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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1934
United States Army tank carps and machine-gun units from Fori Ethan Allen, Burlington, Vt., were on duty in the New England strike arens recently at the call of the State authorities. Regu lars in a dozen other Army posts were ready for similar service.
MADE FACES IN IMPERIAL
COURT
Magistrate Thinks
Him Crazy
REVISED EVIDENCE IN THEFT CASE
his stories.
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AIRWAYS
ENTERPRISE
TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE
SIR ERIC GEDDES POINTS OUT BRITISH ADVANTAGE
OVER AMERICA
London, To-day.
ATTEMPTED TO BEAT EVA
Tax-Driver In Trouble
..
And Fined
LOCAL TRAFFIC CASES
Summoned for driving his taxi- cab No. 12, at a speed of 50 m.p.h. alorig Hennessy Road in the early morning of October 20, Li Pak- chiu was fined $20 by Mr. W.-M. Thomson at the Central Magistracy
at the
re-junction of Des Voeux Road and not Pedder Street by sounding his horn
taxi No. 168, was fined $5. unnecessarily, Tae Kwai, driver of
For driving his lorry dangerously
To-day's Short Story.
THE OLD DESERT BELL
By Lawrence G. Green
MUNERA 'piango, fulgura frango, at all surprised when a Hottentot,
sabbatu pango..
wet and streaked with red desert Away down the river the Hot- dust, fell at his feet and gasped tentot raiders heard the last out the warning of danger, For clang of the mission bell, reniem-Father Leopold (like all the mem- bered Father Leopold, and slow-bers of his exscting Order) was a ed a little in their desperate reallet, a worker, a man who had march..
never once deluded himself about Twenty miles to the south the the results of his thirty years of sergeant a the South African pracheing in this grim land. police post heard the faint tones
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and remarked, not for the first In his old blue shirt, shapeless time: "All's well with Father trousers, and braces, Father Leopold Leopold." He liked that private might have been mistaken, at first arrangement, for the morning and glance, for farm labourer. Only evening bells gave him the chance when you studied the kindly beard- of telling young and wondering ed face, the sun-tanned cheeks and troopers his lurid yarns of the eyes that gave the impression of Hottentot bands which had ravaged
the lonely country to the south of the Orange River. All of which had happened, of course, a long Itime ago,
"With bayonets and bullets we drove them out of the water jungle of the islands in the river after the Boer War," that vivia historian; | the sergeant, often recalled. "They! came out of their new stronghold
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "The Peacock and the Throne," by Dewan Sharar.
in the mountains, killing and cattle-seeing great distances--then only lifting, when the Great War was un--and that time we turned, then did you observe Father Leopold the
thinker.
What Father Leopold saw. nów all good and more beautiful because
back with machine guns. They've been beaten in fights, but they've never been conquered. So mark my words, young fellows, one day it was threatened an oasis of date they'll come again, and then they'll palms, gardens and cool houses set be for the high jump."
magnificiently in the brown face of Father Leopold, that resolute the desert. On the river slopes, in man of peace, was nevertheless not
rich watered soil, were the vine. yards that provided the brandy for which Father Leopold's mission was famous. Over all, like a benediction, rose the great white church of St. Victor, built by St. Victor, built by Father Leopold himself in a mood of fervour and
U.S. DESTROYERS ARRIVE
In Colony
To Remain One Week inspiration which had lasted for years and had never faded. A church as fine and solid as his own reputation among the scattered white, black and wizened yellow folk of the border districts.
