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declared that the accused was subject to military law under the Army Act.
Lieut. R. A. Denne of the 2 Wit:- shire Regiment said that he was attached to the Headquarters staff and worked in the same office as the accused. He had not personally seen the latter there since June 1.
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While playing in Bowrington Road, Wanchai, yesterday afternoon, a 7- year old Chinese girl was knocked down by a heavily laden track, one
The current programme at the of the wheels of which ran over her Coronet Theatre is unusually interest right arm, crushing it badly and break-
ing. representing comedy, drama, and ing the bone in three places. The history. Cader the first heading child who was picked up unconscious
comes a rollicking First National comic. was removed to St. Paul's Hospital full of strange frolics and amusing in- at Causeway Bay. The number of cidents; under the second a fine 5 part the truck is given as 106. The police production featuring Katherine Mac- are endeavouring to find the men indonald in the leading role as "the charge of it at the time, who were notorious Miss Lisle; and under the alleged to have abandoned the truck third the extremely interesting pir TH after the accident. It is feared the tures taken in Canton during the im- THE Undersigned have received in. child's arm may have to be amputated.pressive inauguration ceremony of Auction
Dr. San Yeisen as president. This last picture with its wonderful scenes TUESDAY WEDNESDAY of almost medieval pageantry-dra- cons and other tearsonie monsters are! & THURSDAY, seen writhing through the crowded the 6th, 7th and 8th September, 1921, streets-presents a unique sight of at M. NAYAL YARD, Hongkong, remarkable interest. a sight that and at KOWLOON NAVAL DEPOT. should not be missed by anyone who Giving evidence on oath, Flight Lieut. Hervey said he was demobilis-
would catch a rare glimpse of the Chinese in one of their most picture- Claiming that he had never been ed from the Air Force in March 1919 commissioned and that he had with the rank of Major (now term-
Since the present administrationsque moments. A regiarkable spec-1 been unfairly treated by the Aire Air Squadron Leader), shortly has come into power in Canton tacle not soon forgotten. The en- OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL Ministry, Flight Licat LA. after returning from Constantinople. officials, both military and civil joyment of the programumé was con-
STORES, Herses R... attached to the He was asked in October 1919 if he have been prohibited from using siderably enhanced by the excellent China Command, appeared before would consider rejoining the
air opium and have been instructed to effects of the new $1,000 screen and a General Court Martial at Victoria force and subsequently he appeared take preventive measures against the appropriate music supplied by Barracks to-day. He was charged before a selection committee at the the illicit trade in this
He was there told Recently
drug the capable Coronet orchestr.
of large quantity with having absented himself without Air Ministry.
Wis seized and turned leave from Jure 1. und arrested at that he could rejoin with a permanent opium
to the Military Depart Singapore on July 22, and with hav-commission but would have to take over
Captain ment. Some opium merchants ing disobeyed the commands of a his substantive rank of
authorities toperior officer by failing to report until the end of the year when he approached the
with at the office of the G.OC. when would receive his majority. He had an
purchase this opium, but the ordered to do so by the DA.A. and never seen his name in the gazette smuggled
decided QMC.
IGNORED BY AIR MINISTRY.
SINGULAR STATE OF AFFAIRS,
2 22nd Punjabis. Major H. F. Wallis, 2 Wilts. Captain F. L. Brown, OBE, RE, Captain J. M. Merphy, RG.A. Wait ing Member Captain M. Glover, 2 22nd Punjahis. Judge Advocate Major R. P. Celver, 2 Wills. Reqi.. Prosecutor Caprain A. H. Bleckley, 2 Wilts. Rezi.
A CANTON DECISION.
$300,000 WORTH TO GO UP IN SMOKE.
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offer to
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A clean bill of health was retorn for the Colony yesterday.
