LOCAL TRAFFIC CASES
P.W.D. Official Is
Cautioned
Appearing on two summonses of obstruction and placing his car in a closed road without per mission in Mount Kellet Road on October 29, Mr. S. C. Feltham, of the Public Works Department. was cautioned by Mr. E.. W.. Hamilton at the Central Magis-- tracy this morning.
Alexander
Traffic - Inspector stated that the Police were sum- moned by Dr. J. H. Montgomery, of the Matilda Hospital, when he found that he could not pass through on account of Mr. Felt- ham's ear.
Private Car Driver Fined Summoned at the instance of Me. Laltham, Wong Chun-nam, Į driver of private car No. 533, was fined $15 for driving his car without due care and caution ulong, Queen's Road on October 28.
Inspector Alexander skid that Mr. Baltham was proceeding slowly towards Wanchai when!
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1934
To-day's Short Story.
Members of the Japan Women's Patriotic Association are wearing gau marks as they attend to a "victim" of an air attack at the military hospital in Tokyo, Military physicians superintend, the instruction. Practically every citizen of Tokyo, and nearly all the industrial cities, was forced to co-operate in the manoeuvres.
sic used's car collided with his Private Arms
from behind, damaging the rear part of his vehicle.
A fine of $5 as imposed on Chan Kwan, driver of car No. 3079, for sounding his horn un- necessarily in Queen's Road West on October 30.
WOMAN DRIVER FINED "English License Not Worldwide"
HUSBAND ALSO IN TROUBLE
.
Private Arms Enterprise
Now Opposed
necessary."
He
Is
said, the need for sudden and al most unlimited expansion in time
upon.
SECURITY FEELING States which had no internal pro-
TROUBLE
OLD on, darling," Murray
By Holloway Horn
"I've stopped being an ass," the
"Hot There's someone other retorted. Get back to your
at the door and my man's out to- study," he went on menacingly, jnight."
He placed the telephone receiver on the desk and hurriedly, crossed
To Murray's utter amazement, he saw that the other man was holding an ugly squat revolver, and suddenly to the outer door of his flat.
realised that he was in danger. He "Oh, It's you, Rossiter," ho sald, shrugged his shoulders. "It's very without enthusiasm, when be had antiquated and stupid, but if you opened the door.
insist on melodramma I suppose you! must have it," he said evenly, and turned back to the study.
"Yes, I want to see you," the visitor replied, and unceremoniously pushed his way into the hall.
I'm... I'm rather busy," Mur ray-said, coldly.. "What is it, you want?"
"Surely, one friend may call on another without having to give an lexact reason?"
"I suppose so. But it's late and I'm busy," Murray insisted. the sneer in the other's words not lost on him.
"Your business muat walt," Ros- siter said, and closed the door be! hind him. He was a tally' rather overpowering individual with the Jaw of a bully; there was a look of cold hatred in his dark eyes as he contemplated his unwilling host.
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"Sit down at your desk," Rossiter! ordered. "There are certain things
want to know."
"Cigarette?" Murray suggested, Outwardly at least he was perfectly calm.
"No."
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"Oh, no. I wanted to make the point quite clear to you. I can and shall kill you with perfect safety to myself."
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LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
"I found the letters you have been were saying you came here to kill of war, which made the concen-writing to my wife, this afternoon." me. Mind if I smoke? This thing (Continued from Page I.) Ition of a Government monopoly 80 he said.
wants looking at calmly. We can't difficult 10 apply. Whatever
Murray was silent for a moment. talk if you stand up like that." ting forthwith all private manufac-
. I'm glad," he said' at "I've thought it all out," Ros- ture of and trade in, armaments might be the lessons which ought
to be drawn from the late war, he length.
"I hated the secrecy, any-siter said grimly. by British nationals, and by mak-
now you know the
"I wonder if you have? ing provision for production by the could not think that they ought to way. Well State of such armaments and muni. put their trust in State factories truth.""
"I do.
