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No. 42384. HOOFBILA ANTARETH HONG KONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1936. A BANANT&#EAFIA Price
JOHNNIE WALKER
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MOTOR LORRY SMASH
One Coolie Killed
In Accident
OF
A motor lorry carrying five six coalies back to town, met with san accident in the vicinity of Repu.se Bay yesterday afternoon, resulting in ons ot the coolies receiving injuries to the head, which proved fatal Another mana was badly hurt.
The mishap accurred near the junction of Island Road and South Bay Road, when lorry" No, 3972 crashed into a bridge and then into a wall on the opposite side of the road. A coole named Wan Chi Wan aged 37 years, was thrown heavily to the roadway and
smashed his skull. Another coalie was badly cut
MACAO RACES "REMARKABLE
Programme For
General · Manager
Guard
Your most
Precious
Possessions!
CONSULA
N. LAZARUS
Single Copy, 10 cts. Per Month. $3.
Chinese Labour "Shocking
PROSPERITY”
In Samoa
November Meeting China As Seen
tw111
By Traveller
be!
Dr. L. Falconer, a round-the-
The November Race Meeting of the Macao Jockey Club held at the Arela Preta. Macao, world traveller, arrived here yes- on Sunday, November 1, at 2 p.m. | terday having travelled from Han-
The programme is as follows:- kow by call 1st Race-Wuchow Handicap* (First Section) Wlaner $150. Second $100. Third $50. For China Ponies classified by The Hong Kong Jockey Club à “D” Class at date of entry. Entrance
5. Nine Furlonga.
2nd Race.--Hangchow Handicap Winner $150. „Becond $100. Third #50. For China Ponies, Subscrip- tion Ponies of this Club of 1836.
Entrance $5. One Mille.
about the body. 3rd - Race.--Wuchow Handicap*
Section) Winner The others received only super- (2nd
$150. Second $100. Third $50. Acial injuries.
For China Pontes classifed by The Hong Kong Jockey Club as "D" Class at date of entry. Entrance $5. Six Furlongs.
Bo great was the force of the impact with the wall, that about 20 feet of it was demolished by the truck in its mad career along the roadway. The accident oc curred
4th Race-Soochow Handicap
at 3.30 plas while Winner 150. Second 2100. Third the truck was proceeding to Hong❘ $50 For China Ponies. Subscrip- Kong from Stanley.
The driver of the lorry. Lung Chi, has been detained by the police.
"NIGHT MUST
·FALL”
Forthcoming A.D.C. Play
NIGEL WEYMOUTH IN LEADING ROLE
"Night Must Fall," the three-act thriller which is to be presented by the A.D.C. during the first week In November, might be described perhaps as the psychological study of a murderer. Such a description, However, suggests something in the weighty and gloomy genre of the Russian school, and conjures up a picture of woebegone peasants in dank forests and monosyllabic dis- course. This is so far from true of Emlyn Williams' brilliant play | that one is tempted to go to the other extreme and describe it as a highly amusing comedy,
More than one critic, indeed, has commented on the cleverness with which the author has combined' the stark drama of the basic theme with dialogue written, in a rich
tion Fonies of this Club of 1936. Winners and Placed Panies since 1st September 1936, barred. trance #5. Six Furlongs,
Hailing from Texas, Dr. Falconer is on his arth tour round the world.
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Dr. Falconer was here in" 1934.
Premier Replies To Message
NO RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS
Auckland, Get. 12.
The Prime Minister told the
"I have just come through China Samoans that Cainese lacour again," he said when interviewed not a live question, but he recomi
mands no renewals when the con-
Rester.
by the "Daily Press." "This coun- try has shown remarkable pros-tracts exp.re a year hence. -- perity since my last visit." he add-
An earlier cable from Wellington stated:
ed.
PEARCE HITS A CENTURY
Colony Beats Rest Of Shanghai
Shanghai, Oct. 12. shanghai, Hong Kong won by 96 Playing against the Rest of
runs, compiling 212 against the home team's 118.