Mr. C. A. Hooper, solicitor, ac- campanied by Mrs. Hooper, sailed by the CP.O S.5.3. "Empress of Russia,
is morning.
as having been granted a short provincial cficials The Court was composed as fal service commission and he parti that in order to discourage illicited lows: President: Lieur. Cel. 1. R., cularly stated at the Air Ministry opium trade, prevent opium smoking. Wyndham, DOS, 2 Wilis, Regt. that he did not want one. Towards and abserve the agreement made Members: Major H. Greenaway, the end of October he was appointed with the foreign powers, this seized to Shotwick Air station where he opium should be destroyed. The pub Helic burning will take place at the East Regt. remained until March 1920.
had no regular employment but Parade Grounds, opposite the Pro was engaged in testing machines vincial Assembly Building, on August arranging oversea 20. The foreign conspls and for Ireland, drafts, civil aviation, and general the Commissioner of Customs
been air station duty. In March 1920 he have
invited to attend
The applied for foreign service and ap the ceremony,
suppression peared before Air Commodore Steele of gambling and strict prohibition of whe informed him that he was to opium smoking are two acts of civic proceed to Hongkong for Air Intel-righteousnes which evidence the ligente duty in the Far East, these entire sincerity of the Canton Ad- duties to include China, Japan, the ministration, says the Canton Times. Philippines, Siam and Japan. worked for one month at the Air
He
ΤΟ ΠΟΙΟΥ morning Messrs. Lammert Bros. will auction 143 coils of galvanized wire and in the after- noon a private collection of old Chinese paintings.
A prominent Fatshan woman doctor was asked by a mar to visit a patient in a neighbouring town further up the Canton-Samshu
commencing each day at 9.30 am,
with an interval from 12 NOON, to 1.30 p.m.
kc, Comprising:-
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Life Boats. Electrical Fittings, Cook- ing Stores, Ships Fittings, Iron Beds, Mattresses and Fitrines, Steel Tanks, Life Rafts, Life Bells, Motors, Dynamos, Carpete, Rags Mais, Sheets, Table corers, Steel wire rope, Blankets, Coua. terpanas, Electric bles Canvas Leather and India Rubler Hoses, Old Cordage, Canvas Linen and Woollen Rege, Old India Rubber, Old Leather, Old Iron, Brass, Gur metal, Steel, Copper and Lead, Gul sacks, Firewood, Iron and Wood blocks. Lampy, Searca lights, Curtains, Whiting. Oil, Pro- eller, Lathe, Reflectors. Refrigera ing and Drilling Machires, Fun Ea- gin. Gauge Giasses. Gatzes, Old Asbestos, Steel Taba, &c, &c.
Also Qatily Surgical Instrument. Lot may be inspected on Monday, 5th September, 1921. Also Sale of Old and Sarplas Viernal- sth September, at 10 am,
og Stores at Kowloon on FRIDAY,
Comprising:-
A quantity of Unserviceable Clothing ¦
The accused, who wore mufti, plead ed not guilty to both charges and carducted his own. defence.
Lieut. Col. W.N. Nicholson, D A.A. and Q.M.G., produced official decu ments which disclosed that the ac cused's appointment to a short service commission was gazetted in October kong collecting all the information 1919 and that in May 1920 he was possible about the Far East. After selected for the post of Staff Officer. that he was granted 10 days leave! Air Intelligence in the Far East, and in order to obtain uniform and equip. was to be attached to the Headquar- ment. He remained on leave for
A over six weeks after which he reporti of the China Command Command Routine Crder showed that: ed to the Air Ministry and asked if the accused arrived here and assumed by passage had been arranged It
was then discovered that duty on August 30 last.
hid been applied for of after а further delay
Ministry before sailing for Hong- PAINTING UNDER WATER. Line. Arrived at the station the doctor and Hemanta, Provisions for poultry
IETS
In the course of his evidence passage Lieut-Col Nicholson said that the and
ARTIST WHO TOOK PALETTE
DOWN TO SEA-BED.
