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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 20, 1940.

His Love For Two Years Hard Labour For Manslaughter Barmaid Went MAN DIES AFTER BEING By The Board TARRED AND ASSAULTED

Mr. David K. Burdett, a Queen's College, Oxford, undergraduate, has found a new way of declaring his love for a barmaid at an Oxford hotel.

With two men carrying sandwich boards on which appeared "1 unfair to David" and "Do not be - dupe," he paraded down the High one afternoon.

He wore evening dress with a black velvet amoking Jucket. His buttonhole consisted of an orchid,

y and a white harebell. Watched by an amused crowd' họ stopped outside the hotel and recited a love poem he had written for the occasion. There was no response.

At the suggestion of his friends he tried singing the poem. Still no response.

For Just a moment the girl was reen peopling from a window, but she quickly disappeared.

Sadly, Mr. Burdelt re-formed his ttle procession and retired,

LATE NEWS

HEAVY RAIDS

ON BRITAIN

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LONDON, June (Router).— Suntire explosions were heard in the northeast of England last night where bombs were dropped.

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How a suspected thief was smeared with tar and brutally assaulted that several of his ribs were fractured was told at the Criminal Sessions this morning, when Fung Mun, 28, seaman, was charged before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac Gregor, with the manslaughter of Chong Kwal,

Mr. J. F. Murphy, Assistant Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, and the follow- ing comprised the Jury: Messrs. G. P. Chorlton (Foremun), S. E. Lavroo, L. A. Lee, Lau Chan-fan, Hsu Plug- sun, Cheung Yuk-sing and F. C. Samy.

Mr. Murphy said Fung was a joki on a cargo junk which, at the time of the Ineldent, was lying alongside the Wo Shing wharf at Yaumati Chong www Typhoon Shelter, and presumably a thief..

About 245 a.m. on April 6, the mistress of the junk saw Chong t alarm the the

gave stern. She

out of his whereupon Fung ran quarters to the stern and caught hold of Chong, who was subsequently taken on to the whart. Cries of "chase him, bent him" were heard and Fung was seen striking Chong several times on the chest with his st. Meanwhile a large crowd hu gathered, and one or two of them were also seen hitling Chong.

Hongkong's Shipping Facilities

Interesting Facts Revealed

Interesting details concerning the facilities offered to shipping in the port of Hongkong are con- tained in the Harbour Master's report for last year.

It is stated that the harbour of natural anchorage Hongkong forma for a great number of vessels.

During the typhoon season there special moorings and anchorage to which vessels can move with im munity from danger.

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Competent pilots are available to meet vessels at either entrance of the harbour by day or by night.

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Tarred, Dumped In Water With Chong lying on the ground. Fung next got hold of a piece of wire with which he continued tho of steam are-floats, and the harbour M.G.M. Picture besting. On being told the man is efficiently patrolled day and night might be killed if he persisted, Fung by water police launches. in British fighter planes were

then went his boat and returned action and the sound of machinegun

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bucket of tar which he considerable | With Are was heard for

smcared over Chong's chest and time.

He then bound Chong's The raiders also met heavy anti-forehead. aircraft Are from ground defences. hands behind his back with The all-clear was sounded after rattan, Inserted a bamboo pole be-

There are 48 buoys in the harbour, tween his

and, with the arm-pits assistance of another man, carried all owned by the Government, him to a piece of ground, where he addition, the wharf and godown companies have berthing accommoda- dumped Chong in a pool of water,

was tien for 12 vessels from 650 to 760 Shortly afterwards,

Chong found by a District Watchman who feet in length. Maximum depth of had him removed to the Kowloon water alongside the wharves is 36 Hospital where he died several hours feel L.W.OS.T.

The cause of death was mul-

three hours and a quarter in north-cost of England area.