And I've come here to quite understand your anger, else before anyone
surely modern people don't go ou tions of war as are considered and wait until they were in war
was called night to kill you
"Don't talk like an ass," Murraylike this? If you shoot me, Ross)- Major Attlee argued that the Major Attlee, he said wished snapped angrily. He was a smaller ter, you'd better make a complete existence of vested interests in the them to set an example and would man than his visitor but a much job of it and shoot yourself as well. arms trade tended to frustrate the like other people to follow it. But more vital type.
It's better than hanging by the efforts of the wiser stateman of the if that were done, not only would
neck until you are dead." "I am afraid that English licenses world to create world order.
there be no supplies by their own are not worldwide," said Mr. E. I believed that the right course was armament firms, but they would be Wynne Jones at the Kowloon Magisto nationalise all armament produs unable to make any purchases from a nucleus capable foreign sources because one State, tracy this morning when Mrs. Mtion and have Swain, who was summonsed For of expansion.
which was at peace, could not pro- driving car No. 4036, without a WAR CALAMITY THREAT driver's license, plead that she had Sir John Simon said that the vide arms from its own arsenal to an English license.
Government had been glad to a State at war, without involving
But this murder won't." This murder-if you
are big Mrs. Swain was also summoned find Parliamentary time for this itself in that war.
The Annual Drill Display of the enough fool to shoot me-most cer- for passing a car in the Nathan important subject which, outside}·, Rond controlled area at 5.50 pm, on the House, had often been treated duction of arms would not only be Hong Kong Fire Brigade will take tainly will. Twenty people must answer to the as though it were simple issue on obliged to set up their own factories, place on the Compound, of the New have recognised you on your way In October 16,
which. conclusion could be
but would have to accumulate great No. 2 Police Station, Lockhart second summons she pleaded not
reached almost automatically by guilty, saying that she had not seen
(Continued from Page. 1.) This was a new question, nesday next. secure. the other car.
H.E. the Governor and Lady Feel The other man shook his head: as, under Article VIII, the Commis-
A moderate anticyclone remains After Sergeant Paton, the prose-or a knave. They had to proceed
Even if I had
The new Justice Minister is centred over the lower Yangtze cuting officer, had given his evidence, on the basis that arms were going sion in Geneva had examined this have intimated their intention to don't think so.
An to be produced by the State.
very matter in 1981, and they did attend.. The Public are cordially been seen I shall explain that member of the Right Wing group Valley, having decreased slightly in a fine of $10 was imposed.
A private armament firm, on
called at your flat as I've often while MMa. Cassez and Roy are both
Intensity. The depression is nearly additional fine of $5 was imposed on
done before-after the theatre for Radical Senators. The Minister of stationary to the north of Hakkal the other hand, had its skilled not reach any conclusion in favour invited to witness the Display. the first summons.
manufacture of arms.
a whisky and soda, and obtained zo Labour, M. Jacquier, la the Repordo, states a Royal Observatory re Mr. M. Swain, of the China Light staff, its organisation, and its of the abolishing of the private machinery, which was producing Sir John Simon said that the
reply. What I don't think they will ter-General of the Budget in the port this morning....... and Power Company, appeared on a
No one suspects that I have any Lower House. summons for allowing an unlicensed a certain quantity of armaments Government were convinced that the
motive for ding you. Not even There is only one Under-Secretary Choi Hing, the man was removed driver, his wife, to drive his car. and that side of its business
my wife. She has no idea that of State, M. Ferresu. who is a mem-to the Government Civil Hospital, on which sought to abolish private He pleaded that he wanted her to could not, in fact, be maintained way was not by national legislation
have seen the letters you sent to get familiar with the car before she without foreign orders.
If they were to be plunged into manufacture, but by regulation and
On the application of Sergeant her," got a license, and added that his
"Oh yes, she has," Murray said, wife had only been in the Colony a calamity of war, and that was control, which ought to be in accord- for a fortnight. A $5 fine was im the assumption of the debate, ance with an international treaty Russell, the case against Peter
then their armament firms and negotiated at Genevs and signed Herblum and Enik Jackson, two as he flicked the ash from his Polish youths who were charged cigarette, "She left them about on posed.
private shipyards, owing to their and observed by all States.
