ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL?
Lorry Driver Sent..
To Gaol.
CASTLE PEAK ROAD CRASH
Hon Ping, 38-year-old licensed driver of lorry No. 364, was sen- tenced to one month's hard la- bour by Mr. J. B. H. Lee at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- ing for driving his lorry in a dangerous manner, resulting in an accident.
Prosecuting. Inspector Saunders stated that the lorry was going along the Castle Peak Road, towards Kow. loon, at about 25 m.ph. at 5 pm. on July 7, and that bus No. 89, of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, was travelling in the opposite diree- tion. When the lorry was about 200 yards ahead of the bus, it started to swerve and run from side to side of the road, "as if a novice driver was at the wheel." The bus-driver the lorry Bounded his horn, and stopped swerving immediately, but The went straight into the bus. bus swerved, but the lorry hit it on the left hand side, causing the steps to be thrown high into the air, and breaking the front axle of the bus,
and the front axle of the lorry.
"It was one of the worst crashes
I have seen," said Inspector Saun- ders,
Although nobody was seriously hurt four persons were slightly in- jured.
Defendant claimed that his steer-
ing gear was out of order.
Dr. Guillermo Martinez Marquez, director of a Havana newspaper, who is held incommunicado in the Cabanas Fortress, charged with complicity in the terrorist plot against Mr. Jefferson Caffery, American Ambassador to Cuba. The plot
was climaxed by the death of & Cuban guard from Wounds received when terrorists fired on the American Embassy..
HEALTH
CAMPAIGN
Better Possibility For Long Life.
MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE FOR ONE WEEK
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1934.
LAUGHS AMONG THE LETTERS
Quaint Communications To G.P.O.
NEGRO WANTS SAMPLES
London.
To-day's Short Story.
Between Eight And Eight
T last Manners was keenly |
By C. S. Forester.
"All right," said the stolid war-
A interested in his game of der. Re displayed no annoyance
Here are some extracts from let- ters to the Post Office read at the chess. He bent forward over at being thus deprived of a "well- the board in an attitude of con- earned victory. He spoke Indul- meeting of the Philatelic Congress centration. He wondered if his gently. He could not be exacting of Great Britain in Manchester. opponent would overtook the pos- with a man who had only twelve
་་། "If you do not receive this let me sibility of the position; that the hours to live.
"What about a hand of erib " advance of Manners's Queen's know. I have done with my wire-Pawn one more square would not asked the other warder, the lively less set because I have got mar- only attack a Knight but by one..
clearing the diagonal, would ex- "To hell with you and your ried."
An applicant for an annuity, ask-pose the King and his guard of crib," said Mannera, pacing about
Pawns to a formidable attack the cell.
two warders exchanged!
The
ed what his father died of, replied from Bishop as well as Rook and "I forget now, but it was nothing Queen. If his opponent should glances. They had been expect- delay his counter-measure by using this. Manners had stood the serious."
much as one single move he strain of the three weeks of wait-i A wife, asked about the present would be in a serious position; ing well enough up to the present. a strain WES address of a Savings Bank deposi-even if a quick mate did not en-That it had been tor, replied "The last communica-sue it would mean the loss of at obvious, for Manners's stubbly
hair once least a piece.
chestnut brown, was įtion I had from my husband was a
But the man against whom now white, had turned white in blow behind the ear and I fell Manners was playing was not of three weeks. But that was senseless. I have never known his the type who overlooks things so only sign he had shown of the Important. After prolonged con- strain until now, until he began address since."
the cell, Rideration he moved his Queen, pacing round and he moved her to the one strides up, five across, seven j square where she could wreak down. Up-across-down-across,' with his thoughts racing infinitely faster, but with as little chance of
Another woman wrote: "I am the same person as the book belongs to
my name by the 'marriage' and if
most destruction.
"Check," he said stolidly.
the
seven
I have changed word known as you have not yet entered into) Manners atared at the board reached a definite end. Up-across The warders matrimony I would advise you to again. He had not paid enough)-down--across. keep single."
consideration to this possibility.were only human after all. That
A West African negro wrote to Now that the move was made he restless pacing began to work on Manchester Post Office asking the could see that it initiated an at-their nerves. postmaster to forward him "some tack he could not stall off. The
aomeone who could: chess, played much
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "The Paradise Coal-Boat," by C. J. Cuncliffe Hyne.
