TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1933,
DROUGHT
DANGER IN
THE CHINA MAIL
DANGER PASSED IN BRITISH
FUKIEN
GLIDING
RECORD
R.A.F. Officer Seven Hours In Air.
BRITAIN "Reds" Fail In Second
Troops Called Out To Fight Heath Fires.
WATER SHORTAGE CAUSES
There
Jand.
ANXIETY
outbreaks were further
Attack On Yenping.
OVER 3,000 DEAD IN FIERCE BATTLE
To-Day's Short Story.
THE PYLON
By Bernard
J. Farmer.
MAY ATTACK WORLD FIGURE marching over the hill, and tower at the foot of your orchard, j
London.
-
He was
IKE strange gods they came and it will be necessary to erect a Foochow, To-day. Yenping was closely infested for
took the village in their tremen-here-" He opened the satchel the second time by the "Reda," on London. To-day.
A new British duration gliding dous 1,000-foot stride; and the and unfolded the surveyor's plan. cables they carried dipped and "I trust there will be no objection? а small The prolonged drought continues Sunday night, causing another
We shall pay, of course, the population of record has been established by
rose, dipped and rose again panic among in Britain. and the forcast indi- Foochow. The Government troops, Flight-Lieutenant E. L. Mole, of the lowest point of their sag, it yearly rental for the land required- cates fair weather. The
water however, were able to beat off the Birmingham. He remained in seemed, the nearest point of con- say three shillings."
The Bunny-faced young man tried] problem is causing some anxiety in invaders after a night-long battle
this world.
to speak carelessly, but in truth he small towns and villages in several which exacted a heavy toll on both the air for nearly seven hours, tact they would ever achieve with
nides.
It was during a secret test They travelled up to Joseph expected his figure to be an imme. parts of the country.
It appears that the "Reds" made Right of a new type of soaring wyborn's farm, reached the peak of dinte signal for battle. a desperate attempt to take the glider, carried out at the London their height at the bottom of his weary of haggling with farmers over yesterday, of fires which, during walled city of Yenping on Sunday Gliding Club's ground at Duns orchard, grasped at the great steel whose land the transmission line the past few days, have devastated evening by ordering the "Dare-to- table, that the feat was achieved. pylon erected there, and slipped was to pass. But Mr. Wyborn was hundreds of acres of heath and Die Corne," consisting mostly of Flight-Lieutenant Mole took off snoothly down, to disappear over the an exception. ·He did not attempt common-land, causing heavy dum-young boys to climb the city wall. at 10.43 a.m., climbed to a height next hill.
to haggle. He glanced at the plan age by destruction of plantations,
The invaders were met by heavy 'of 1,500 feet, and remained in Every morning, as regular as the and grasped the fact that someone particularly in the south of Eng-fire from the city defenders. Hand- the air until 5.38 pm.
winding of his watch, he would wanted to erect a contraption on his
land. to-hand fghts then followed until
The machine was designed and stand and glare up at the towering dawn yesterday. when the "Reds" entirely built by x-Corporal lattice work, painted, a chill grey. began to fall back. The Govern: Mechanic Manuel, late of the and the cables which he regarded as
"I won't have them electrifying ment troops Immediately followed Royal Air Force, at his home at pipes for the new-fangled light to
run along. As if they couldn't get things here, ruining the crops." It is officially claimed that the
"But surely, Mr. Wyborn, you Mr. Gurney Grice, who was on without assistance from him and danger of the "Red" invasion in
He hated such contraptions wouldn't stand in the way of pro- appointed to observe the test by his! north-west Fukien has definitely the British Gliding Association, with all the stubbornness in his grass? You would benefit as much pasted with this second failure to take
the body controlling the sport in nature stubborness bred from as anyone else." Yenping. The "Rede" suf-
"Aye," said Mr. Wyborn, "I One third of the 135 calle Afered heavy casualties which of
Great Britain, placed a sealed generations wered by the Fire Brigade in the fielal reports estimate at about 3, barograph in the machine before droughts and storms to wrest the would".
goodness from the earth. But for London County Council area during 000, while the Government force it was launched into the air. week-end, were to deal with bura casualties
unknown.- "This is easily the longest the little red-painted notice:
DANGER: HIGH VOLTAGE, Ing grass and undergrowth. Ex- Central News Agency.
gliding flight so far achieved by a British pilot," he said after-which he thought a legal warning sonable rental a man can be com against trespassers (and being a pelled to give the necessary way- wards. The machine scientific triumph for Mr. Manuel.landowner himself he had a grudg- leave, for the expense of taking the The flight has proved that it lang respect for such), he would have cables along hedges and round cor- greatly superior to the German smashed down the tower with the pers would be prohibitive.
