1940-05-06 — Page 25

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By

Walt

May 6, 1940.

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ME!

HIDDEN TAXES

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Seven-Eighths of an Icoberg Is Under Water

GARDENERS & MAFOOS IN FATAL BRAWL Man Accused Of Murder At Criminal Sessions

A brawl between mafoos and gardeners in a tea house at l'anling cross-ronds on March 8, in the course of which one man was stabbed to death, was described at the Criminal Sessions this morning when a youth named Wan Chun-ping was charged with the murder of Yeung Yuet.

THREE NEW types of | American fighter planes- so new that none has yet been delivered to the U.S. Air Service-are to be built for large-scale delivery to the Allies.

The decision, which has been reached with unexpected sudden. ness, gives Britain and France priority over. U.S. air squadrons for which the planes were origin. ally designed and ordered.

According to the War Depart- ment at Washington, all three types are very fast and capable of dealing either with enemy bombers or fighters.

Single-Scat Monoplane

They are the Bell P39. Curtiss P.40, and Lockheed P.38. The Initial "p" indicates "pursuit," which is the American equivalent of "fighter."

Their performance is still secret, But here

are is the latest informati about them:

U.S.. Placed Big Order The P.30 is being produced at Buffalo, New York, by the Bell Air-

raft Corporation.

It is a single-seat monoplane, powered by a liquid-cooled Allison engine of 1,000 h.p., and atted with retractable tricycle undercarriage. Entrance to the covered cockpit is by

side door.

The Bell Aircraft Corporation was formed in 1935. Its president, Mr. Lawrence D. Bell, is well known in London

The

Poration

P.40 is already In production. builders, the Curlies-Wright Cor- of New York, announced last year that the U.S. Army Air Corps had placed a contract for the P.40. and that it was the biggest order for one type of plane ever signed in peace-time.

Like the Bell F.39, the Curtis 1,40 1.40 is an all-metal single-seat; monoplane with 1,000 h.p. Allison

engine.

The Curtiss Corporation was estab ished in 1910. Its Hawk fighter has been supplied in large numbers to the

British Commander's "Great Grief”

Poignant Letter To Norwegian Colleague

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHE

GRR-R-R-

MANILA

MUSK MELONS

(1-3 LBS. EACH)

50°:

PER LB.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

Tol. 28151

NAZI BOMBER'S ATTACK

ON BRITISH

CONVOY

On Saturday we published a photograph of a German plane attacking a British Convoy, with anti-aircraft gunfire

STRAIGHT WARNING

TO BALKANS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

bursting around it.

Here is another photograph of the same incident.

It shows an attendant -destroyer's guns going into action as the raid is launched. Smoke from one of the dos- troyers 4.7 inch_guns as she firos on the at- tacker. The bombers sunk two neutral ships| in the Convoy and damaged two others.- Copyright.

SAFE AT LAST

Refugees-From Norway Land in England

LONDON, May 5 (Reutor).— Three Norweglan vessels have reached ports in North Scotland. Those on board include Nor- wegian and British refugees and several women and children,

The skipper of a Norwegian fishing boat, who believes that his was the last vessel to escape from Alesund, suld that German planes bornbed and machine-gunned people who wero fleeing from the town in small open boats. He did not, however, see any boat hit by a bomb,

Narrow Escape

An Englishman, Mr. Turner, who for 30 years has been manager for

BERLIN, May 5 (UP).—German spokesmen to-day warned the Balkans that the "crushing victory in Norway is only a dress

the British Aluminium Company in rehearsal for the last decisive stage of the war, for which Hitler is ready."

SUICIDE IN NEW YORK Norway, was accompanied by his

Norwegian wife and daughter, "We will counter British ag- STOCKHOLM, May 6 (UP),gression-with-lightning action, The Jewish Polish Capt. Max their lives from Alesund. He-and-

New York, May 4. He said they just escaped with French Air Force and has already-The "Sydsvenski Dagbladet's" said a spokesman. given on excellunt account of itself

Finklestein committed suicide by nearly a score of others crossed the over the Siegfried Linc.

shooting to-day. He was involved in North Sea In a small Norwegian Ash- "The Allies will suffer the same a rail bond irregularity. It will be ing boat. gian forces on the Steinkjer

Two Norwegian naval lleutenants The Lockheed P.38 is a single-front reports that the Norwegian catastrophie defeat they encountered recalled that he was assigned in 1938

to protect the German Consulate were on the boat. One of them is enter with twin fuselage and twin Commander in

the Trondelag in Norway.

"Wherever it is, we will get there agalust anti-Nazi- demonstrators-ready serving in a British naval Allison engines, As in the case region, Colonel Getz, received first and will stay there."

United Press,

unit. the Bell p. 30, it

it ltus a retractable i tricycle undercarriage and is of all-letters at 11 p.m. on Thursday from the British Commander-in-

Speed Secret

metal construction.

correspondent, with the Norwe-

Its performance is believed to be Chief, General Carton de Wiart, exceptionally high.

No details of its speed have been and the French Commander-in-

The case is being tried by the Chief and Young. The last two were on Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, and their way home to Sheung Shul, but arcfosed. The prototype flew across Chief, General Audet. the following Jury: Mears. E. Hau-when they arrived at Fanling cross the American continent-from Bur- Hung Kai-roads they were invited by Wong bauk, California, to New York in chiu, J. N. Wilkinson, Ho You-leung., and Lo to have ten with them. seven hours,

spman

(Foreman),

Pun Kwong-kuen, Chan Saik-yik and II. A. Esmall.