Amazing Fascists Plot In Canada

one

some

MONTREAL. June 20 (Reuter)-later. Canadian Fascists have planned to tiple fractured elbs and rupture offside, take over Canada "sometline in 1940" the liver and spleen. according to documents seized In recent police ralds and introduced, when charges were heard yesterday against Adrien Arcand, the Canadian "Fuehrer" and ten others.

Prosecutor stated that

The eight pages and de-

the plan talled minutely how the dominion's finances would be handled.

Another document seized sald that the Party would have a trained uni- men in formed army of 70,000 Canada if its ambitions were realised.

A

Berthing Accommodation

In

Fresh water pipes are Intd along- There is a storage capacity in the Colony for approximately 883,000 can be tons, of which 537,000 tons Loniency Recommondation

three largest Fung's defence was that while be stored in Victoria and 340,000 tons on have companies public warehouse admitted smearing tor on Chong, he the mainland. The

Lons оп storage capacity for 99,100 did not take part in the unsault.

After deliberating for 15 minutes the Hongkong side and 407,400 tons

unanimous Jury returned

on the Kowloon side. the verdict of guilty, coupled with a re- Ample bunkering facilities commendation for leniency, saying provided by private stocks of coal that they did not consider Fung was averaging 00,000 tons, of which about

one-third is North China coal solely responsible.

to two years the remainder Japanese and Formo- Sentencing Fung hard labour, His Lordship told Fung san.

There are two large dock compan- mendation into consideration he must les with dry docks capable of taking emphasise that he would not have Vessels up to 750 feet on the blocks.! people like him taking the law in The docks have a depth on the sills their own hands in a British Colony

Japanese Demands that while he took the Jury's recom-

To Indo-China TOKYO, June 20 (Reuter).

continue to Japanese newspapers play up Japan's Interest in French Indo-China.

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and

addition there are five patent slip- up to 34 feet 6 in H.W.OST. In ways capable of handling ships up to 300 feet in length and 4,000 tons The harbour has a depth ranging and from 24 to 70 feet L.W.O.S.T., the rise of the tide is about eight feet O.S.T.

ITALIAN ENVOY displacement. and LEAVES EGYPT

Army organ, the "Kokumla Shim-

"appropriate urges

bun

were

Italian Victims Of R.A.F. Raids

effective steps should be taken by Japan to smash the Indo-China route

CAIRO, June 19 (Reuter).-The and that recourse must be had to

Italian Minister to Egypt left to-day force if necessary."

The "Nicht Nichi Shimbun" re- together with 200 other Italians. veals-that-the French Ambassador At the same ilme, Egypt protested for to Italy-against-the-recent-frontier Informed

Vice-Minister the Affairs that the French Incidents from which there Government since June 17 has taken some Egyptian casualties.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" In the meantime, the civil defence steps

ROME, June 19 (UP)-An offcial to stop the transportation of

and motor trucks through precautions have been intensified.

Already 9,000 have registered for Italian communique states that three Indo-China, despite the fact that it Interprets the exportation of these free evacuation from Calro. Many persons were wounded during an American products to China as or- thousands have already left Alexan-R.A.F. rald on Monza on the night

af June 18, dinary trade transactions.

Two persons died as a result of in- "Asahi says that, as a concrete The Betginns in Egypt are method of achieving Japan's desired sent to the Belghus Congo for service juries received during the raid on

Genoa on June 15. the Vice-Minister hayre there.

petrol

e-China to prepare a list

of petrol, motor trucks, and railway materials now in stock for submis- sion to Japanese authorities;

2-Japanese consular co-operation with Indo-China;

to

3 Japonesa border patrols enter Hanol Laokal, Langson to co- operate with customs officials;

4.-If foregoing falls, Indo China to completely close border with Chino. The newspaper forecasts that the Japanese Government will give similar warning shortly to the British Ambassador, aiming at elimination of Burma-Yunnan supply route.

6 DIE IN RAIDS

LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)" Last night's ralds resulted in six civilians kriown killed, 60 injuried. towns were Three north-east damaged.

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