THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933,
COMMODORE LAWRIE STOCKS STEADY ON
T. M. Taylor, H. M. S. Odin, Comdr.
WALL ST.
Silver Shaken By Inflation Bill.
MARKET CLOSES FIRM ON
- BETTER TONE.
LABOUR SWINDLE ALLEGED
Recruiting Workers For Samoa.
CHINESE WHO CREATED "HIS OWN GOVERNMENT”
Charged with obtaining money
THE CHINA MAIL
To-Day's Short Story.
SOLVED BY
INSPECTION
By Father Ronald Knox,
TILES BREDON, the 'emin-printed on his notepaper, which Mently indefatigable Inquiry was dark green, which
brd formed a company of his own that vast
one.
INVALIDED HOME
Illness Cuts Short Term Of Appointment.
LEAVES ON SATURDAY
Commodore E. Mc. W. Lawrie, D. S. O., will leave Hong Kong on the
New York, To-day. B.B. Ranchi, on Saturday. He is
by false pretences and with alding Agent, was accustomed to des-automatic writing and made all sorts Business was brisk on the New and abetting, Iu Hon-ming, agent, of cribe himself as a perfect fool at of psychic experiments, till the being invalided home owing to ill- ness. He was appointed to the York Stock Market yesterday in 53 Connaught Road Central and his job. Here he was in agree papers were all over him: that China Station on July 8, 1932. spite of the uncertain trend, 4,640,- Leung Sang of the same address, ment with his wife Angela; where sort of stuff gets them where they Other officers travelling to Eng-000 shares being dealt in. The appeared before Mr. Wynne-Jones he differed from her was in real-live. And then, you see, he went land by the same ship are: Comdr. passing of the Inflation Bill caused at the Central Magistracy this ly regarding himself as a fool at and died."
Imorning.
his job. There she knew better: That's a kind of publicity we L. F. N. Ommanncy, H. M. S. Witch, liquidation in silver, but later the
Detective Inspector Elston who and so fortunately for both of all achieve sooner or later. If they B. R. Rudyard market firmed up and closed with prosecuted, said the first accused them. did the Indescribabie all did it later, our job with the In- Lt. Comdr. G. Helpman, superintendant of the a better tone.
insurance company describable would be a soft chart depot. Lt. Comdr. G. M. In the dully report, Messrs. E. A. for the alleged purpose of recruit which employed him to Investi- Anyhow, why did they send for me? Crockett, H. M. S. Tamar, Lt. Com-Pierce and Company, through their ing labourere for employment in gate the more questionable tran-He probably choked on & Brazil dr. E. C. Husband-Clutton, H. M. S. local correspondents, Messrs. Asia Samon, and in this way had extract-sactions of its clients and saved nut or something. No question of Veteran, Lt. Comdr. F. R. G..Maun- Lands, Ltd., state:-"The swirling fed money from labourers by promis- itself about five thousand a year murder or suicide or anything, is sell, H. M. S. Whitehall, Lt. Comdr. market was especially confusing.ing them employment.
[by doing so.
there?" On one occasion, R. W. Wainwright, H. M. S. Moor-We think the list had a good test | "This is one large swindle, and however, Bredon did claim to "That's just the odd part about hen, Flying Offeer H. R. L. Rood, and came through successfully, would have been a huge success have really solved a problema by it. He died suddenly, of starva- "We expect rails to come to the had the Police not intervened at the inspection, without any previous I suppose you want me to say R. A. F.. H. 31. S. Hermes.
Captain H. R. Marrack, D. S. C. front again and also metal stocks right time," said Inspector Elston, knowledge to put him who has been relieved of his com- look as though they are being ag-i The accused's first victim was a right track. Indeed, it is prob- that's impossible. No medical man mand of Medway, and 4th submar-gressively sponsored again. Wheat: Chinese labourer named Chan Lam, able that he had never heard of myself, I am astute enough to see ine Flotilla, has been appointed to Renewed inflation sentiment ad-from whom he had extracted $100 the, eccentric millionaire, Her- that my leg is being pulled. Let's act as Commodore, instead of pro-vanced the price, but heavy profit-The second accused was present bert Jervison, until Herbert hear more about it. Did you ever -ceeding home by the "Ranchi" as taking and farmers' selling caused a and put in a word, here and there Jervison was found dead in his see the fellow?"
