SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1934,
FATAL CAR
ACCIDENT
Midshipman Killed Instantaneously.
FUNERAL TO-DAY
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A fatal motor car accident oc- curred near the Golf Clubhouse, Fanling, at about 5.45 pm. yester day when Midshipman H. C. B. Pearse, of H. M. S. Cumberland was killed instantaneously. Mid. shipman G. J. B. Noel, who was in the car, escaped with minor in-. juries.
Severe Shock.
Enquiries this morning solicited the information that Midshipman Noel in auffering from severe shock and minor injuries.
The two Naval officers had been playing golf and were returning ta Kowloon when the accident occurr ed. The exact circumstances of the accident are unknown at pre- sent, but It is thought that the. driver, in misjudging the narrow road, overabut the embarkment and} the car
sumersaulted down the
side.
The accident was discovered by Mrs. Gray, wife of Dr. Gray, who was returning from Golf at Fan- ling. Mrs. Gray immediately re ported the matter and obtained as
When Prime Minister Sheds Gares
When the British Premier, M. Ramsay MacDonald, visits, the home of his daughter and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alnetair Mack- Kinnon, he drops cares of state for a romp with his grand daugh- ter, Ishbel Above, left to right, are Mr. MacDonald, Dr. Mac- Kinnon, Ishbel, and Joan MacDonald MacKinnon.
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
The China Light and Power R.C.; are holding a whist drive at 9 pm. to-night.
H.M.S. Tamar are holding a
dance at the China Fleet Club to night, commencing at 8.30 p.m.
Officer of
A Dinner Dance will be held at Repulse Bay Hotel to-night, and a Tea Dance to-morrow at 4.30 p.m.
Chan Sau, a coolle, was taken to the Kwong Wah Hospital yesterday, after being knocked down by ́motor
CHIN
Short Story
THE MAN WHO KNEW BETTER
T was the fast train from First he opened the small case, King's Cross; first stop Mel-peered into it, and clicked. It what chester, where Verena Morrison again. Then he unstrapped and un- was paying her annual visit to locked the large one, exposing to her her uncle, the Canon, and the maiden gaze a miscellany of linen cheery houseful of cousins. She and Ales of bottles, brushes and knew she would enjoy the change steel implements presumably acces of scene and company and the tem-sory to the male toilet. This covert | porary respite from work; and it also was drawn blank, and recourse seemed as though the holiday peace was had again to the despatch case,} was to begin with the journey itself, whose shallow recesses this time for there was but a minute to go yielded the presumable objects of and she had the carriage to herself: the gentleman's search: two thickish She' tucked her rug around her, ar- books with their bindings carefully ranged the pile of books beside her, protected by brown-paper wrappings, and settled down on the assumption More snappings and loud breath- that she had already started. Kings: the cases reposed again on the She was wrong. Just as the final rack, and the bolsterlike gentleman, clamour of shouts and door-bang- snug in his vast ulster, stowed him- ings was reverberating through the self, with some preliminary heav- [station, just as the long rows of Ings, into the corner opposite" "her⠀⠀ seers-off and scens-off were scream-own. With a great puff which was ing their last adjurations of "Well, na a last and, summarining chord to good-bye again!" "See you soon!" | his noisy' plece, he lapsed into com- "Have a good time!" "Give my love parative quiet, put aside his hat and to mother!" and "Mind you give my began to read his book. love to Edie" the carriage door was flung open and a large man dụ an ulster rushed in, followed by 'à perspiring porter loaded with baga and packages:
A few seconds' violent fussing, a scramble for change, a slam of the door: the porter had escaped with his life, and the train, whistling fiendishly, was off. Good-bye, Lon- don!
Verena picked up the top book
MONDAY'S STORY
Monday's story will be "Habit Pays A ́Dividend” by Stewart Robertson. ・・・
sistance at the Clubhouse.
Verena began to read her book An ambulance
from was sent
One caso of enteric fever was re-lorry No. 33151, in Shanghai Street from her plle and opened it; but also, but she could not concentráte Kowloon, to bring in the Injured ported by the Medical man, and o naval party from H. MHealth during the 24 hours ended A Chinese boy, Wu Cheung, aged beneath lowered eyelids she watched upon it very well; the specimen op-
her fellow-passenger, who for the posite her was too fascinating. S. Cumberland took charge of the yesterday,
8 years, was admitted to the Gov-time being appeared to be unaware Above his flabby great frame was body of Midshipman Pearse.
