TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932.
THE CHINA MAIL
To-Day's Short Story,"
ENGLISHMAN BARNSLEY SURPRISE RED ORGANISER
CHARGED AS
CREWE.
STOWAWAY Halifax Beat Southport
Riotous Conduct On River Steamer.
DRAWS STIFF SENTENCE.
At Home.
SENT TO GAOL
FOR PLOTTING
Sidney Elias Given Two-Year Term.
EARL RUSSELL'S FRIEND.
London, To-day. Sidney Ejlas, alleged Soviet agent, Was sentenced to the maximum term of two years' im prisonment at Old Bailey.
London, To-day. The following were the results). of matches played in the Third Division (North) yesterday: Walsall
1 Accrington The story of how an unemployed Barnsley Britisher attempted to gel to Canton Halifax from Hong Kong by stowing away! on the river steamer Sai On, and when handcuffed to a bunk tore two sleeping berths down and smashed) a cabin door, was told by Police before Mr. Grantham in the Central) Police Court this morning.
Chenter Hull Crewe Appearing on remand was George Gateshead
Wrexham Ernest John Allen, 28, an three
Southport charges of stowing away, malicious Barrow damage, and failing to return to the House of Detention on December 7, Defendant pleaded guilty to
Rochdale charges and fines totalling $150 or
Mansfield three months' gaol were impused bykor
Stockport his Worship.
Doncaster Prosecuting Detetetive-Sergeant Carlisle Allen said that on the night of York December 10, while the Sai On was Tranmere proceeding through Capsiumun Halifax Pass on her journey Captain Campbell, who bridge, heard a noise.
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to Canton, New Brighton was on the Hartlepools The Chlef Darlington
Officer and Pilot went to investigatej
and found Allen, apparently under influence of drink, behind a steel
box. They took him to the Chinese FIERCE BLAZE.
anloon and there told him to liel
down. He refused.
He was again seen on the sun deck, and this time was taken and handcuffed to a bunk in the Guard Room. About twenty minutes later: the Chief 'Offteer returned and found that defendant had broken down two sleeping berths and was using a board as a battling ram to smash the influence of drink, behind a steel the cabin door. Damago to the the extent of $10 was done,
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THE JAR
THE olive crop was a bumper
By Luigi Pirandello.
In course of time, the new jar,
It was now
one that year: the trees for which he had paid the goodly) had flowered luxuriantly the sum of four florios, duly arrived; year before, and, though there until room could be found for it in had been a long spell of misty the wine cellar, it was lodged in the few days. weather at the time, the fruit crushing shed for a had set well.. Lolla Zirafa Never had there been a finer jar. Elias, who went free on $1,000|had ધ fine plantation on I was quite distressing to sco it! bail, for which Earl Russell, the his farm at Primosole. Rec- lodged in that foul den, which reek- noted writer, and Mrs. Helen Allan, koning that the five old jars of ed of stale grape juice and had 'that young auburn-headed reactionary glazed earthenware which he had, musty smell of places deprived of 5 21 stood aurety, was charged as a re-in his wine-cellar would not light and air.
two days since the 20sult of startling revelations of the suffice to hold all the oil of that
alleged participation of the Soviet In harvest, he had placed an order harvesting of the olives had begun, the efforts to stir up strife In well beforehand at Santo Stefano and Don Lollo was almost beside Britain. Elias, described as
supervise, the Di Camastra, where they are himself, having Chairman of the National Un-made. His new jar was to be of not only the mon 17 employed Workers' Movement; was greater capacity
-breast high beating down
trees, charged with inciting Walter Han- and pot-believed; it would be the nington, leader of the unemployed the mother-superior to the little ber of others who had come with 15 movement, and a
mule loads of manure to be deposited man named community of five other jars. 16 Llewellyn, to cause publle discontent I need scarcely say that Don Lollo in heaps on the hill side, where he and disturbances against the police. Zirafa had had a dispute with the had a feld in which he was going
The Prosecution said that the potter concerning this jar. It would to sow beans for the next crop.
He felt that it was really more! movement was responsible for the indeed be hard to name anyone with
GUTS NANKING
to
+who were the fruit from but also 8 num-
18 organiantion of the unemployed whom he had not picked a quarrel; than one man could manage. He march on November 4. Elias was for every trifle be it merely a was at his wits' ends whom to attend apparently in Russla last September stone that had fallen from his to: cursing like a trooper, he vowed and was acting under the instruc-boundary wall, or a handful of straw he would exterminate, first this man tions of a section of the Third Inter---he would shout out to the ser- and then that, if an olive--one | national, which directed the un-sants to saddle his mule, so that he single olive-was missing; he almost employed movement all over the could hurry to the town and file a talked as if he had counted them, world. Reuter.
Buit.
He had half-ruined himself; be-
FINANCE BLOCK HONG KONG RADIO cause of the large sums he had had
Ministerial Offices
Badly Damaged.
MR. SOONG INVESTIGATES,
Nanking To-dny.
* ACTIVITIES.
Broadcasting Report
For The Month.
to spend on court fees and lawyers' bills, bringing actions against one person after another, which always. ended in his having to pay the costs of both sides. People said that his
TO-MORROW'S STORY.
