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ANNIVERSARY OF WAR
Tribute Paid To
The Dead
(Special to Hong Kong Daily Fress")
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934.
KAYE DON TO KING'S CUP AIR
APPEAL
RACE
News From China
Sentence Of FourFlt. Lieut. Schofield's CHINA TO-DAY AERIAL MISSION
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Months
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London, July '18. Sentence of four months' im- prisonment war paised yesterday by First. Deemster Farrant on Kaye Don, the racing motorist, who at the Manx Asizes at Dougace yesterday was:— lau was found "Guilty" of man- slaughter.
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, July 17.
The result of the King's Cup atr
(By. Telegraph, Copyright, Tele graphic Messages Ordinance. 1995. Received, August 2, 1.80 p.m.)
Berlin, August 2. The 20th anniversary "of the
Notice of appeal was given, and the Great Opening of
War on it was indicated that Don, who was August 2, two decades ago, was arrested and taken to the locai given the widest attention police station after sentence was throughout the German Press on passed, would be "released on bail Thursday morning. Tributes were when the petition was lodged later paid to the milons dead
and
in the day. wounded who fought for the Don had been found Gulity" Fatherland while the major cam-the trial had lasted three days, by the jury late on Saturday after paigns on the East and West of He had been committed for trial Roumanian fronts were fought by the coroner following an inquest over again in special articles by on Francis Taylor, 27, his me. the historians and former' generals, chanic, of Ridgefield Rod Cowley,
"Kreuzzeitung" leads all the Oxford, who was fatally injured! papers of the capital in the during a practice run in the Isle uniqueness of its front page of Man on May 28. The inquest memorial to the war dead and to jury's majority verdict was that the sturdy spirit of 1914. Against Death was due to the culpable this the expanse of the otherwise negligent driving of Mr. Kaye blank front
in
in the old court house, and not in Yesterday's sentence was "passed the Tynwald, where the trial was
held.
First: Flight Lleut. H. M: Scho- field on the Monospar S.T.10-twa Pobjoy engines entered by Mr. W. S. "Stephenson... His average speed over the 144 miles course of the final was 134.16 miles per hour.
He won by a margin of about 1
a D.
Mr. Lipton, as representative of light aeroplane club (the Lon- don), won
the Siddeley Trophy awarded for the best performance in the race put up by a club no- minee.
Interesting Talk By Journalists
VIEWS OF NATION'S LEADERS
ral Chiang Kai Shek,
Liang.
RETURNS
Studying Technique In Europe And America
the
Air
Five members of the Kwangtung Journalists to Central and North who have been on a four months' The recent visit of Chinese Provincial Government Air Mission
minutes."
China was the subject of an in- our of Europe and America, re- Second: Mr. T. Rose on Captaintersting talk given yesterday at
turned to, the Colony yesterday by Gipsy III Average G. R. D. Shaw's "Miles Hawk" the Y's Men's Club by Mr. Wa Dit the Italian liner Conte Rosso, en in.ph
speed," 147.78 Ng, managing editor of the "Com-route to Canton.
mercial and Industrial Dally H. Moth Average speed, 124.18 1shed in the Colony.
Third. Mr. L. Lipton on
The party consists of General Fress." a Chinese newspaper pub-Wong Kwong-yue, Commander of m.ph.
the Canton Air Forces, Chang.de The
pressmen were
Suen, Adj.-General of the fortunate
Eureau, Ding Gay-chue, 'Second enough to secure personal inter- views agures in the North. Among the
with the leading political Squadron Commander: Mul Lung- on. Chief of the Aeroplane Fac- men whom they saw were Gene-tory; and Cheng Shut-ling, Secre
tary of the Air Bureau. A num- Mr. Wang Ching Wel and Gen. Chang Hsuer of Canton officials and air
officers welcomed
mission, which will Mr. Wu said that these leaders this evening.
leave for Canton who had been often denounced as wific for office. were very much Flight-Leut. Schofeld served in misundertood. They were really the Naval Air Service in the war. working very keenly at heart for He was a member of the British the interests of the nation, team which went to Venice for the Schefeld Trophy contest in towards Japan, Mr. Wang Ching With regard to China's policy 1927, and in a trial flight had an Wai told
the visiting pressmen smazing escape when. through a that it was impossible for China mechanical defect... His seaplane at the present moment to resist submerged at tremendous speed. Japan. With the odds so The pilot's clothes were stripped against China in the event of open much off him, but he was unhurt. For hostilities it was far more pro- some years he has been associated dent to give way to with the development of the mo-meanwhile to prepare the country nospars system of metal aeroplane for the future.
Japan and
construction. «
The King's Cup winner receives and second and third, £100 and £250 awarded by Lord Wäkefeld,
¡£50 respectively, Winners of passing rounds also, received prizes.
