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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:
August 8, 1939.
Further Anti-Foreign Incidents Add To Tension In North China
PEIPING, Aug. 7_(Router)—Local papers print lists of British pro- ducts which the populace are forbidden to purchase, and alongside are given lists of Japanese, German and Chinese "substitutos” which should be
bought instead.
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The press also prints re- |ports of a mass meeting at
Chashan on
Sequel To
Bad Eyes Tsingtao railway, which Motor Bus
Victimised
Australian - Chinese
Attempts Fraud --
turned into a riot, involving the storming of A.P.C., property-and the theft of a considerable quantity of gasolene and kerosene.
Anti-American Incident
Accident
Driver Charged
Evidence that the bus jerked for-
A now anti-American incident ward when she had only one foot on GEORGE Kwan Satt, 26, Aus-'
injure her face, was given by Miaz S. tralian-Chinese, clerk of the was reported to-day by mis-the ground; causing her to fall and United States Health Service, Bionaries. An American belong Remedios before Mr, Q. A. A. Mac- was sentenced to six weeks' harding to the China Inland Misalon fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy the hearing Inbour by Mr. T. J. Houston at was driven from Hwohsien, 100 this morning, when
driver of a malor bus, charged with the Central Magistracy this miles south-west of Taiyuarifu, of the summons against Li Chi-tong, and is at present taking refuge driving without due care and caution morning when he pleaded guilty with other missionaries at Kich- on July 14, was continued, to a charge of obtaining $50 by Yalse pretences3,
He was represented by Mr. H. C. Lee.
sin, 50 miles away.
Mr. M. A. da Silva kept a watching brief for Miss Remedios, while Mr. E. S. C. Brooks was for the defence. Trainic Sub-Inspector J. Scrim was present for the Police.
Missionaries Reach Peiping SPECIAL TO THE "YCLEGRAPH" PEIPING, Aug. 6 (UP)-Five British missionaries reached Peiping Misa Remedios said the boarded the Satt was said to have pretendeit from Talyuan to-day with, word that No. 7 bus at the bus stop opposite alarting out to the Dairy Farm in Nathan Road at that eye treatment to be given to Mrs. another five are
18.20 p.m. on July 14. The bus did not Shen Yat-hing by Dr. R. A. de Castro morrow.
The five arrivals are the Rev. and stop at Pence Avenue although At Basto would cost $200 and Induced! her. to pay him that amount for the Mrs. V. J. Jasper, Miss F. E. Combs, was a five cent section stop. The and Miss E. Pen-bus.eventually stopped after passen- treatment. In actual fact the sum Dr. Elen Clown
gers had shouted to the conductor, telow. was $150.
Major C. Sawton, of the Salvation who rang the bell, Detective Inspector A. L. Hopkins
Heard No Signal sald the Health Service was situated Army, is remaining in Taiyuan, ul-:
A man alighted first and she in the American Consulate. Mra. though his wife is en route to Tatung Suen went there sometime
to on her way here. Four Baptist mla-followed, but she had only one foot apply far permission to go to Unitedisionaries are remaining at Stachow, on the ground when the bus Jerked Slates to join her husband.
forward, and she fell to the ground. She heard no signal given.
ago
Changed Receipt Figures She was medically examined and found that her eyes were suffering from a dinense. Satt told her that he would bring her to Dr. Castro Basto, who was sure to cure her, and the fees would be $200.
Shansi.
Anti-Forcign. Demonstrations
A report was later made by her al the Police station.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
An exhminallon at the Kowloon PEIPING, Aug. 7 (UP).-British
form Shinchinchuung) Hospital showed injuries to the face missionaries report that they saw anti-American and the left knee, Posters there with slogans such as
uverthrow America."
