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SCHNEIDER TROPHY | ANTI-CHIANG-SOONG
RACE
NEW SPEED RECORD
ALLIANCE?
NEW OPPOSITION
In connection with the alleged SQUADRON-LEADER ORLEBAR ALL "COLOURS" SAID TO HAVE
distribution of seditious literature outside the Taikoo Dockyard on Saturday, a Chinese girl named Lam So-kin was this morning charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton,
TO MAKE FRESH ATTEMPT
ATCHERLEY DISQUALIFIED
London, Yesterday.
BEEN INCLUDED
EXTREMIST LEADER WANTED
Naval
From Hankow, a British
As previously reported, the 7th at the Central Magistracy, with
Squadron Leader Orlebar will wireless message has been received, Brigade of the 3rd Division, under the unlawful possession and dis- attempt a new world's speed record which reads as follows:-
A
Faster Than Anyone
When Private John Naismith, 2nd, Battu. King's Own Scottish Borderers, was tried by a District
at the the command of Brigadier General tribution of leaflets at Saiwanho, Murray Barrays, A severe indictment of the Jews was passed by the Grand Mufti Court Martiet this morning
the story Chan wai-ygan, was ordered to pro- The girl, who was
September 10 in Waghorn's) bob-Jon unfolded of how he ceed to the Pukien province to e-haired native of Chieuchow replied: Schneider Trophy machine. in an interview with Reuter's correspondent at Jerusalem.
first descreted the bat-operate with the Fukienese and "Those things were given to me by
The protest against Atcherley's alleged that the recent Arab attacks in Palestine were provoked by had
talion, and a few days later he re- Kiangsi troops in the suppression someone." Jewish greed and ambition, which aimed at gaining universal sup-turned to Murray Barrack to atea! at the "Reds" ander the notorioas
disqualification has been abandoned." Mr. Hamilton: It seems the
-Reuter. young lady had been "had." port, re-opening the "wailing wall" question, and influencing the a bunch of keys and a watch from Chu tak and Mo Chak-tung.
Sergeant Bardell. With the keys,
v The advance guards this Sub-Inspector Carey: I don't Labour Government to amend their status quo.
he went to Wellington Barracks and brigade passed Cheung Hong and think so, your Worship, On the other hand, the Board of Deputies of British Jews is ap- there entered into the Navy, Army came within close touch of the Magistrate: She is 17, I see, Is
and Air Force store and stole an-enemy.
she a spinster ?—Yes. pealing to the Government to make the policy of establishing
The "Reds," realising that they Jewish national home in Palestine the principle governing their ad-other watch are a sum of money.
The Charges
were being slowly bemned in on The accused, who is quite a young all sides by the Government troops, The disturbances have now been quelled, and some of the man, was charged with three counts, beat a hasty retreat to Chang Ping
Lo wit, (1) deserting His Majesty's city, fully resolved, however, to give cused remaining in Police custody. British detachments of troops have been-withdrawn.
Forces, (2) Stealing $83.63 and a the advance forces a stout resis- watch frem Wellington Barracks tance. Their resolution soon melt- the alleged distribution of seditious from the "Navy" store, and (3) ed away when they fond that the iterature outside the Naval Yard on stealing a silver wrist watch from cordon round the city was tighten- August 31, were also again before Mr. QMSBardell, valued at $35, ated up by the troops, and on the 2nd Hamilton bis morning. Murray Barracks.
inst. the city was captured by the On the application of Detective Ser- 13th Regiment of the 7th Brigade. geant O'Dorwan who said that trans-
The defeated "Reds" scattered in different directions, throwing away their arms; ammunition, and Com-) munistic badges to escape detection! and capture by the troops.
ministration in Palestine.
LOOTED PROPERTY RETRIEVED
London, Yesterday The Colonial Office slute; that it has been possible to withdraw some of of the outlying detachments troops, from Palestine, but the dis affected areas are being patrolled,
Police forces. supplemented by troops, have succeeded in recovering. a certain amount of louled property,
Jewish National Home
London, Later.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews, a representative English body which is watching Jewish interests, has passed a resolution urging the to ensure that their Government
Jewish policy of establishing a National home in Palestine will be come the principle governing their
administration in Palestine. Also, the removal is suggested of officials who, by neglect and indifference to
2nd.
side Gaza when the Bedouins round
Lieut. J. Scott-Elliot, Beersheba threatened to march on Jerusalea, has moved to Jaffa.-K.0.S.B. prosecuted and the accused: Renter.
not defended. was
He pleaded guilty to all the charges. Allegations Refuted
Keys, Watches and Cash Stolen
From the statements of witnesses read out in Court, it-transpired that The 4th Regiment was ordered to, the acrused was absent from roll call garrison the city, while the remain- on the evening of August 9, and on ing troops were sent in pursuit of the following morning, his name the fleeing remnants.--Canton News) was again called, but he was not Agency. present.