Mr. Wyborn heard him out, soaring gliders which we have big blacksmith's hammer hitherto been forced to import" barn, and left the cables to lie in 'a tangle-anywhere as long as they Fight-Lieutenant Mole
weren't on his land.
Troops from Aldershot Com- mand, wearing gas masks and helmets, have been engaged since Saturday last in fighting a fire near Petersfield, and at Bordon Camp, military opera- tions have been suspended to release troops for fire fight- ing.
tra patrols are on continuous duty in the New Forest, where the first
free accurred during last week. end.--British Wireless Service.
Ꭸ
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LORD GREY.
Distinguished Gathering At Westminster Abbey.
H.M. THE KING REPRESENTED
ed.
up.
still are
AMATEUR BURGLARS SENT TO GAOL
Ringleader Not Caught,
A
DUPES FAIL TO CARRY
PLOT THROUGH
Another
unemployed
Folkestone.
а is
has
been making preparations for
jsome time to attack the world's duration record, and after this initial success he hopes to tackle the record before long.-Reuter.
SALE OF A GIRL CONDEMNED
Purchaser Fined.
MAGISTRATE'S WARNING
of battling
with
in his
He had fought against them hard. man had called at the farmhouse, Months before a sunny-faced young farmed with a brown satchel, which instinctively Joseph Wyborn had as- sociated with rates or something equally unpleasant..
"Aye?" he grunted,
"Good morning to ye,” he said. "But Mr. Wyborn-—"
The sunny-faced young man be. came a trifle less sunny. He quoted; the Act of 1919, by which for a rea-)
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "In The Pincers," by L. J. Beeston.
con-
"Compelled, am I, to have traptions on my land? I'm going "I represent the Middleshire to market to-morrow. 1' ace Law- Electric Power Company, Mr. yer Toma. Good-day to yo." Wyborn, and I have called about the
And he slammed the door. wayleave over your land. We want to carry the cables over-for the transmission of power, you know,
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.
Half-Yearly Dividend Declared.
*
Described as amateur burglars. three unemployed Chinese cooks. Le Chau, Chan Kau Shing and Hoj London, To-day. Ya Kwong, were chargedl As the His Majesty the King, the Prince Central Magistracy this morning y of Wales, the Prime Minister, Mr.) with assaulting a Chinese contrac. Ramsay MacDonald, and Mr. Stan-|tor, Tam Chong, and his foki, Tam
Mr. Wyborn went to see Lawyer loy Baldwin, were represented at Ping, at 23 Tai Wong Street AN
Toms with the feeling that all would the Memorial Service for Viscount September 9, with intent to con Grey of Fallodon. held yesterday, mit robbery.
be well now and those contraption-
in Westminister Abbey.
making busybodies told where they cook,
belonged; but the utmost Mr, Toms The large congregation included Chung Chlo, was charged with aid-
Jn imposing a fine of $100 on a statesmen, ambassadors. Peers and ing and abetting.
Chinese contractor. So Tek Shiu,?
|could do was to appeal to the Minis- Members of Parliament of all par-¦
try of Transport under Section 22 Detective Sub-Inspector Nolloth "for taking part in a transaction lies, as well as representatives of ald that the first three accused for the transfer of a child for a
of the Act; and that argust body, organisations of various
after due correspondence, appointed kinde with which Lord Grey was assaciat attacked the complainants.
gained access to the premises and valuable consideration," Mr. Scho-
the Central Magistracy | After Beld, 1
on inspector to see Mr. Wyborn.
