WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1933.
TERRIFYING
TROOPS IN
FOREST WAR
Giant Recruits Join In Chaco Dispute.
ARMED WITH MACHETES.
TOC H_OBJECTS OUTLINED.
Big Meeting. Held Last Evening.
GOVERNOR PRESIDES,
His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Peel, presided over a {(Reuter*#* Special Mail Service). barge gathering at the Board Asuncion, Paraguny. Room of Messrs. Jardine Mathe-
of the
fur
.of
the
them
cups wear', are
RHODESIA
TO HAVE
NEW COIN
£100,000 Silver Order For Britain,
RESULT OF NEW ACT.
(Reuter's Special Mail Service).
Salisbury.
THE CHINA MAIL.
A Great Sherlock Holmes Story.
The Adventure of
SILVER
BLAZE
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
I was twenty mi integrers strange forse, wandering over
1
the one upon
Then
was quite twenty minutes, and was the first down, he perceived a the before Holmes and the trainer reap-moor; how he went out to it, and his! Never have I seen such astonishment at recognising from A regiment of 500 swarthy son and Co., last evening, when A hundred thousand pounds of peared. giants recruited in the Para- the aims, objects and history of silver coins have been ordered change as had been brought about the white forehead which has given guayan tea field, and nicknamed Toc H. were expounded by the from the Royal Mint, London and in Silas Brown in that short time. the favourite its name that chance "the monkey heads" because Rev. F. F. Ford, Tor H. Padre, the first instalment is expected His face was ashy pnle, beads of had put in his power the only harso
many and Harry Chappell.
in Rhodesia in November, This perspiration ahone upon his brow, which could beat in
first npulse The Governor, introducing the order arises out of the new Coin-and his hands shook until the hun-which he had put his money
has come into ting-crop wagged like a-branch in I described how his forefront of present Rev. Mr. Ford, said that although jage Act which
the wind. His bullying, overbear- had been to lead him back to King's Paraguay offensive to expel the he (His Excellency) did not force. Bolivians from the disputed know anything about Toc H, he
The design on the obverse willing manner was all gone, too, and he Pyland, and how the devi had Chaco region, reports the corres-did know it was a marvellous be the King's head and crown, as cringed along at my companion's shown him how he could be the
jalde like a dog with its master. pondent of the Associated Press movement one of the few things on other Dominion coins.
"Your instructions will be done. of America..
which emerged from the War. The design of the reverse is Armed with machetes and its aim was service to mankind not yet settled, having been left It shall be done," said he.
"There must be no mistake," said with knives in their boots, and and human interest in the activi- in the hands of the Premier, Mr. fighting elbow to elbow through tise around us.
H. U. Moffat and the Treasurer, Holmes, looking round at him. The jungle undergrowths besile The Rev. Ford dealt with the Mr. P. D. L. Fynn, to decide when other winced as he read the menace
in his eyes. smartly uniformed young officers growth of the movement all in Tondon, but will probably em-
"Oh, no, there shall be no nis of the Colony.- turned out by the military
take. ac-round the world in Great Bri-body the arms
It shall be there. Should I ademy at Asuncion, the "monkey tain, Canada. the United States, Reuter.
change it first or not?" heads" typify the lust survival South America, New Zealand, I
Holmes thought a little and then; burst out laughing. "No, don't,". said he, "I shall write to you about
No tricks now, or---" "Oh, you can trust me, you can.
"You must see to it on the day as if it were your own."
"You can rely upon me." "Yes, I think I can. Well, you George Robey, who is playing in shall hear from me, to-morrow." He the English version of a film now turned upon his heel, disregarding
of antiquated fighting methods Australia, Malaya, India, Persin, LEGION OF HONOUR almost outgrown in Paraguay.
To-day the Paraguayan
with upward of army,
20,000 effectives including well-knit all reservists, is a organisation under central command with officers trained abroad er in military school at home.
But that
Africa and Europe.
"Everywhere," he said. "mem
'fair bera pledged themselves by thinking to make Toe H. really Every man's Club and every mem- ber too must undertake to do some simple job of Service."
