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Two cases of typhoid fever (one
опе non-Chinese) and
case of cerebro-spinal meningitis wero notified yesterday.
The C... are busily engaged in searching for a Chinese, aged about 27 years, who. is alleged to have stabbed a Japanese named Hisao Hasoda during a fight in Johnstone' Road last night.
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931.
HINT FOR GANDHI.
TALK TO LANCASHIRE ON BOYCOTT.
COMPATRIOTS ADVICE.
SHATIN RAILWAY SMASH.
Passengers Describe the Disaster.
MR. WALKER'S STORY.
Rugby, Yesterday. Mr. Srinivasa Sastri, who was one of the delegates to the India Round Table Conference in Lon aon. speaking last night on the In an attempt to end her life.
At the reaumed inquiry in the woman, Li Chun (28) living at 248 Indian situation, said if the deci Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday, Hennessy Road, Wanchal, jumped sions of the Round Table Confer into the circumstances of the rail- into the harbour from Gloucester ence were alterable they were alway dienster at Shatin, evidence Road at two o'clock this morning. terable on both sides, but Mr.was given by Dr. Farr, Government She was rescued and conveyed to the Gandhi, he was certain, was now Radiologist, who described how hia coming to the conference with the car fell into a hole on the road near, Government Civil Hospital,
idea of safeguards, which were to Shatin Station. Later came news
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be the means of turning tempor- that a tunnel had collapsed, and he and friends proceeded to the scene ary truces into permanent peace.
of the accident,
Chinese stowawaye who arrived here yesterday on board the S.8. Tjisendari were at the Kowloon Speaking of the boycott move. he said he did not doubt Magistracy this morning sent to ment,
Passengers on the train gavo The men, who that when Mr. Gandhi was helped evidence as to the smash, jail for one month.
after came from Java, were found ming-to realise what the situation which Mr. G. A. Walker was called. Lanenshire really was, he could He described how he received a Bing with the passengers.
soon make it clear that he was a message as to the accident to No.
would devise
A fine of $6,760 or in default, tuated by the most human inten-19 train at 5.30 p.m. He imme- six months' hard labour, was impos-tions, and
aomediately gave instructions for all ed on Wan Yu-yip in the Kewloon means of relieving the situation first-aid men to be collected and having consistent with India's righteous sent out by the 6.0 train from Kow- Police Court to-day, for
her econotalc possession of 533 lb. of Chinese desire to establish
loon. The railway officers, Police, tobacco on which duty had not been independence.
and Government doctors were all paid.
He hoped that Mr. Gandhi when The haul was made, by Revenue Officer H. Pearse on board he came to England would visit notified, and witness and Mr. Smith started out on the train. When Lancashire and meet the Lanca- the defendant's fishing junk. A
they arrived at Yaumati station shire people, and talk with them they were informed of a wash-out second man was discharged.
about the boycott that he had in-
Appearing before Mr. E. H.spired.-British Wireless Service. Williams in the Second Police Court yesterday charged with possession SCOTT'S FLIGHT. of a revolver and 14 rounds of ammunition, a Chinese youth, who HOPS OFF FROM SYDNEY FOR was defended by Mr. D. B. Evans,
BRITAIN. declared that he had never seen B revolver in his life. At the con- clusion of the evidence his Worship adjourned the case until to-morrow.
yester-
at Shatin. The train was sent back to Kowloon, and he and Mr. Smith went out by car. They walked to the scene, which they reached about 7 p.m. Dr. Smalley had also arrived in a car, and join-
ed them near Shatin station.
Passengers Cut Off. Wilness saw that every one not Rugby, Yesterday. Lieutenant Scott left Sydney to- ate the victims. He thereupon injured was endeavouring to extric- duy, and expects to arrive at turned his attention to getting vari- cus passengers into Hong Kong, de-
Sheungshui, and picked up by
motor buses on the Castle Peak Road.
In the Kowloon Police Court this Wyndham, in Western Australia, morning Cheung Chi-ngok pleaded on Monday, in an attempt to ciding that they should be sent to Singapore, and Hong Kong, in not guilty to the theft of a rattan to England in a new record time.
-British Wireless Service. basket containing a cotton quilt, seven and a half days.
Sydney, Yesterday, the property of Tsang Hon, at the it is felt by experts that the Kowloon Railway Station,
The airman, Lt. Scott, who es- most suitable type of aircraft for day. Accused said that the basket tablished a new record flight from Shatin to enable him to telephont. the journey is the big, twin-was his, but at the Police Station, England to Australia on April 10. However, at the break in the road. engined flying boat. One of the he could not produce a key to unlock started his return fight to Eng-he met the I.G.P., who told him that it. Complainant had a key which land at 8.25 a.m. to-day-Reuter, there had been two wash-outs on ILL. Charles Scott arrived at the Castle Peak Road. The passen- greatest flights in the fitted the lock. Four months' hard
Port Darwin at 6,50 p.m, on April history of aviation was the jour-labour was imposed.
ney of 28,000 miles accomplish- ed according to schedule by four
of these machines from Britain RADIO
to the East and Australia, around the Australian continent, thence to Hong Kong, and final-
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
Mr. Arcull drove him down to
10. his total time from England gers were hence completely cut off being 219 hours, beating Kingsnorth of the train wreck.