Jerusalem, To-day. The Jewish national, council in Falestine, the Vaad Leum, reply ing to the Arab Executive's state ment. refute the allegations against the Jews, and say that if the Government had armed the Jews The latter would not have been slaughtered like sheep with- out firing a shot.
that there was a public distribu- tion of knives in Jerusalem streets to Moslems who came to the town allegedly to pray on August 23.
-Reuter.
the policy of the Mandate, contribut-trate, that one was fairly convinced ed to the recent events.
Jerusalem, Yesterday.
The Grand Mufti, in an interview
with Reuter, declared that the recent Arab attack was provoked by Jewish greed and ambition, which aimed at gaining universal support, re-cpening the "wailing wall" quea- tion, and influencing the Labour Government to amend their status quo.
Authorities Confident
Jerusalern, Later.
"As evidence of the confidence of the authorities that no further trouble is expected in southern Palestine, the aircraft carrier "Courageous," which anchored out-
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST CLERK
BREEZE IN COURT
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in that case that not mean to defraud.
Sergt. Bardell's evidence was to
The Sergeant asked for a week's for mal remand as the papers seized were being translated at the Secretariat for, Chinese Affairs.
The application was granted, the ac-
The two men who were arrested for
of
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Forecast: Ny winds, moderate;
A Kowloon Case
both
"There is a report here of the formation of a group consisting of General Feng Yu-hsiang, Gen- eral Yen Hsi-shan, General Tang Seng-chi, General Chang Fah- kuei, General Fang Chen-wu, General Lu Ti-ping, the Kwang- tung faction and a Szechuan General.
London, Saturday. Flying-Officer Waghorn, flying a "Their objective is to cause the downfall of Marshal Chiang Kai- Supermarine Rolls Royce S.6, to-
shek and Mr. T. V. Soorus and to day, won the Schneider Trophy for
reinstate Mr. Wang Ching-wai." Britain by an amazing performance. He went seven times round a course
Marshal Chiang is, of course, of 31.7 miles, a total of 217.49 miles, President of the State Council and at an average speed of 328.63 miles Commander-in-Chief. Mr. T. V. and an hour, far faster than anyone has Soong is his brother-in-law ever flown so great a distance be-Minister of Finance. Between them fore. All Britain's three machines they exercise most of the control in finished, but only one of them Nauking, both of the National Gov- ernment and of the Nationalist completed the coarec.
Flying-Officer Atcherley, whose Party, which latter appoints the Average speed was only three miles Government.
Feng Yu-hsiang, better known as an hour less than Waghorn's, was disqualified for not passing round the "Christian General," has been one of the pylons. By flying the openly at loggerheads with Chiang. fourth and fifth laps at 330.44 miles Feng's eclipse, at least temporarily, an hour in 1 minutes 17 seconds, was accomplished recently.
Yen Hsi-shan has been very un- Flying-Offeer Atcherley set up a world record for the 100 kilometres willingly made the man to take over closed circuit, beating the speed of the "Christian General';" following 380.32 miles an hour for that dis--and to do so on behalf of the tance attained by Waghorn. The Government. record stands, in spite
Ironsides In, Tho Atcherley's disqualification.
Tang Seng-chi once ran an up- position Nationalist Government" was crushed by the (who were then
Unlucky Italians
of
Chang Fah-kuei is Commander of the 4th division of the National
fine. They declare the effect that he had lost a bunch up a fighting attitude, but did not!
hit either. The coolies ran and of keys and a silver wrist watch in
accused
The com the beginning of August.
gave chaee. The
plainant was lying asleep on the lation of the documents had not yet keys were for the Canteen door, and
The two unlucky Italians were at Hankow, as he awoke on jbeen completed by the S.C.A.. the Lieut. Cadringher and Lieut. Moati. Kwangsi faction pavement and one for the Regimental Institute. hearing the commotion the accus- Magistrate gave another week's formal Broken vil pipes forced both "all out for" Chiang), then return- He had his
led to help Chiang against the name inscribed on the
machines to descend. back of his watch..
ed hit him on the head with his remand. belt, causing a fairly deep wound
One Italian pilot Barrowly escap. Kwangsi faction, and is at the Mr. W. E. Grime,
moment scheming to regain his lost manager of
Yu Wong, a gardener in Kowloon ed from death. He related that he which bled freely.