Mr. 2. Pritchard is exhibiting a novel series of paintings at the Georges Petit Gallery. Paris-views 0 of the sea-bed painted at a depth of
Most of the subjects show the bed
Tahiti, with waving seaweeds, strange fish, and coral rocks.
accused's duties required him to be he eventually England on July of the Pacific Ocean, studded near present in his office at Victoria Bar 12. 1920 arriving in Hongkong about racks when not absent an duty from the end of August. Before leaving Hongkong. Towards the end of last the Air Ministry he was informed
Mr. Pritchard found that the sea May it was reported to witness that that all arrangements had been made water did not affect his colours. He Fight Lieut. Hervey was absent with in Hongkong as regards pay and worked under the sea in diver's hat leave. Witness wrote to him un- allowances. On his arrival here dress for half an hour at a time,
was nobody to officially and received a reply dated there
meet the leaving canvas and palette below boat and he had June 6.
no when cold and fatigue obliged him Lieut. Hervey's letter was read out information as to where he was to
to return to the surface, and taking by the Fresident. In it he stated that report. Eventually he reported to up the work again on the following he had come to the conclusion after the adjutact of the 2nd Wiltshire day.
a lot of consideration that it was of Regiment who passed him on to
no use his staying in the Air Force Lient-Colonel Crosse. There he dis
any longer for various reasons. He covered that the War Office had
had walked several 's along the Hess Gear, &c, &i.
or Cattle Feeling. Flera Pale and country road, when a gang of
Terms of Sale-As detailed or bandits came dut from their ambush The bandits
Catalogue, and captured her. demanded a ransom of $2,000 acd the docter had no option but to pay.
The farious storm which raged last Monday evening caused consider- able havoc in Canton where two young men were killed by lighting A huge tree in front of the Kwan Temple was uprooted by the storm. A large snake was found dead by the side of the fallen tree. The fallen. tree and dead snake gave rise to rumours among the superstitious and people are now paying tribute at the temple to the gods within in the hope that they may be spared the cala- mities.
declared that he had never been cabled to say that an officer was being MEV'S BRIGHTER SUITS.the much prized decoration of Knight
¥
per month for his
RAF. BLUE AND VIOLET IN THE WEST END.
Captain H. G. Myhre. Harbour. master at Shanghai, received through the Norwegian Minister at Peking
of the First Class of the Order of St. Olaf. His Majesty the King of Norway recently conferred this honour upon Captain Myhre, and the actual order Men's dress in London is getting in his possession. Captain Myhre's record of service in the Customs has been long and honourable, He joined in 1888,
years was
brighter.
the fabrics.
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HUGHES & HOUGH, By Appointment ductioneers to the
Admiralty. Hongkong. August 18, 1021.
THE WORLD THEATRE
FRANKLYN FARNUM
and
MARY ANDERSON
-in-
"VANISHING TRAILS"
a Super Serial ii 15 Episodes.
SHACKLES and STRAIGHT JACKETS MEAN NOTHING WHEN THERE'S HONOUR LOVE and THE GIRL at STAKE.
STIRRING SERIAL ever CONCEIVED.
p.m.
This afternoon, the 18th just, at 5.15 pm. episodes 1 & 2 will be screened.
On Friday and Saturday next, the 19th & 20th, inst: "LOYALTY" the powerful Helo-Drams will be screened at 5.18 p..
gazetred and had never received sent here for air duties but they had commission and that it was not cabled the name of the ship or absolurely impossible to carry probable date of arrival and the Ministry had raken no cn with his present pay which Air amounted to about $240 per month steps as regards pay and allowances. at the present rate of exchange. "I He could not receive pay in Hong that kong as no pay certificates were think" the letter proceeded
Recently in the West End, writes a very few people realise what the Air issued to the Air Force, neither was Force has been through since 1917" he able to draw allowances until correspondent. I noticed a man in a being posted to a revenue cruiser. There had, be said, been three cables had been sent to the Air well-cut suit of light Air Force blue, and for the next few changes of uniteren during that time Ministry for instructions. Since he had Another man was in a violet suit of stationed at Kowloon. He was so SEE THE MOST MYSTYFYING, SOUL- and he was still paying off £25 been attached to these headquarters the colour of English bedgerow employed until 1898. and thereafter last outfit. the Air Ministry had taken practically Even the conventional tweeds have a there ever since with the exception violets and very well he looked. came to Shanghai. He has been 1 am sorry to give you all this no notice of his existence except definite dash of colour woven into of three years when he was stationed Various Episades of the above Super
They had trouble out here" the letter went on after repeated cables.
