Detectives of Yulin Road Station fare investigating what is believed to murder and suicide at house No. 33, Lane 640, off Ward Road, fon August 6. The two Chinese were HWdentified to be Wu Kwung-yuen, 2 ship fireman, and Ching "Yung-liang, unemployed.
Tt appeared that the Greman's wife was friendly to the unemployed. While the fireman and his wife were sleeping in the house, the unemployced entered with a knife. According, to information available to the police, the unemployed man, after having inflicted a fatal wound to the fireman, took his own life by slashing his throat.
The tragedy was reported to the police at about 220 am. when the fireman staggered out of his house.
When policemen and an ambulance arrived on the scene, it was dis covered that another man was lying fatally wounded the house. Both were rushed to hospital, where they died Wa Zung-sz, the fireman's wife, together with her father were remanded by court order for enquiries, On Aug. 6, Mrs. Francisca Diniz, or, fas she is Getler known within the feircle of her numerous frien "Donna Chiquita", highly respect and best beloved lady of the Portuguese community in Shanghai, celebrated her 75th birthday anniversary in a quiet manner.
'A month ago she had contemplated marking the event with especial festivity, but the sad news of the passing away of her eldest daughter, ita Maria, in religious life, More Herminia, in London on June 25 her to abandon the idea Born in Macao, Mrs, Diniz has however resided in Shanghai for over 50 years, having arrived here some time in the eighties to become the wife of the late Mr. Adeline Diniz who died in 1920, The latter iwas a fine and able writer, both in English and in Portuguese,' and his. weighty articles on the question of the delimitation of Macao were pubished in. this journal.
Mrs. Diniz ts the proud mother and aunt of many who have chosen to devote their lives to religion, The Rev, Pere F, Diniz S. J. at Siccawei designer and builder of the tine, large Cathedral at Zosé, is her eldest nephew whilst two other nieces and a step-daughter are also in the soi vice of God here and' in Cochi China, In Mrs, Diniz's own family, the Into More Ste. Herminia, mentioned above, fof the Order of the Holy Souls of Purgatory, was her eldest daughter. Of het 35 years in religious. life nearly half were spent in the England she loved, where she worked with Joy—tending the many poor chiklren fallottee to her care and amongst whom she died. "Mere Ste. Add is another daughter and belongs to the sume order, now attached to the [Convent of the Holy Family.
Diniz, the youngest son, is a sex ist at Siccawet in the Societ Jesus, 2 is expected to be ordained fa priest some time next year
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