possessions the Naffy Store at Wellington Bar-
Accused was arrested by an In-City, and Fan Fo, a rattan worker,
suddenly found himself surrounded the accused did racks deposed that on August 13, he dian Police constable. In the C6-charged at the
53 Laichkok Road, were
by a vast cloud of exhausted fumes, Kowloon Magistracy, It was more found his store had been opened yural Charge-room the accused hit before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, this and was in a semi-conscious cou- Army, best known as the fronsides. a case of "improper possession." means of a key and that the safe out at the Indian Interpreter who morning, with being in possession on
He succeeded; however, in Although the Ironsides have always Considering the accused's service was also opened. A gold wrist
making a safe landing, and was fought on Chiang's side they are and all he had at stake he (the watch, valued at $10, and also $83.63 stepped back, and the blow just seditious documents.
The accused Det.-Inspector C. P. Fallon asked for unburt. touched his nose.
Lieut. Monti
received said to be disappointed at not Major) did not think that accused in cash were missing.
adopted a £ghting attitude in the a week's formal remand as the docu-slight burns and hurt arms and receiving any sweets of office. intended to keep the money.
charge-room
shoulders. two or three times, merts had to be translated.
Fang Chen-wa can be dismissed and then wanted to sing a song!
His Worship granted the remand.
Warrant Officer Dalmolin, the
in a sentence as one of the old The coolie was not clear who
only Italian who completed the Northern adventurers who has cast. TIFFIN HOUR DISTRIBUTION
course, was outclassed. He few in his lot with the Nationalists be- the plane in which his compatriot cause it is fashionable ant profit- Woman Arrested Outside
Major Bernhardi broke the world's able so to do. Taikou Dock
record, and finished with an aver.
Lu Ti-ping was Civil Governor of
Accused's Statement
The frauds were traced to their The accused made a statement to earliest stage in May when the ac- the effect that he deserted the cused collected $400, and as the Army on the evening of August 9, actually struck him as he was not accused had his persion, wife and He went to live in a house in Kow-properly awake when the blow was family to consider. he did not think loon for two or three days. Ile dealt.
safe.
of riding in a chair. He did not
A Lucky Coolie
dition.
view of
was.
he would have staked it all. The returned to Murray Barracks on the Accused. in the witness box, Major was of the opinion that ac- night of August 12, and went to said that he had no recollection
For the second Saturday in suc-age speed of 284.20 miles an hout: Hunari early this year. He cused took the money merely to tide Sgt. Bardell's room to steal the keys
which was more than 44 miles hour cession, at almost precisely the
expelled by the Kwangsi faction. over some financial trouble. "We and watch. From there he went hit the coolie and did not know same hour, detectives of the Crim- slower than Waghorn who on one Using this aggression as the pre- consider his intention was not to to Wellington Barracks and broke anything about the injury to his
Investigation inal
lap shot past him in full keep it permanently," he added,
Department
text, Chiang crushed the Kwangsi- into the Naffy Store. He stole the head,
have been successful in their cam- the cheering crowd.
ites (as stated) but did not restore "Looked Like Death"
money and another watch from the Magistrate: What about the in-paign against seditious literature.
A World's Record
Lu Ti-ping, who went to a tess Continuing his plez fur the
terpreter's nose-I don't know; it Lucal industrial centres have The previous record For the comfortable job elsewhere. With the money he bought some must have been an accident. been the favourite hunting ground Schneider course when Flight-Lt. |
How Money Talks VOLUNTEER FUNDS accused, Major Wolf-Murray said
that it was within his knowledge civilian clothes, and his intention Asked if he was drunk, aceas of agents distributing printed Webster won the trophy for Britain "The Kwangtung party" refers,
was to get work on a ship to get ed said that he had had drinks, that accused had to get doctors for
papers tc masses of workmen. in 1927, at Venice, was 281.65 miles ostensibly, to the aggregation at himself, his wife and a child. away from the Colony. In this he
Had you broken Last week the venue was the main hour. Waghorn improved on this present Magistrate:
constituting. the ad- Accused was operated on for piles was unsuccessful, and after he had barracks? I mean, you are not al gate of the Royal Naval Dockyard by 47 miles an hour. His speed to- ministration in Canton. not long ago and he looked like spent all the money he gave him lowed out at that hour?
in Queen's-road Central. On Saturday was also ten miles an hour
"A Szechuan General" is vague. Accused: I was late death" but was keen to earry on, self up to Sergt. Howard, of the
getting day, also when the "hands were faster than the previous world's Their name is legion but the, one coming out at the mid-day meal record set up by Major Bernhard meant is either the bellicose Yang There was a breeze between Mr. and he (the Major) had difficulty Hong Kong Police, at Arbuthnot back.