The U.S.S. Black Hawk, Depot ship to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla
"I think that he is a bit crazy, I will remand him for four days for medical observation," said Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones at the Kowloon Magis- tracy this morning when Li Sing,
The Imperial Airways Trans-At-this morning, appearing on charges of lareeny, changed his story on different occa-lantic air service plans, prepared Attempting to beat Eva sions and made faces while telling after a close and continuing
search, were referred to, but Inspector Shaftain, of the Sham: disclosed, by the Chairman, Sir shuipo Police Station, stated that
Eric Geddes, at the annual meet- the defendant is alleged to havo
of the American Asiatic Fleet, and Yet because he was a man, not stolen a purse, containing $2, and ing yesterday.
at a speed of 24 m.p.h. at Queen'e accompanied by the destroyers Paul a religious robot, Father-Leopold nine pieces of clothing from No. He stated. however, that as a
Road, near the Central Theatre, Jones, Barker, J. P. Edwards, knew a strange uneasiness as he Stewart, Parrott, Bulmer, Edsall, listened to the Hottentot's story of 182 Kiling Street, second floor, result, of their research they last Sunday, Yu Hon, driver of early this morning. He also is were about to order, under an lorry No. 110, was fined $15.............
Peary, Pope, Ford and Pillsburg, raiders and-mad revolt. charged with the larceny of a blan-agreement with the Air Minis
Appearing on
arrived this morning from Shanghai "Piet Afrikaner leading them. ket from No. 123 Apliu Street on try, aircraft which should pro- for dangerous driving and for co-on their way to Manila.
coming here for the brandy November 4.
vide range and paying load to struction, Lo Wing, driver of lorry They will remain in the Colony then on to the farms."
Juntil November 14 or 15. Defendant pleaded guilty to the meet the requirements of the No. 1199, was fined $25.
"What is the matter with thom first charge, but pleaded that the route more satisfactorily than On the summons for dangerous the Black Hawk fired salutes of 21"They have been living quietly now As the ships entered the harbour, asked Father Leopold sharply. complainant lent the blanket to anything yet projected.
driving, Sergeant Youe stated that him..
and 11 guns, respectively, the fort for many years. They must know Without wishing to convey the defendant drove around a bend in and 11.M.S. Tamar replying. After the complainant's evidence he changed his story, say idea that they would be in a posi-Stubbs Road and overtook a car at
they will be punished." ing that the man in court was not tion to establish a Trans-Atlantica speed of 80 m.p.h.
"They say it is the long drought, real complainant, as the complainant, service before the next annual
Father. Their cattle are dead, they
a man named Wong, was away in meeting, he said that they were
the country.
REASSURANCES IN SAAR BASIN
DISPUTE GIVEN
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tions on the German
determined on the solution of the [problem.
PROSPECTS BRIGHT Meanwhile, a substantial in- crease in the speed and fre quency on the existing routes may be expected.
Sir Eric Geddes said that the
three summonses
FREE CONDENSED MILK
Nestle's Besieged By Eager Crowds
time was approaching when their and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk The office of Messrs. Nestle
CUNARDER LAUNCH are starving, and Piet Afrikaner
BROADCAST
Most Successful Yet Undertaken
MILLIONS HEAR CLEARLY
told them it was better to steal food than to die."
Father Leopold nodded gravely: Piet Afrikaner he knew the mur derous robber son of a father who had waged bitter war on neigh- bouring clans and two civilised governments. Afrikaner's follow- ers he know, too; wretched men, outlawed in the days of German side of the major fleet would be replaced by a Co., were besieged by crowds of the new Cunard liner. "Queenning in guerrilla skirmishes. Lean The world-wide broadcast of rule; Hottentots with enough white Saar frontier prohibiting, over a faster aircraft without, however, Chinese who applied for free sam-
the ceremony of the launching of blood to make them cruel and cun- belt 25 miles wide and over period which covers the date of the mercial service the speeds schieved
hoping to reproduce in normal com- ples of condensed milk yesterday. Mary" was one of the most suc-yellow men with peppercorn hair, taking of the plebiscite, the wear-in the recent. Australian race..
