MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1938)
THE CHINA
MAIL,
TO SUCCEED CREW'E.
NEW PARIS AMBASSADOR
APPOINTED.
SIR WILLIAM TYRRELL.
London, Saturday.
Sir William Tyrrell is to succeed Earl Crewe de the British Ambas-
sador at Paris--Reuter.
Other Changes.
London, Yesterday.
CURING LEPROSY.
FRUIT OIL TO THE RESCUE.
A FATAL KICK,
DEATH OF A STABLE HAND.
HOPEFUL PREDICTION.
FRIGHTENED PONY.",
.. A "BAD EGG.” Shadows Before.
LIFE BANSHEE'S REPEATED | COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
OFFENCES.
IN THE "MAIL.”
JUDGE DISREGARDS APPEAL. and Eva"
· To-day-Queen's Theatre Topsy
To-day -Star Theatre; "The Londen, To-day. Pang Ching, à 60-year-old stable Having pleaded gulity to a Night Cry." The complete stamping out of
hand living in Bowrington Canal charge of returning to Colony To-day World Theatre; "The leprosy within the next decade was Road was killed on Saturday morn whilst being a banishee, a Chinese Man Upstairs." predicted in the annual report ofg as the result of being kicked in named Li Fuk-sang was sentenced February 21-22-Queen's · Thea- the British Empire Leprosy Relief the head by a horse which he was by Mr. Justice J. E. Wood this tre; "The Little French Girl."
The morning to two years' imprison- February 21-22 Star Theatre; Association by means of treatment leading to the race course. with oil extracted from dried fruit tragedy occurred at 11.50 a.m., and tent with hard labour.
"The Bat." Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador of the hydnocarpus tree stations the mafoo who was removed to the Before sentencing prisoner, Mr. February 21-22-World Theatre; at Berlin, succeeds Sir William for the treatment will be started Government Civil Hospital died Justice Wood commented that "Tumbleweeds."
throughout the Empire where the soon after admission. The rony prisoner had been deported for February 22-Music recital at Tyrrell and Neville Henderson, at disease is prevalent and the Im-was frightened by a passing motor life from the Straits Settlements Helena May Institute, 5.80 p.m. Cairo, replaces Sir Erie Phipps at parial and Dominion Governments ear and shled violently.
in 1916 and had also been banish- February 22 and 27 - Sixth Paris, who is the new Minister at arc, actively co-operating.
The mafoo fell in the struggle to ed from Hong Kong subsequent- Dancing diaplay by Miss Violet It is estimated that sufferers ex-keep his hold on the pony and was ly. In October of last year he Capell's Pupils, Queen's Theatre; Vienna. Reuter.
ceed 4,000,000, [Sir William Tyrrell has been are in the Empire.
of which 416,000 kicked by the animal which subse-had been convicted of larceny and 5 p.m.
quently bolted. Luckily he was sentenced to two months impri- February 29-25-Queen's. Ther Permanent Under, Secretary for Sir Leonard Rogers, in an inter-stopped before he could cause any sonment and on the expiry of that tre: "Lovers."" State at the Foreign Ofice since view, saya the demand for the oil more damage. The road was sentence he had again been February 23-25-Star Theatre;
crowded with Chinese at the time banished for life. Notwithstand-The Road To Yesterday,” 1925 and was Assistant Secretary exceeds the supply.
100,000 doses have been sent and the runaway pony caused great ing this, the prisoner had return- February 28-26 World Theatre; for some six years previous. He has out during the past three months panic amongst the pedestrians who ed almost immediately to the "Altars of Desire."
held various posty in the Foreign at a cost for manufacture of half ran wildly in all directions to get Colony. Office and diplomatic service and a crown for a year's supply, but out of the pony's way, and many Prisoner pleaded for leniency was private secretary to the Right the new process of extraction will received bruises as the result of but His Honour disregarded the
reduce this to three half-pence. falls in the scramble to get out of appeal. Hon. Sir E Gray He is a son of the Steps are being taken extensively harm's way. late William Tyrrell, Judge of the to plant the hydnocarpus tree in High Court of Judicature, N.W.suitable countries. Sir L. Rogers Provinces of India.)
Rugby, Saturday." The following statement has been lasued by the Foreign Office:
"H.M. the King has been grnei- ously pleased to
approve
the
says it in indubitably established
that nearly every case of leprosy HAL ROACH HERE. can be prevented before reaching the infective stage.-Reuter.
appointment of Sir W. G. Tyrrell, GERMAN ELECTION.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, to be
MAY TAKE PLACE ON MAY 20,
|FAMOUS SCREEN COMEDIAN HERE,
on
FLYING PARSON.
'PLANE FOR PAROCHIAL WORK.
