1940-12-23 — Page 2

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 23, 1940.

ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT

BY THE MANAGEMENT OF

The Gloucester Hotel

FOR

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES

AND

NEW YEAR'S EVE

1940-1941

CARNIVAL NIGHTS

TUESDAY, 24th DEC.

THURSDAY, 26th DEC.

CHINESE WOMAN'S SUICIDE

How She Answered Inspector

HOW a police inspector obtained a statement from a young Chinese woman who had taken caustic soda and was unable to speak, by asking her questions and receiving replies in the form of head and hand motions, was explained in the Singapore Coro- ner's court recently.

The officer was Inspector Goh Kong Chiang, of the Tanjong Pagar Police Station, who described his visit to the woman in the General Hospital when he gave evidence at an inquiry begun by Mr W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, into the woman's death.

The woman, Sim Ah Lian, a 23-year-old Hokklen, was stated to have drunk a, solution of caustic soda in her home on Nov. 18. She died a few days later.

Describing his visit, Inspector Gob said:

asked her in Hokkien how many years she had been married and she indicated eight by means of her Angers.

"I then asked her if she had drunk solution of caustic soda and the nodded her head.

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shook her head,

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The purpose of the exhibition "When I asked her if she had is to teach housing authoritics AFTER DINNER $2.00 Cover Charge taken caustic soda by mistake, she that though war-time needs come first there is no need to neglect either present amenities "I then asked her if she had or future peace-time uses. taken the soda to end her lực, and

Therefore the R.I.B.A. set a com- she nodded her head in agree-pelilon open to all architects for ment.

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Nodded Her Head

Inspector Goh Bald he then asked her if she had taken the soda because she wanted "to go away," but she ahook her head.

"I then asked her," Inspector continued, "It was because

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she had been driven away from home, and she nodded her head."

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WOULDN'T REGISTER-Assorting they were com- scientious objectors, Rav, Koith C. Kanaga, loft, Congrega- tional clergyman, and Rov. Harry H. Krucner, Baptist, both of Boston, refusad to register for conscription in the United States.

No Right To Beat Boy-

S'pore Dutchman

Fined

"When I asked her, why she had typical housing-estate house to com- aken the soda to end her life she ply with three conditions:

"YOU had no right to beat any of the children or take the waved her hand."

(1) Economy of material and need of construction so as not to law into your own hands," said Mr Kenneth Byrne, Singapore interfere

ere with pressing war needs, magistrate, to Peter van der Weerdt, a Hollander employed as (2) the house must be built for

an assistant at the KP.M., when he convicted van der Weerdt peace-time use yet afford extra sleeping accommodation for war- recently of using criminal force on 8-year-old Donald Urquhart.

needs, (3) it must give ade-

Donald William Urquhart told quate A.R.P. protection.

the court that he was in Stan- A second

competition has provided

produced two

plans. Onc "About 5 or 5.30 p.m. on Oct. woman indicated that ses

some buildings

and che was worried

camouflages, others to leave the im-29," he said, "I was playing with Husband's Evidence

pression from the air that the estate is several other boys outside van Ng Kec. husband of the woman, ont said that he visited his wife when only an old-world village; the other der Weerdt's house in Cairnhill

shows the houses arranged in the Road,

Two detectives who called at she was in hospital and that no scattered, inconsequent manner of an "Two of them, Joe and Pete, had Canterbury Deanery told the questioned her.

English village..

a fight and I tried to separate them dean, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, that Then van der Weerdt came out and there had been reports of

and

To another question put by Inspec- for the estate enlous this section dard I at St Andrew's School.

tor Goh, the

"She told me that she had taken the caustic soda unintentionally," sald Ng Kec.

Questioned about his wife's wor- les, Ng Kee aald that she had been brooding over the use of her child

some months ago.

Ng Koon Chuan, the woman's father-in-law, said that she came home from work on Nov. 13 shortly after 4 p.m., hind alter

had some food and then went up to her room. He left the house to

to buy something and willen he returned he saw his daughter-in-law come running out of her room and collapse in the hall-way.