A vote of thanks to H.E. the Governor, the Rev. Ford, Mr. Chap-
FOR ROBEY.
Iit.
French Paper Urges trust me!"
Presentation.
(Reuter's Special Mail Service).
Nice.
a development of poll, and to Mesara. Jardine Mathe- the last decade of twn, Previous son for the use of the room, was) ly, for generations, the. Paraguas proposed by Mr. E. J. R. Mitchell, being made on the Riviera, has en-the trembling hand which the other
yan army had no home encousin Toc H. member. character. It was merely
col-i
volunteers, recruited a various
sections of the country by local
Sherlock Holmes, in his in- vestigating of the disappearover of Silver Blaze_lavourite or the Wesser Cup, from its lint- moor stables at King's Pyal, and the murder of the hors trainer, John Straker, has interviewed, Silns Brow trainer at Capleton stabies,a 'neighbouring rival racing es- tablishment. They appear to have had a stromy interview,
Tracks of Silver Blaze and an accompanying man have been found leading to Capleton stable. This fact is not known to Colonel Ross, the owner of the horse, 7407* to Inspector Gregory, of Scotland Yard, wohn is the official investigator of the Fitzroy Simpson, a racing man, has been under auspicion..
crime.
deared himself to the local inhabit-held out to him, and we set off for unts by his unfailing good-humour. King's Pyland.
"A more perfect compound of the horse until the race was over, and Long articles are devoted daily in lection of regiments, gerly ROTARY AND TOC Hthe papers to his doings, and the bully, coward and sneak than how he had led it back and concealed
not forgotten. part which he played in the war is Master Silas Brown I have seldom it at Capleton. When I told him met with," remarked Holmes, as we every detail he gave it up and
thought only of saving his trudged along together.
"He has the horse, then?"
skin." "He tried to bluster out of it, but "But his stables had been search- described to him so exactly what ed."
actions had been upon that
chiefs. These chief, seldom · had technical military training, but
MUCH IN COMMON.
I
they were warriors familiar with Rev. "Bobs" Ford Talks Riviera newspapers recalls the fact
the country, and generally were men of prestige and political power in their localities.
Expect To Die.
One of these old soldiers, Major Tomas Mendoza,
To Rotarians.
In an article headed "Better late than Never" one of the leading that George Robey was responsible for the raising of two and a half this
་
Own
"Oh, an old horse-faker like him "It is always a pleasure to talk million francs for France during the he is convinced that, I was watch has many a dodge.".
SPEECH DAY AT D.B.S.
Bishop Hall To Be Welcomed.
The Diocesan Boys' School will
"Colonel Ross did not impress me as a man who would be likely to
H.K. PHILHARMONIC show much mercy in any case,"
SOCIETY.
"Fons Juventutis."
"The matter, does not rest with. Colonel Ross. I follow my own methods, and tell as much
or aa little as I choose. That is the ad- vantage of being unofficial. I don't know whether you observed it,
te Rotary Clubs about Toe H, for war and suggests that the Frenching him. Of course, you observed | "But are you not afraid to leavel Rotary and Toe II have very much Government should take the oppor. the peculiarly square toes in the the horse in his power now, since he in common-they both tend to-tunity of bestewing the Legion of impressions, and that his own boots has every interest in injuring it?" cruited the Aca Caraya regiment, wards fellowship and sucrifice be- Honour on him during his stay on exactly corresponded to them. "My dear fellow; he will guard it or "monkey heads," and marched fore self-and we find, I am French soll-Router.