"It is the aim of every man to free samples of medicine for blush-game was lost to him, inevitably "While being charged at Sham-live a healthy life for a reasonable ing and sudden paleneas" which he and speedily. This new warder, shuipo Police Station defendant sat spell of years. In the country, he had seen advertised.
who had been found for him by down on a bench and fell sound may succeed without assistance but Another request was for the the governor of the prison in an- asleep. I think that that is what in a populous city he has little nesaary forms, rules, and regula-swer to his repeated irritated re- happened; he had fallen asleep while chance unless the public health tions governing a poet's licence. quests for driving, and was awakened suddenly organisation of that city is sound,” The applicant said it was his inten- really play by the sound of the bus driver's declared the Hon. Dr. A. R. Weltion this year to composé
some too well for him. hora", said the Inspector.
Jington, M.R.C.S., in opening the strong poetry and other verse."------ And as he stared at the board
"What about the chaplain?" ask- Inspector Saunders asked for im Health Campaign at the Chinese] Reuter.
again the clock of the parish ed the lively warder. "Would you prisonment without the option of a Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street, on Satur
church outside the prison wall like to see him now?"" fine because there might have been day evening.
Latruck once more. half a dozen people killed.
LOST BALL LEADS
TO ARREST.
Boy Sees Man Sawing Window Bars.
Where this is the case he has
as good a chance of reaching his three score years and ten as he had ön the farm," continued Dr Wellington.
The Health Campaign is sponsored by the Young Men's and Women's
Christian Associations, the Chinese
Men's
Club. The
SCHOOLBOYS MÅDE TO SMOKE.
Keeping Plague Of -
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the
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Medical Association, and the Y'Almost, everybody is smoking Campaign will hard In Eastern Serbia to-day For the theft of a number of continue for week and through from young schoolboys to old ought to stop the striking mechan-him, must reconcile themselves to window bars from house No. 65, out the week, the idea, meaning ladies. Robinson Road, yesterday, Sin Fu, and practices of good health will be
Smoking has been found the 56 years, was fined $50, in default emphasised through the mediums only means of keeping at bay the one month's hard labour by Mr. of lectures, health displays, health hordes of tiny death-dealing dies Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the Centraliteratures, and physical examina- which have invaded the country- Magistracy this morning.
tions. Efforts are also being made side from their breeding grounds on Accused was caught taking the to reach the people residing in the the banks of the Danub.
had his outskirts of Kowloon and the New Even children are encouraged to bars away by a boy who
Territory. ball kicked in through the window.)
smoke at play to prevent them- Dr. S. W. Teo, O.B.E., LL.D. selves from being bitten in the He climbed the window and aw
also spoke. accused sawing off the bara. The
He urged the com nostrils or throat.
Southern Serbia is suffering boy at once notifed Mr. W. Faxmunity not to be Indifferent to their who arrested him.
STUDENT FINED IN
TRAFFIC CASE.
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He rose to his feet and turned away from the chess board.
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LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
"To hell with the chaplain, tɔo,” First the four quarters, andasid Manners, pacing on round the then, with unctuous deliberation cell. The dreadful throbbing of eight o'clock.
heart his heart made his speech blurred throbbed painfully. Where would and indistinct The be when
clock struck that
The warders reconciled them eight again? Mannera knew; at selves to the man's caged move- least he knew where his limp body ment's. Warders in a condemned would be. He Wan filled with cell, who spend every minute of a pettish rage about that clock man's last three weeks on earth
church Surely
authorities in the closest possible contact withį
iem when they know that a man much. lay in the condemned cell, within But there came a blessed dis-
traction. There was a jingling of Orders for the Current keye outside; the door opened to
Lau Ab-kun, a six-year-old Chin- then admit the Governor, and
ese girl, af Hol Pa Village, Taun he said, and he knew as he said a man of slight, short figure, like wolfe. C.M.G., Inspector General of been bitten by a brown chow dog
"I don't want to play any more," slammed to behind him. He WES
Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C.Wan District, was reported to have
that of a spoilt child. it that the tone of his voice was Manners himself, dressed in
yesterday, necessitating her removal finely cut brown suit. Manners
Strength. Crown Sergeant R12 to the Kowloon Hospital for treat- hated him; he had a long thin Diam S. E. Chan has been permitment. The dog has been sent to pink nose and a Hapsburg lip like ted to resign from the Chinese Mataukok for observation.
Everyone Company, the King of Spain's.
