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MOTOR TRAFFIC U.S. TO BUILD LESS
I
PROBLEM.
SUBMARINES?
European Tooting Horn Smaller Vessels Needed
Unnecessarily to Guard the Coastline.
CONFUSED LORRY 'DRIVER.
A Chinese youth named Li
Chung-fo to-day pleaded guilty" |
Washington, Yesterday.
BATABLISHED
1345
HONG KONG. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1930..
EIGHT STOWAWAYS.
FROM SANDAKAN AND SINGAPORE.
NO WORK OR MONEY.
Three Chinese men were
CHOPPER AGAIN.
CONSTABLE STRUGGLES WITH
THIEF
A VIOLENT PUSH.
The
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. closing rate of the dollar on f-demand, to-day was 1/3 44.
BW
·PRICE. $3.00 Per Month.
A BIG FIGHT.
BAMBOO POLES FREELY USED.
Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central.
CHEERING CROWDS GREET "AMY.”
_MASTER_AND_SEAMAN "One of Most Memorable Achievements of 1930.”
London, Yesterday. Miss Amy Johnson arrived at
RIOTS IN UNITED PROVINCES.
Moslems Outraged by Hindu Procession.
POLICE FIRE ON CROWDS.
Nainital, Yesterday,
A communal disturbance broke fight, while the second defendant "peacemaker." said that he merely acted, as
escorted by seven 'planes. She to-day, owing to a Hindu proces- was enthusiastically greeted on sion of 15,000 persons insisting Sub-Inspector A. H. Elston landing by a huge assemblage, on passing the Mosque in defiance City were colled out to what at first seemed to he a big fight on the Air Minister, the Rt. Hon. A crowd of angry Moslems assem- the foreshore at Ma Tau Kok. I Lord Thomson, and Miss Bond-bled, determined to oppose the appeared that both complainant field, Minister of Labour. and defendant were landing pigs.
procession. The police fired on
control of his light Raleigh motor-/52,700 tons of submarines allott-kan, when the second officer of was nobody to claim it, he picke stated that the Police at Kowloon and was officially welcomed by of the authorities' prohibition.
suns on it!
the
London Naval
# up...
He added that he always carried a chopper on him because he needed it for the purpose of ent- ting herbs on the hillsides. He did
not assault the policeman. · Constable's Story.
Civil Resistance.
Bombay, Yesterday.
A struggle between a policeman charged at the Kowlon Magis-and a thief at Shamshulpo wna
Two Chinese, one a master and the other, a seaman on a cargo travy this morning before Mr. BEST USE OF 52,700 TONS. Whyte-Smith with having at:ived described at the Kowloon Magis Mr. Whyte-Smith at the Kow- ESCORT OF SEVEN 'PLANES
junk, were to-day charged before] in the Colony as stowaways on the tracy this morny when, before Mr. loon Magistracy with assaulting J.C.J.L. steamer Tjiliwong from Whyte-Smith Chinese was charg-the master of the fishing junk, Sandakan. A change is foreshadowed in and stated that they had no blanket and with assaulting defendant admitted having a Croydon to-day by air and was out et Ballia, United Provinces,
All pleaded guilty,ed with the farceny of a rett who appeared in Court with a before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the United
work and no money.
bandage above his left eye. First. States submarine "traffic time," to a summons building policy. The Navy Board Police, stated that they were
Sergeant Clarke, of the Water Chinese police constable. charging that he did not have full is considering the best use of the caught one day out from Sanda- blanket in the street, so, as there Accused pleaded that he saw, the
cycle combination whilst driving fed under
the vessel was collecting tickets. These men tried to evade his! in Morrison Gap Road on July 23, Treaty. - \.
notice. Traffic Inspector Alexander According to officials the Navy His Worship imposed a fine of stated that the combination was Department Board may advocate $50 or one month's jail on each,
In a second case, tive Chinese a very light one, of only 2%, horse abandoning the building of fleet,
men pleaded guilty to a' charge of power, and there were five per-vessels of 2,000 and 3,000 tons, having stowed away from Singa-
and that the former's craft, owing Dense throngs inside and out- the mob and five persons were kill- capable of a double journey pore to this port on the Dutch
to low tide, got stuck in the mud.side Croydon, aerodrome awaited ed and 16 wounded. The situa- across-the Athintic without re-steamer Cremer. Detective-Ser-3.40 a.m. yesterday he was on duty fendant's junk. A fight ensued plane City of Glasgow, in which
The constable said that at about and so was in the way of de-patiently the .. Indian air mail tion was later controlled.—Reuter. fuelling, and building instead eant Humphreys intimated that with another constable in Yen Chow in which bamboo poles were used,
the circumstances were similar to Street, They both wore smaller vessels to guard the coast those in the first case.