Varied Stories

The evidence of the witnesses,

Mr. G. P. Murphy, Assistant Crown continued Mr. Murphy, varied some- Solicitor, appears for the prosecution, what as to what next took place. and Wan is defended by Mr. Percy The story of the Wongs and Lo was

European

Chen, Instructed by Messrs. Lo and that shortly after they had sat down | Woman Said

Lo.

Alleged Crime Doscribed Mr. Murphy sald Wen was employ- ed as a mafos at Kwanti by the

at a table near the entrance, Sung, who was alrendy there, came over and asked Lo for payment of the debt. When Lo repiled he was un- able to pay, Sung assaulted bim.

milltary authorities at reting The Wongs and Yeung went to Los

a gardener at the Fanling Mixed Farm.

The scene of the alleged crime was

sslstance, and then other people who were present, numbering about 20, set upon them,

Missing

Newcomer To Colony Disappears

Text Of Lotter

The following is the text of the letter from General Carton de Wiart: "Dear Colonel Getz,-1 is with great grief that I now inform you that we must evacuate this district. "Each of us feels it very deeply. "We leave some materials here and we are convinced it will be of great use to you and your brave corps.

"Concerning ourselves, we hope to be allowed to return here and help

successfully end your campaign."

General Audet la. reported to have stated that the expedition to southern Norway proved more dimcult to

the Muf Yuen ten hause at Fanling | On the other hand, Sung and other Miss Olive R. Rowan, a Euro-realise than anyone had imagined in cross-roads. Sometime In February, witnesses would say that when Lopean woman residing at No. 505 advance.

a colleague of Yeung named Lo Ki and company arrived they set upon The Peak, the residence of Mr. joined a mah-jong school at the ten sung. Whatever was the

truth of and Mrs. G. A. Harriman, is re- quite certain that a general brawl

house, and among the players was the matter, Counsel went on, it won ported to be missing since last Peace Now Is

one Sung llung-tim, n arrangement as regards the game was

last

Was

mafoo. The

by the started on that evening with mafoos Wednesday.

that money which

e on one side and four gardeners on the Miss Rowan is reported to have players would go to pay for the other. Stools were

ere thrown about arrived in Hongkong from Birming meals they had at the ten house. and there was general confusion. ham Inst January and is said to be At the end of February, Lo ha Among other mafoos who joined between 34 and 40 years of age. lost about $5. Meals were according- In The Aght was-Wan. He was heard When Inst seen she was wearing ly taken up to this amount and de-shouting "Ta" (strike) and one wit- a red dress, binck coat and hat and bited to thu, but when the time for ness and ene alone among the people shoes to match. She is 5 ft. 6 ins. payment arrived he was unable to present would say that at the mo- in height, slim and has dark hair pay. He then asked the proprietorment when Wan took part in the fight and grey eyes. She was on a vak of the tea house to transfer the he had a knife in his hand. Wan to Kowloon when she disappeared. account to Wong King. No. 1 gar-struck Yeung in the back with the

But Defeat

M.P.'s Appoal Against Pacifist Campaign LONDON, May 5 (Reuter),— "Any pence made before the

dener of the Fooling Mixed Farm knife, according to this witness, a statement to the effect that though military power of the Nazis is

take part in the fight.

very the

This was done but Lo did not tell whose name was Lau Kum-wing und

he was present at the fight he did smashed would be defeat," said Wong about it.

who was niso a mufoo but he did not not stab Yeung. At the Magistracy, Mr. J. Jagger, M.P., in a speech Liability Ropudiated

he accused Lau, the man who sad given to-day. On March 7, Wong happened to go

Knife In Guttor

that he saw him commit the crime, of to the ten house and there he dis-i

"We are Aghting for our After he had been stabbed, Yeung having

He added stabbed Yeung

said, "Either covered for the first time what had ran to the door, followed by Wan that Lau had threatened to kill him existence." been done. He repudiated any liabi-who still had the knife in his hand. also if he told the Police.

military power of the Nazis must be lity for the debt and. this was over. Young collapsed outside the tea house In addition to the stab wound, the broken or we shall be broken by it. heard by Sung, who thereupon as-and shortly after the fight he was body of Yeung was literally covered

Liborty's Death Warrant saulted him.

found by the master. The Police with brulses, while there were no "Every voto given to a Slop the Wong subsequently spoke to Lo were then Informed, and when they signs of any violence on the person War resolution is another signature about the matter and the latter asked arrived they discovered a knife in a of Wan, apart from a lear In his on liberty's death warrant. him to go to the ten house the follow-gutter near the body. The knife bore trousers,

"In this hour when.all wo believe ing evening when he would settle the blood stains, but the Assistant Gov- The case for the Crown, Mr. in is in deadly peril, I appeal to all jernment Bacteriologist, who had ex- Murphy concluded. was that Wan to vote against such resolutions with About 8 pm. on March 8, Wongamined it, was unable to say whe- slabbed and killed Yeung, not in self- auch a large majority that the and Lo left the farm and set out for ther or not it was human blood. defence but with intention at least of Fascists, Communists and proudo the tea house, accompanied by an- Wan was subsequently arrested doing him grievous bodily harm. Pacifists will realise their Insigni- other gardener named Wong Ming and when formally churged he made Hearing is proceeding.

debt.

cance."

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