Don. sheet stand out bold and clear photos of the spike helmeted marching troops, mount ed in such a way that it formed large cross Beneath the pictorial
The" Deemster, before monument, stands the simple sentence, said that in the ordinary words "for Germany for 12 million course he should have "imposed a German men. for Germany died sentence of six months imprison, 1.803.000 German soldiers, for Ger-nent, but there were certain cir- many bled 4,640.000 wounded Ger. cumstances in Don's case which he mans, for Germany suffered 618,000 thought it proper to take into bon German warriors Imprisoned
sideration, and which he had spent abroad."-Tronzatean Kuu Min.
the week-end considering...
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
Criminally Careless
úpon
His victory in the King's Cup race was a most popular one.
The final was down in fine, cool weather, a pleasant contrast to
Mr. Wang is said to have as- sured the pressmen that nothing which could be done to strengthen China's military efficiency
was
Interviewed, Kwang-yue said that during the General Wong
four months' stay abroad the nils- sion visited England. America, France, Italy and Germany and progress of the foreign air forces. were thoroughly impressed by the
The mission called at the Air Ministries of the countries visited and in each case they were Opportunity was corded the most cordial welcome. numerous aerial bases, aerodromes taken to see
and aircraft factories.
8C-
In answer to a query, General Wong Kwong-yue said the rumouse. that the mission had "purchased big consignments" of aeroplanes abroad were not true.
There is the acl," said the Deemster, addressing Den," that COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL punishment that I might im pese is not the whole, perhaps not even the main part, of what you yourself will have to suffer quite differently perhaps from that of Breslau, August 1.
Another than charged with a like offence. There is the effect Another mass trial of afty-five your career, circumstances, reputa Communists ended here on Wed-tion, and so forth. Not only that nesday after proceedings lasting but it is a case where you have not five days,
Two chief accused were disturbed your senses with drink Friday's rain and hail storms. Of being overlooked. but there was sentenced to cight and three years' although you in the opinion of left in the race yesterday morning affairs, such as the strife between The young men in the Communist- or anything of that sort, and the fourteen competitors who were the problem of China's Interaling out the Red element entirely. were given prstar sentences aggro- the jury, acted in stich a way as gating seventy three years, while life, nevertheless, you tock out semi-finals, which decided which authorities, and
Southern affected areas had to schooled was criminally careless of human all completed the course in the the Central
the Communist again as to have their minds com- this racing car in the belief, wrong. ten would fly in the final. The question, which did not allow the pletely rinsed of Communistic ly of course, that you had a right semi-finals provided some inerest, to practise it, and therefore it is but there was little of the specta- not quite like a case, of a man in cular in the Anal. despite the an ordinary car going blinding shortness of the circuit and along the road."
penal-servitude, forty-four others
nine were acquitted. Traniheran Kuo Min.
NOTICES TO MARINES.
Dumping Of Ashes Is Prohibited
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At the close of his statement the Deemster asked Mr. Kneen, counsel for Don, whether he had any appli- cation to make. Mr. Kneen at once asked for bail on the same condi
he lodged during the day. tions as before as an appèci would
The Harbour Master has issued a notice to mariners to the effecti
I am agreeable to that, but the that to avoid pollution of bathing defendant will have to remain in beaches, ships are requested not to the custody of the police until the dump ashes, dunnage, garbage, etc. petition is lodged, was the Deem
within the waters of the Colony.
The Harbour Master has issued
THE GIANT OF SMALL RADIOS
ster's answer.
When Mr. Kneen asked what
and the
country to make much headway.
ideas. Every ten alles, captured cilent, Mr. Wang Ching Wai told was stated that the drive against Referring to the Shangha! in-had to be separately developed. It
the the pressmen that China was not Communists has not slackened in times, bringing the machine five Japan fog, the simple reason that fact that it had to be covered six in a position to effectually resist the least. times over: Hateid aerodrome. Women's Page.
Not Spectacular
1:
As to the winner. there had never been a doubt, and after the semi-final it was 3 to 1 on Sebio- Deld, who was so much supported by backers that the bookmakers declined to accept any more bets
on him. Buteliffe, Rose,, and Lip- ton found some support, but place-
up to the last five minutes.
there were no proper comium- cations and roads. It would have taken China a month and a half to muster a large enough army at Shanghai if the Japanese were to be resisted. However, proper com- munications are now being laid down and the position is not as bad as it was,
The Communist Menace
In regard to General Chiang Kai Shik's fight against the Commun-
13%
Chani Hsu Lang
Regarding the speaker said that he is to-day & very changed man: having changed from a weakling into a healthy looking person: His outlook
1s different. General Chang is the man who is blamed for having lost the three North- emi provinces. It is a healthy sigh of the time to see one of the na Lion's leaders take on, a new view of life.
