After five years, the mystery the murder of Mr. Ronald Hill, a young Englishman, at Yokohama, has been solved. He was the son one of the most residents of Japan, on July 24, 1922, when he grappled with a bur who had entered the house. Although the police made strenuous Jefforts to trace the murderer, all endeavours proved futile. 'Last a man, who said he was a miner, walked into the Yubari police station, in-Hokkaido, Japan's north-Jermost' island, and declared that he was a confederate in the murder e[baving kept, watch, outside while to burgle the construction projects are completion and because of the dee termination of the Government to. enforce rigid retrenchment. "Tokyo. has ever been, in modern times at} cany rate, a. Jekyll-and-Hyde city, ard this characteristic is becoming more and more emphasized to-day. One half of the city is extremely' gay and redolent of prosperity and comfort, even of luxury. That is. the Tokyo that most) foreigners, specially visitors from other lands, see, but there is another side to this picture where several thousands fare out of employment and are on the border-line of starvation. It is) this "side of the picture that is causing grave misgivings in the Ancarts of the authori crime wave, which has been mounting recently, is set down. principal-Jy to Inck of work and the consequent hard times.
World Engineering Congress an, has already started pre-arations.in connection -with the World Engineering Congress which The reason the man gave for making this confession was that he was suffering from.a severe attack lof beri-beri sand felt that he did not have long to live, and -he desired -ease his conscience before he left this world. He did not know the whereabouts of the murderer, but the authorities are hopeful that, }with the knowledge they now possess, the culprit can be brought to book, An Actor Honoured 'A signal honour was to-day conferred on Kikazoro Onoyé, one of the most famous of contemporary Sepanese actors, when he was awarded the Sixth Class Order of the Sacred' Treasure, in recognition Jof his splendid performances before the Duke of Gloucester, who is to have been greatly i [Onoyé's acting. This is the first time an actor has been honoured the Theme, the stage in Japan not being considered on' the -same high evel, as in foreign lands,
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