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HARRISON FORMAN CONSTRUCTS WORD PICTURE FOR U.S. LISTENERS
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"Unquestionably, an attack on Britain out here would result in immediate British military allance with China-with Co- -operative action," stated MR. HARKISON FORMAN, ace American cor- respondent and cameraman, when he spoke from station Z.B.W. on Monday morning in the first N.B.C. broadcast
given ever Hongkong.
from
Mr. Forman constructed a word picture for listeners in the United States of Hongkong as it is today He spoke for exactly 2 minutes and 50 seconds as part of the nightly (for the United States N.B.C THEWS programme of factual reports from specially selected observers in the capitals of the world,
HARRISON FORMAN
This programme. 101 the air over the N.B.C. network in America between 7 and 8 p.m. nightly, con- sists of a series of talks of about three minutes duration each by correspondente from London. An- kara, Cairo, Batavia. Manila, Chungking. Rome, Berlia and other centres of the world's news.
"ON THE SPOT
POLICE COURTS
AT CENTRAL
GENERAL
A Letter To Lord Moyne By Husbands
to Government.
At the meeting held in the Peninsula Hotel of the Evacuation Representation Committee the fol- lowing business was discussed and YOUTH INTIMIDATED, ROBBED decisions taken. All Correspon- A 13-year-old boy, Chau Suf-dence sent to the Committee was ming, was walking along Fleming read and in certain cases referred Rd, near Or'ental Theatre on Aug. 4 when he was suddenly accosted by Tam Him-wing, 22, unemploy- ed, who asked him to take out whatever money he had in his pockets or else he would beat him to death. The little boy frightened and did what he was told and 40 cents were handed to
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Financial position was discussed and referred forward.
A long session was taken re the letter to
Lord Moyne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, afterwards drafted and is now in hand for signa- ture, and dispatch to London. It was decided to send a letter to the Senior Unofficial Member of
It's exactly eight-seventeen in the Tam. morning here-Munday morning. As Tam walked away along Tal
"In sume respects evillan Hong-Yuen Street the boy followed him the Legislative Council in Hong- kong reminds me of an ostrich and when the latter spotted a Po-kong placing the postiion before with its head burled in the sand.ee Bergeant who
him of the husbands in all its was on duty repeating to itself: "It can't hap nearby he reported the matter as
aspects, moral, physical, financial! pen here!" The new tension in a result of which Tam was arrest-
etc.; and instructing him to place the Pacific which has arisen this ed.
the whole before the Counell, It notice that women are still enter- having come to the Committee's
past week or so doesn't seem w These facts were related to Mr. worry the folk very much. "Just H G. Sheldon, K.C., yesterday oy another one of those crises," they Det-Sgt. V. M. Morrison when Taming the Colony under one pretext By. "It'll blow uter--as the Him-wing was charged with de-given to the Hon. Secretary by a or another, Certain names were others have done before" Tere manding 40 cents with menaces are Du visib'e sigos of panic, no from the boy. rash for steamer passage, on the Pleading guilty. accused stated part of either Europeans, or Jap- he had no money and was new to anese here. Though I did see the Colony. He was convicted and few Japanese the other day buy-sentenced to three months' hard was decided to refer the question
ing suitcases at tunas
"As a matter of fact, husbands
labour.
ALLEGED BURGLAR
-
Member of Committe Bnd en- quiries are in progress.
Certain points of the "Question- aire" were given attention and it
the next inceting when it would
be hoped that the whole of the
forms would have been returned.
Маслатага yesterday
It was alleged that on Aug. 1 the accused robbed Kan Sing of
are still agitating to get the Gov- Lal Ping. 30, maproyed, ernment to allow them to bring Peared before Mr. Sheldon, their wives and kids back to Hong-resterday on two counts of bar- kong-crials or no crisis. You may slary, one at No. 37, Repulse Bay fore Mr. remember, perhaps, that during a Road, the residence of Mr. Gilles-morning with highway robbery. similar ertals a little ver a year ple, on July 29, and was remand-
the Government evacuated ed 48 hours. about nety
per cent of the Two other persons, Yeung Man-a wallet containing the sum of European women and children Wong, and Tam Mu!, 32. widow, from Hongkong most of whon charged with receiving swien pro- were sent all the way to Australia.perty knowing, same to have been
THEY MEAN BUSINESS
stolon, were remanded 48 hours.
Det.-Sgt. J. Bentley is in charge
ago.
The programme, Mr. Furman told a Hongkong Daily Press re- porter, carries a lot of weight with American steners, who prefer to hear an "on the spot" broadcast from an American newspaperman There a clear evidence on every
to any programme put on the air
"The Powers-that-Be in Hong-of the case. kong, however, are no ostriches.
$2,028.86.
They were remanded for obe week in ao custody.
Inspector Nolloth prosecuted.