Great Britain had the most com-with entering the Colony with purpose. We wanted you to know. previous organisation and acquired attitude, were able to plete and stringent system of con-out a passport some time ago, was We had made up our minds to tell M. Flandin, at 45, standing
est. tallest and handsomest pro counterfeit Hong Kong 10 cent switch over very rapidly from trolling exports of any country in dismissed this morning by Mr. you. It was the only decent thing feet 4 inches, is one of the young- their level of peace production to the world. No consignment of E. W. Hamilton at the Central to do
leave without Magistracy. Road, was fined $10 for speeding their maximum of war
"You're a liar, Murray," Rossiter miers ever to hold office. armaments could licence. Their Custom and Excise Sergeant Russell said that ac-retored. She didn't leave them speaks English well and au through the controlled area in!
ition,
A. A. Macfadyen at the Central economic expert. He Nathan Road at 4 pm, on
toured That was the essence of this services were uncorrupted. Or-cused will be charged before the about at all. I found them in her seronautical, commerical, and one month's hard labour by Mr. Q. ber 16,
arrangement, and only by that ganisation was adequate, and there Magistrate to-morrow morning desk. I was looking for them!"
Colony. was no prospect whatever of arms as being vagrants in the
The other man shrugged his central Europe in 1981 to study Magistracy this morning. shoulders: "I wouldn't have believed problems in that region.
Charged with the theft of one means was it possible, having re- NO FRONT LIGHTS ON CARgard to
His Cabinet Is likely to leather hand-bag, a piece of jade,, the limited output of being exported from Britain with!
Personal Par
that, even of you. Shoot and be
command a comfortable m their State factories, to bridge out a-licence.
and one pair of trousers, the pro- REFUSED BENEFIT
damned to you. The shot will be
perty of Li Wai, a married woman Pleading guilty to a summons of the gap which widened at a terri-
Any British exporter had to es-
Sub-Inspector W. H. Nolloth, of heard in half a dozen flats, and not having two front lights on his fic rate, once war again visited tablish, to the satisfaction of the the Hong Kong Police Force, re you're bound to be seen leaving.
of No. 46, Wellington Street, Pun car No. 1895 at 9.50 p.m. on October the world, between peace produc-proper department, the real destina- turned to the Colony by the Prest You'll swing, Rossiter, and I under-
Yuet Kwong, unemployed, was sex- 19, Mr. A. R. Tavories, of No. 8tion und war demand.
tion of his goods. They refused
The Socialist and Communists dent Jackson from Manila Fester-stand it is a very unpleasant pro Minden Avenue, was fined $9.
ENORMOUS COST
day..
ceeding. And it's rather had luck form the opposition with the tenced to two months hard labour Sir John Simon pointed out the the benefit of the export credit
other Left groups benevolently by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfayden at the on your wife."
Central Magistracy this morning.: immense cost that would be in system to the exporter of munitions,
"Again you're wrong. That neutral. The ex-Premier, M. Gas- volved in the training and main-and, as far as he knew, they were
Rev. Charles O'Connor,, were pas-little attachment on the muzzle le ton Dourmergue, is returning home
The Rev. Joseph, Kennedy and the sengers for Hong Kong on the Pre- a silencer; it will not be heard, to Tournefufle ea quickly as pos- sident Van Buren, which arrived And I have a perfect allbi. Sibyl sible.--Reuter. here to-day.
herself is the alibi. That will ap
WOMAN DRIVER SPEEDS
Mrs. W. Gittens, of No. 4 Suffolk!
Octo-
KING OPENS £125,000
HEADQUARTERS
(Continued from Page 1)
their
produe-
tenance of staffs required for the the only country in the world to do
BO.
building and equipment of State
subsidised armaments and ships. It was, heFurther, they never
private firms for producing arms. They never allowed Diplomatic or PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL
Consular representatives abroad to act as travellers or canvassers for Armament firms.