The Inspector came. Three days The Foreign Secretary. Sir John their victims and
while they suddenly released this morning, said that it must be
fled, without clearly understood that transac At the 107th Half-yearly Ordin-Later Mr. Wyborn's objections were Simon. the Secretary of Stale for, stealing anything. The
¡tions of this kind between strang-ary General Meeting of share-characterised as "frivolous," and the War, Lord Hailsham and the Se-
ers will in future meet with serious holders, held at the Head Office of matter ended. The sunny-faced cretary for the Dominions, Mr. J..
disfaveur.
the Yokohama Specte Bank, Yoko- young man called again with a form A Chinese woman, Ho Chat, who hama, on Saturday, a net profit of which Mr. Wybarn signed with a was also charged, was bound over Yen 13,369,038,82, Including Yen aavage scratch; and when he offered in a sum of $200 for a period of 6,869,404.04, carried over from last three shillings as the first year's rental it was thrown back in his Jaccount, was shown. une year
Sub-Inspector Fraser prosecuted It was decided to place Yen face. Continuing, Detective Nolloth
and Mr. F. X. D'Almada, Junior, 1,600,000 to reserve, to declare The steel tower was erected. said that the plans for the raid counsel for the first defendant, difvdend for the half-year ended Mr. Wyborn watched it grow up were made about two weeks ago by pleaded not guilty.
June 30 at the rate of 10 per cent joint by joint and brace by brace; another cook, who had not yet been Inspector Fraser said that the per annum, absorbing Yen 5,000, he saw the great insulators, like arrested. This man was the ring child, Lo Kit, aged 11, was sold to 000.00, and to carry forward a sum sleeved handless arms, suspended INTERNATIONAL TEAader of the gang, while the men the first defendant. for $100 be of Yen 6,860,038.82 to the next ae- from the cross arms, and rolls of
in custody were just dupes and enuse the mother could not afford count.
shining copper wire dragged back COMMITTEE.
absolute amateurs.
to look after her. The defendant!
and forth across his orchard, - to' The men gained admittance with had a family of three sons and the
finish at length in four great strands, the help of the ringleader, who 'girl was required to look after
which aalled majestically, over his lived on the premises, but did not them. The child had not been III-
house, use the gage and strands of wire¦treated, but was in poor health and which they carried.
alarm
was given and a district watchman, H. Thomas, were among the Mem- who saw the first accused running bers of the Cabinet present, and away, chased and caught him. In Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Winston furmation was obtained from this Churchill and several other form- man which led to the arrest of the er Ministerial colleagues of the other three.
late atalesman also attended. British Wireless Service.
India, Ceylon And Dutch East Indies.
London, to-day. An International Tea Com- mittee representing three pro- ducing countries, has been constituted in London. India Ceylon and the Dutch East Indies each have four mem- bers.
ROBINSON ROAD SUBSIDENCE.
Rain Damage Causes *** Car Accident.
And he said nothing.
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WOMAN RULE IN VILLAGE.
Men On Council Haye No Power.
at present receiving treatment at
The sunny-faced young man de The fourth accused's job was to the Tung Weh Hospital,
parted for good. The workmen de- keep a cobbler, who lived on the Mr. D'Almada said that the girl
parted too, carrying away their tools premises, away for the night, had actually been adopted, but the
and the tractor which had been used The heavy rains of yesterday to drag the wire over the ground,
Madrid. which he succeeded in doing, tak-document to prove this had been
Women run the Basque, fishing ing him to the theatre in Yaumati, lost. The defendant was a res afternoon caused a subsidence over But the pylon remained, towering and thence to gambling shop, pectable man with a good charace several feet of the portion of Be high above the trees, aloof, deep-village of Bermeo where all the men where they remained until 4 a.m. ter; and had bought the girl for inson Road recently under repair fixed, immutable, holding communi se to sea early in the morning and
In sentencing the first three the purpose of adoption and not as has been closed to traffic.
and a section near Mosque Street cation, it seemed, with things not return late, a entra
of this world; and the shining wires There are men on the local coun- to four months' harda mui-Lai.
The subsidence was the cause of travelled with the sim, thin veins cil but the women are in control for an accident last night, a car owned of blood which darkened gradually they know more about elvic affairs, by Mr. Lam Wing-yin crashing into with the seasons, ste
"If a man shows signs of getting the obstruction, * Constables were
The Chairman is Mr. R. Graham, accused
of India, and the Deputy Chairman, labour, the Magistrate, Mr. Scho Mr. Clifford Figg, of Ceylon.
feld, made an order for all to be The Dutch East Indies fa repre- sent back to the country after sented by Mr. M. P. Leendertz, M. D. serving their term of imprison- Bolderhey, M. W., B. Dzukes, and
M. P. A. Wailer-Reuter, .
CHANGE OF : CAR OWNERSHIP.