Sydney, Dec. 28. Costing £800, a De Havilland Moth aeroplano will be landed at Hal Roach, one of the best of Melbourne this week for use by the American screen comedians, is in Rev. Leonard Daniele in his coun-t
With Mrs. Hal try parish in New South Wales in Hong Kong. Roach, he arrived here yesterday March. Mr. Daniels,, who held a His Majesty's Ambassador · Extra-
afternoon
the "President commission in the Royal Air Force ordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris, in succession.to the Manjuéss
Taft" from Shanghai, where he during the war, will fly his machine of Crewe who is retiring in the The Reichstag has adjourned tillhas been staying for some days to his headquarters at Wilcannia.
The coming of the aeroplane is The Secretary of State the 27th inst., when the Govern- and is leaving for Manila this
la significant phase in church acti- for Foreign Affairs has appointed 'ment's "Emergency Programme," afternoon, on the "Taft."
Gang" comedies, Hal Roach has tralia. At present country minis- The originator of the "Our vity in the outback areas of Aus also acted for Pathe. The last ters are obliged to cover great areas picture shown in Hong Kong in in cars or even
summer.
Berlin, Yesterday.
the Right Honourable Sir R. C. before the dissolution, will be dealt
Lindsay, His Majesty's Ambassador with.
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary The General Elections will prob-
at Berlin, lo be Permanent Under- jably be held on May 20-Reuter. Secretary of State at the Foreign Office."
Polling Starts.
Tokyo, To-day.
February 24-Cheer 'O dance at City Hall, 8.30 p.m.
February 26 Craigengower Cricket Club's annual Bachelors': Dance.
February 20 Star Theatre; Sixth Annual Dancing display by the Pupils of Miss V. Capell, 9.15 p.ru.
Sporto. February 25-First Extra Race Meeting, Happy Valley.
March 8-"American" lawn ten- a tourney (nilxed doubles) for members of the Ladies' Recreation Club, 2.30 p.m.
chases (Spring meeting).
March Fanling Hunt steeple-
March 4-Sixth extra race meet Ing of Maena Race Club.
March 14-Ninth bi-annual race Trophy) starting at 4 p.m. for ship's life boats ("Trevesna"
Roor,
Duddell St., a valuable collection Lammert's Auctions. February 21-At Sales of curios, 2.30 pm,
on horseback to which he appeared was "He For- reach the outlying portions of their
Hughes & Hough's Auction. got to Remember." It is under-parishes." Sometimes a journey of House Street, valuable leasehold March 1-At Auction Room, Ice Lord Crewe's ambassadorship has The clections opened in bril-stood that the comedian is on a 200 miles occupies almost a week, property situate in Peak District.
sunshine. years, liant
The polling pleasure trip.
lasted for five eventful during which he has played part in booths were well attended. many important and intricate post- The police have been heavily war problems. The period included reinforced for the purpose of pre- the later stages of the reparation venting possible disorders, but controversy and the Ruhr occupa- everything is quiet and orderly so tion, the queation of the establish-fur-Reuter.
ment of the Dawes plan, prepara- tions for the Locarno treaties, and ¦
the inter-allied debt settlement negotiations.
FAR EAST FLIGHT.
WARDER INJURED.
Mr. H. Barrett, a European warder stationed at the Laichikok Prison, was the victim of a motor-¦. ing accident, near Castle Penk yes-] terday afternoon. He was driving An A. J. S. combination with B friend in the sidecar, when the machine overbalanced as
he was
The Paris Embassy haz naturally been one of the chief links between NEWALL AND VINCENT AT taking a corner. the British and French Govern- !
HELIOPOLIS.. ments on these issues.
nearly
Sir Wm. Tyrrell,
Sir W. G. Tyrrell has been for three years Permanent Under-Secretary,, having succeeded
whereas if aeroplanes were employ-3p.m. ed the distance would be bridged in a few hours,
A CHICAGO CRIME.
*UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES,
Chicago, Dec. 31. A unique and well-planned and executed robbery occurred here to
Meetings. To-day-Eighth annual meeting of the Kowloon Residents Assen., St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kowloon, 6 p.m.
February 21-General Meeting of the Royal Artillery Association, RE. Theatre, Wellington Barracks, February 22-Meeting of Hong Knog Automobile Assen. at Messrs. Jardine's, 5.30 p.m.