Soveral, doctors arrived later ford Smith's record solo flight by from Fanling and other points, and eighteen hours.]
HOME BY-ELECTION.
COMMUNIST CANDIDATE AGAIN DEFEATED.
to
London, Yesterday. The by-election at Ogmore, due the death of the Rt. Hon. Vernon Hartshorn, resulted Mr. Edward Williams (Lab.) 19,356 Mr. Rose Campbell (Com.). 5,219
follows:--
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Labour majority.....14,137
-Reuter.
The following programme will ly back to the base at Singapore.be broadcast to-day from the The craft which made this epic Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 850 flight were standard Super-
¡metres: marine "Southampton" flying 6-8 p.m.-European Programme boats, drawn from the ordinary of HM.V. & Vletor Records kind- equipment of the coastal patrolly supplied by Messrs. S. Moutric
& Co. units. Day after day the craft
6-6.20 p.m.-Band Selections. progressed steadily, frequently The Bells of St. Malo (Rimmer), through most difficult weather Semper Fidelis Murch (Sausa),
The Band of H.M. Coldstream and climatic conditionis, keeping
Guards (B2647). to the pre-arranged time-tables. Le Pere de La Victoire (Ganne),
Sambre et Meuse (Planquette), Night after night the crews spent
La Garde Republicaine Band (B2908). Hong Kong, Thursday, May 21, 1931. aboard, demonstrating in quiet,
Raymond-Overture almost humdrum fashion, the (Thomas arr. Godfrey),
The Band of H.M. Coldstream ability of these air boats to oper-
Guards (C1440). nte regularly as independent 6.20-6.41 p.m.-Organ Solos.
Labour majority....11,096 The Sacred Hour (Ketelbey); units in the most diverse circum-in a Japanese Garden (Higgs),
Reginald Foort (B8197). BUELOW'S MEMOIRS Drink to me Only with Thine Eyes
(Callcott), Salut D'Amour (Elgar),
Reginald Foort (B3468). Shepherd's Lullaby (Hewitt), At Dawning (Cadman).
Going Home by Air.
Residents of Hong Kong should
F. Rowland-Tims, F.R.C.0. (B3021). 6.41-7.07 p.m.-Musical Comedy. Chorus
Ol' Man River "Show Bent",
The Revellers (21241). Song
I Love Were All-"Bitter Sweet",
Ivy St. Helier, Soprano (B8144).
be able to fly Home practically stances. direct, stopping at Saigon and It has been stated by experts Marseilles en route, before the that the new British flying boat, end of 1932, provided the plans such as has been constructed by at present being considered by Messrs. Short Bros., of Roches- the Imperial Airways and the ter, could operate over the dis- Governments concerned mater-tance from London to Hong useful load on ialise. Acceleration and exten- Kong with a sion of the air mail services board, apart from fuel, of 4,000) throughout the Empire to-day is pounds. A boat of this type is. the most widely. discussed sub- obviously fitted to operate ver ject in British civil aviation, and an "all red" sea route from Bri-Piano Solo- the experts have now fully real-tain to the Far East, making the ised the value of Hong Kong and entire journey to Singapore and Singapore as terminals of the Hong Kong with alightings on Far Eastern routes. Many Bri- British territory only. The first tish experts affirm the principle stage of such a regular service that mails and passengers should might lie from London to Gibral- be separately transported. The tar, thence to Malta and Egypt adoption of this principle would and on down the Persian Gulf to enable the operating company to India. Strategical requirements send the mails by aeroplanes of Empire defence invest the pro- very much faster than the air-duction of flying boats able to liners at present in use Light-operate over stages of this order ing of the main routes for. night of magnitude with much import- flying would ensure the mails ance. In time of war they would moving during nearly every hour obviously constitute an invalu out of cach twenty-four; to-day able means of maintaining patrol they are stationary for all but over the sea routes essential to the scheduled day-time flying communications between Great stages. The result of the policy Britain and the Dominions over- Virtuoso String Quartet of carrying mails and passengers Bes
together, is, in the words of Sir
Robert MacLean, that the air mail moves at an average speed
News in Brief.
from London to India of only The lowcat open air temperature twenty-eight miles an hour. Yet yesterday was 76 degrees.
10 am, the humidity was 90 and at high speed is one of the chief as- 4 pm. 31.
sets of air travel, and, calculat
The General Election poll was: Mr. V. Hartshorn (Lab.)..22,900 Mr. D. L. Powell (Lib.) Mr. H. Abbott (Cons.) Mr. J. R. Campbell (Com.)
witness left the scene at 2 2.m. There were then a man and boy
pinned by the legs under the train. They had to be left, but they were given morphia, and made as com-
fortable as possible.
Waterfall Diverted.