at Canton as Deputy Coast Inspector, Serial will be screened AC EVERY "but I do not intend to put up with granted £100 for six months travell
For evening summer wear the and Harbourmaster. In 1910 he THURSDAY'S, MATINEE. at 516 unfair treatment."
ing in the Far East,
latest thing is a double-breasted Continuing his evidence Lieut.-Col. Nicholson said that he again wrote military in Hongkong they had no are cut full and low and faced with which post he now holds.
Although he was attached to the dinner jacket. The collar and roll returned to Shanghai, sad in January, 1918, was appointed Harbourmaster, enefficially to the accused on June 9 record of his past service which he satin. and asked him to come and see the believed it was usual to forward when General Officer Commanding. He an officer was transferred from one received a reply on June 15-
Command to another. When he Flight Lieut. Hervey, in this letter, received his former commis
PIG HUNT IN PARIS. declared that "be really could not sion in the Air Force in December
he was see the object of the interview." "I 1918
giver a copy sould probably be said "say of it. He had never received POLICEMAN PULLED OVER BY things to him that I might afterwards any copy of his commission and not
HIS OWN LASSO. regret," He described his position baving seen the Gazette he was
Parisians had the unexpected sight; here as being very much the same unaware that he had been commis- as that of an employee in a business sined. From that he concluded of a pig hunt in the middle of the firm without an agreement. "Had he was net subject to military city. A market cart on its way to the Air Ministry played the game" law. His pay here Was so the Central Markets with live pigs the letter said in conclusion I cer insufficient that he found it overturned in the Faubourg St. tainly would not have taken this impossible to carry on and therefore Martin. In a few minutes the animals step. As it is consider that they wished to sever his assocation with went at full speed along the street, have only themselves to blame." the Air Force. Being under the Cyclists and police armed with On June 25, proceeded witness, he impressing that he was not under lassos gave a Wild West touch to the ordered the accused to report at the military law he thought he was hunt, and there was much merriment G.O.C's Office at noon on June 28 at liberty to do this. According when one sturdy pig with a lasso fairly Shamahnipo in the Colony of The order was sent by registered post to the War Office cable he was ap round its neck, struggled so much Boogkong. for a term of 10 years, July, 18/8 and there was proof of delivery. pointed staff officer but be had never that a policeman was pulled to the commencing from lat Flight Lieut. Hervey did not tura received staff pay and allowances. ground and the animal got away with the option of renewal at Crown TO
Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Addressing the Court the Prosecu again. It was only after a hunt of Majesty the King, for one farther term up but on the following day he sent a letter expressing regret for bis non tion said the statement made by the two hours that the last of the run of it year, less 3 days. appearance and explaining that he was accused went towards mitigation aways was captured, absent from Hongkong at the time, rather than disproving the charge. "No doubt" the letter read "you He apparently considered he had have been informed of the reason been badly treated by the Air Force
for my
WE.
Sure
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present attitude. I but unfortunately he bad gone the Flight Lieut. Hervey's military were available officially files wrong way about remedying it. service
that if
my
are carefully gone into it will be seen At the conclusion of the accused's but he handed the President a statement the Court retired for a few number of certificates which showed minutes and on resuming called upon that the accused bad done good the Prosecutor for particulars as to service with the RN.AS. ́as Flight the accused's character and record of Lieutenant and Flight Commander, service.
The Court then closed to consider
that I am in the right." After re- ferring to his private finances Lieut Hervey went on to state that "the service has no use for officers that are about to go bankrupt.
Lieut Col Nicholson produced a Captain Bleckley replied that its verdict which will be promulgated
particulars whatever of in due courier: copy of a War. Office cable which no
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