Accused further said that The Road
hour, there was trouble. this time E. W. Hamilton and Mr. M. K. Lo to get him to go home.
San or the more substantial Liu American Ex- Mr. Hamilton said that he must outside the Taikoo Dock in Quarry of Italy on a straight course.
The disqualification of Atcherley Hsiang. They are in the political at the Central Magistracy, this accused could have got money from he had found some
accused on the Bay. morning, when the case was again him if he had asked and also from press cheques some time in May discharge the
meant that Dalmolin was awarded game purely and simply for what Be could somewhere near the Cenotaph. He charge of assaulting the coolle as
Nefarious Campaign
in the second place mentioned
which in
race. The they can get, the minimum asked Chinese the canteen at any time. 4
not understand why accused should placed them in his kit and forgot all there was no definite named So Chung-man, a clerk en-
evidence. Early on Saturday morning a He (the Magistrate) had little Chinese policemen found a number official placings were announced as for being a free hand in their own
sphere. ployed at the Volunteer Head- do this. With regard to the ap-about them
The watches were pawned in the doubt that accused did hit the of pamphlets adhered to the wall follows:- quarters, was charged with uttering plication to deal with the case sum-Yan We Pawn shop at Praya East. coolie, but there was na direct evi- of the 3rd class entrar.ce
Such a combination against the 1. Waghorn, 31 minutes 45.4/5
seconds. 328.63 m.p.h.
National Government would be forged documents and misappro-marily, Major Wolfe-Murray said
The coolie Peak trar station. He brought his
45 2. Dalmaolin, that he was content to leave the He also took his uniform to the Peak dence against him.
minutes priation of Volunteer funds.
54.2/5 formidable but not necessarily them in a would be given 36 compensation discoveries back to Headquarters,
esconds, 284.2 m.p.h
overwhelming because Chiang and Mr. Hamilton inquired if the case matter in the hands of Mr. Murphy Range and there hid
and an extensive watch was main- from the Court.
3. Durcy Greig, 46 minutes 15.1/5 Soong hold the major revenues. was one for committal, and Mr. T.
Since accused had pleaded guilty
seconds, 282.11 m.ph. Murphy, A.S.P., replied that he was
On the charge of assaulting the tained. to all the charges, he was convicted Indian Interpreter his Worship were seen mingling with the Taikoo
Vigilance was rewarded. Two men 4. Atcherley, 40 minutes 5 seconds, Wang Ching-wai is the exiled leader of the extremist politicians. He is prepared to have it dealt with sun-
325 m.p.h. and sentence will be duly pro-conylcated the accused and he re crowd and passing papers. They were inarily.
Waghorn is only 25 years of age, capable and fairly popular. The mulgated...
marked that he was not going to promptly arrested. As they were be and is the "baby" of British only reason why he is preferred to take a lenient view. He added ing taken away, a woman of middle
Chiang as the “No. 1," if at all, is pilots. British Wireless Service. that there were about 24 men like age was seen doing likewise not far
that he is the only potential riva! the accusd who were spoiling the away, She was also arrested. These
The Italian Record
with sufficient personal prestige to record of a very fine and respect-three are in custody and will appear
London, Saturday.take Chiang's place. able regiment. He imposed a fine before the Police Magistrate to-day,
On a course of seven laps of 50 of $50 or one month's hard labour. It is noteworthy that in the report
for 1928 of the Secretary for Chinese kilometres, the first flight was made Affairs, reference is made to "definite by Flying Officers Waghorn on ai evidence discovered" of
The Magistrate remarked that it seemed that this Bort of thing would have to stop. During the last ten years there had beeri a lot of it going on, and it was a very serlous offence against the Govern- ment.
Mr. Murphy admitted that there had been systematic fraud entailing forgery of certain documents.
Mr. Hamilton inquired when the parties were prepared to go on with the case.
Mr. Hamilton said that it seemed to him that the Government were the people who really had a on this point.
say
Purely A Police Matter Mr. Murphy said that he had not! actually asked the advice of Govern- meat in this matter. It had been purely a Police matter, up to this! stage and he had consulted only Mr. C. G. Purdue, Director of Criminal Investigations.
shed.
INTERPRETER'S NOSE
Private Causes Scene in Charge Room
Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy, this morn- Mr. Lo said that to his knowing, Private Joseph Corrigan of ledge one of the law officers of the the 2nd Battalion the King's Own Crown was aware of the case, al Scottish Borderers, was charged though he might not be specifically on two counts as follow:- concerned in it.