INDECENT FICTURES Pleading guilty before Mr. D. J. CANING FOR XOUTH
N, Anderson on a charge of show- hand that they mean business-year-old youth
appearing on remand, an 18-ing indecent pictures on a vacant by the publicity department of a that they mean to defend this ordered to receive 12 strokes of Ya Kung was fined $50 or in de- Tam Wah, was piece of ground in Shanghai St. foreign government.
place from attack. And it'll not "Until the moment that America be merely a token defence either the cane by Mr. G. T. Lowry yes-fault two months' hard labour. gets into the war and starts shoot For Hongkong fairly bristles with Tam Mul, married woman at No. confiscated.
terday for larceny of $140 from ing, the American public knows big guns, anti-aircraft, powerful 6 Gutzlaff Street on Aug. 2.
The pictures were woerea to se that we will continue to give fac searchlights. barbed tual, unblased and unprejudiced camouflage. And plenty of troops, stated that of the money stolen Det.-Sgt. White. prosecuting. pictures of the news abroad as we too see it, censored, perhaps, but not and a constant air and sea patrol ance being spent by 'defendant on The harbour is well mined, only $80 were recovered, the bal influenced one way or the other. Is maintained for many milles out clothing. We back what we say with our to sea.
The money recovered personal reputations as American
was found in pocket of the trousers which defendant Was the Police
ed.
wire and
"Though there is no naval or
newspapermen," Mr. Forman add-air force here. to speak of, the wearing at the time
Japanese cat never be too sure but searched him. what a British air force, or even
a fleet, would not suddenly make
Mr. Forman was on the air be- tween 8:16:30 and 8:18:20 a.m. on Monday, and could have been their appearance. Unquestionably, heard locally on short wave from an attack on Britain out here Z.B W The transmission was re- would result in an immediate Bri- layed to Manila, thence to Santish military alliance with China Francisco and on to New York.with co-operative action. Precise timing was necessary as the switch from one station to an- other is made with a minimum time interval between the two broadcasts.
a halt civilians from an air blitz,
Mr. Forman is uncertain about another broadcast from Hongkong, combed with an elaborate system
Mons from N.B.C.
AT KOWLOON
Inspector Collins prosecuted.
LARCENY OF BICYCLE
months' hard labour for larceny of Appearing before Mr. Anderson, The Hing was sentenced to twe
a blcycle from the door of 689 Shanghai Street. He had three previous convictions.
Chan Sze, married woman, was charged with receiving the bicycle knowing same to be stolen and was bound over for six months on $50.
Det.-Sgt. MacVey prosecuted. UNREGISTERED PRACTITIONER
-MAPPIN-
& WEBB
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PRISON TERM FOR DELIVERY AGENT
A case involving the sum of
EXPULSION URDER Tse Chung-hung, 31, Lai Shid- kam, 22, Shu Fal-ang, 30, were charged before Mr.
Hearing was concluded before H. C. Mac- "Meanwhile, for immediate pro- namara with entering the Colony which Cheung Chi-ynk, of No. 1 $15,908 Hongkong currency came
Mr. Macnamara of the case in tection of Hongkong's million and without a permit, the hills upon which the city is ed to be expelled from the Colony without being registered at No, 86 Lee Wing-pun, 21, delivery agent, They were convicted and order-String Road, was summoned with up betore Mr. G. T. Lowry at the practising medicine or surgery Central Magistracy yesterday when built have been Dterally honey-
BUS COMPANY FINED The Manager of the Kowloon on June
Nga Tain, Wal Road, Kowloon City, of No. 57, Wing Lok Street, first but is at present reinaining in the of tunnels drilled deep into the Mctor Bus Co.. was summoned for
floor, was charged with the frau- Colony pending further instruc-old rock, with entrances opening falling to ensure that buses run on peared for the prosecution while which was entrusted to him to be Chief Det. Insp. A, E. Carey ap-dulent conversion of the money right off the streets. Drilled under the direction of a
schedule time from the Vehicular M, E. S. C. Brooks represented paid to the To Hang Bank, No. firm of The text of his broadcast fol- tunnel-shelters vary in capacity the Motor Bus Co, pleaded gulity, D. I. Carey and Chah Sap.
American mining engineers, these
defendant. Mr. E. 8. C. Brooks, on behalf of
11 Bonham Strand East, on July Evidence was given yeaterday by 31 lows:-
from a thousand to one accom- "Hello N.B.O. This is Harrison modating
Complainant was Tse. Tuk-tong, over thirty thousand Forman speaking from Hongkong, people.
He said that the bus which was that she arrived in the Colony and Export firm of No, 57, Wing Defendant, In mitigation, stated manager of the Ham Bing Import China; on the opposite side of the "I now return you to N.B.C., Ban supposed to leave from the Vehieu- from Canton about two years ago Lok Street, first floor. globe from most of you in America. Francisco."
tar Férry at 9.36 had broken down and the next was so overcrowded she stated that she never prac-question accused was sent by the and had been teaching in a school. It was stated that on the day in that it was impossible to start tised medicine and the instru-complainant with a cheque of a until Sub-Inspector Scrim came and evicted the excess passengers, menta found in her possession were certain amount in Chinese cur- He also stated that it required 17 brought down from Canton where repcy which was to be paid into buses to keep the schedule running she had been doing missionary the To Hang Bank for the account and they had only 20 and there work
THE BROADCAST
CHEUNG CHAU
RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION A
Mr. D. O. Silver presided at
the annual meeting of the Cheang
EXPLOSION SEQUEL
Ferry.
before Mr. Macnamara.