Again, of course, no subordinate as the apple of his eye. He knows them to Asuncion at the out- thankful to say, in many parts of
would have dared to have done such that his only hope of mercy is to break of hostilities to integrate the world that Rotary and Toc H
a thing, I described to him how, produce it safe." them in the Paraguayan army work together in close co-opera-
when, according to his custom, he Major Mendoza had picked the tinn," said the Rev. F. E. ("Bobs") biggest and bravest and hardiest Ford, the Toe H Padre, in the from many more than 500 course of an interesting address to volunteers, They came bear the Rotary Club at their weekly ing the same mnchetes timn at the Gloucester Building they worked with in the yesterday, at which Hon. Mr. S. W. fields, and announced to the gov-| Tao presided. ' ernment that they expected to Guests present who were intro-hold. à Speech Day on Friday, die at the head of the Paraguayan duced by Rotarians were the January 20, at 3.30 p.m., when an "The Fountain of Youth," a comic Watson, but the Colonel's manner Bishop of Victoria (the Rt. Rev. official welcome will be extended to opera composed by Alfred Reynolds has been just a trifle cavalier to Because all of them can ride as Ronald Hali), Capt. Burnett, Mr.the Rt. Rev. R. Owen Hall. B.A., and written by W. Graham Robert-me. I am inclined now to have a readily as they walk, the Wat Justice J. R. Wood, Mesara, J. T. Bishop of Victoria, who is Chair-son, author of "Pinkie and the little amusement at his expenac. Department designated them as Asquith (London), Harry Chappell man of the School Committee. Fairies," will be presented this Say nothing to him about the calvary and povided horses For (who is travelling the East with! Mr. C. B. R. Sargent (Head-month at the King's Theatre by the horse." them at Concepcion, whence they the Rev. Mr. Ford), E. P. Howard master) will also have an oppor- Society.
"Certainly not, without your per«j struck into the Chaco. But and T. Ramsay.
tunity of meeting many Old. boys| The scene of the opera Is laid in mission." bulletins from the front indicate)
and parents whom he has not yet the country village of Yongly, and "And, of course, this is all quite been able to see.
the first of the two acts opens with a minor
case compared with the The Hon. Sir Henry Pollock will the celebration of the 30th ann-question
the Chair. The Bishop and versary of the wedding of Farmer Straker." the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall have and Mrs. Dalebrook, During the "And you will devote yourself to promised to speak. The speeches festivities Mr. Dalebrook tells the that?" will be followed by ten and refresh assembled villagers of the legend of ments.
"The Fountain of Youth," which was said to flow from a well in the village, the story asserting that to
columns.
that they found their horses of little use in their sort of fight- ing.
have
kept
Although they their machetes in their belts, they are using rifles-for all of them know how to shoot.-Reu- ter.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS SOCIETY.
Annual Meeting On February 3.
S. A. PREFERENCE FOR EMPIRE.
Treaty With Germany Amended.
(Reuter's Special Mail Service).
Pretoria.
In order to enable the Union to;
carry out the Ottawa agreements, many has been amended to permit the commercial treaty with Ger- many has been amended to permit of the extension of preferences by
the in
WANTED IN F.M.S. drink of the water would bring
Alleged Breach Of Trust Of $4,000.
Under the Fugitive Offenders'
back youth.
With the discovery that the water has again commenced to flow, the excitement runs high, and the fun races on apace.
The tunes are simple and melo-
of who killed John
"On the contrary, we both go back to London by the night train.”
I.
Was thunderstruck by my
TO-MORROW'S STORY.
To-morrow's short story will be "Patterson's Luck" by Rolf Bennett.
the union to goods manufactured in Act, Lee Chin-chai, 30 described as dious, while the plot is full of amus Britain, the Dominions, Colonies, a clerk, was brought before Mr.ing and ingenious surprises, and friend's words. We had only been find British Mandated Territories Schofield in the Central Police Court some of the best amateur talent in a few hours in Devonshire, and that; The annual meeting of the League without such preferences applying this morning, accused of a criminal the Colony has been enlisted to he should give up an investigation of Nations' Society, Hong Kong, to Germany.
breach of trust of 34,000 within the provide the public with an exhilar-which he had begun so brilliantly| will be held on Friday, February 3 The amendment is subject to Jurisdiction of the Government of ating and merry evening's enter was quite incomprehensible to me. in the Helena May Institute, at 5.15 ratification, but the Union and Ger-the Federated Malay States.
