MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1934.
PIRACY CLOSE TO
HONG KONG
Fishing-Junk Looted
Last Night.
HOKLO PIRATES
A daring piracy was carried out last night about 7 o'clock within 20 to 30 miles of Hong Kong, when a locally-owned junk was completely footed, money, cargo and clothing belonging to the cress being taken, of a total value of about $500,
at
On the arrival of the junk Hong Kong last night the master reported to the julee that ho left Ping Hoi at about 5 p.m. yesterday, bound for Hong Kong. When he off Wocha near Wagland WAS Light, a Hoido junk came alongside and made fast, while five meu, arm- ed with pistole, rifles and choppers, scrambled aboard and forced the crew into the hold.
They then proveded to lont the Junk systematically, taking the en-i tire cargo of fish, valued at about! $200, and some of the ships' gear, In addition to money and clothing. after which they cast ofly setting a course towards Lan Sheung Wan.
None of the crew of the junk was hurt.
THE CHINA MAIL.
"Tarzan's" Mother Sees Movieland Night Life
Mra. Weinmuller is introduced to the thrills of Call-jalan a film luminary. They are shown just after they fornin night life by her son, Johnny Weismuller, noted had arrived for one of the gay parties at a Beverly swimmer and serven star, and his wife, Lupe Velez, Hills rendezvous for mortskänd notables.
MAN WITH THREE Far Eastern Naval Conference
BIRTHPLACES.
Witnesses That Could Not Be Found.
RETURNED BANISHEE TO SERVE THREE YEARS.
Lo
the
Kwok Ping, a returned banishee, Was this morning sentenced three years' hard labour by Puisne Judge, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, for a bronch of the Beportation Ordinance.
Accused was first brought he- fore the Pujane Judge ni the Criminal Sessions last Monday morning.
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Captain Hamilton, greeted the Ad- miral as he stepped from his barge, and the regimental band played the opening bars of "Rule Britannia.”
FOUR ADMIRALS IN He was greeted by His Excellency
SINGAPORE
Engineering and Buliding
Clyde Orders For
Tonnage
· About $500,000 For November.
EMPLOYMENT FOR 5,000 SHIPYARD WORKERS
New
cargo motorship of 12,000 tons dead-
weight for Messrs. Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, Limited, and
SPECIAL BUILDINGS
・FOR FLATS.
Architects Developing New Types.
'LONDON'S LATEST Since a large proportion of Lon
also an order for an oll-tanker of don's population resides in flats," it 12,000 tons deadweight for Messrs. is not surprising that architecta Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. have devoted a great deal of atten- tion to this type of residence during Messrs. Lithgows, Limited, Port- recent years. Glasgow, have also secured an or- der to build a 12,000-ton deadweight
Cumberland Court, Marble Archő one of the latest blocks erected
The month of November is taking oil-tanker for Mesars, Anglo-Saxon specifically for the purpose, as di a very prominent place in the ship-vessel will be fitted with Diesel ea- notable design.
Petroleum Company, The latter tinct from converted buildings, is of
building calendar this year from gins to be supplied by Messrs. John Here, despite comparatively low the standpoint of orders, as not only G. Kincaid and Company, Limited, rentals, residents will lack aothing have several new contracts already Greenock.
Year's Work for 5,000
in the way of labour-saving and space-saving idena.
and
been fixed up this month but Inuma- tion has just been made that orders These Clyde orders are extremely The general plan and, decorative for six new vessels have been placed welcome at the present time and will scheme are of a kind to form
mean employment for something appropriate setting for modern fur with Clyde shipbuilders, and one like 5,000 men for nearly a year.nishings. with an Aberdeen firm.
The steel required-plates and see- Such "servicos" as central heat- Hona-will amount to about 16,000 ing and a modern hot-water and re- Measra. William Denny and
tons, and in this Messrs. Colvilles,frigeration plant for each flat are Brothers, Limited. Dumbarton, have Limited. are very much interested. provided. contracted to build three shallow- It is estimated that the approxi- draft vessels, for the Irrawaddy (mate value of this latest addition to the Clyde order books is roughly Flotilla Company, Limited. These
half a million sterling. vessels, which will be fitted with
Messrs. Hall, Russell and Com-i
Moscow. Diesel engines, will be a sear ap-pany, Limited, Aberdeen, have con The greatest Soviet-Russian air proach to all-welded craft.
tracted to build a steam trawler of plane factory, to be completed in Messra. Harland and Wolff, the most modern type for Messrs. 1995 near Novosibirsk, was granted.