And
Abominable”
SCATHING
REMARKS BY
CHIEF JUSTICE
Accused Has
"Nothing To Say"
Describing the offence as “shock- ing and abominane" the unier A controversy over Chinese la Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor sen- bour has arisen in Samez
tenced Chai Tim, 25, unemployed, The local Advisory Counell has to three years imprisonment at the. sent a wireless message to the Criminal Sessions yesterday morn- Government in New Zealand reing, when accused pleaded guilty questing immediate deportation of to a charge of having carnal all Chinese labour:
knowledge of Leung Hay, a seven- "Planters in Apla are alarmed at year-old girl, on August 15 at No. this, fearing that the granting of 3 Lyndhurst Terrace, the request might mean the ruin of plantations as Jocal labour is unsuitable.
1.
A political party formed for the purpose is opposing the proposal
Batting aggressively, Pearce H.M.S. MEDWAY
5th Race-Kwangchow Handi- cap. Winner $150. Second $100. scored 101 runs in 115 minutes, Third $50 For China Ponies while Lieut. Sccretaa W65 top Hong Kong scorer for the home team with 24. classifed by The Jockey Clublan "E" class and Sub-
Pearce also distinguished · him- scription Orians of the Hongself with the ball" capturing & Kong Jockey Club of this season wickets for 36. Lee took 2 for 20. bat kageeridian more than Mau 1-for-2 and Nazarin. 1 for 2750. In states slice 1st January.o with
last ball" of the 1938, and Subscription Ponies of this Club of 1936. Entrance $5. Six Furlongs
6th Race-Ladies' Sprint. (Un-
match.
Keuter.
the
RETURNS
Accompanied By Submarines
*
HMS. Medway (Capt. C.GB. Coltart, RN) returned to Hong
official) Winner 250. Second 830. TWO TYPHOONS Kong yesterday morning from Kee-
Manila Warnings
Third 820. A Cup will be present- ed to the Winning Rider. Souvenirs will also be presented to the 2nd and 3rd Placed Riders For China Ponies, the property of the Hong Kong Riding School. To be ridden
The following typhoon warning by Members of the School No telegrams were despatched from Whips-of Spurs allowed Entrance Manlle at 3.20 p.m. yesterday #3: Five Furlongs.
through the American Consulate General:
All pontes entered will be trans- ported FREE on Friday or Satur- day, 30th or 31st October, 1936 from Hong Kong to Macao and shipped back on Monday, 2nd November 1936. No charge will be made for Keep while thère during this period.
Typhoon in about 121 degrees Long. E. and 16 degrees Lat. N.. inclining northward.
Typhoon in about 133 degrees Long. E. and 23 degrees Lat. N... recurving northeastward.
the Dollar Line Official
Entries close at 4 p.m. on Thurs- day, 22nd October 1936, t Secretary's Office, 5th Floor, new Stock Exchange Build.ng, House Street, Hong Kong.
vein of humour. Lines of an al-HANGCHOW
most farcical character alternate
with situations tense with' excite-
ment and suspense, and even the path of the callous young murder- er to his inexorable doom is besët
with light-hearted badinage.
NO MYSTERY
Ice
MECHANIC'S
INVENTION
This is no mystery play. There New Type Of Flying
are no secre: panels, no detectives in disguise, and the author plays 'no unfair tricks upon the intelli- gence of his audience. But, there
(Continued on Back Page.) ·
SERIOUS
Machine
Hangchow, Oct. 12.
Bereaved
We regret to record the death of Mrs. E. L Matteson, wife of Mr. E L Matteson, General Agent of the Dollar Steamship Lines and American Mail Line, Kobe Office, who passed away at 5 pm. on
lung accompanied by HM., Bub- marines Odin, Otus, Parthian Perseus, Rover. Orpheus, "Osiris, and Rainbow. The mother ship herthed at No. 2 buoy in the Naval Anchorage.
H.M.8. Lowestoft departed yes- terday for Wel Hat Wel
HMS. Bruce arrived yesterday from Keelung
HMS. Duncan is expected to ar-
on
rive from Pagoda Anchorage Thursday und HMS. Kent is due from Shanghai on Saturday.
WARSHIPS IN HARBOUR
Positions of warships in harbour yesterday were as follows:-
North Wall: HMS, Diana, HMS. Sandwich, H.MS. Moth
South Wall: HMS. Dainty, HMS Olympus.
East Wall; HM8. Phoenix,
Friday, October 9. Funeral ser- H.M.8. Otus, H.M.S. Tarantula
vices were held yesterday.