To-morrow's short story will be "Kerrigan and the Blackmailers," by Neil Gor don.
legal adviser grew so tired of seeing one by one, on his trees; then he
The Hong Kong Broadcasting him appear two or three times a would turn to the muistsers and Committee's report for November week that he tried to reduce the utter the direst threats as to what A disastrous fire broke out in the states that the actual hours. of frequency of his visits by making would happen, if any one heap of On arrival at Cunton, Captain Ministry of Finance offices at transmission amounted to 272,75 of him a present of a volume which manure were not exactly the same Campbell took Allen to the British Nanking, yesterday, 11 rooms in the which 172.50 were devoted to Euro-looked like a prayer-book; it con- size as the others. A little white Consul, who gave instructions for Ministry being gutted, including pean programmes and 100.25 bim to be taken to Hong Kong and the Secretary's office and two rooms Chinese programmes. be handed over to the Police.
containing valuable radio apparatus. An outstanding Item in the Chief Warder G. L. Buchanan The fire which broke out at 10 port is that 143 new wireless li- said that Allen was granted leave by a.m.,
with remarkable cences were issued during the the Superintendent of Prisons to rapidity and blazed fiercely until month.
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obtain money so that he could be noon, but this did not prevent the! During the two days that the discharged from the House of staff from saving many important Radio Exhibition was in progress, Detention. He failed to return and dccuments.
European musle was brandeast con- was arrested by the Police:
tinuously.
CABINET CONSIDERS REPLY TO AMERICA.
"(Continued from Page 1.)
Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister of Finance, is at present investigating the cause of the fire.
TEA RESTRICTIONS
NEARER NOW.
Dutch And British Co-Operation.
London, Today. The Financial Times' Amsterdam
The Favoured Nation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in written replies to Parliamentary questions anys if the British war debt to the United States, "had from outset been settled on samej basis ng the French war debt to the United States, the amount correspondent says a meeting of the which the British Government has Amsterdam Association for Tes' Cul- already paid would exceed the ture in the Dutch Indies has ̈ A- amount due on such a basis by thorised a committee to conclude :$795,700,000 and no further pay-agreements in order to arrive at a
ment would be due until 1940.
restriction of tea exports, and also
Similarly, if the British war debt had been settled on the basis of the Italian settlement, no further payment would be due until 1955.
to take measures necessary to put such restrictions into operation and secure the co-operation of the Dutch Indles Government.
PERSIA'S PROFIT FROM D'ARCY OIL CONCESSIU.
Some interesting lectures were featured in the studio transmis sions, amongst which "Western Australia," by Professor Brown, and
"Thoughts During the Two Minutes silenco," by the Rev. Lewis Bryan, were outstanding.
Band concerts by regimental and ships' bands were prominently featured throughout the month.
CHINESE DRIVER PAY $40 FINE,
Charge Resulted From Accident.
tained the judicial code-the idea cap on his head, his sleeves rolled being that he should take the trou- up and his shirt open at the front, ble to sce for himself what the he rushed here, there and every- rights and wrongs of the case were where; his face was a bright red and before. hurry to bring a suit.
poured with sweat,' his eyes glared Previously, when anyone had an about him wolfishly, while his hands difference with him, they would try rubbed angrily at his shaven chin, shouting out "Saddle the mule!" to make him lose his temper by where a fresh growth of beard al-
ways sprouted the moment the]. but now they changed it to "Go and razor had left it. Lollo would reply: "That I will and work three of the farm hands look up your pocket-code!" Don At the close of the third day's
break the lot of you, you
CANADA'S GOLD PRODUCTION.
Mining Industry Thriving.
"rough fellows with dirty, brutish faces-went to the crushing-shed; | they had been beating the olive trees and went to replace their lad- ders and poles in the shed. They stood aghast at the sight of the fine new jar In two pieces, looking for all the world as if someone had caught hold of the bulging front and cut it off with a sharp sweep, of the knife.
"Oh, my God! Look! Look!”.'' "How on earth has that happen- ed?"
Toronto, Dec. 1.. With more than $31,000,000 re
"My holy aunti, When Don Lollo alized by Ontario's. gold production hears of it. The new far! What during the first seven months of the
a pity, though!" year, the all-Canada gold production
The fret of the three, more. Damage to the extent of $300 was record of $55,000,000 in 1981 will frightened than his companions, suffered by a car, owned by Mr. be shattered in 1932, President
proposed to shut the door again at Black, U. S. Vice-Consul in Hong G. W. Nicholson, of the Standard once and to sneak away very quietly, Kong, when it was struck by a Shek Stock and Mining Exchange, be 0 Club lorry on the Shek O Road lieves.
leaving their ladders and poles out side leaning up against the wall but the second took him up sharply.
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Don Tollo! Oh! Don LOLLO
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tunate In not being sent over the than decreased, June and July out- He went out of the shed and, be $22,000,000 instead of $951,200,-
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CONTRABAND FOUND BY POLICE.
Chinese Runs When Officers Appear.
Siz gunny sacks, containing ap- proximately 278 lbs. of tobacco, on which duty had alleged evaded, were brought to the
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to the Persian Government in.
The lorry driver, Chan On, wasly $66,000,000-a-year.Production, summonsed before His Worship, in other provinces has continued for dangerous driving. Traffic In comparatively high throughout the spector" Alexander stated that de year.
When the farmer came up and fendant's speed was about 30 miles The extent to which Canada's saw the damage he fell into a per hour, this statement being con- gold production is Increasing is
First he vented towering passion. firmed by Mr. Black
shown by a comparison with figures his fury on the three men. He issued by the Bureau of Statistics seized one of them by the throat, for 1930. That year the all-Canada pinned him against the wall, and yield was 2,102,068 fine-ounces for shouted:
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a total value of $43,453,601 This "By the Virgin's blood, you'll pay was increased by more than $12 for that!" 000,000 last year and should be in- The other two sprang forward in creased by considerably more again wild excitement, fell upon Don Lollo in 1932,
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