February 24. Fourth annual meeting of shareholders in the The combination toppled on its day, resulting in the loss of 80,000 Hong Kong and Territorial Estates, side and both Mr. Barrett and his dollars from the Ravenswood Na-Ltd., at St. George's Bldg., 7 Con- Cairo, Saturday. companion were thrown out. The tional Bank Seven robbers invad- naught Rd., 11 am. The • British
airmen, Major Newall and Captain Vincent have injury, but Mr. Barrett who fell late at night on the pretext that seat holders of the Union Church, February 24-Annual meeting of passenger luckily escaped serious ed the home of the paying, teller heavily, was badly injured and. is they were prohibition agents Kennedy Rd., 5.80 p.m. arrived at Heliopolis.-Reuter, to that influential post on the death i (A message from Cairo on Tues- now in the Government Civil They tied and muffed the teller's
February 25-Ordinary yearly day stated that the two airmen had Hospital in a serious condition. The parents and mounted guard over meeting of shareholders in the arrived at Tripoli and were leaving injured man was picked up and them in a vacant garage. They Hong Kong & Shanghai Corpora for Singapore.]
conveyed to Kowloon by Mr. J. H. drove off with the teller to the tlon, at City Hall, noon.
February 27-The Hong Kong Law whose car passed the overturn-bank, where they compelled him to ed cycle soon after the accident. open the doofs with his keys, after Tramways Limited, hold yearly which they waited patiently until meeting at Messrs. Jardine's offices [eight o'clock in the morning, when at noon.
the time clock in the vault was set
of Sir Eyre Crewe.
The "Times" says: "As Chief
E
February 29--Forty-first annual
Assistant of the Foreign Secretary he has played a very active part in the recent International develop-| ments and his breadth of view and
A JURYMAN'S ABSENCE. soundness of his judgment on a rapid succession of intricate ques-
CRAVING FOR OPIUM. At the Sessions this morning, tions have been widely recognised."Mr. Justice J. 'P.
for opening, after which they com- moeting of the H.K. & K. Whf. & Wood, before Commenting on Sir
Detained by the Yaumati police pelled the teller, to spring open the Godown Co., Ltd., Messrs. Jardine's, William
calling the jury commented that
They then extracted the noon. Tyrrell's appointment to Paris, "Lewith regard to the absence of MAA a returned banishee, a Chinese doors.
Baretto whose name had been call-named Ho Yu made desperate at-currency and disappeared in an au- could not be a more flattering one ed as a jury-man last Friday, it had tempts to break out of his cell tomobile.
yesterday. He first attacked the
Matin" to-day says: "The choice
Miscellaneous., To-day-Debate at St. Peter's Church Young Men's Club House, 8.30 p.m.
to France. The success of auch an subsequently been ascertained that wire natting outside the bars, and eminent diplomatist is assured, for Mr. Baretto had been seriously ill his fine character, his perfect under- for some time and his failure to failing to remove this, he made an SUNKEN SUBMARINE February 21-Address by Mr. R. attempt to dig out bricks from the
standing of France and the French appear was in no way due to any cell wall, with the aid of the cover people, together with the fact that he was one of the prime movers of neglect of duty on his part..
the Entente Cordiale, are known to'
n]}.
ton
Sir Ronald Lindsay, who is the
Paris Reception.
London, Yesterday.
The announcement of Sir William
FOUND MURDERED.
of
of a night soil bucket. When this proved fruitless also, the man in desperation attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself with!
LOTTERY TICKETS.
RESCUE OF A DIVER.
Boston, Jan. 1. Diver Tom Eadie recently saved
Vaughan-Fowler, Theatre Royal, City Hall, 4 p.m.
February 23-Annual. Show of flowers and vegetables at Volunteer Headquarters.
February 28-Sir Shou-son Chow and Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall' enter- a fellow diver from death during tain Sir Miles Lampson, K.C.M.G.,
the attempt to salvage the sub in Chinese Merchants Club.
marine "84". Eadie and Charlie March 1-Annual dinner of mem-: Mattax were working on opposite bers of St. David's Society, Lane. sides of the hull, when the mud Crawford's Restaurant, 8 .m.
caved in and hurled Mattax, who lost his air hose. Ho telophoned, but the sat was entangled, and he was unable to communicate with the
unicon-
RAMON NOVARRO.
son of the sixth Earl of Crawford, This morning's police reports his singlet, but was cut down by has held numerous diplomatic ap-contained a paragraph to the effect the police. Eventually the man pointmenta of foreign
cap that Jitle Singh (36), a watchman was examined by Dr. Dovey, who itals, including St. Petersburg. employed by the Standard Oll Com-reported that his desperate state of The Hague, Cairo, Washing-pany at Laichikok, was found mur-mind was due to his craving for
and Parls. He
was dered at 1.30 a.m., yesterday. He opium. He was removed to the additional Under-Secretary at the was lying dead on a wall in front Government Civil Hospital. Foreign Office from 1921 to of the Socony employees' quarters 1924, after which he was the by Fouja Singh the head watchman. British representative in Con- No particulars have reached Police stantinople before appointment in Headquarters as to the nature
For the unlawful possession of tender "Falcon," 17 fathoms over-
Ramon Novarro, the hero of 1925 A6 British Ambassador to the dead man's injuries. The
214 popin lottery tickets which she head. The surface workers noticed ΓΕ Berlin.--British Wireless Service.