"Not till he came in to be vetted was previously arranged.
reaction. The market closed fair- during the conversation.
bed. He was only-supplied with His Worship asked if there was the facts of the situation as he ing myself over that; because, you for his insurance, I've been kick- Capt. A. Poland has been aply strong but future action is un- pointed to command H. M. 8. Med certain.
any control over labour recruiting travelled down in the train to see, I thought he was about the way and the 4th. Submarine Flotil- "Cotton: Strong on general
Wiltshire with Dr. Simm. nds, buying. Heavý selling was
Inspector Elston said the Samoan the expensive medical man whom undest life. I'd ever struck. He Government had their own depart the Indescribable valued almost was only fifty-three, and of course easily absorbed. Sentiment is
ment for controlling the recruiting as much as Bredon himself. these people who go in for Oriental somewhat reactionary."
It food fads do sometimes pull off a Rails slumped heavily following of native labour, but the accused was a bright summer's morning, longevity record. In fact, he had had apparently created "his own and the dewy fields, horizoned by the cheek to ask for a specially the rapid advance on Tuesday, an
Government." average decline of 1.34 to 34.34 be-,
lazy stretches of canal would low premium, because he said he was have been food enough for medi-was in a fair way to discovering Ing registered yesterday. Industrial,,
to,tation if Simmonds had not been the secret of immortality-which, utility and bond averages showed a alight improvement, advancing .08. the first accused, and $250 to the so confoundedly anxious to imas he pointed out, would make bia
ta.
£1.000 JEWELLERY THEFT
Ship's Passenger
Victimized.
in Samoa.
A remand of seven days made. Bail in the sum of $2,000
.05 and 20 to 77.37, 20.08 and 77.23 second accused, was granted.
MR. E. FLYNN, OF NEW GUINEA respectively.-Reuter.
Mr. Errol Flynn, a passenger on the 8.8. Tanda from Rabaul in New Guinea, was yesterday the victim of
a daring jewellery robbery to the extent
£1,000, of
while the ship was berthed alongside No. 1 Kowloon Wharf.
The robbery took place after tiffin
his cabin and there discarded a
a seni-
LOCAL DOLLAR
STEADY.
Despite Big Drop In Silver.
The local dollar remained steady a Mr. Flynn was making prepara this morning being quoted at 1/4 tions for leaving the ship. It in understood that Mr. Flynn went to declined slightly, spot dropping
Silver prices, spol and forwardį jacket containing a wallet in which 13/16, from 20% yesterday to 19.- 7/10 to-day, while forward dropped were 37 uncut diamonds in
from 2014 to 192. ed packet. Ile left the cabin
Sterling in relation to the Ameri- for a few minutes and on return»
'can dollar showed httle fluctuation, ing discovered that during his
the London on New York cross rate absence the wallet had been
gaining 3 points from 4-G#3.881⁄2 moved.
to yesterday An alarm was immediately raised while the New York on
£-G$3.91% 10-day. but despite a minute search by the rate declined from $3.88 to London ship's officers, no trace of the miss ing jewels or of any suspicious characters could be found.
10-
i
3.88% this morning.
News In Brief
THEFTS OF RADIATOR
CAPS.
Inart information.
cn the
"You must have heard of him,"
he was saying. "He was a news- paper boom long before he was a casualty. The Million and a Half Mystic-that was the sort of thing
Epidemic Reported By they called him. Why is it that the
Police.
re-
tion."
TO-MORROW'S STORY.
To-morrow's story will be
and "Teig O'Kane
the Corpse."
grossly rich never have the least idea of how to spend money? This preialum a permanent asset to the Sentence of one month's hard Jervison had potted about in company. And then he goes and labour was imposed on Kwong Ying, the East, and had got caught with illa himself by refusing his mask. Magistracy this morning, for by Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Central all that esoteric bilge-taked about Mark you, I'm not sure I wouldn't afahatmas and Yogis and things till Booner starve then ent the sort of ceiving a radiator cap which was even the most sanguine of his poor muck he ate; but then he seemed
relations wouldn't ask him to stay.to flourish on it." istolen off a motor car in Ramsay
So he settled down at Yewbury here Street on Tuesday night.