2.3 from 30th June, : was consclous of a momentary 1934. tension
Chan Lim, a Chinese woman, of the Governor's en-* Training Course-Part II. All trance, in case, just in case, he recruits of the Chinese Company ted to the Government Civil Hoep!- No. 218 Lockhart Road, wos admit- Fines For Loitering. bore news of a reprieve. But one will attend at the Chinese Com-tal yesterday, after having been bit
glance at his face was sufficient to Charged with loitering with determine that he did not intent to commit
Ng a felony,
"Well," said the Governor, "how's' Chung-ping. junemployed, was the chess going this time?"
A chow dog, belonging to the oc LOCAL DOLLAR fined $10, in default 14 days' hard "Rotten," said Manners, and turn.] Training Course-Part II. All
The Governor took recruits of the Indian Company re-which had bitten an amah of labour, by Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen fed his back.
cupant of. No. 74 Nathan STEADY.
at the Central Magistracy this the opportunity to ask the warders siding in Kowloon will attend 4, [morning, .
a question by means of a raised eye-Chi Woo Street, Kowloon on Wed-same address, hos been sent to Ma Silver Prices Advance. Accused was followed by a Chin-brow; the warders replied in the besday, July 11th. at 17.30 hours taukok for observation.
CAC detective through Queen's negative with a shake of the head for instruction.
Muriel Wilkinson, -an eight-year- The local dollar remains steady, Road, Ladder Street and Bonham Manners had neither offered to con .All recruits of the Indian Com- opening on demand this morning at Strand East, before the arrest was fess nor asked for the ministration pady residing at Hong Kong will old girl, of No. 18 Hillwood Road, {1/5.
of the chaplain..
attend Chinese Company Head-was reported to have been bitten by Spot and forward silver prices Leung Lam, unemployed, was "Sorry about that," said the Gov-quarters, 17, Queen's Road Cen- mongrel dog, belonging to have advanced 1/16, closing prices also fined $10, in 14 days' hardfernor to Manners. "What was the tral on Thursday, July 12th. at Komor, of Hillwood Road. The dog has been sent to Kennedy Town for on Saturday being 20 18/16 and labour, for a similar charge in matter?"
17.30 hours for instruction.
observation. "Matter?" said Manners, in a 20 15/16, respectively.
Hollywood Road.
C. CHAMP KIN. The London on New York cross-
cracked hysterical voice. Matter?
Acting, D, S. P. (R.)........ rate, which closed on
Why-why-" Friday at·
Hong Kong, Monday, July 2,
duty of safeguarding their health from a plague of poisonous snakes jbut to take full interest in it. It and here also tobacco smoke has
was a matter that concerned
all, been found the most effective irrespective of their station in life, means of keeping them at a die-
the said.
Following the speeches, educa- tional moving pictures depleting
Compensation Ordered different phases of health work were
For Chinese Girls.
screened.
Mr. F. 1. Treung, the chairman of the campaign, presided over the
JAPANESE WOMEN
A fine of $25 was imposed upon meeting. Wo Ting-cheung, B 20-year-old student of the Far East Aviation School, Kal Tack, by Mr. J. B. K. Lee at the Kowloon Magistracy this: morning, for having driven a Ford two-seater Sedan, No. 344, along Nathan Road on June 30 without a license.
He was also 'charged with driving without due care and caution when colliding with two Chinese girls,
SENTENCED.
One Returns After
Banishment.
¿
STIFF GAOL TERM
taned.-Reuter.
named Cheung Mul, 19 years old, Yoshiko Sasano, a 28-year-old £U.S.$5.04%, closed on Saturday at and Li ing, 18 years old.
spinster, was sentenced to mix US$5.04%, while the New York Owing to lack of evidence against months' imprisonment by Mr. Eon London rate, which closed at him, however, Wu was discharged W. Hamilton at the Central Maxis-U.S.$5.04% on Friday, closed on on this count,
tracy this morning, for returning Saturday at -U.9.85.04%. Inspector Saunders asked for $25 to the Colony from banishment,
compensation for each girl, and the! magistrate agreed.
“DIVORCE TRADE
SOUGHT.
Amendment Of Laws In Cuba.
+
Accused was banished last July)
for a period of 10 years after she
was convicted on a charge of keep DAVIS ESCAPE APPARATUS ļing a bogus massaging establish-j Imant
Kavana, Cuba Cuba is to amend its divorce
an allen. 'Taws with the object of securing a share of the “divorce trade.”
2
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TWO SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS.
made.