plain and a large number of persons Miss Amy Johnson was travelling, line.--Reuter's American Service.
clothes. He said that he saw participated. Defendants pleaded that they accused emerge from a scavenging struck on the head, and had to
Complainant was having left Vienna at seven in The Congress Working Com- were anxious to get back to the lane at the back of Tai Nam Street, be sent to hospital.
the morning.
mittee, which sat in secret last TAKES BEATING WELL! country.
The Police and walk into the street in which asked for compensation
Deafening Cheers, His Worship imposed the maxi-they were.
week to consider the intensifica- From there, accused made to the injured man, but the when, shortly after nine, the paign, has published its resolu- mum penalty of $50 or one turned into Tai Nam Street and fight was net serious.
Was drawing on tion of the civil resistance cam- month's hard labour on each. walked along the pavement. It
machine. with escorting 'planes; His Worship imposed a fine of circled over the aerodrome to the tions, directing Congress organ- was dark and witness lost sight of $5 on each defendant, and order-accompaniment
In a minute's time he sawed them each to pay $5 as com-cheers. Immediately the machine British goods, and Government deafening isations to boycott foreign cloth, pensation to complainant,
had come to a standstill, Amy loans, and also to boycott the stepped out and affectionately legislatures, Government officials, flung her arms around her mother and ordering the withdrawal of and embraced her father and deposits from the Post Office sisters.
savings banks, and the withdraw- al of support of British insurance, In welcoming her on behalf of banking, and shipping concerns. the British Government, Lord The Committee also reaffirmed Thomson described the flight as the resolution passed at Allaha- Karachi, Yesterday. опе of the most memorable bad on June 7 recommending that The flood peril in the Upper Sind achievements of 1980, which was Indians employed in the police district.is unabated. Two hundred a "young woman'a year."
military forces He and square miles
refuge submers said that Amy's pluck and tene-to obey orders when dealing with The perennial barrage canal city of purpose had won the hearts the civil disobedience movement. has been breached, the water rush-of the British people. A tribute-Reater. ing towards Aurangabad.
was also paid by Lord Wakefield, The railway between Habibkot who stressed the value of the and Ruk is momentarily expected to flight to Empire aviation. be washed away; and communica-
Too Much Publicity
A Chinese boy who on Saturday refused to go to the Police Street
Defendant was fined $10. Summoned by A.S.P.'s Wife. Mr. C. Michel, of the
Penin sula Hotel, was summoned by Mrs. W. R. Srott, wife of the Assistant Superintendent of Police, for sounding his motor- cycle horn unnecessarily in Caine Read at 5.15 pm, on July 28.
Defendant pleaded guilty" but! explained that he was cycling Boys Club. and instead got 10 with a friend who was in front. strokes of the cane When passing the Police Married without a licence, appeared again, Quarters he had occasion to stop. before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at and sounded his horn in order to the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- call his pal's attention,
Mr. Lindsell discharged defen-ng on a similar charge. He plend dant with, a caution.
ed guilty.
No Spare Wheel,
The Chinese driver of a garage car was summoned for being on the road without a spare wheel. He admitted the charge.
Ar, Lindsell: You should not go without one. You might need
it.
wheel.
for 'hawking
The Magistrate asked the boy f
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DUCHESS OF YORK.him,
CELEBRATES HER 30TH BIRTHDAY.
AT GLAMIS CASTLE.
London, Yesterday.
The Duchess of York celebrated
The
he would like to enter the St. Louis her 30th birthday to-day. Industrial Home for Boys where day will be spent quietly at Glamis he would be taught a trade.
The Ind replied that he had arrived yesterday. Sir Henry Sim- Castle, where Sir Henry Simson, ready taken up an apprenticeshly son, who is Honorary Consulting in a carpenter's shop. He pre- Surgeon to the Hospital for Women, mised nover to hawk again.
sultants present at the birth of "Well I will give you a chance," Soho Square, and for the West Lon
don Hospital, was one of the con- Princess Elizabeth....
Defendant said that when he left the garage he had a spare said his Worship, who added: "He On the way one of the takes a beating very well, this other tyres went flat and he put boy." A caution was administer- the spare wheel on..