"And there was really, nothing Detective Inspector Elston said with some Indian frauds he had wrong with him? What about his the accused had been arrested in picked up, and said he was the top-storey
Brotherhood of Light. Had It
Mongkok while trying to sell the cap; he then confessed to the theft.
Inspector Elston said he had been Instructed by the Chief Detective Inspector to report an epidemic of thefts of radiator caps.
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
The water police who were in- formed soon after the occurrence, carried out interrogations the whole Over 400 pictures are exhibited at No Arms Used In British afternoon among members of the Mesara. Komor and Komor's annual!
exhibition of Japanese water colour
crew.
$350,000 ESTATE.
Two Local Probates Granted.
p.m.
Waters.
"Well, he admitted to nerves, and I must say he showed up bad-| ATTACK ON EVEREST.
lly over some of the nerve tests. You know we take the nervy people (Continued from Page 8.) up to the top of the Indescribable building nowadays to see whether .Soon after comes Yatung, the it gives them the jim-jams. Well, seat of a British trade agent, with this fellow was at the end of his bis Indian escort. Then the valley tether; you couldn't get him to narrows. From Gautaa, a gloomy look over the edge for love
or
hamlet encircled by threatening money. But if his relations had escarpments, the path becomes a wanted him certified-and they'd ledge, scarcely a yard wide, with a every reason to-I couldn't have drop of several hundred feet to the done it. Colney Hatch wasn't on Mr. Flynn is connected with large paintings. The exhibition closes
river on one side and towering the map; I'd swear to that, even at guld mining interests at Edie Creek, on Monday, next, but already about
The case in which Mark William heights on the other.
a directors' meeting." Bulolo, which has proved one of the half the pictures have been sold. Hallums, of the Chinese Maritime) When snow has fallen, there la "So he went oft and died sudden- richent goldfields in recent Aus-
Customs, is being tried on a charge danger of avalanches, which may ly of starvation. Could you am- tralasian history.
Mok Ngan-sal, a Chinese male of the manslaughter of a young block the road for a week at a time, plify that statement a bit?” was admitted to the Government Chinese girl, the daughter of the On my own journey we had to die "Well, what really happened was Civil Hospital last night, auffering steersman of a junk, at Junk Bay, through two, at one of which my that he shut himself up for ten from severe injuries to both his legs on April 1, continued before Mr. pony's hind-quarters fell over the days or so, in the room he calls his as a result of being run over by a Wynne-Jones at the Central Magis- edge, and he had to be hauled back laboratory." I haven't seen it, but Hong Kong Hotel Bus, No. 601, tracy, yesterday afternoon.
by main ́force. All this time the it's an old gymnasium or racket- opposite the Central Market at 9.30
Mr. Robert Boyle, second officer path is rising.
court, they tell me. There was of the Customs launch Kwan Lul, The trees give place to bushes, nothing queer in that, because he in the course of his evidence, stated the bushes to bare slopes. The was always shutting himself up-to Wong Choi-yau of 185 Ngan Choy that the orders of the Chinese valley flattens out, the hills recede; do his fool.experiments; locked Probate in the goods of Chiu Street, in a report to the Police Maritime Customs service were suddenly we are on the plain. Then himself in and wasn't to be dis- Cheong Han, merchant, who died on yesterday, said that at about 2.00 that no
arms should be used the peak of Chomolhari reappears turbed on any account. Probably August 4, 1932, has been granted to Chiu Lo Ting, Chiu Leung Hang p.m. on Monday, his 16-month-old in an offensive in British waters on the east, and the piled silhouette thought his astral body was WAD
son was badly scalded by a thermos Replying to His Worship Mr. Boyle of Phari Jong rears its convergent dering about in Thibet. But this and Chiu Sing Hoi, sons of the de- task of boiling water falling from a stated that he did not know why perpedinculara from the distant is the odd thing he was fully vie
horizon. shelf and breaking on his head. arms were used that morning.
The case was adjourned.
