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Shirley Temple Spring Byington Nigel Bruce Cafe Sondergaard Eddie Collins Sybil Jason
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JOHN FORD
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Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 24, 1940.
Arms Deal Artillery Harasses Mr Eden's
Case
Broker Discharged
Italians
=>FROM PAGE ONE Message To QUEENS & ALHAMBRO
The Army
from Sidi Barani. At Sidi Baran) the Italiana had erected us elaborate defences, is they could in the two Henry Choo, 37, a broker, was dis-months they were there. Bardia on charged by Mr. G. T. Lowry at the other hand, has been defended
LONDON, Dec. 23 (Router), Central Magistracy to-day on a ever since the Italians arrived in charge of obtaining $12,000 and $2,000 Libyu. There are permanent fort-In the final rockoning with by false pretences from Wong Borfications running round it for some Hitler, the Army will have a of the longkong Sporting Arms seven or eight miles in overy decisive. part to play, Mr Company
direction.
There are also a large
Mr W. A. Mackinlay prosecuted and number of coastal defence guns. The Eden declared in a message to Mr F. 1.
F. 1. Zimmern appeared for Choa. importance of Bardia is shown in General Sir John Dill, Chief of The prosecution alleged that Choa; The defence of Bardia is not only
a recent Rome broadcast which said the Imperial General Staff, on in a transaction with complainant's firm and the Central Trust of China Involving 100 alreaft machine-gans valued at G$100,085, had received the two sums mentioned. In the charge which should have been handed over
the defence of Libya, but also of leaving the War Office to assume
the Foreign Secretaryship. Fascism.
Minor Port
Bardla's port is only
ot!
To all ranks Mr Eden expressed nior deep gratitude for, their loyal, cheer- to the Central Trust of China, but importance. Two ships con go matful and unfailing help during a period which had had no parallel in history. In fact were not. The prosecution One Ume but there is only a small
Referring to the Egyptian cam- said that it was disclosed that the pier with about ten feet of water.: Central Trust had neither demanded All embarkation and disembarkation paign, Mr Eden declared that the nor received the money paid to Chea. has to be by lighters and boats and Army of the Nile's brilliant victory In his evidence on Monday, co such operations. There is actually no effort no less than of dash and daring. ay. Choa bad weather easily interferes with was the first reward of much patient maintained that throughout the nego-
broker Port of any size between Alexandria The quality of the Army of the tiations he merely noted an and the complainant know
this. and Tobruk. The Sidi Barani an- Middle East to command success has and been pròved in Africa as one day It Complainant had promised him five chorage is entirely exposed per cent commission on the contract there to only a small pler at which would be proved in Europe. price if the contract was successfully boats can land. negotiated and the $2,000 was paid, on account, on July 12. The $12,500 was only part of the five per cent. he was to receive from complainant. To-day's Evidence To-day, Mr Sun Mau, owner of the Import and Export firm of Mun Sang, sold that he remembered going with Choa to see Wong on or about
To embark the Italian prisoners the navy had a very difficult job re- quiring special organisation, At Meran Matrush ships of any size have to stay out at seg. There are two fettles with about 12 feet of water.
!
Rev. J. R. Higgs Going On Leave
November 6, Chon hud told him 9 Feared Dead In a few months as from early January.
that he was having sume trouble with Wong but he was not acquainted with the details, of the matter.
Bity
Tokyo Blaze
partially damaged another.
At the meeting a conversation took
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” place but witness did not hear Choa
TOKYO, Dec. 24 (Domel).-Nine ikut certain sum of
a
of money had
persons were believed to have been been distributed by him to the Central Trust. From what was and Jarles early this morning, when a fire
burnt to death and eight received in witness inferred that Wong was try-which started from a cafe in Shiba ing to get back some money from Ward destroyed two houses and Chus. He had not heard Choa su gest that he would re-pay Wong in instalments of $1,000 a month.
This concluded the case for the defence and following submissions on facts by Mr Zimmern, Mr Lowry sald that is a case of this kind three things I had to be proved. These were, the making of the false pretence, falsity, fund attempt to defraud,
Mr Lowry went through various aspects of the evidence and ald that for him to convict it was necessary for him to be beyond reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant and in this case he was not beyond that doubt,
Defendant was discharged,
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