The Home mail via Siberia closes trument Civil Hospital yesterday, of her existence. A great bolster a flaccid moon-face adorned with His eyes at 5 p.m. Lo-day. The vessel carry-suffering from minor injuries after of a man he was; one of that un-horn-rimmed spectacles. ing the
Ig mall
usual type which is at once large, were puffy, his features, under the General being knocked down by motor plump and restless. He turned his tousled hay-coloured hair, were like Sherman.
Both naval officers were well known on the China Station. They were transferred recently from II. M. S. Kent to the Camberand.
The funeral will take place
4.45 o'clock this afternoon.
the
The Chinese Y.M.C.A. are hold- ating an open-house programme to
MR. A. S. HAMET.
Well-Known East River Shipping Figure.
The death occurred yesterday at noon of Mr. A. S. Hamet, a well- known figure in East River ship. ping.
day, from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m., for; old friends, supporters and mem- bers.
lorry No. 3899 in Queen's Road.
Personal Pars.
back on her and pulled down from half-melted wax; the podginess of the fuggage rack a small despatch the nose, the looseness of the mouth case and a large brown sult-case and the vague outline of the chin which the porter had just laborious-or chins, did but confirm an impres- Mr. W fin-tun, of the Canton ly placed there. These, with puffing sion that might have been made by Kuomintang Executive
Yuan, and grunting, he laid upon the seat a single glimpse of his large, white, jarived in the Colony last evening, behind.
probably molat hands. Postponed from last Saturday, and will spend the next three days the monthly subscription dance of here. the V.R.C. In aid of funds for newi rawing fours, will be held to-night; at the Club at 9.30.
The 14th annual meeting of the Chinese Y.W.C.A., 38c Bonham Road, is to be held to-day at 2.38 p.m. Members and friends cordially invited.
arc
"Well-to-do," thought 'Verena : to [herself. “Couldn't have made it, so must have boen left it, Educated
Among the passengers to sail for ENGLAND AUSTRALIA a way, but better if he hadn't
Shanghal on the 1.6. "Empress of [Canada yesterday, was Mr. W. le B.
Sparrow, Assistant SuperintendentĮ of Police.
Dr. Lo Wen-kan, the Minister of Justice in the Nanking Government, is expected to leave here shortly for [the North, and will arrive in Shang-
hal on or about March 26,
AIR RACE
Fund To Assist Indian Competitors.
been. Obstinate and weak, coward- ly and conceited. Yes, above all, conceited: he'd fall to powder if ha were ever stripped of "his preten-
sions to omniscience and omnipo-
tence. Lord, and I suppose he's somebody's husband! ` Anyhow, he's much too vain to bother about pes-j £5,500 GUARANTEE NEEDED
tering a mouse-coloured 'spinster like
ayself with conversation:"
I won London.
der what book he's reading!" The High Commissioner for
She forgot him, and surrendered Mr. R. H. Woodman, B.Sc., an India presided at a meeting held herself to the subtleties of the story cagineer in the Public Works Deat India House of representatives by Henry James that she was read- While washing the a.s. Shantung, partment, left for Shanghai on the of various organisations connected ing, soon forgetting that there was the Talkoo Dockyard, Chan. "Empress of Canada" yester- with India, to consider what stops anybody else in the carriage with
Mr. Hamet, who for many years was Chief Engineer of the Hong Kong-Kongmoon steamer Wing Collapsing suddenly in Nullah On, had been showing signs of re-Road yesterday, Wong Yan, resid- jing at Kowloon Tami, was taken to covery from kidney trouble until!
the Kwong Wah Hospital. yesterday morning when he had a relapse and died.
Mohammedan Cemetery yesterday Cheung, a dockyard coolie, fell 12day. He is to be Hong Kong's Rifle could usefully be. taken in this her, and only Infrequently remem
culli, A. Butt, S. Curreem, J. S. A No. 1518, in Connaught Road Cen
Curreem, J. A. Ackber, A. R. Minu, trał.
