MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1929.
CRIME IN COLONY
(Continued from Page 1)
whether money."
much or little, as tea
CHAN MING-SHU
THE CHINA MAIL,
SHADOWS BEFORE.
·REASONS FOR TAKING AERIAL COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
FLIGHT
IN "CHINA MAIL"
Social Functions
To-day-Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 8:30 p.m.
To-day-Dinner Dance at Repulse Bay Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
Entertainments
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
EARL HAIG'S BRITISH LEGION APPEAL
POPPY WREATHS'
Made Entirely by Disabled Ex-Service Men.
Queen's Theatre; ARRANGEMENTS
PROMOTION OF AVIATION At 10 am., Mr. Bocha was cross ing the Praya infrast of the Har
Witness agreed that there was a Two men stopped him,
Ganton, Saturday. bour Cice,
pause, or, pontuation, To silence the many rumours that one of these being defendant. The stop, or
her of the two mun acted as after the word "Inspector." Wit-have been spread by interested parties, spokesman, and said, is the pre-ness eventually said that it was not conterning the motives of the Chair- man, General Clan Ming-shu, in under- sence of defendant, something about clear from defendant's statement as taking the neria light from Canton to 820 for drinking wine. Mr. Rocha 15 who should have the balance for Shanghai on September 2, it is assert- replied that they had better see the tea money. Witness refused to a ed ecording to official circles that the
"Beau Broadway." Chief Junk Inspector and he accom-cept a version puggested by defend-Chairman, being an official of the pro-
gressive and furless type, took the To-day World panied them into Mr. Hier's office, Ling counsel...
Theatre; 'plane instead of the mail boat because The Emden". (Continuous per- His Lordship commented that the it was a quicher mode of travelling,formance from 1.30 to 11.15 p.m.). in question belonged to his brother.
and because he wished to demonstrate colourless
To-day Star Theatre; He was accordingly told to go and words in Chinese were
At 11 1.m. be and that the Sergeant Interpreter's to the country by his own personal ex-Five and Ten-Cent Annie fetch his brother.
perience the sufry and practicability of
To-day Majestic Theatre:
Defendant said that the sampan
"Words Colourless"
returned alone to the Harbour Office translation was alto quite roburless-the modern acrgianes, and incidentally "Rosenkavalier!' at 5,20 and 9.15.
stated
Visit to Li Chai-sum
Cardboard Lover," 9.15 p.m.
Sept. 21-Kowloon Football Club Concert, 9.15 p.m.
Mr. Chan Kwok-ying, Chief to awaken the pople to a proper sense and both Mr. Hillyer and M. Rocha'
Translator, Supreme Cour was of appreciation of aviation as an imp; "Remorse" (Chinese picture), were present.
then called. He also accepted Mr. portant factor for the promotion of 2.30 and 7.15 p.m. Oficial Translation
Lo's punctuation. But he also re-closer. inter princfal understanding, To-day At Theatre Royal, Continuing, Mr. Holmes that defendant said his brother was fused the suggestion of Mr. Lo that of trade and communications, and last-Forbes, Russell Comedy Co., in "Her
ta the Harbour the last part should be taken to ready of national cdence. 100 afraid to go Office but had given him (defen-"I gave the Inspector $20 to pay duty. Whether much or little, I dant) $20 for the Inspector."
balance as tea . Two $10 notes were then pro-was to keep the daced, defendant saying "I give you $20 for drinking wine." thereupon the money. Mr. handing over Hillyer went for a constable and de- fendant was arrested. The $20 was handed to the Hurbar Master.
Mr. Hobies proceeded to read the English translation of defendant's statement when charged later the same day at Central Police Station, as follows-
Aviation Director
Oct. 21-Nelson Day Concert at Lee Theatre, 9 p.m.
A Nanking radio message of Septem- ber 12 mentional that General Chan Ming--shu had called upon General Li money." Mr. Chan also all that Chai-sum, with whom he had a long
statement did not ac-conversation. defendant's tually signify whether the Inspector}
the phrase Because was used, however, he thought that the Inspector was indicated as the
have the balance one meant to according to the statement. The case is proceeding.
or defendant was to get the balance. After assuming office as Director- and ports ("Empress of France");
have been made whereby wreaths can
War be placed on
Graves in France and Flinders,
Any one desiring particulars is requested to communicate with the Secretary not later than the 25th instant.