BAT. Matteson General · Agent
was
formerly of the Dollar
Steamship Lines and American
Mail Line in. Hong Kong, and Mrs. Matteson, was the daughter of Mr. McDermid, former General Agent of the Dollar Steamship Lines in Cantoni Mr. and Mrs. Matteson
It is reported that à mechanic | were married in. Hong Kong. "named Feng Kue-ping of the Hangchow Aviation School has in- vented a flying-bird machine with
AFFRAY four wings. The machine is
IN SYRIA
Three Stabbed To Death
Aleppo, Oct. 12. Three persons were stabbed to death and thirty others injured, bestdes a number of policemen, in 'serious street fighting between members of a Christian group call- ed "White, Badge" and young Mohammedans.
JJ
*
twenty pounds in weight, and the total spread of the wings is sixteen square feet.
When packed, the machine oc- cupies a space of two square feet. The framework of the wings is made of light metal wire, and the ings are covered with a light and tough fabric, and when ascending. the two arms are brought into action, followed by the feet.
It is said that the wings will enable the human bird to ascend and descend, and fly in all direc- tions.
Feng Kue-ping is a Whampoa cadet, and it is said that he has
machine.
A clash occurred in the crowded | taken - five years to perfect his bazaars which involved several thousand and later spread to the streets.
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON:
18. 2:13/16d.
T.T. ON NEW YORK; 30.1/4.
LONDON. SILVER
MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Oct. 12. - London, silver prices to-day were unchanged as follow It is reported that be will make 2
Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Many an official trial flight some time spot Troops had to be called in before next month for the purpose of Forward order was restored.——
convincing the local authorities.— Reuter
Ohinese Evening Pres.
20
*20
20
20
West Wall Dock: H.M.S. Duchess, H.M.S. Delight, HMS, Regulus.
In Dock: H.MS. Decoy, HMS. Defender..
Talkoo Dock: HMS. Regent. No. 3 Bucy: HMS. Adventure. No. 6 Buoy: HM8, Capetown.... No. 7 Buoy: HMS, Daring... Foreign; UA:8, Gold Star, U.S.8. Mindanao. USB. Tulsa.
MANILA GOLD SHARES
Local Dealings
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Buyers
Venz. Goldfields, $6. Benguet Explor:, 40 sta Demonstrations, 81.55. Mambulao, 63 cts. Paracale Gumaus, $1.54, Ban Mauricio, $1.
Sellers Balacot Mining. 18 eta.
Sales Raubs, $12. Bagulo Cold, 60' ctx. ̧¡ Balatoc Mining, $23. Demonstrations, $1.56. Membulao, 64-63 cts. Northern Mining, 52 cts. Paracale Gumaus, $1.59.
Ban Mauricio, 38.18.
Buyoc Consol, $1.21. Dayakas, 58 cta
(Full quotations on Page 12) ·
The accused stood in the dock, with his head bowed.
*You have pleaded guilty to this shocking offence," said His Lord ship "Have you anything to say for -yourself?"
"I have nothing to say mur- mored defendant
Mr. E. E. Willlama, Assistant At- torney General, for the Crown, in--; timated that no serious harm hade." been done to the girl. A
His Lordship, addressing accus- ed: "You have seen fit to say nothing for yourself. You- -have pleaded guilty to a shocking and abominable offence. I certainly can't find anything to say for you, Three years."
Accused was then removed from the dock.
"Dorado"
Due To-day
SPECIAL PLANE ARRIVING
The R. M. A. Dorado (Pilot, Capt. J. H. Lock) is expected to arrive at Kal Tak Aerodrome from Penang at 2 p.m. this afternoon.
ANOTHER PLANE DUE
Another aeroplane is due to land: at the same time. It is a special plane which was chartered by Dorothy Kilgallen, of the Interna- tional News Bervice, from Bangkok." in her race round the world.
TYPHOID
Eight cases of typhoid (one imm ported) and two cases of diphtheria were notified to the local Health authorities for the three days ended on Sunday.
BIG GIFT MADE
BrRobert Ho Tuna Hong Kong's "Grand Old Man" has made an offer of $100,000 for the purchase of an seroplane in cele- bration of the 50th birthday of Generellasimo Chiang Rai Shek.
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