The funeral took place at the at
feet to the pler yesterday, and was captain at Bisley this year.
country to assist in supporting bering. that she was in it herself. afternoon and was attended by admitted to the Government Civil
Indian competition in the interThey had been moving for perhape large number of relatives and Hospital suffering from head and
Mr. W. A. H. Duff, left yesterday national air race from England to twenty minutes, when she heard for Shanghai by the an. "Empress Australia, which is to take place an friends. Amongst those present body injuries.
of Canada."
affectedly::" robust baritone Mr. Duff, former in the autumn in connexion with "Brrumph! Brrumph!" from op- were A. H. Hamet and I. Hamei
Cheung Kue, a Chinese woman, tennis champion of Shanghai, and the centenary celebrations of the posite, and looked up to see him (brothers), H. A. Hamet (son), Anged 44, was admitted to the Govern- Canadian representative at Wimble State of Victoria and the City of blinking at her. One plump hand Karim (son-in-law), T. Hamet and ment Civil Hospital yesterday, suf- don, was regarded as certain to the
¡Melbourne.
was on the strap of the window. S. Hamet (nephews), A. Rahman fering from head injuries, after be Colony title at his first attempt.
The meeting was attended by "D'you mind, madam," he asked, Abbas, A. R. Abbas, Dr. II. el Ar: ing knocked down by motor lorry
C.P.R. liner "Empress of Canada" enter for the race-Pilot Aspy man's heartiness. if I pull the Among the passengers aboard the two young indians who desire to in an educated accent, with a "he-
for Shangha! yesterday A. K. Mihu, H. D. Rumjahn, D.
were Lt. Engineer, who has already won window up? I often get a touch of Rumjan, A. H. Bumjahn, U. Rum- In view of the proposed forma-and Mrs. J.-C. Richardson, who some, "distinction in long-distance asthma." fahn, R. Nazarin, E. Sadick, A. Kit-tion of King's College Old Boys' were married at St. John's Cathe-aviation, and Mr. P. P. Nazir, who "Oh, certainly," she replied, add- chell, S. D. Mehal, N. Oman, A. Association, old boys of King's Col-dral on Thursday. Lt. Richardson has been offered by the Governing a studiously charming smile, sá Rahmin, and S, R. Ismail.
lege, and of its parent school is commissioned with the lat Bnment of India & special scholarship politeness cost nothing, and, after Salyingpun, are asked to commupt- South Wales Borderers Regiment, for aeronautical research all her surmises about hla
only surmisea
* And Immediataly cate with Mr. Chan Sik Pul or Mr.
The Government of India has G. Sima as early as possible.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. R. Shaw and approved the grant to Mr. Na while he was in the
closing the window, family were passengera aboard the of such leave as may be necessary that at least one of The Kowloon Cricket Club's dis-CP.B. liner "Empress of Canada" for the purpose of the air race. tribution of prizes for cricket, when she sailed for Shanghai yes. To make possible their participa- tennis, bowls, billiards and bridge terday, Mr. Shaw, bealdes being tion a guarantae fond of £6,500 1. That the "Existence of forma-will be held to-night at the K.C.C. principal of Messrs. Butterfield and has to be raised by the end of tions, which, in spite of certain de-at 9 p.m. An attractive entertain-Swire, is President of the Talkoo February, and, towards this £500 nials, are incontestably of military ment programme has been ar Club, Vice-Chairman of the China has been contributed. character" must be taken into aç-|ranged.
Association and of the Hong Kong The meeting recognised that General Chamber of Commerce. count in any calculation of offer--
the fund must mainly be raised in and "I dare say you tives.
India from among
DISARMAMENT SITUATION
(Continued from Page 1).
Pleading guilty to begging, and
2. That the French Government to returning to the Colony after could not accept immediata redne- having last year, bean? banished
tion of its armaments, which would for 10 years, Cheung Sze, Chin- UNKNOWN CHINESE
‚be accompanied by, the immediate ese" woman, was sentenced to Bix rearmament of a qualitative char- months' imprisonment by Mr. S. acter if the Powers bound by mill Balfour at the Central Magistracy tary clauses of treaties, this morning.
3. That the question of the guar.
antees of exacution in the case Of
The Canadian Pacifc luxury
provisions of the Convention being liner, Empress of Britan
violated is of especial importance, Round-the-
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