PILOT'S 40 NAZI VICTIMS

There is a pilot in the R.A.F. who has already brought down 40 enemy aircraft. In the last He summoned the police. Remarking that he was satisfied war Major E. Mannock was top that the woman took the soda with scorer with 73. the intention of taking her own life,

But though, pilots' records are Mr Porter returned a verdict of kept, the Air Ministry does not

"suicide."

ENGLISHWOMEN'S

over

approve of the glorification of the air ace. In fighter, as in bomber, squadron team work is

the thing.

action.

asked me what was the matter.

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Beaten In Back

RHAPSODY BY BLUE

mysterious gatherings in the

"Before I could answer lm," deanery after Sunday evening Donald declared, "he took hold of mej service. with one hand and hil ne with the

Dr. Johnson gave the explanation other, besting me all over my back at a meeting in Manchester recently, four or five times.

Donald's evidence was corroborated by Joe Sassoon, also aged 8, who admitted that he had a quarrel with Pete Bas because Pete apat on his

leg

"As a matter of fact," he said, "the highly dangerous thing that happened there was extremely highbrow musle, "The police and I became friendly. One of the constables was a first-class musician.

Mra Blanche Urquhart said that|

"He now comes to the deanery, and that evening her son Donald came he delighted us the other evening for running into the house complaining forty minutes by playing Beethover

in a masterly way." that he had been trashed.

"He was crying and was very up- set, and I found that his back was

all red," she stated.

Had Dengue Fever

In his defence, van der Weerdt. sald he had come home that day from a very busy day in the oflee

and hud also a touch of dengue fever. He sat in the verandah of his

Vichy Acquires Havas Reorganisation Mosc house, he went on, in front of which VICHY, Dec. 18 (UP)-The about ten or 12 children were play French government has been ing and shouting. Suddenly.

saw two boys fight-authorized to acquire a 25,000,- in," he said, "und i ran out and 000-franc holding in Arence has happened here?". Havas under a law entitled “Law "All the boys ran away except | Donald, who was in the corner where Relative to a Reorganization of I saw the boys fighting: so I gave the Havas Company."

two slaps on his posterior.

asked

Technically, Agence Havas

has

Plight In Paris

Fighter pilots, often have a long The plight of 500 British list of factional victories, a third of a women who were unable to leave bomber here, a half there, and a third Paris when the Germans entered on the following day, for many vic- the city is described by an by fotony orcraft are secured Englishman who has just reach- Here is a report of three sergeant cd London from occupied France pilots of Hurricanes, who recently

sent down a Dornier 17 bombers: as "pretty terrible."

No. 1: "The section was in line is When he left Paris the Gestapo

"He was very caim, and told me been a private company hitherto were tightening their surveillance astern, so I turned to intercept, and

the Englishwomen. All the attacked from bearn quarter, deve he would tell his mother, and I said with a total capital stock for a news astern. I noticed that he could, and he walked away," and an advertising agency of about British menfolk have been taken to loping into line

105,000,000 francs.

es. It has been the prison. The women are all allowed bullets hit enemy aircraft, and then concluded van de Weerdt.

Fining van der Weerdt $10, Mr largest of three French newa agen- their liberty, but are spied upon and I broke off the attack to allow Nos.

3 to carry on theira."

Byrne are kept in a constant state of appre-12 and 3.0 followed No. 1 and de-doubt at all that Donald was telling and Agence Fournier. Agence Radio remarked that there was no eles, the others being Agence Radio

hension, Many

the truth, and had not been fighting discontinued publication at Bordeaux are absolutely penniless.livered an astern

that evening. He advised van der on June 25 after the retreat from Fournier continues to women had are now running

enemy fre Weerdt to complain to their mothers Paris, Agence Fou No. 3: "I followed and unless

of censing after a prolonged burst from if children gave trouble, and not to

Vichy, boving function at low,

aircraft was ob- beat them providing them with money is found me. The enemy

panied the government.