Mr. Hamilton said that he was afraid. that-heinust put the case over, as he wanted to know where he stood. If the accused had been Major Wolfe-
ANOTHER CASE'
Old Chinese Woman Still TH
At the Central Magistracy, this morning, the rage was again men- tioned before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, in which Privates Thomas McEwen and Harry Shea of the 2nd Bat- talion the King's Own Scottish Borderers were charged to two counts of assault, as follows
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to the
SERGT. DYERSON
POST MORTEM EXAMINATION DISCLOSURE
Rolls Royce $6 Communist Supermarine Rolls Royce S-6, in 39 Supermarine.
took 40 minutes, 5 scheming behind the movement to minutes, 42.4/5 seconds, averaging machine create, mismaicf in Hong Kong fac- 328. 63 m.p.h., which constitutes seconds, averaging 325,54 m.p.h. tories, docks, and elsewhere. Special a world's record.
thus putting up a world's lap instances which occurred last year are Warrant Officer Daimolin, record of 332.49 m.p.h. Later, (1) assaulting a coolic zamed
mentioned..
(Italy), on a Maceki 5-2 machine, Atcherley was disqualified. A Plea of "Guilty".
Chan Fook in Wellington-street, at 1
took 45 minutes, 54.2/5 seconds. Atcherley was disqualified · for Mr. Lo (for the defence) said
o'clock this morning; and
(2) assaulting Mohinda Singh,
averaging 2812 miles per hour. failing to round the pylon, correēt- that it was not a question of going
Lieut. Cadringber, (Italy), in a ty. His lap record stands, however. Indian Police Interpreter, in the 02. As far as he was concerned it Murrtay's private servant he would
Ceutral Charge-room. was a matter of entering a plea of have accepted the situation, but accus-
Accused denied both charges.
new Macchi, made a forced landing--Renter. after the first lap.
[At Calshot on September 1, Fly- "guilty" to all the counts. Heed was actually a servant of the Crown, Sub-Inspector Dick, who pro
Lieut. D'Arcy Greig, on a Super- ing Officer Atcherley took up a sea- plane Supermarine Rolls Royce ate, submitted that if his Worship heard and he wanted to consult the Crown secuted, said that just before 1
With regard to the death of Detec-marine Napier S-5, took 46 minutes, which was one of the British hopes the circumstances of this case he before deciding to deal with the case a... the accused engaged a chair (1) that they on Friday, August tive-Sergeant J. A. Dyerson, it was 15.1/5 seconds, averaging 282.11 for the Schneider trophy. Superbly would be able to differentiate be- summarily. →tween it and the ten cases which
Mr. Lo said that he had one or two D'Aguilar-street and rode to 30 at Shelley-street, assaulted a learned this morning that a post mor-miles per hour.
Lyndhurst-terrace where he tried Chinese woman named Chan Lei- tem examination held by. Dr. Ware xe- Lieut. Monti, (Italy), in a new complaints to make with regard to the to get into a house but was not ze (60), causing her bodily harm; vealed that the deceased suffered from Macchi, also had a forced landing. Magistrate's remarks. His Worship.
tubercular maningitis of the brain, and Reuter. wanted to communicate with the Colon admitted. He then returned in and Magistrate. I did not hear all al Secretary first, and that, to his the chair to D'Aguilar-street, (2) that they on the same even he must have suffered considerable pain
lug, at or near Lyndhurst-terrace, just before his suicide. Atcherley Disqualified those ten cases, Mr. Lomind, would make the Court subser, where he got out.
In fact, it was surprising that he had Major Wolfe-Murray, Adjutant of vient to the axecutive.-
Hit With Belt?
never given any indication of his suf. the HK.V.D.C., who was present in
The coolles naturally wanted Tse Tin.
ferings which must have been acute Court, sald, in reply to the Magis
their money and the accused took
for some days before his death.
had come before Him during the past ten years,
(Continued on Page 7.).
assaulted a Chinese man named
(Continued on Page 7)
The
the
official result of Schneider Trophy race is: Flying Officer Waghorn first.
Flying Officer Atcherley in a
handling the machine, Ateherley is estimated to have attained a speed of 360 miles an hour, According to newspaper reports on August 22, the greatest speed ever atlained in the sir, nearly 350 miles r","hour; -, was reached by Flying Officer. Waghorn in the Supermarine Rolls Royce mono- plane Blue Rocket at Southampton on August 21 in a Schneider Cup prac sice fight.)