The touring Journalists were
a notice to mariners to the effect would be the earliest late that the betting became the principal in- that Monday, 6th August 1934, hav-appeal could take place, the Deem-terest. ing been declared as £ General ster said he thought a suitable date The fact is, air racing of thisists. It was explained to the press-not very favourably impressed by Holiday, this office will be closed might be found next month. "
kind is too mathematical to pro- "except as under-
men that although the point has what they saw in the North. Pe- It is customary in such cases, and vide the betting interest of horse-been often raised as no doubt will be so in this instance, been compared to a one-mile horse after all these years, yet little did mineered by the Japanese. The racing. Yesterday it might have Communists have not been beaten nese territory appeared to be do- to why the king and Tientsin though stil Chi- for appeals to be heard before n Deemster, who did not take the race slow-motioned to last two original trial, and a Commissioner hours, and the betting continuing of affairs. The Central Govern halwan and the one fact about the public know of the true state patty went as for North as Shan- of Assize from England...
Later in the day formal applica
It must be admitted that the ment steadily are pushing the which they appear convinced 15
communists out. tion for leave to appeal and for efforts made to give spectacular
The progress is that the nation's leaders are "not bail was made before Deemster La value to the King's Cup race again necessarily slow as whenever com-lying idle, and that one quality munist territory is occupied, much which the Chinese must develop is Mothe. the Senior Deemster, and failed, although there was an en- the Clerk of the Bolls. The
|couraging attendance of the public. į time and money is spent upon wip- that of perseverance. ceedings took place in private, yesterday. The race falls between Afterwards it was annonced that lar, except for an occasional strug- two stools; it is neither spectacu- Deemster La Mothe had granted gle for lead or for place when it leave to appeal and had allowed happens over the aerodrome, and Don bail in the meantime £300 it is not a demonstration of high- himself and two sureties of £250 speed flying as now understood, each. This bail also contained a provision that Don was at liberly to leave the inland in the meantime if he wished to do so,
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votary, for this year there were Interesting enough to the air among the forty-three entrants twenty-eight different types; but despite the steady closing up of the field towards the end of the final, it was not thrilling to the general body of spectators. One realised rather than saw the steady Berlin: Aug 1.
overtaking of slower machines by The first trials held by the newly Flight-Lieutenant Schofield's and instituted "Peoples' Court" here. Mr. T.. Rose's. on Wednesday came to a close been the fine quality of the tying Very noticeable, however, has siter several hours' hearing.
In one case, a labourer named in which, indeed, one observes im Brinkheger was found guilty of
provement each year. The bad having distributed seditious liter-weather of Friday showed the ature and "carried arms without mettle and skill of amateurs and a perafit and was sentenced to
professionals alike. two years' imprisonment. The ac- the
Again, the race demonstrated futility of attempting to cused had tried to exculpate him- handicap for a large field of self by asserting that he was un-great range of speeds from 110 to able to read and write and there-10 miles per hour. Yet if there fore had no knowledge of the con-had been a forty miles per hour tents of the material he distribut-wind from any direction some of ed, but the prosecution countered the faster machines would have by producing the defendant's held their own. As it was, their grammar school diploma.
handicaps in some cases, and In
Chinese Delegates To
Geneva Labour Conference
Yesterday the delegates to the Labour Conference at Geneva passed through the colony on the Conte Verde. They included Li Fing Hang In charge of the dele- gatión. Ela advisor and secretary, Fau Wa Kwok and Ho Ching. The Labour representatives were On Poo tary, Ching Hol Fung and Cheung Kin, with his advisor and secre
Ngal. The representative of the capitalists, Wong Chi Shing Mr. Ll stated that the results of the capitalists, Wong Chi Shing, Mr. La stated that, the results of the conference were very satisfactory and that much had been accom- plished. The countries selected to
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sit on the committee, were China." who obtained the greatest number of votes, Spain, Poland, Finland, Argentine Czecho Slovakia, Persia and Mexico.
China wished to discuss the mat- ter of factories at Shanghai in the foreign concessions as well as the arrived at concerning days of rest routine matters. Decisions were
for workes in glass factories and also regarding unemployed relief. Buch matters as revision of the agreements concerning women's night labour and illness, also the shortening of the forty eight hour week to forty hours are to be con."
sidered at the next session.
announced that although prefe renee shares received six per cent. according to the conditions of issue. there will be no dividend on ordi-
nary shares for the business year. 1933. It was reported that the economie: conditions: in: Chine had Berlin, August 1.. At the board meetings of the meeting of shareholders takes place not improved, during 1933. The
Deutsch Asiatische Bank held in on September, 4-- Berlin on Wednesday, the directora Tranioccan Kuo Min
In the second case, a man named others sheer bad luck of being in [Special to the Tong Hong Dally Max Theiss was sentenced to one heats which few. in beavy rain. year, and nine months penal ser- storms on Friday Hamissed all the vitude for Communist agitatión | mächines of speeds' ranging from among the members of the Reichs- 150 to 200 mph. Mr. EW. Per wehr,*****
cival, on Friday, was flying at 191 ste Trabaoccan Koo Min.
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