Three Well-Known Chinese Fined.
Mr. Leung Yiu fal, manager of
the Bank of East Asia, Dr. Ma Luk and Mr. Au Young shing, were each
ment,
FINE ARTS ACADEMY
ACID-THROWING
CHARGE.
The transmission line was com-out of hand," explained a senors of subsequently pleted, and power flowed in the Bermeo, three or four of us throw posted to divert traffic and at the cables. Word by word Mr. Wyborn him into the sea and he has to swim same time a warning was issued spelled out the account of the in- ashore, dan d
The women are tall and trong, through the local broadcasting auguration ceremony in the "Middle
shire Times"--the pressing of the with faces bronzed by sun and sea golden button; the roar of the turbo- breezes-Beuter. generators Into life; the surge of
Cannot Be Dealt With Summarily.
{štation.
News In Brief.
| 100,000 volts of electricity through|
Donations Now Total $1,965.
The Hong Kong Fine Arts Ng Wah, a marine store collec Academy has removed to No. 8 Des for) was charged before Mr. Scho-The Italian light cruiser Quarto the tables, carrying light and power CATHEDRAL FUND. Voeux Hoad. The principal, Mr. held at the Central Palice Court is expected to arrive in the Colony from coast to coast; the benefits, the Tatz is most gratified with the pro- this morning with throwing cor- to-morrow from Amoy, for few editor said, that would scerne to the Kress which many of the students
rosive fuld on Ching Yuet Ylóg, days' stay.
whole countryside-and-from- that have made and entertains high his common law wife, at 48 Queen's
day the Middlesbtre Times lost ones of what the school may Road West on September 9. Mr. E. E. Stott, land bali, dubscriber.c fined $10 by Mr. Schofield at Ane and evening classes are held and ed for two days remand and asid 10,000 square feet overlooking Tal went do
eventually accomplish Morning Detective Sergeant Davies, ask P.W.D., acquired a bungalow site of The next morning for falling to notify the change of Apecial lessons may be arranged, that he had been instructed not to Hang Road, at yesterday's suction up at ownership of their motor-care, Interesting models are employed to ask for a committalkede optied male of Crown Land at the P.W.D.
Two cars belonging to Mr. Leung it regularly for the school, and Mr. Schoßeld replied that he had at the upset price of $15,000 Yul-fal and Dr. Ma Luk had been drawing and painting from life li no power to deal with the case bought by Mr. Au Yeung-shing, and taught by the principal, himself, sommarily, "The coaximum, pe
Central Police Court this morning.
all three had neglected to notify the All interested in art are cordially, ty" for An offence of this nat sale and change of ownership invited to visit the school, where imprisonment for life,” he sa
"This in a source of considerable i the work of the studspla" la Bisi ve Bergeant is Davies'. Inconvenience to the police. In trac played in the studio, Ing the real owners," said “ Traffle soma fine specimens Inspector Aletandet
ther [th won]derster the matter Juhy, Asistant Director
Intelligence.
broker
born
The following: Donations to St. Jolin's Gathedral Restoration Fund) 2in have been” reolj
“VIRTUOUS MAN A MENACE"
Contributes To Budget Deficits.
The really virtuous man
menace to the State.
This view is put forward by a writer in the Paris-Midi, because:
The virtuous man drinks no wine or spirits, and contributen nothing to the tax on alcohol,
He lives economically and con- tributes little to the tax on busi- ness turnover
H"'savak his money, thus avold». ing all the taxes levied on money in drculation
He does not bet, so that the State, receives none of his money, through the tote,!!!
He does not smoke, and so fails.
to support a State monopoly.
- Há travels, little,, and thus in- creases the railway deficit Radber L
LOCAL DOLLAR UNCHANGED.
Silver Again Advances,
The dollar remaingTM" unchanged
ver again showed an adv
pot moving
Fand forward-14, to
one: rate, London on
584,58% and: New Tod