! were bound to be a few which Defendant was fined $200.
VERDICT AT D. O SOUTH INQUEST
was
were out of running order.
丸ビ
D. O. SOUTH
could not get new buses nor spare parts,
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A fine of $50 was imposed..
IMPEDED FIRE ENGINE
Wong Lok was fined $15 when
JUNK MESTRESS FINED Leung Luk-mul, mistress of junk
of the firm. Instead of paying in accused converted the cheque, which was made "bub in the name of bearer, inte Hongkong currency and, did not appear back in the office.
PASSAGE BOOEED. Becoming suspicious, complain
Chau Residents' Association which An inquiry into the death of was held at 10:30 am, on Monday. Li Cheung. boatman, who
Rev. J. A. Kempf opened the drowned on July 7 of Tai Koo he was found guilty before Mr. No. 14781, appeared on remand ant went to the bank god learned Macnamara yesterday morning for before Mr. S. F. Balfour yesterday of what had happened and im-
meeting with prayers, after which Chow, Cheung Chau, was held: DY \failing to stop his cas when order op charges of moving 3,000 tins of mediately be informed the Police.
At the meeting; it was decided that Government he approached
Mrs. Lily Franklin, Honorary Sc- Mr. B. F. Balfour, sitting ELS cretary and Treasurer, presented Coroner la the District Office, ed by a member of the Fire Bri petrol on July 31 on board her 46 a result of information recelyed. her reports for the year.
South, yesterday afternoon..
gade.
funk to outside the harbour limits Det-Set White arrested sccused Sub-Insp. MacMahon was pre-
Mr. R. H. J. Brooks, Divisional without the written permission of at the Kwong Tai Log Boarding sent for the Police.
Officer of the Kowloon Fire State Controller of Trade; doing an House on Aug. 2. It was found According to evidence given by tion, stated that on the morning act preparatory to exporting the that he had bought a new Buff- again to continue the usual genfit the master and steersman of the of July 8 the alarm was sounded petrol; and anchoring her junk in cash in which were found $15,000|| of $150 for the upkeep of the junk and another member of the and the man on duty went into
Cheung Chau harbour, roads, and paths on the Island.
& place Hongkong currency, $453 in potes crew, Wong Tal, there were seven Nathan Road and motioned to another than a Dangerous Goods on his person and also a passage persons on board at the time the traffic to stop. Defendant saw the anchorage, for longer than 24 ticket for Singapore bought at Junk set sall, at 1.30 p.m., on July fireman, disregarded the signal,
hours
$200. It was also decided that, due to 7 for Kal Lai Sez.
and just drove on causing the en- prosecuted, naked for permission from Calcutta, and had been in Dot. Insp. L. R. Whant, who accuand, it was learned, came there being so few British and
About half-an-hour later; an ex- gino to patl up and waste time. American residents left on the plaston was heard and the front Evidence was also given by Firo- Mr. Peter H. Bin, for the de- one year at a salary of $12 with to withdraw the second charge. the employ of complainant for Island, last year's office-bearers be hall of the junk was blown to man 13 and the engine driver. reappointed for the ensuing year: among whom was LA Cheung, were was a false one and that he would the junk was hired for the storage to six months hard labour.
pleces. The four missing fokia, Defendant said that the charge and third counts. He stated that
fence, pleaded guilty to the first board and lodging, b Mr. D. O. Silver: was accordingly in that part of the craft when the have pulled up if he was agnalled of petrol and that accused, was a Det-8gt. White prosecuted.
He was convicted and sentenced ro-olected President. Magars, Har-
Recident occurred.
relative of the owner,
OFFICE-BEARERS
old Smyth and James Smith, Vices: Presidenta, and Mrs. Lily Franklin, the time and the oargo of petrol, said that defendant had boon the first charge and aned $100 on Cheng, of junk No. 5440H, for There was a fairly rough sea at Di passing sentence his Worship Defendant was bound over on Hon. Bocratary and Treasurer,
carried in the holds of the junk, found guilty on the clearest evi- the third might have shittod.
having 1,000 tins, gong Tal of junk ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROUBERY were similarly charged were re-him of junk No. 757241 8,500 time Another four Junk Tok who No, sesi 800 tins, Mak Chung- Loung Shin. 30, Leung Kim: 40, manded until 10 am, this morn and Ya Wing of junk No. TODOSH and Bo Bhul,, were charged The defendants were: Tung 1,700 tins,
At the subsequent meeting of "Houachelders and Owners, it was sdecided that no change in the
constitution be thado,
A verdict of "Death from drown- ing from unkown cattaes", was re- titrned by the Coroner.
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