R. K. HEPBURN, Hon. Secretary. British Legion.
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the "SILVERNECK," the best known To-day-Inward from America German EAU DE COLOGNE and LAVENDER from Kamp, Nurnberg. "tea money" | General of the National Aviation Ad- outward for America and perts.
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Sports
gether with the other Canton 'planes, Sept. 21 Victoria Recreation the "Chung Shan," "Dung Kun" and Chb Night fete. "Non Hoi." From Peking, General
I gave $23 to the inspector and PIONEERS IN STEAM ch to study the aerial conditions in 1 tato him to pay duty for me,
whether
THE HISTORY OF EXTEINAL COMBUSTION
tra
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
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Sept. 29 St. John Ambulancs Chang and his cheers will fly to Man-Brigade aquatic sports, King's Col connection with the Sino-Russian con- lege bath, 10 a.m.
Meetings fict-Camor News Agency.
To-day-Third annual meeting
BENAVON " PLUCKING THE FOWL of H.K. Ladies' Hockey Club, Helena
Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- May Institute, 5.20 p.m.
formed that all Goods are being land- Sept. 17-Sanitary Board Meetinged at their risk into the hazardous 4.16 p.m.
End/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be ob- taired.
SIXTY BIRDS AN HOUR BY MACHINE
d not know the laws of Hong Kong. The wine is not mine. My refutions told me to go to the Har bour le to pay duty. So I gave $20 to the Tristete to pay duty
A filé more than sixty years and to keep. The lance,
after Watt built his first steam cn- much or little, as tea money."
zine, Michael Faraday, suppament- Harbor Master's Evidence
Miscellaneous Mr. Hinshing Lo instructed by ing by his unique genins the experi-
Sept. 20-Reception in Union Mossrs. Russ & Co.). Interposing, mental work of many who preced-
The method still in general userch, Kowloon, in honour of the said "I am contesting the corrected him, discovered that a magnet for plucking birds is an obvious
could be made to spin round a fixed anachronism
Rev. J. Horace Johnston & Mrs. in these enlightened Johnston, 9 p.m. ness of the translation."
The Hon Commander G. F. Hole,ire through which a current of days. One has only to study the
Sept. 20-Reception at No. 1 Harbour R.N. retired),
Master, deciricity was flowing and wire conditions in a modern plucking Park-road, on the occasion of Mr. gave videre. He said that the two containing a current could be made shed to see the difficulties under Fung Ping-chan's 70th birthday, notes were handed to him and that to spin round a fixed magnet. With which the m labour and the 4 to 6 p.m. he had recorded their numbers on these and other equally funda- damage to which valuable feathers mental experiments, the wonderful are subjected, in order to realise developments of the generation and that automatic collection and bag- transmission of power which have ging of the feathers would be of taken place during the last fifty immense benefit, for it is literally yeans, as well as the application of impossible to prevent the millions electricity to almost every need of of feathers spreading all over the the engineer, would have been in-room, being trolden upon, and the
different grade and colours possible.
a slip of paper. He regretted, he alded, that the slip had been lost. He had hal it, however, at the Magistracy proceedings, during which he had identified the numbers from his slip of paper.
point further.
or the
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY THE PATSY
BUILDINGS In cross-examination, Mr. Lo
be- asked, in effect, whether the present
Visitors to London from overseas. . It is true that Carnot and coming hopelessly mixed. was the first case brought to Com-
who return after several years' Placking mechanically offers such mander Hel's notice as Harbour Clausius came after Watt to perfect
abence are at once struck by the Master. Carmander Hole replied thermodynamic theory, and the obvious advantages that many in- "No" When Mr. Lo asked further modern theories of electricity were genious machines have, from time wonderful new buildings that have In the West End whether it was a fat that there sot known when Siemens made his to time, been devised for this pur- and in the City since the war had not been many cases, his Lord-first dynamos, but experimental and pose. Unfortunately, most of these
Regent Street, for instance, has ship intervened, directing counsel mathematical science had shown damaged either the bird that there was no need to press the the way to engineering developments, feathers, or els proved to be me-been almost entirely rebuilt, and ex, of the greatest significance to the chanfealiy unsomd. The Bentall cent by reason of its unique curves Sergeant-Interpreter
life of the world. It has already Kingdon mechanical poultry plucker,
and proportions, would prove almost Sergeant interpreter Ying Lec-been noticed that water wheels were however, is proving most successful uniscognisable to the comparative In Piccadilly, taan, of the Central Detective Office, known and used to raise water in service. A number of these stranger visiting it.