"In an age when millions of men · (Continued from Page 1).. and women apend their lives in a world of streets the shaping." of The appeal follows the failure of It was Great Britain which took these walls calls for thought, skill, the plea for mercy recommended by the initiative in placing an embargo on arms to Bolivia and Paraguay and imagination", said His Majesty the Jury, on declaring the building open. He On August 22 he was tried by a which 28 exporting countries had added. The provision of better common fury, but, owing to the now undertaken to observe. homes for many of my people is an failure of the jury to agree. the urgent and special need in which case was re-heard.
terest.
The present Government, like the previous Governments, were not
arms embargo. The true methods
VAGRANCY CHARGE
Polish Youths Are
Concerned
peal to you as a writer. It's neat!" Mesars. Ralph Metcalfe and C-.-"OhT" Hornbostel, members of the Ameri- "We were at a revue thir, even- tour of the Orient, were passengers and went at the Interval. 1 pat can track and field athletic team, on ing. She had one of her headaches the President Jackson which here in a taxi. I rather wondered arrived yesterday from Manila. if I should find her here."
DOUBTS IN AMERICA
(Continued from Page 1).
ber of the Flandin Centre, group,
Flandin Handsomest Premier
jority, supported by the light and Centre groups and the Radicals
Wednesday evening from Amoy Street In a hopelessly intoxicated condition, was this morning fined. $4, In default seven days' imprison- ment, by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Central Magistracy this morning.
B
****
He
For being in possession of 50
pieces, Kwok Lam was, sentenced to
MASS RESIGNATION FROM C.E.R.
Predicament Of Soviet Employees
Receiving foot injuries when he stepped on a broken bottle, Au- Young Cheung-choi, of No. 10 Sal Street, was admitted to the Govern- ment Civil Hospital yesterday,
Monday being a Public Holiday, Dr. E. L. Allen's lecture, at the Chinese Young Women's Christian Association, has been cancelled. The next lecture will be on Novem- According to the Harbin press, ber 19, the subject being "Salvation
by Race'? ray, clutching like a drowning man many Soviet employees of the ag
Chinese Eastern Railway since at a straw. "You haven't looked the first reports from Tokyo that The Revolver Course for the "I know she lan't. I rang up the this enterprise would be pur members of the Emergency Unit
"She might be here," said Mur
flat from the theatre ten minutes chased by Manchoukuo, have Reserve, Hong Kong Police, at tendered their resignations, ranged for today at the Kennedy
the institute has taken a deep In- Ng appealed, but on October 17 able to reach a conclusion on an
the Justices P. Jacks and J. J. Hay: was by an international agreement Another indication of impending The subject is one for experts den declared that there had been no and that the British Government repeal is the announcement that ago to see how she was and found with a wide knowledge and a broad miscarriage of justice. A public. outlook. Your members have also petition for reprieve was later cir were doing their utmost to promote. Mrs. Roosevelt, at the White House, that she was at home.
this Government Will serve light United States "If we on given consideration to the problems culated.
Bench, Bald Sir John, were not wines at State dinners for the first siderable pains to cover your throwing our
our utmost energy into the time since pre-Volstead days, but But a murderer Invariably rause of peace we should not mere only two glasses per person at least one mistake, Rose
raised by the rapid spread of build-
ing along new roads, and in the BOUNTIES FOR NEWLYWEDS
country places of special beauty,
ly be foolish beyond bellef, weA Baltimore message states that
To focus the collective thought of No fewer than 8.150 newly should be stark; staring lunatice. Mr. Albert C. Ritchie, who for 15
the profession on questions such as wedded couples-bave received, We know better than any ty of the horror which these is one of the many services prizes of 500 Uras each in com country rendered by the Institute he
he conmemoration of the anniversary war would mean."--British cluded. British Wireless Service of the Fascist March on Rome gervice
years has been Democrat Governor Maryland, has conceded, victory
Republican, Mr. H
Reuter,
have "You certain
I shall get back to my
twenty
makes
The number of resignations Road Range la cancelled, as the taken on which have already been handed tange is required by the Volan
tracks in is so large that the General tears, Manager, Mr. Rudy, has issued a circular to the staff stating that no resignations will be accepted
This action has created
ruation in
the Railway, considered it would
be possible for them, to legalise position so as to enable
obtain payments of the ats due to them for long.
and superannuation