Mr. Brooks: Did you have a friend with you?A friend boarded the bus The Tientsin correspondent of the later, but he sut far away from me. Dr. Castro Basto and ils clerk had Japanese army's "Yung Pao" as You are accustomed to getting off denied that the fees were $200, but also reported that the Anti-British at that bus stop-Yes. $150. When defendant was searched Commitee is taling
And you must ring the bell some in the Central Police station, a for-
Inissionary property
Did you nзk the driver to stop this
Hearing was adjourned!
over British at Kaifeng,
ged receipt was found on him. The "since the anti-British elements tried time before getting to the atop. Yes. Casto, acknowledging "payment of It is reported that the Britens who time? No, but another passenger did.
receipt was the one given by Dr. to burn the property."
$150, but Satt changed, the figures evacuated the Mission have turned it to $200.
over to the custody of American mis-August 24 at 2.30 p.m. Mr. Lee told the Court that it was sionaries. Satt's first offence and he had been: A Japanese spokesman has denied very foolish. According to his in-that there is an Anti-American move- structions from Satt, Mrs. Suen pro-ment in Shihchinchuang. mixed to give him $50 for tea The report is a fabricated British money."
device to drag the United States Into Asked by his Worship for the rea- the conflict," he declared.
son of forging the receipt given by the doctor, for it was not necessary as Mrs. Suen had promised to give him $50; Satt bowed his head down
for a long time, and made no reply. "I understand his people in Hong- kong are quite respectable," sold Mr. Lec, "I ask your Worship to give him the benefit of a first offence."
"Deliberate Attempt To Fraud"
MR. H. J GEDGE Former Hongkong Lawyer
Dies in England
The air mall brought news, of the death in England of an old Hongkong resident, Mr. Herbert Johnson Gedge.
Mr. Gedge was with the law Armj of Messrs. Johnson; Stokes and Master and became principal of the arm. Outside of his legal practice he was best known as a Steward of the Hongkong Jockey Club
and as an
His Worship remarked that Satt was drawing about. $175 salary month, which was a very high salary for a man of his age, and was not under any financial difficulties, "It was a deliberate attempt to defraud official of the Boxing Association. the poor woman," said His Worship. He was for a time à Director of Satt was sentenced to six weeks Willem Powell and Co., Ltd.--He hard labour, and ordered to pay $50 was also a member of the Medical compensation to Mrs. Suen or to Board. undergo another six weeks' hard Inbour.
Russian P.C.
Is Robbed
Sgt. Kriloff, attached to the Rus-
A close friend of the late Sir Henry Mr. May, Governor of Hongkong. Gedge once went with Sir Henry and the late Mr. Chan Chick-yu (who afterwards was Governor of Kwang- tung) for a hunting trip to Chung- shan then known as Heung Shun district,
Mr. Gedge was a resident here for over 20 years. He retired ten years ago.
sian Police was robbed of $60 when some- one entered his home, 304 Nathan
detachment of the Hongkong CAUGHT WITH WINE
Road, yesterday.
Castle Peak Road Arrest
Mrs. Moore, of ie Luna Buildings. Has Court Sequel
has reported that two bed sheets, valued at $34, was stolen from the roof of her home yesterday.
Mrs. Norman, residing at 20 Mody Road, lost a perambulator which was Jett outside the door of her home yesterday. It is valued at $60.
Money and jewellery to the value of $100 was reportd by Chan Chuen- sang. of 0 Tai Shek Street, Shauki- wan, as having been stolen from his home between August 3 and 7.
At the Kowloon Magistracy yester- day, Tsang Fuk, 25, unemployed, was remanded for 24 hours by Mr: Q. A. A. Macfadyen on a charge of unlaw- ful possession of dutiable wine.
Tsang was arrested on the Costle Peak Road near So Uk village on August 5.
Inspector Nolloth applied for the remand.
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In another village lightning struck Consequently, the following re-a ̈house and killed a girl of 10 years allotment has been made: Cuba and a child of seven months, 25,041 metric tons, Dominica 11,030 metrics tons, The Netherlands 28,070 Netherlands East Indies as announced metrle tons.
țin a communique of July 13, which It has been found necessary to re- the Netherlands Government, re- allot 20.000 metric tons allotted to the Inounced the right to supply.
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