old landmarks have been swepti was the next witness, his Lordship 2000 and more years ago, but in the machines have been supplied to the
water wheels Co-operative Society, in Russia, and have risen in their stead; luxurious away and magnificent buildings having expressed a desire to hear seventeenth century evidence as to the translation first. were little different from these de- they are also operating very sue hotels and blocks of fats replete
Mr. Ying admitted that his ren-cribad by Vitruvius in the first cessfully under native pluckers in
with every comfort. Park Lane, dering had been corrected. Ex-century before Christ, and had South Africa. With this type it
until recently the absolute ception was taken by Mr. Lo to efficiencies well below 50 per cent. is possible to pluck fowls at the
ser of the most expensive houses, witness's rendering of that part in the latter part of the eighteenth rate of about 60 an hour, and an reading "I gave $20 to the Inspector mentum and kinetic energy were operator can become quite export in now boasts a gigantic block of flats to pay duty and to keep the balance, nineteenth organised experiments about a week. This is an important unsurpassed for the luxury and com. en the flow of fluids had been car point, as it is a well-known fact that pleteness of their accommodation ried out;
relative velocities, mo- to become an expert hand plucker tumte tenants are able to enjoy the
and equipment. There the for- THE mentum and knietic energy were requires years of practice. well understood; and the next step The feathers are a valuable by-delights of a swimming bath, skat
roem and squash- was made by Poncelet in 1834, who product of any poultry establishing rink, ball nunciated the guiding principles ment, and the price obtained can be racquets courts.
But it is not only in the heart of underlying the design of vares re-greatly enhanced by grading, dry- ceiving moving fluids, and from that ing and protection.
the West End that these "super"] The me.. Eleven Chinese men, four of time progress has been so remark-chanical plucker automatically bags flats have been built. Kensington possesses a very fine example in whom were absent, appeared at the able that to-day water turbines of the body feathers, but does not
Prince's Gale Court, Exhibition Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. T.more than 70,000 h.p. baving collect either long feathers or stubs. 6. Whyte-Smith, this morning, on efficiencies greater than 80 per cent. Grading by colour is readily accom-Road, and in St. John's Wood there charges of keeping and playing are being constructed, and millions plished by plucking all the white is the building known as Grove Court. The flats in both these Sam Kung in the serond floor of of horse-power are being generated birds in one batch and changing the 1009 Canton Road.
by water power.
The brilliant bag before placing coloured birds. have been decorated and equipped | On pleading guilty the first e-chievements in the development of Drying is carried out automatically in accordance with the most modern fendant was fined $50 or one
In Prince's Court, for the steam turbine of Sir Charles by the machine, which
not only practice. month's hard labour for keeping the Parsons and others following in his collects body feathers or down with example, there are over 40 bath- house as a gaming-place, while the steps are to-day well known.
At & current of air, but continues to room, in which Bell's Rigid Rub
MORE GAMBLERS
RAID ON HOUSE IN CANTON ROAD
rest were fined $3 each, for playing-the beginning of the nindcenth blow a large volume of air through ber Floor Tiles have been laid;] His Worship ordered the confisca century there were probably 10,000 the bag during the whole time it is whie at Grove Court some 500
tion of the "Ramblers of cards, a table, and amounting to $9.68.
pack
engines in England, giving a total being filled.
yards were used for halls and pas-
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LEW CODY SCORES BIG SUCCESS
day team turbines each capable of two establishments show that one, foring for such purposes developing more than 200,000 horse- using the
obvious; it is, at once, silent, easy Bentall-Kingdon me power have been, or are being, made chanical plucker, is obtaining 4d. to dean, of infinite life and resilient to the tread. At the same time, for stations in various parts of the to 4. per pound for its feathers, world. It seems very doubtful if whereas the other, which has only the manufacturers produce these this could have been possible ex- just decided to adopt the machine, tiles in such a variety of colourings that it is simple to obtain the most cept as a consequence of the work has so far obtained
on an average Henceforth the piano fiend may of Poncelet and two centuries of Id, per pound.