The law relative to Agence Havas soon the outlook for them this winter viously badly damaged. It continued will be terrible.

state the reorganization does not to lose height and attempted to nat The French people are not over ten out above the water. The tail

method of reorganization, but it was friendly, because of the persistent unit touched the sea and broke off,

understood the government intended Nazi propaganda which seeks to show the machine nose-diving and dis-

acquire control of the news agency that the calamity of the French defeat appearing after a few seconds. No is largely due to Britain's leaders. wreckage was to be seen above the

surface

No. 2:

The meagre funds which most of long continuous burriving

the

some means

Suicide During Air Raid Warning

A verdlet of "Sulcide while the balance of her mind was disturbed" was recorded at a Lewisham inquest, on Mrs Rosina Scholey (73), of Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, who took her a while an air raid wam-

ing was in progrens.

Mr Francia Scholey, the husband, said that when the air raid warning

Tapestry Work Is Soothing

'A' centuries-old remedy for

NEW DOCTRINE Preached By Berlin

to

Ccom-

thereafter would function openly as

Germany is now declaring that in-portion of the Havas company, which vasion is not necessary to bring about Britain's defeat.

a government agency, similar to Ger-.

This new view is now being sed many's DND and Italy's Stefani. lously spread by official quarters in the Wilhelmstrasse, according to the Berlin

Nachrichespondent of the "asler |

The new argument is, the corros- pondent says; that Belialn cnn ba brought to her knees by the destruc- tion of her economic life by the alr attack and blockade.

Hongkong Refugee and Social Welfare Council

THE

French Red Cross FOOD KITCHENS

Women In London

Two women officials of the French

sounded, he and his wife went to the soothing nerves has been re- dugout in the garden. Later she vived by British women who fold him that she had got tired of spend their nights in shelters or Red Cross are now in London on a waiting and was going to the house standing by for duty. They are secret mission after travelling from to get some brend and milk.

When the All-clear sounded he stitching elaborate tapestries went

back to the house and found his like those worked by the women wife, lying dead on the kitchen floor of medieval days as they waited in front of a gas stove. The room for their men tò return from was full of gas.

battle.

His wife dreaded the prospect of Hundreds -are finding that em- having to enter hospital shortly. She was in poor health.

broidery makes the long hours of walling pass more quickly, takes their minds off the sound of gunfire

Aircraft Factories and enemy planes overhead.

For India?

unoccupied France.

They are Mic. Helene Terre and Mile. Edna Nicolle,

"I cannot tell you at present the reason for our visit to the fted Cross In your country," Mllo Terre told a reporter, "as our work is not yet completed."

MANY VOLUNTEER Queen Mary has just started work

*WORKERS on two lovely old French fruit de-

Helping to keep the wheels turning sign of pomegranates, grapes, and

ars. When they are finished the Retired business and professional The British Government is nego-apestries will be mounted as chair men at Patchom, near Brighton, turn tiating with Mr W. D. Pawley, the

out and deliver newspapers and aviation expert, who supervised the seats.

The Royal School of Needlework, periodicals, when, owing to air raids, building of Nationalist China's only aircraft factory, with a view to the which is remaining in London de- they arrive too fato for the normal promotion of a similar project in spite the war, has been supplying a distribution. India, says the New York Herald- number of clients with designs and

materials" Tribung

Mr Pawley last month made a The principal, Lady Smith-Dorrien, survey of tea in India and studied said: "There has been a great revival the aptitude of Indians for the work in tapestry work since the raide necessary for the building of aircraft, began

Among the volunteer "nows boy" are a well-known journalist, a high-| grade ex-Civil Servant, and a prom- inent engineer.

Their reward cheers and smiles. It's all they ɛnak,

daily feed nearly 4,000 Destituto Poor

of this Colony -

YEARLY COST $30,000

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