claimed a man paid her 20 cents to the break, and communicated with "Ben-Hur," will be seen here this port adds that a Sikh named Sardagar Singh has been arrested carry, a Chinese woman who was Eadie, who fought his way around week in his first film since that in Belchers the hull and dug out. Mattax, who mighty drama. The new picture iai a romance of modern Spain,! and is being detained by the police. arrested yesterday
Street, Kennedy Town, was this was lifted to the, surface
"Lovers," which will be screened morning fined $50 by Mr. R. E. clous, but recovered later..
at the Queen's Theatre from Thurs- Lindsell.
day, to Saturday, "Lovers" is) unique in that it has no conven- tional villain, the place of the villain being taken by the invisible] tongues of scandal which blighti lives and wreck souls. Novarro is New York, Dec. 25,"
seen as a young playwright, thrown In South Pittsburgh (Tennessee) Into a sensational scandal with the militiamen are keeping order to wife of his best friend--although have been shot dead and a score of situation is developed with rare others wounded in a pitched battle dramatic intensity from one climax between the country and city police to another, including a sensational The clash resulted from a dispute word duel. Alice Terry, loading in a local factory, the county sheriff siding with the union workers, woman of "The Four Horseman," while the city Marshal sided with heads & brilliant supporting cast. Pittsburgh, Dec. 28, the non-union men, The Governor
Tyrrell's appointment to succeed Lord Crewe, who retires from the Paris Embassy in the summer, haaj
CONCERT CANCELLED.
Attention is drawn to
an ad- column
been extremely well received, both vertisement in another
BROKEN SLING.
FORCES CLASH.
Militia Take Charge.
in Paris and London. Newspapers announcing that, owing to unavold. Whilst working cargo alongside point out that Sir W. Tyrrell's able circumstances, the concert to an American ship in harbour on .appointment is a delicate compli- have been given in the Star Theatre Saturday, a Hghter coolie was ment to France since it is rare for by Robert and Anatole Kitain, badly injured when a sling broke permanent Under-Secretary of violinist, and pianist, on Thursday, and a bale of cargo fell on him. He State to be asked to take any February 23, has been cancelled. was removed to the Government day, after six officers of the law both are absolutely innocent. This Ambassadorial post.
Civil Hospital in a serious con-
D.
The "Observer" says that Sir W.; Tyrrell's choice commands approval
COOLIE INJURED.
[dition.
at Home and abroad, and adds, A cargo coolle was injured about REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, "Now, more than ever Faris is the the face and body yesterday, whilst nodal point of European diplomacy, at work on board the 8.8. "Kong- and the task which confronts the sang" in the harbour. Some Iron British Ambassador to France is which was unloaded from the ship
Mr. Mellon A Candidate.
of so special a character that the fell on the coolie whose injuries. It is understood that the Secre was compelled to order out the
post has twice in recent years been were such that he had to be taken tary of the Treasury, Mr. A. W. National Guardsmen to restore HE the Governor (Sir Cecil filled from outside the professional to the Government Civil Hospital Mellon, will be a candidate for the order, probe Clement!) has signified his faten- ranks. To-day the condition of the for treatment.
continent is easier but not yet
easy and gives the fullest scope for
KNOCKED DOWN..
Republican Party's presidential [A message published in yester-tion of being present at the meet nomination in 1928. His friends day's faste stated "At South ing arranged by the Hong Kong have created a campaign organisa- Pittsburgh, Tennessee, five officers General Chamber of Commerce to a patient and tactful comprehen-
tion which is arranging the details were shot dead, one was fatally marrow afternoon in the: Theatre elveness of the view proper to a An 11-year-old Chinese boy was of his candidature with great wounded, and three others were Royal when Mr. R. Vaughan- diplomat:"
knocked down by motor No. 282 in thoroughness. A book will shortly wounded in a battle in the main Fowler, Adjutant of the Royal Air The French Press has given the Praya East last night, receiving in be issued detailing many striking street, which was the culmination Force Base, Kal Tack, will give an appointment a unanimous and Juries which necessitated his re achievements in Mr. Mellon's life, of bad feeling between the county address on "The Possibilities of equally cordial welcome-British moval to the Government Civil How and stressing the necessity of hay and city police officers on Sunday Commercial Aviation In the Far Wireless Service
pital.
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