It is evident, attractive decorative schemes by Cody, popular comedian, and Sue atrum to his heart's content for scientific experiment. It is fifty therefore, that the machine will very
their employment. years ago this year since the first; quickly pay for itself by the in-
A BOON TO FLAT-
DWELLERS
the silent piano has arrived.
It comes from Vienna, the most food-carrying ship was fitted with creased value of the feathers alone, musical city in the world, and the refrigerating plant; if experiment niano is so constructed that the and thermodynamic theory had not ROMANCE OF TRADE sound waves reach only the player shown the way a commencement who wear special head-'phones, would hardly have been conceivable, where the waves are converted into
the usual sounds.
DR. C. T. WANG
1
and the developments of refrigera-
EMIGRANT WHO LEFT £2000,000
tion, which are of such importance
n the food supplies of to-day would The hardly have been possible.
EMPIRE MARKETING
IN "BEAU BROADWAY"
"Beau Broadway," featuring Lew
Carrol is to be shown for the last time to-day at the Queen's Theatre where, yesterday, it was screened to capacity houses at all perform- ances.
The story is humoroas 19, indred, are all pictures
fea- taring Lew Cody. It con-
ceras 2
promoter big "fight"
(Lew, Cody)
A total of £1,461,114 has been; granted for schemes of research and economic ingestigation since the inception of the Empire Mar-
who has suddenly romance of an Irish keting Board in 1926, states a nany other examples of the direct America has been revealed through of the Board.
emigrant's rise to prosperity in White Paper; reviewing the work thrust in his cars the daughter of a pugilist. In his endeavour to hide
· Canton, Saturday. indebtedness of Official circles in Caston doubt the science reference might be made McCovey, of Boston, Mass..
engineering to the visit to Ireland of Judge F. W The expenditure in 1928 brought his true identity from the young truth of the reported resignation of The rapid developments of high-
to account at March 31 last amount- girl (played by Sue Carrol) Cody Edward J. Boyle, of Boston, ed to £442,893-19% 10. Against the reforms. Comical situations arise -Canton News Agency.
Dr. C. T. Wavg, the Foreign Ministertension distribution of power have Mas, who died in February, 1928, tots estimated expenditure as a result of the "reformation," "
been made possible by research in left estate valued at £2,000,000, but £900,000 for 1920 there was a and the picture ends as one should Mr. Lalchand Watinmal, manag-
the laboratory. Many attempts left no will. Three Irishmen, all balance of £350,000 on April 1 last, wish it to... ing proprietor of Watanmal Bool had been made to utilise the explo-emigrants to America, are now to leaving $550,000 to be provided asi Sue Carrol plays the major chand, whị is on a tour of the East, sive force of gunpowder, hydrogen share this property.
a further grant-la-aid.
feminine role, and she scores has written to Mr. C. P. Deswani, and coal gas for power production Edward Boyle was the son of h view of the support given by a huge success, Aileen Pringle of Hong Kong, informing him that before the modern four-cycle James Boyle, of Athlone, who the majority of Colonial Govern (with whom Lew Cody has he leaves Java on September 21, internal combustion engine was emigrated when Edward was still mests concerned, it had been de costarred in many successes) Singapore: on September 30, and developed, but without success, until young. Edward developed a keen cided to proceed with the appoint-¦ has small part in which arrives here about October 7. Mr. it was recognised from thermody.bushess sense, ultimately founding ment of a Colonial Advisory Coun- there is no opportunity to show Lalchand Vatanmal has been the namical considerations that com a credit clothing business which cil of . Agriculture and Animal her real worth. VER recipient of addresses from the In- pression is essential before, fgnition spread throughout the States. The Health. An Agricultural Adviser Fox News, and a comedy dian communities in all the centres --Professor F. C. Lea in Engineer three men who are to succeed him to the Secretary of State for the featuring the famous Chimpanzees, he has visted. ⠀
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