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NANCY

AN MAYBE SOME DAY WE..GET

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OH; THAT WILL BE WONDERFUL,

WOOFY

Laval Coup Discovered?

New York, Dec. 16. Laval is now being detained in the Chateau de Pellevoisin awaiting

charges of an attempted coup d'etat designed to overthrow the legal Vichy Government, it was reported to-day

FRENCH JUDGE SHOT

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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December 17, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

Arms Transactions End Up In Court

Get Rid Of SMACK Bad COLDS

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STUDENTS' MESSAGE

Chinese Sympathy For English Schools

The Canton

athes of the Duke of Reichstadt, who his car at his residence at 0.30 p.m. the prosecution and Mr. F. L, Zimmern the money was paid as commission message reads:

was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, trom Vienna to Paris..

cordon

formal

Evidence was then taken. Cross-examination will

tinued on Thursday.

in

both Aght for a common ideal- Justice and righteousness. In be con- to have a better understanding among order students of the three great democra- tie countries, we

A deal involving 100 aircraft machine guns valued at G$109,685 was referred to at Central Magistracy yesterday Shanghai, Dec. 16.

when Henry Choa, 37, broker, appeared before Mr Lowry to the President of the Board of University English by the New York Times from Berne. Judge Edouard d'Hooghe, French kong Sporting Arms Company, $12,500 and $2,000 by false bassy in London to express reir Chinese gunmen to-day assassinated charged with having obtained from Wong Bor, of the Hong- Education through the Chinese Em- Club, of Kowloon, has sent a message The report said that the coup Consular Judge and legal adviser to d'etat was expected to inke place on the French Municipal Council. December 15 during the ceremonies

pretences.

Mr W. A. Muckinlay appeared for Wong from Chou to the effect that mingham connected with the translation of the

deep regret for the Judge d'Hooghe was alighting from

to Eton College and schools in Bir- damage done when two Chinese closed in on him

for Choo.

by Nozl ralders. The to him for the contract. That was! and fired two ahots each.

Mr Mackinlay said Wong had the first intimation they had that the the large-scale The Judge's Reports of the expected coup d'etat nested the shooting, immediately but had not had business dealings complete denial was made in a reply the Nazi air force. We, the students "We learned with profound shock. chauffeur, who wit-known Choa casually for some years money was commission for Choa. A cational institutions

destruction of edu- were discovered on December 13 minded the atorm during a night meeting of the Cabinet escaped in the dust down the maze introduced to Mr Lin, sub-manager money made for the return of thede with your students, because wo but the gunmen with him. Through Chow, he was written by Deacons to Chan, and at China, ure now lighting side by England by Council and Laval was immediately or alleyways in the vicinity. arrested, the Nho York Times was thrown round the aren, however, Central Trust of China and in June of the purchasing department of the Domei.

and reinforced police parties con tinued the search well into the night.

Lin naked him to quote for fire arms, Vichy Denies Report

He Judge noghe was admitted to 27 et quotations en June 22 and hospital with two bullet wounds in Central Trust wanted five per cent. and on July 12 Choa told him the Vichy, Dec. 18. An authorised spokesman to-day the abdomen, and died at 8 o'clock, C

Associated Press and were responsible in view of the re-ed him $2,000 in notes for the express Police believe anti-Wang elementaion on the contract, witch amounted to G$109,685. Wong hand- New York Times rumours and decent handing over of the Chinese purpose of being paid to the Central clared that

Laval's case Involved internal relations which

courts in the French Concession to Trust as par solutely nothing to do with a runour over this court and also conducted subject to confirmation by Chung-April by the British Overseas Air-vey our proposition to the British as part of the commission. Nanking. Judge d'Hooghe presided

On July 15 the contract was signed, Airways and ed German attempt to

negotiations with the Want king, but the following day instruc-ways Corporation, an announcement considération. In the name of the across France to help italy the

"We sincerely request you to con- He declared that Germany had never

Regime on behalf of the French tions asked for much permission and had

Univeralty Students' Association for authorities.

were received from Chungking was made never tried to force a passage. No portant foreign target of anti-Non-suspended.

owing to the closure of the (Far East) Ltd would be absorbed our deep sympathy and pledge our

that Imperial Airways! that Judge d'Hooghe is the first Im-Burma Road the contract would be a later

Chinese students, we beg to express German troops had-passed through king gumen-United Press.

date. This has now taken moral support". Evidence would be called,

place and the name Imperial. Air- con-ways (Far East) Ltd will be replaced Informed of this and asked to convey poration. Linued

Mr Mackinlay, that Chos was by British Overseas

Airways Cor- the information to Wong. On July There will be no alteration in the 19, Chun again asked for commission staff or premises of the Corporation and $12,500 was pald.

denied both

the

unoccupied zone.

had

move

There was considerable difference. between Laval's desire to increase his personal

power within the

exiting Cabinet by promoting him-

SHANGHAI WAR GIFT

Shanghal, Dec. 10. self through the elimination of the tributions, the British Voluntary War With a last minute rush of con- "Vice" in his ulle and the New York Contribution Fund has been able Timea suggestion that he intended again to remit £10,000 to London. the overthrow of the Government on This is the fourth successive month Sunday, said the spokesman. Therent such a gum was no real evidence to support such (addition

his own powers without overthrow- MEXICAN TRAIN ing Marshal Petain-United Preis.

SMASH

Contract Rescinded

Far

propose the Im-

mediate formation of a Sino-British- American Students, Association' for the

promotion of goodwill will head- quarters in Hongkong and branches in London, New York, and Chung-

́AIR COMPANY MERGER Following the merger of Imperial king.

Always in

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SHIPS HIT AT NAPLES

The RAF.

Cairo, Dec. 18, Headquarters in the

in Hongkong, said Lt-Comdr A. D. Middle East issued a communique to- Say, Regional Director for the day stating

that RAF bombera In October Wong wrote to the Cen

Th

scored Ave direct hits on has been sent in trai Trust and was told that the con 1930, and the undertakings of both United Press,

a con- was centration of cruisers and destroyers formally Airways Corporation a rumour, although It was known £62,000 in August,Reuter.

to the Arst remittance of tract had been formally rescinded.

established in November, at Naples on Saturday night,- that Laval had attempled to wideni

Choa was usked to get the money companies were acquired after many back, but after telling Wong he

months of preparation. do so was not seen for about 10 days.

would

Since the

Government Enquiries were About 25 people were killed and that the Central Trust had neither tion, Imperiai Airways and Britishgraphy will be held under the joint

disclosing approval for an Airways Corpora- Eave its fat least 46 injured when a repair demanded nor received the money Airways have co-operated to streng auspices of the ARspciation for the An exposition of Chinese Chili- train was deralled on a sharp curve puid to Chun, who at first admitted Vien near Iguala, capital of Guerrero State retaining the money, but later dented aviation and, but for the war, the the Sino-British Cultural Association, testing. After leaving the track the it, saying the money had been paid would have been accomplished long Friday, December 20, from 10 a.m. to the prestige of British Civil Advancement of Chinese Culture and train crashed from

formal merger of steep incline jover

the companies in the Fung Ping Shan Library on over a precipice-Reuter,

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