Indian sub-Inspector and the other Indians counter-summoned arrived. Abdul

Rahman taunted

Khun, and abused him. He ordered the other Indians to seize Khan, and Gafloor attempted to do so, but was pushed away by Khan and fell against the fireplace,

The other Indians grabbed Khan and

with their, struck him blows fists. Other Indians in the room at the time ran up and separated the combatants. Witness decinred he had not seen any assault outside the quarters. If there had been one, he would have heard.

Cross-examined by Mr. McCallum, he agreed that Gaffoor had a cut over his forehead. He thought that Gafoor had suffered this injury by his full on the replace.

Constable Muzaffar Shah corrobor- fated Khon's evidence but said he

did not see how Gafloor fell.

Mr. Forrest adjourned the further hearing to June 5.

POST OFFICE THEFT

Man Convicted for Attempt

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Convicted of stealing a handbog from Mrs. E. A. Wagner, of Shouson Hill road, in the General Post Office, Yeung Shum-shian, 27, unemployed, was sentenced to three months' hard Closing

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