The telephone cable had broken, witness told the Coroner, but later a temporary phone was installed. It did not occur to him to inform the Harbour Master, as he did not think It likely that help could be sent by sea,
Since the accident the waterfall above the scene had been directed into two streams. At one time there was only one stream, and it had been decided to divert it by the erection of a wall.
The Inquiry will be resumed to-
.11,804 .... 4.161morrow.
. 1,525
THE OBJECTIONS OF LORD LONSDALE.
KING'S THEATRE.
COOLING PLANT A GREAT ASSET.
INSTALLATION COMPLETED.
The cooling plant which was London, Yesterday: being installed in the King's Thea The late Prince von Buelow's tre is now ready and the prelimin- nemoirs, the publication of which ary tests made yesterday were high- was recently withdrawn as a rely satisfactory. Comments made [sult of a threat of Lord Lonsdale by visitors to the Theatre yesterday to bring suit against the publish- were very favourable but it will ers for libel, are to be published take a few days to adjust the tem- with an Italicised footnote to theperature to suit the wishes of the affect that the statements object-majority.
"Wake Up and Dream"--Medley, ed to by Lord Lonsdale are entire. Patrons will now have the Carroll Gibbons (B3031).ly without foundation-Reuter. opportunity of enjoying the Vocal Duet-
performances In absolute com- Thinking of You
fortable
even surroundings, "Five O'Clock Girl",
Winnie Melville and Derek
during. the hottest Sump- Oldham (B3020)..
mer day. The plant installed is the Yorke Shipley air cooling sys- tem as is now being used in all the leading theatres in Europe and the U.S.A.
Song--
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A Room with a View-
"This Year of Grace", Mary Make Belleve-
"This Year of Grace",
Noel Coward, Barltone (B2719). 7.07 -7.45 p.m. Instrumental Music. Violin 'Solo-
Sielanka (Wieniawskl), Poem (Fibich-Kubelik),
Ruth Porselt (4184). Piano Solo-
Polish Dance (Scharwinka), Humoresque (Dvorak),
Hans Barth (20208): String Quartet
The "Emperor" Quartet (Haydn), Londonderry Air (Arr. Bridge),
(C1470). Plano Solo",
Scarf Danco (Chaminade), Flatterer. (Chaminade),
Hans Barth (20040).' Violin :Solom
On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn), (2) Jota (de Falla),
(b) (Grieg-Achron),
A10) Puck (orghe Hellets (6818).
7.45-8 pm.--Humorous Songs. Spread. Few. Dark Shadows,
Ana Funn (B9249),
SIAMESE KING.
EYE REGAINS NORMAL SHAPE.
King
Purchase, N.Y., May, 17.
Prajadhipok's left evc,
This is the first installation of Ita
from which a cataract was remov-kind in South China.
ed Inst Sunday, has completely re-
gained · · its shape. The Siamese @T!!!⠀⠀9ROTÉRAÐSETIKOTEJPRIEMON monarch is progressing, satisfac- torily.-American Wireless.
MAHARANEE'S ESCAPE.
Ten Years Ago.
[From the "China Mail" of May 21, 1921.3
To-day's dollar is worth 2/4%.
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The Maharaneo of Burdwan was asleep in her house near Albert Hall; Kensington, when fire broke out in: the house next to here. She had to Mr. C. F. Mason, solicitor, this
While leave hurriedly.
firemen morning applied to Magistrate were fighting the Laze ehe, watched Orme for a re-hearing of the case from the street an unconscious in which 'a Chinese fireman, of mald being carried out through her H.M.S. Moorhen, was last week house.
gara kattemang la sentenced to twelve months' Ingri- It was nearly an hour before the sonment with hard labour for hav- fre was brought under control and ing unlawful possession of opium She was able to return to her on board the vessel at Wuchow. Mr. Mason said that he was making house.
The Maharaja of Burdwan is at the application on the ground that preselit on the Continent.
is the oplum was found at Wachow the defendant did: not come within
ing ou the basis of British air The Police have been notified of Soused 'Errings Kings (88161), Mr. A. Hutton Potts, residing at the jurisdletion of the local Court. craft already in existence or the loss of a Sraith and Weston 38 Fonso (My Hot Spanish Knight)55
The Magistrate agreed, and sald revolver, which lo stated to have
Gracie Field, (B3585) Highhouse, Mount Davis Road, bullding a day and night air been stolen from the cabla of Mornin' Low Sophie Tecker (22049) has reported to the Police that be that he had reconsidered the case mai: service could be operated, the second engineer aboard the sa 8 Local Time & Weather tween 7 p.m. on Tuesday, and B and decided that the man should c'clock yesterday morning, some return to his ship, with the advice once the necessary lighting Sungshan Maru, between 2 p.m. and Report, tapi jugak bejangan
16 pm. yesterday.. Ten $1 Shang 8.03-10.21 p.m.-Chinese Studio percon stole from his chicken-house that he be taken to Wuchow to be equipment was laid down, linking bar and Central China Bank notes Concert.
eight fowls and two geese, valued at dealt with by the Chinese an- - London to - Bydney, - via –India, were also stolen./
thorities. $80 in all
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