The wheel ed.
with the flat tyre he left in a re- pair shop and then went on to the public car stand. He had no intention of plying for hire until { the flat tyre had been patched.
Mr. Lindsell: Anyway, your business was to go back to the garage and wait there until the flat tyre was ready. Fined $5,
In Broadwood Road.
OPIUM SMUGGLING.
Two Chinese who were arrested on the Canton wharf soon after the arrival of the s.8. Tafshan last night, were to-day charged, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell with the unlaw- ful possession of non-Government
Mr. G. H. Fowler, who admitted raw opfum. a charge of driving in Broadwood Road-without a special permit, was fined $5.
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A fine of $25 was imposed on the driver of a public car for dan gerous driving in Murray Road at 8.10 p.m. on July 27,
One man, who had 22 taels, plead. ed-that-the-stuff-was-entrusted to him by a friend in Canton to bring here. He did not know that he was carrying contraband.
The Home Secretary, Mr. Clynes, has received an intimation to be present at the. Castle to-morrow. Reuter.
AUGUST 4.
AN APPEAL FOR WAR HEROES.
"TORTURES OF HELL.”
London,-Yesterday, To-day is the 16th anniversary of the entry of Great Britain into the Great War. Sir Frederick Worship remarked that he was not Services
As the man was well dressed, his Milner, the President of the Ex- Welfare Society, has an ordinary carrier, but looked like availed himself of the
contributions to the Society, which helps the mentally disabled, and neuraathenics among ex-service-
1-
Traffic Inspector Alexander said that defendant drove down a smuggler. He was fined $600 or | casion to make an appen! for Murray Road at 25 miles per hour four months' hard labour.
and went past the Cricket Club
The other man who had 42 toets
junction without slowing down. of the drug, gave a similar excuse, Had anything come out of Jack and he was fined $1,000 or six
son Road at that moment, it would have been impossible to avoid a crash..
Defendant argued that he could
months in jail.
men.
Sir Frederick points out that "in our midst there are approxim- ately 100.000 sailors and soldiers suffering the torturea of hell as a
not have done more that 20 miles pulled up within that space be- result of war service."-Reuter.
per hour, adding: "I know for certain that my car could not do
more that 30 miles "*
"A Rotten Cár.”
Mr, Lindsell: It must be a rot-
fore reaching the junction,
Defendant: I did!
His Worship: Oh! How far from it?-30 feet.
Why must you take 20 yards to
Yards or Miles?
ten car, then! Anyway, 20 miles pull-up in?
is also too fast. Do you realise
Then defendant got hopelessly
ALLOTMENT RETURN COMPANY'S APPLICATION
GRANTED.
An application was made be
A return of allotment of
2
FAIR AGAIN.
The Royal Observatory'a weather report, to-day atatea: The depression, central over Tongking, is not so deep.
There is a typhoon to the north of Guam....
There may be a typhoon to the east of Luzon, but its poai- tion inteftin.
Forecast:-S.E. winds, mo- derate; fair.
The American Consulate General has received the Tele- gram quoted below from the Manila Observatory:
To-day 11 a.m.-Typhoon In about 129 degrees Long E. and 18 degrees Lot N; moving W.N.W.
Typhoon in about 144 degrees Lond E. and 15 degrees Lat N; direction unknown.
Long, of Hong Kong-114° 10′ 27′′ Lat of Hong Kong 22° 18′ 13′′ Rainfall Rainfall to 10 am. today 0.03 inch. Rainfall since January 1; 62.39-inches against" an average of 54 Inches.
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and humidi-
ty at certain specified centres this morning at "6, o'clock were:
Temp. Humid.
Hong Kong
78
94
Μάτρο
79
02
Pratas Island
80
87
"Manila
75
96
Foochow
80
87
Amoy
87
Swatow
70
96
Chefoo
75
9.5
Shanghai
77
94
him go back to Yen Chow Street carrying a blanket. He walked into the scavenging lane. Witness then told his colleague to follow the man while he went to the other
Order To Hait.
Chang of 108, Yu Yuen Road, Witness was then given a violent Shanghai, for consideration, in push to the ground. He called to
FLOOD. PERIL.