Coupons for free samples were cessful yet undertaken.. The armed with service rifles looted ing of uniforms. parades, proces-is out of the question to contem-land with these in their hands,
It printed in the Chinese papers, programme, as transmitted by from the camps of forgotten cam- sions, or gatherings of any kind, plate flying through night on regu- the crowds, lingered in the vici at Daventry, was received and
the Empire Short-wave Station paigus, and have, at the time, Issued lar services with existing aids to nity of Asia Life Building until relayed by broadcasting authori. Yet they had been living quietly. solemn assurance that there is no navigation on the Australian route, 8 p.m. last night when the go- danger of invasion of the territory and it is essential that men and down of the Company was clos-exception of Canada, which was in their mountain stronghold; but ties in every Dominion-with the Hunger might make them reckless material should work at a routine ed for the day.
covered by the American broad-it would take brandy to transform "I have expressed, both to Herr
well below capacity, he said.
Over seven cases, each contain-casting networks.
them, after all these years, into a Von Hoesch and to the French Fuel prices continued to be the ing 240 sample tins of milk, werel
Throughout Australia the dangerous fighting band. Thus Ambassador, to-day, te satisfac-most powerful deterrent to high
speeches of both his Majesty the Father Leopold weighed the distributed. tion of His Majesty's Government speed.
King and her Majesty the Queen chances, putting a great deal more The sensationally fast
were heard with absolute clarity, sympathy into the scales for the and almost without interruption. Hottentots than the police and the In New Zealand reception was hard border farmers would have nearly as good, while the African given them
of the Saar.
FRENCH ASSURANCE
at this announcement, and at the American airmail services operated same time, I have received from at an annual loss to United States the French Ambassador the as- Post Office of £4,500,000, although surance that the French arrange-the price of fuel was only one quar- ments are of a purely precaution-ter to one third of what Imperial ary kind.
Airways paid on the Empire routes.
"In these circumstances we have the right to expect that, with due restraint in an quarters, the
BETTER PROPOSITION
As a general principle the Board
pleblecite, which it la the duty of took the view that a first-class ser
CHINESE YOUTH UNCLAIMED Found Wandering In
Shamshuipe
Broadcasting Company effected Ignorant children, though Father an equally satisfactory relay in Leopold, ready to live down a the Union of South Africa.
bloody past If Plet-Afrikaner had
In the U.S.A. millions of lis- not aroused them. Good men teners were able to hear the among them, like the Hottentot- voices of their Majesties through trained in useful work at the Nobody has claimed Lai Kwal the medium of the National mission--who had brought the the Council of the League to convice of high frequency and high Lan, the 7-year-old Chinese lad, Company and the Columbla warning with death at his heals. duct, will be carried through pro-speed, catering for passengers and who was found wandering in the Broadcasting System Cafes in Not until after sunrise would the perly and in due order," Sir John mails together, was better than streets of Shumshulpo, by the Fo Simon concluded.-British Wire- high speed mail schedule, and
Vienna, in which radio receivers raiders reach the mission. Father less Service.
slower passenger sireraft.
lice, at 7pm on Sunday, were in operation, were thronged Leopold knew that he could sum Three When found he was wearing four-engined and four twin-engined dirty white cotton jacket with blue the broadcast.
while hundreds gathered round the wireless shops to listen to signal at daybreak would do it. If mon help before then: The bell aircraft with top speeds of about
shorts. He has been placed In 170 m.p.h. were under construction
the desert bell were heard for European services, and the lat charge of the female police searcher
police tolling serenely with attached to the Bhumehulpo Police
regular strokes Station.
move. Marvellous crystal air
CHINA RAILWAY DEBT
(Continued from Page 1.j
ter for long distance tours and overseas charter work.
They had decided months ago to
Mr. Moreing had earlier referred order, as prototypes for experimen
to the allocation of the contract for tal work, two flying boats one for Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finan the Yushang-Pingslang Railway to the New York-Bermuda service, and has returned to the capita
German firm, while there was two land planes, larger and faster, Shanghai by seroplane.
:.
expected to les
£500,000 due to the British Chinese than the existing fleet, he concluded areature wh Corporation for surveys...
British Wireless Service
hal awaits him.
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mails at
ther
auperintendant Genera Fost the Gover
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