од Decem
SOVIET TO BUILD
GIANT FACTORY
PRISONER'S DEATH Limited, Govan, have booked an or-lirvin and Johnston (South Africa), the necessary credits
IN GAOL.
Ten Days In Hospital
VERDICT OF DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
the
A verdict of death from naturali the G.O.C. Major General L. C. Lehusen was returned by the jury at: Oldfield, and after inspecting the the inquest held at the Central Po- guard of honour he met Mr. An-lice Court this morning into drew Caldecott, the Colonial Secre- circumstances of the death of ip itary. officials of the Lerislative Shing, a Chinese prisoner in Vic-
Council, and officers of the Royal
taria gaol, who died yesterday morn Navy and the R.A.F.
jing. Afterwards the Admiral went to The navy chiefs of all the great | Government House. work powers have their attention
Accompanying
Discussions Will Last Three Or Four Days.
Singapure. Jan. 20.
Vice Admiral
Mr. S. Balfour sat as Coroner, while the jury comprised Messrs. H. de Luz (foreman), Fung Kwok Wah
when he pleaded not focused this werk-end upon Singa-Hyde from Australia are Paymas-and Mok Hing Cheung,
guilty to the charge, declaring that he was born in the Colony 1 could produce wllnesses to prove it At the previous hearing, under cross-examination by Mr. T. S Whyto-Smith, Assistant Crown Solicitor, accused stated that was frightened by the Police into admitting that he wa burn Bangkok.
in Swntow
he
in
His father, however.
An
named by the accused could not be found.
All is Bow ready for theter Commander Foley, his secretary, opening of the third Far Eastern and Commander Burneti and Comthat the prisoner, who was serving Chief Warder G. Buchanan said Naval Conference at which discus-mander Cresswell. Rear Admiral stons relating to the future naval Watson has his secretary with him a term of one month's hard Inbour, polley of Britain in the East will also, Commander Alcock,
was admitted to gnol on January 8. He became ill on January 18 and The Conference Delegates.
was transferred to the Prison Hos- The actual delegates to the con-pital, where he died at 7.27 a.m. yes- ference are as follows: Admiral Sir
terday. Frederick Dreyer, Commander-in-
take place, and at which the naval
affects Singapore į situation Nit and the Singapore Brge will be passed under closu review.
Previoua Far Eastern Confer Chief of the China Station, Vice-
in 1910 and in Admiral
ences were hold
Dr. T. Griffiths. Medical Officer of
Dunbar Nasmith, Cam-the Gaol, said that the deceased' was
Kailure.
VILLAGE BRAWL ENDS IN DEATH.
Police Seek Alleged Assailants.
had states that arrused was bora 1926, but it can safely be said that mander-in-Chief of the East Indies suffering from dysentery, and fall- This morning Mr. Whyte-Smithun neither of those occasions was Squadron. Vice Admiral G. F. Hyde,ed to answer to treatment. Death
the naval position said that despite every effort
in the Eust representing the Royal Australian was due to dysentery and cardiac the part of the Police, the witnesses matter of such close concern to the Navy, and Rear-Admiral Burgess
Powers ns at the present time.
Watson, representing the New Zea- H.M.S. Terror, the depot ship ofland Navy. It is understood that the Singapore Base, has just arriv-the G.O.C., Malaya, Major General The fury which comprised
d at the Base, and the announce Oldfield, will attend, and also officials Messrs. D. J. Fraser (foreman),
Office in Singapore. A W. II. Edle, Tang Chi-man, Leement has been publicly made that of the Navy Chung-chee, T. M. Mitchell, J. F. the Base will be completed by 1839; in all probability the deliberations Shea and A. E. Simmons, returned simultaneously with the holding of of the conference will occupy three the Conference, there is a flutter in or four days, and it is stated that * unanimou verdict of guilty,
Dutch naval circles over the the Admiral may decide to issue a without retiring.
"inadequacy" of their
navy, and formal bulletin at the conclusion of strange stories are becoming cur the discussions. ARMED ROBBERY AT rent concerning the visit of Vis- count Allenby, one of the most fum SUN WAL
ous of British war chiefs, to the
$3,000 Theft In Raid On Matshed.
D.E.I.