Not a word more could I draw from Accused who was taken into. p.m. The Chairman will be the man Governments have agreed that
The dancing has been placed in him until we were back at the Hon. Sir William Shenton and the the amendment shall apply pro custody. by Detective-Sub-Inspector the capable hands of Miss Winifred trainer's house. The colonel and apeakers the Right Rev. the Bishopvisionally from October 24, except Rozeakwy, was remanded for
one Henderson, and culminates with a the inspector were awaiting us in as regards goods shipped to the week formally. of Victoria, and Mr. R. C. H. Lim.
special ballet in the 2nd Act which the parlour. For those who desire it tea will Union before October 13-Reuter.
be available from 4.30 p.m. to the
commencement of the meeting. HUGE NEVADA DAM People wishing to book tables for NEAR COMPLETION.
requested to notify the
tea are
Matron, Helena May Institute.
Telephone 22160,
ITALIAN FILM TO
BE SHOWN.
Fascist Anniversary
Depicted.
Astounding Feat Of Engineering.
Following
Boulder City, Nev.
A
CONSTABLE CHARGED. Alleged Passession Of 50,000 Heroin Pills.
tainment.
is composed of some of the younger "My friend and I return to town members of Hong Kong's smart set, by the midnight express, sald Three evening performances are Holmes. "We have had a charm- 18th, 20th and 21st, and His-Excel- Dartmoor air." to be given at 9.80 p.m. on Januarying little breath of your beautiful
murderer of poor Straker," said he. “So you despair of arresting the
There are certainly grave diffi- Holmes, shrugged his shoulders.
culties in the way," said he, “I
lency the Governor, who is Patron The Inspector opened his eyes, of the Society has expressed his-In and the colonel's lips curled in a Police Constable She Ki-chaing. tention of attending the perform-sneer. of the Hong Kong Police Force, at ance on the 20th. In addition, a tached to the Anti-Piracy Guards, matinee will be given at 4.16 p.m. visit: by Pre- was brought before Mr. W. Scho- on the 19th to which children will feld in the Central Police Court be admitted at halfprice to all sident, Herbert Hoover, the great this morning, charged with the unseats. Hoover or Boulder Dam entered the lawful possession of 50,000 heroin It should be noted that the prices have every hope, however, that your second phase of its construction to day when the waters of the Colorado Pils: He was arrested aboard the which are: 83.00,; $2.00 and $1.00 horse. will start, upon Tuesday, River were diverted through a 4,000 9.0. An Hui, 2A ATATE MOUW and 70 cents for service men are and I beg that you will have your Defendant was remanded for all inclusive of tax, and further, jockey in readiness. Might I ask what is believed to be an innova for a photograph of Mr John tion for Hong Kong, all the seats Straker
foot tunnel in the canyon walls to
in the house are bookable. Booking The Inspector took one. from an at the Theatre and the Biblie are toshimas opens on Saturday, January 14th envelope in his pocket and handed
A film featuring the festivities allow work on the dam proper to week on ball of $1,000. held lately in Rome on the 10th proceed. anniversary of Fascism, will be During his visit Hoover The return of notifiable diseasca shown at the Central Theatre on inspected the project under flood for the week ended January 7 sive Saturday next at 11 am by kind lights and made a brief speech the following: Smallpox 10 case enjoined to book early. They, may dear Gregory, you anticipate permission by Mr. Way, of the Fen- praising it as one of the greatest en- 3 deaths (one imported); diphtheria, be sure of spending a thoroughly all my wants. If I might ask you cock Film Company,gineering projects in histo
A short introductory speech wifi ("It will, in fact¡ --
be made by the Italian Consul ramifications, assure a liye
2 cases, 2 deaths, enteric fever -3 rious cases, - 1 death, fone -- Imported)
cerebro-spinal fever cases,
tuberculosis 68 deaths.
“General ... Mr. A., D. Bianconi. In- a new population nearly sa'great" "as, deaths, puerperal fever. 1. case;
Itations have beon lasued..
that of the state of Maryland."
enjoyable evening
There was
w to wait here for an instant, I have A question which I should like to put
to the maldite
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