CHINESE MUSICAL
ARTISTS. Prominent Visitors
Give Concert.
on
..
He did not finish his sentence.
There is hardly any need for a man
who is to be hanged in the morning! to explain why he cannot play chess Towell. The sound of the church clock
striking the half-hour came '- fn through the bars of the cell window to accentuate the point.
"Well, what about seeing the
A musical concert by four tal- ented artists from the National chaplain instead?" anked the Gover
any Headquarters no Tuesday. July 10th at 17.30 hours for in- struction.
Indian Company.
DINNER DANCES AT REPULSE BAY.
To Be Held Twice Weekly.
*
ten by a chow dog outside hause.
1
+ ARRAN
her
Road,
the
Mr.
*~'Mr. J. Ryder, of No. 15 Magazine Gap Bond, brought a black and white spaniel dog to the Police
Station last evening. The dog which was suspected of rabies was sent to Kennedy Town for observa- Bon.
So King, of No. 800, Hennessy Road, was admitted to the Govern
As a result of the increasing ment Civil Hospital yesterday, Buf- (Continued from Page 1) Conservatory of Music in Shang-nor coaxingly. He spoke as one popularity of the weekly dinner fering from injuries sustained when Another Japanese girl,
!
Rin
hai, who are at present visiting would to a fretful child, just as the dances at the Repluse Bay Hotel, he fell off motor, lorry No. 615 in (Yoshida, 18 years, of No. 00
Manners eyed the last of which was successful-) Queen's Road East. A feature of this outfit is that It the Colony on a musical tour, warders had done. Gloucester Road, first floor, was serves as a life-belt after rising will be given at the Chinese the Governor, That coaxing, ladully held on Saturday night, the
A fine of $10, in default two brought before Mr. Hamilton and to the surface by the simple pro-Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street, on gent tone maddened him. He had management have decided to hold charged with extering the Colony ceas of inflating the rubber con- Wednesday evening at 9.15 heard nothing else for three weeks, those dinner dances twice weekly, weeks' imprisonment, was imposed without a valid passport on June tainer with air: „
o'clock.
And not even to satisfy the con- commencing from Wednesday, July on Ma On-sang, unemployed, by Mr. 10, and for falling to register a
The tests were carried out in the The members of the group are: sciences of the Governor and of the 11, and continuing throughout the Q: A. A. MacFadyen at the Central experimental tank, a naval rating, Benjamin Z, N. Ingy baritone Home Secretary; and of the hang summer months. Intending diners/Magistracy this morning, for the A fine of $250, in default three who tested the apparatus, first ac graduate of the School of Music of man, too, for the matter of that are advised to reserve early to en- larceny of a string of dried chickens ontrails, valued at $2, from No. 861 It understood, thistlvorce Imprisonment, wasim quainting himself with the controls the University of Michigan and a would he be seduced into making sure good table positions. will be granted after six or seven posed on the first charge and bi basen aur bed, he made in the Battle: Bolinen copfensione Urne podle today on Holly Central
>"I don't want to," he said sullenly, Band will again be in attendance months' residence in the country the second charge she was fined Imaginary escape from a submarine tory of Music In Shanghai David
Pleading gulity to the charge of Instead of two years as hitherto, 25, in default 14 days' imprison by deep diving: Later, he made an 0. L. Tai, violinist, and head of the With all the weight and majesty and will be happy to play all re The grounds for divorce will be ment, the terms to run concurrent-ment at the bottom of the tank, pass violin department of the National of the law turned upon him he could quest numbers if given early notice, the theft of a black meat, valued at 170 cents, from the Western Market, Incrasusd.
wing through a turret door into the Conservatory of Music; 8. T, Ting, stil be a rebelman, an
The R. H. 8, Empress of Russia Lee Tak, unemployed, was fined $15, More berat divorce laws, it te Detective-Sergeant Mottram pro- tank, and thence to the audace planist and head of the piano de "Oh, come said the Governor.
· It? will, leavé Hong Kong on Friday, in default three weeks" hard labour hoped, will attract many for secuted. The girls in their de- This apparatus has already been partment of the National Conserva That's hardly fair on un
Just think
July 18, at noon, for Bhangbai and by. Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the eigners to Cuba for the requisite fence said that they were ignorant in use by the Navy at Home for tory
Vancouver B. O, yia porta, Central Magistracy, this morning. of the regulations,
about three yindi!
baritone, and a pupil of M; ""qualifying" period-Beuter,