TWO HUNDRED MILES SUBMERGED.
to be
LOOTING AND LAWLESSNESS.
ed.
are
Darkness
of
Woman's Year.
friends carried
DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
A fine of $5 was imposed by Mr.
tion with Quetta, is impossible for: Replying, Miss Amy Johnson T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon a month.
said that the faith of a Several cases of looting and law-staunch
few Magistracy this morning on each lessness in the flooded areas are re-through
her of two Chinese lads, who pleaded all difficulties. ported.
She guilty to a charge of removing wanted to show by her flying how sand from Gascoigne Road without A number of casualties re- she loved England, how glad she a permit from the Hon. D.P.W. sulted from a Hindu-Moslem fracas was to be a member of a won- at Sukkur, when axes and kniyes derful Empire. She was sick at intimated that the sand was re- Mr. A. C. Burford, of the P.W.D., were freely used.--Reuter.
the sight of her, name and photo-moved from an embankment oppo- graph in the newspapers, and de- site the Diocesan Girls' School, in clared "cannot we drop Miss Gascoigne Road. The practice had Johnson and start from to-day to be stopped as it might cause con- with the name "Johnnie' by which siderable damage. I am known at the London Aero- plane Club, where I learnt to fy." Dense Crowds. the conclusion of the
'QUAKE IN ITALY.
TERRIFIED INHABITANTS
REASSURED:
- Rome, Yesterday.
At
A slight earthquake shock was speeches "Johnnie" drove in a felt at Melfi and Rionero yesterday, procession of motor cara around
to have gathered to catch a glimpse of her.
An Interview.
causing a general panic for many the aerodrome. then started on a with a Times of Ceylon represen- In the course of an interview hours before the terrified inhabit triumphal drive to Grosvenor tative. Miss Johnson was asked ants were reassured and order was House Hotel, Park Lane, where a whether she was not finding this.
restored-Reuter.
[Melfi had a fine Norman cathe-reception was held in her honour, part of the adventure (the sea dral which was destroyed by dense crowds who waited for the dullest.
The route was thronged with voyage back to England) about
an earthquake on August 14, 1821, hours to welcome her. They set
when more than 1,000 persons up a tremendous roar of cheering once showed the truly feminine "Oh no," she replied and at perished. Rionere was almost des- troyed by an earthquake in 1851.
MERCHANT SUED.
FAILS TO APPEAR IN COURT.
Defendant did not appear.
police were called in to cope with wonderful and doesn't seem at all as the car approached. Special aide of her character. "Its just the crowd outside the Hotel, most slow.". of whom were women.--Reuter.
A "JOHNNIE" TREE.
Amy Johnsor as Planter
In Ceylon.
•
The Naldera had a rough pass- age out of Fremantle but Amy did not mind. "I just went to bed," she said, her laugh breaking out that that is a blind road and you mixed up in his estimation of the fore the Chief Justice.this marn.end to cut him off.
again, and when I awoke well, Mr. Justice Wood, in the Sum-
it was just calm, which was very. can't see what is coming either distance from the junction when ing for an extension of time to
mary Court this morning, gave
kind of the weather." way It is very dangerous.
judgment against Mr. Augustin According to the papers to "Where's Jason? Oh; I'm tak- Mr. H. E. Strange was a wit- tried to explain the situation shares in the Asia Coal
he first saw the red light.
He file
Leong Hing-kee, in an action hand from Ceylon Miss Amying him back with me. He's up ness in the next case, in which an again, stating first that he was Briquetting Company.
As witness got to his place the brought by the Dragon Motor Car Johnson had a wonderful welcome above." and accused was about Indian pointsman in charge of 30 yards away, and then 30 miles! Mr. Leo d'Almada
ayard away. Company of 83, Wang Nei Chung in Colombo on July 16, when she the traffic lights at the junction
The former flashed fils electric torch Road, for the recovery of $004.82, passed. through that port on her chine Jason?"
Why did you call your ma e Castro, and shouted: "Stop still. of Arsenal Street and Queen's are you talking about? You saw applicants, produced
Mr. Lindsell: What nonsense jun., who appeared on behalf of policeman."
I am a plus costs. The amount was for way home from Australia on "Just because I like the name. Road East, summoned a lorry that light 30 miles away!
Witness then saw the work done, materials supplied, and board the P. and O. Naldera. driver for disobeying traffic sign-
affidavit from the secretary of order to get something, and, before
Bworn thiet put his hand to his back in storage of motor car.
Jason was my father's trade. She was welcomed by the mark in business, and" besides," al when proceeding up Areenal feet, and went back to his original alia, it was stated that 200 fally brought out a chopper and struck at was heard.