The body of a man was
found
All thought of the official signifi-last night at the village of Hot Pa. cance of the presence of the navy Tsun Wan, who is thought to have in port will be set aside this after died from wounds received in the noon, when a Rugby football fifteen course of a brawl in the village. All these things lend a piquant representing the Combined Fleet interest to the Naval
Conference, the pick of more than 3,000 men) named Wong Ping, in custody and The police have already one mİK Nİ, but the public will not be Tet into will oppose on the padang a side are actively searching for two any of the secrets that are ventilat-which is selected from the Singa- others, Wan Hing and Li Ken, ed behind the closed doors of the pore and Malaya Command repre-earth coolies, who are alleged to conference room in the Kent next,sentative sides.
have been concerned in the brawl. week. A "formal statement"
BOY KIDNAPPED
Twenty men, armed with reval-
This is the first of a series of vers and hatchets, raided a matshed hinted at, but nothing at all is pro- sporting engagements between the in Sun Wai village, Ping Shun, in mised. These things are "official men of the Fleet and local sides
the New Territories, shortly after
secreta."
which bave been arranged to take RAILWAY TRAGEDY one o'clock this morning, and are After a week-end of relaxation, place during the next two weeks. aafd to have stolen $3,000 in money, the delegates to the Conference will A full list of the association foot
NEAR SHATIN. valuable jewellery and clothing be- commence their deliberations under ball fixtures appeared yesterday, longing to the occupant, a married the chairmanship of Admiral Sir and a good programme woman named Kwan Ching-wan.
of Rugby Man And Woman Killed Frederick Dreyer in the board room and hockey matches has also been After ransacking the house the of H.M.8. Kent, the Admiral's flag-|árranged.
While Crossing Line. men escaped, taking the son of the ship, on Tuesday. occupant, a boy of five years of age, named Tang Shun-mun.
No arrests have yet been made.
THEFT OF BOWL AND SPOONS.
Six Months' Gaol For P. and O. liner Rawalpindi, and
Unemployed Chinese,
ROTARY CLUB OF
HONG KONG
Annual Dinner And Dance.
CANTON CONTINGENT
PRESENT,
A Chinese man and WOMEN, Cheung Chun and Cheung Lo-Sze, were killed on the railway restor~ day afternoon' near Shatin.
The couple were crossing the line near the No. 18 bridge just as the] = 5 o'clock express emerged froom the Shatin. tunnel. Unable to get dear in time, both were caught by Ithe engine and killed - instantan- [eously,
!
Both were well-known and res- pected in the Shatin district.
The bodian were taken to Public Mortrary.
Australasian Delegates Arrive.
Yesterday the assembly of the delegates was completed with the arrival of Vice-Admiral G. F. Hyde, representative of the Royal Austra- Han Navy, and Rear-Admiral Burgess Watson, representative of New Zealand. They reached Singa- pore from Colomba on board the
were met by naval officiala, OY
To-night there will be a ball at Government House'in honour of the "The annual dinner, and dance of With a previous conviction in visit of the Admirals, at which the the Hong Kong Rotary Club WAN October last for stealing, Yeung officers of the ships in port will be held on Saturday night at the Ki-tong, an unemployed Chinese, among the guests;
Peninsula Tlotel instead of at the was sentenced to six months hard Vics-Admiral Danber - Nasmith, Hong Kong Hotel, the change hav- Jabour by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at Commander-in-Chief of the Easting been rendered necessary by Madame Little Gordon's Austra- the Central Police Court this Indies Squadron, who arrived on the heavy bookings,
Ma, Day Concert, held at the Halens morning on charges of stealing a Thursday in his flagship, H.M.8. Over 200 people were present, in May Institute on Saturday after- handbowl and two spoons from 866 Hawkins, made his ceremonial cluding a party of 20 members from noon in the presence of Ills Excel- Des Voeux Road West, and with landing at the New Pler yesterday the Canton Club.
lency the Governor and Lady Feel, possession of an instrument suit-morning. The ceremony was simi- The guests, were, welcomed by proved a great success. | At the able for an unlawful purpose, ilar to that at the landing of Ad-Rotarian T. B. Wilson, while; Mr, conclusion. Madams – Gordon
* Defendant, who pleaded guilty, miral Sir Frederick Dreyer, kelle†, M. Henry, President of the Cans [nounced that, in answer to several was sentenced to three months' "A geard of honour from the ton Club returned thanks on behalf requests, it had been decided to re hard labour on each charge,
int, in command of of the visitors.
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