BOGUS INVENTOR
SENT TO GAOL Sceptical Scientist Proves Undoing.
ceased.
The estate has been valued at The boy was taken to the Kowloon $357,700.
Hospital but died at 8 p.m. yester» betegj Probate in the goods of Tangday. Hung Ka, late assistant-manager
of the Tang Tin Fook Bank, of 171, Queen's Road, Central, who died on pupils of Mr. Frederick Manon, A concert will be given, by the February 6, 1933, has been granted A.R.C.O, L.T.C.L., in St. John's Lo Tang Kwan Shi Tau! Sheung Cathedral Hall to-day at 5.80 p.m. widow of the deceased.
Among the pupils taking part are:
tualled, so I hear, for a fort-night. And at the end of the ten days he The Jong, or castle, at Phari is was found dead in his bed. The tenanted by two deputy-castellans, local doctor, who had been out in the administrators of the district, the East and served a famine area, with whom the members of the ex-saya is the clearest case of star- pedition will doubtless exchange the vation he's ever met." usum complimentary scarves and "And the food?" other presents. The town itself, "The food was untouched. which is by no means typical of say, this is Westbury, where the Tibetan towns, consists of hovela car's going to meet us. I didn't An inventor who has been sent tween which the streets are Alled friend; how exactly am I going to half sunk in the ground, be tell Dr. Mayhew. I was bringing a Mies. Margaret King, Miss Rosalind and a half years told the court al Ravens flap croaking over. Tell him, I'm the representative G. S. Rice, Miss Margaret Stickland, to penal servitude here for two
with asyage, bones, and bloeding explain you? Wong and Mr. Henry Ung.
that among the devices of which head, on level with rider's hat of the Company. That always fet he was the author were a tooth- serce mastiffsnarl from every ches them. Huilo, there's a black, brush which provided its own flow
man on the platform
The estate was valued at $51,400. Miss Margery Rice, Miss Rugby
PAID HOTEL BILL WITH SONGS.
Humour From U.S. Bank Crisis.
Mow Fung, Miss Paz Lacayo, Mr.
Berlin.
roof.
"That'll be the chauffeur. No
Personal Pars.
of water, an apparatus for haul. The cold is intense, and there is The forthcoming marriage has ing up and salvaging sunken been announced of Edwin Cheongi ships, and a sewing machine with no fuel but yak-dung. Here the ex- thanks, no luggage... Good-morn- Dallas, Texas. Biter apprentice, of 7, Nullah Road, an unbreakable thread.
pedition may linger a play before Are you from Yewbury? Dr. Being unable to pay cash in Kowloon, and Liu Lai Kit Taing, of The Invention which caused when they turn off to the
setting out over the Tang L
Simmonds, my name is; I think Dr. hew expects me. – Outside, 18 view of the banking holiday, 129, Battery Street, Yaumati. his downfall was a process by towards Kampa Jong and the
Good Come along Bredon," Bernice Clairs, and Alexander
__|which, he claimed, turpentine Gray, musical comedy, artists, re- The forthcoming, marriage has could be extracted from raw ma
Mayhew was a little round- faced man who seemed incapable of cently agreed to "say it with mu been announced of Mak Kwok terials. Unfortunately, one scep
suspicion and radiated hospitality alc" to settle their bills at a hotel Leung, accountant, of 279, Lockhart tical scientist Investigated
You saw at once that he was the here.
Road, Hong Kong, and Wong Foo his apparatus while the in-
kind of country doctor who suffers The theatre where they were Woo, of 3, Leung Fee Terrace, Hong venter was out. The scien
trom having too little company, and appearing agreed to waive exclu-Kong.
lcan scarcaly bs got to examine your symptoma because he. Is so anxious to exchange all the news frat.
sive. rights to their performances
in order that they might barter
singing with an orchestra for lun
their way out of the difficulty by
WEATHER FORECAST Moderate East winds and cloudy
cheon guests at the hotel Ben-weather were forecasted by
Royal Observatory this morning
tist found that it did, Indeed, produce pure turpentine, but this was not, made out of the raw Ingredients but introduced by a secret pipe leading from idden reservoir, of turpentine
attempt,
Bimmonds himself "in" bla way of referring to the
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