Defendant then fixed it at 80 the Company, of which, inter he had time to prevent him, accused ed for plaintiffs, and proof of claim Newnham) and by quite a collec-moment and raising her eyebrows Mr. F. X. d'Almada, jon, appear Mayor of Colombo (3r. H. E. she added, looking serious for a Street toward Queen's Road, at statement that by the time he paid ordinary shares in the him. He stopped the blow by 1.20 p.m., on July 28..
tion of senior officials including in interrogation, "what better The constable's statement was Arsenal Street.
pulled up he had got out of Company had been allotted to Loy catching hold of the thief's arm.
the Assistant Principal Collector name could there be? Jason has that he had given the red light
of Customs and the Deputy In- always been my favourite name in against defendant to give the
spector General of Police. Wher-mythological history." right of way to Mr. Strange's ion that defendant, must have covered... that through pure in-asized the chopper from accused's became a herb collector.
Mr. Strange gave it as his opin April, 1990. It was later dis- his colleague who came up and coolle but did not stay-lung, so he cheering crowds and seemed enthusiastic reception in Aus- ever she went she was met by: "Have you recovered from your motor-cycle which was proceed been talking with the man beside advertence the time for the re-hand. After & struggle the man Lam Fun, à cual coolle, living at ing eastward along Queen'e Road. him and did not look at the light turn of allotments had been ex- was taken to the station 8, Tai Nam Street, spoke to the Bandaranaike's estate, Veyan-phatically. "But they were really
thoroughly to enjoy the visit. tralia ? she was asked. In spite of the fact that the red until he was actually out of ceeded,
He Wouldn't Be There ownership of the blanket in goda, Miss Johnson followed the awfully good to me. The worst Sir Solomon Dias "I have not," Amy replied em- light was against him, defendant Arsenal Street. If instead of pull- His Lordship granted the appli came on and entered Queen's Road ing up immediately defendant had cation the time for extension be intention to use the chopper because bably stolen from him while sleeping visitors to Ceylon by planting a was the shaking hands. One Accused sald that he had no question, and said that it was pro- example of a number of notable part of the functions out there. before he pulled-up sharply on turned westward a collision would ing fixed to run up to and includ- if he had, the policeman would not on the paveront seeing Mr. Strange, have been inevitable. As it was, ing August 8.
Defendant said that at first he he cleared the lorry by going to
tree on the estate which will be would be brought into a room with His Worship Convicted on both known in future as the "Johnni 300, people to welcome one and had the green light. Then it was his right and had another car INTERPRETER MISSING ho did take the chopper from ac Detective-Sergeant Meadows. In-
The second constable elated that charges. suddenly changed to red, and he been on the road at the time, go-A-Chinese Interpreter of the him by the Arm
Tree." C
have to shake hands with every Immediately stopped. He admiting in the oppoalte direction,
cused's hand while the other held timated that there was nothing with some ceremony, Miss John- "Then there would be a flash-
The planting was carried out onell ted that then he had already got there would have been a smashs out of Arsenal Street As defendant's record was chung, who was recently attached Accused said that he fell to the here for about 20 days.
scooping the earth around the have to get up and say a few knowit of the man. Police Department named Lam IpTried To Find Work."
son standing on a carpet placed light photograph and lots of Accused: I have only been down there for the purpose, and speeches, At the end I would Mr-Lindsell inquired how far clear of such derious offences, he to the Pingshan Police Station, has ground and that it was when the Hie Worship: Yes. It seems to tree with a troweld words of thanks." defendant was from the junction having been fined previously for been missing since July 24. At 11 policeman left him that they came me that you have come for no good. She later visited the Wesleyan "Johnnie," said she had no plans. when he first saw the red light, minor offences only, Mr. Lindsell O'clock on that day he left the sta- across the chopper His father purpose. On the larceny charge, Methodist School at Colpetty and for the future and the reason And defendant said it was about decided to impose a fine of $10, tion to go to the Un Long market died at the beginning of this year, one month's hard labour and for subsequently attended a The Dan- why she had undertaken the flight 80 yards
and told defendant that he was to make some purchases, and has and he tried to find work but could assaulting the policeman, two sant at the Mount Lavinia Grand was because in Britain a girl could trate: You could have lucky to get off so lightly, not been seen since.
He was engaged as an earth months' hard Jabour-consecutively. Hotel, where all Colombo seemed not get a job in aviation at Tado
Collision Inevitable.
be thore
At