MOTHER'S FAITH IN SON.
CHINESE GETS BIG SHARE OF ESTATE.
WILLS PROVED HERE.
Following are some of the re- cent cstatos dealt with at the Hongkong Supreme Court:
Mrs. Ethel Glencorn Brumby, wife of Mr. J. F. Brumby, of "Borden View," London Road, Sit tingbourne, Kent, who died on Au- gust 27, 1928, at Radcliffe Infir- mary, St. Giles and St. John, Ox- ford, left Hongkong estate to the value of $3,700, while property in England amounts to £481.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THE EXTRADITION YUNNAN BUYS TWO
OF WILSON,
FIRST AMERICAN CASE IN MACAD.
CONSUL PRAISED.
Canton, Apr. 18.. Mr. James E. McKenna, Consul for the United States of America in Canton, and Chief Nevins of the Manila Police, left Canton this afternoon on board the s.a. ang Cheong for Macao to take over Wilson, who is wanted in Manila on charges of alleged embezzle- ment.
AEROPLANES.
PURCHASED FROM U.S. FIRM IN HONGKONG.
CIVIL AIR SERVICE.
Mr. Lau Pui-chun, an emissary sout by General Lung Yun, Chair man of the Provincial Government
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1929.
CONVICT CAUGHT IN JOHORE.
POLICEMAN WOUNDED IN PISTOL DUEL.
A PLUCKY ARREST.
Singapore, Apr. 10. - Another of the 13 convicts who
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CANTON'S RADIO SCHEME.
BROADCAST STATION SOON TO OPERATE.
OPENING NEXT WEEK.
In the very near future, says the Canton Gazette, Canton's Broadcast Station, housed in the share in contributing to the daily of Yunan, visited Canton from escaped from the Singapore Prison Central Park, will be doing its programmes now available to Hongkong on Tuesday to negotiate on March 24 has been arrested, with the authorities concerning
The man fired at a policeman radio enthusiasto. throughout. defensive measures in the pro- vinces of Kwangtung, and Yunnan, who stopped a car in which the China and the Far East. Already Ho called opon General Chan convict was passing through a local fans are eagerly listening Chai-tong after his arrival, report village in Johore yesterday even in while tests are being carried. ing to the latter on recent condi- lng with several other Chinese. out, although no publie announce
One of these men shot himselfment had been made that the Interviewed on board the 'Hang tions in his province.
In making his trip to this part of after exchanging shota, while atation was in operation. Re-scaling of probate has been Choong by your correspondent granted to Mr. D. J. Lewis, of this afternoon, Chief Nevins out the country, Mr. Lau also had an-running away from the police.
Kulai village in 20 miles north Messra, Johnson, Stokes and Maslined the difficulties of the cape. other mission, as he was to order tor, who is the attorney for the He paid great tribute to Consul in llongkong two acroplanes of the of Johore Bahru, and such do General Douglas Jenkins who was latest type from an American firmale of the affair as are to hand largely responsible for obtaining in that Colony for use in catablish are meagre. It is known, how the first extradition, of an Ameri-ing a civil air service between ever, that the convict is Yip Blow can subject from Macao in his Yunnan and Kwangtung.
One of the planes is believed to cong, who was serving a term of seven years on charges of Because she had great confidence tory."
have arrived at Hongkong, while armed robbery and assembling to one of her son's ability,
time Wilson left Manila nome
the other in on its way out. He commit robbery. It was during Judgment, honesty and integrity, ago subsequent to chargea cm- Ng Shev, known as Mrs. Fon-kee, bezzling of 200,000 pesos from the has brought with him a number of his arrest in Victoria Street in who died at Fresno, California, San Carlos Sugar Milling Com- aviators, and as soon as negotia-March, 1926 that Mr. Dickinson,
tions have been completed with the AB.P., was fired at. U.S.A., on or about January 7,
Government of Hongkong, he and 1927, bequeathed more to this par
his party will make their way back ticular son than to her other chil
the two planes. dren.
Canton Gazette.
executora.
in
Favoured"Son.
'.
He got two weeks start on pany. Chief Nevins, and when the latter arrived in Hongkong he was in- formed that Wilson was supposed In bequeathing the remainder to be in Canton. Chief Neving and residue of her property, real came up here and through the personal or mixed, after providing American Consulate-General securi for other children, the testator's ed the assistance of the Shameen will states:-"The NERIOR 1 amand
Canton police authorities. giving to him more than the others Wilson was then traced to the is that I have great confidence in Asia Hotel. his ability, judgment, honesty and integrity, and know that he will be able to care for the property and will deal justly with his brothers and sistern."
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to Yunnan on
and
The final adjustments to the plant wore completed last week and during the past few days tests have been carried out during the evenings with very gratifying results. Reports from friends in Hongkong and Macao Indicate that reception was very distinct and clear.
Wave Length Question. Tests are still under way to de- termine on the best wave length to use. For the time being $75 Following the arrest of this meters is the wave length in use, man, information has been obtain-but the adoption of 400 meters la ed of the whereabouts of three being seriously considered as the other escaped convicts,
shorter wave-length may result in Chinese detectives from Chief Bome difficulty in reception being to possible Interference from "THE FANATICS" AT Detective Inspector Porter's staff experienced in Shanghal owing are in Johore actively following
Japanese stations. THE STAR.
up clues which, it is anticipated, will lead to their carly capture. BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE BY
It appears that when the man On the 15th March, Consul-
BANVARD COMPANY,
who fired the fret shot was aeized the others leaped out of General Jenkins, issued a warrant for the arrest of Wilson, but he
Broadmindedness was the quall-the car. Other policemen rushed had left for Macno. He was, how fention for admittance to the Star up and the Chinese dashed off Testator loft estate in Hongkong ever, arrested on this warrant by Theatre for the Banvard presenta with the police running after them to the value of $11,300, while estate the Portuguese authorities and lon of "The Fanatics" last night, Shots were exchanged, and it was in California amounts to $10,000. held in Macno. Wilson himself and Hongkong thought sufficiently while he was running away that Letters of administration with the had stated that he did not believe well of itself in this respect to fill one of the men shot himself and will annexed have been granted to extradition treaties existed which the theatre to overflowing, hund-died instantly. One of the police
coremany Phili- reds being unable to obtain seats.men was slightly wounded in the Mr. D. J. Lewis, of Messra, John-affected Macao and the
However, after being Miles Malleson has written a play side. son, Stokes and Master. The sole pines. executor appointed by the will is before the Macão courts for some dealing verv frankly with a present-
a decision has just been day problem, or at least, a problem The man who shot himself is the Bank of Italy, Trust Depart-time,
rendered against Wilson and he which engages the earnest attention not an escaped convict, but he is ment, in Fresno, California.
will be handed over to the of fanatics of the John Freeman a person well known to the police
In Singapore. Manila authorities.
type, and his disciple-sister,
Died Intestate, Hongkon estate worth $6,100 was left by Mrs. Ada Lylian Yung,
As soon as Wilson has
been taken over from the Maca who died intestate at No. 7. Con-authorities, Mr. McKenna will re- duft Road on January 18, 1929.
Letters of administration have been granted to her husband, Mr Morrison Brown Yung, mining en- gineer, residing at. No. 7, Conduit
Rond.
THE DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE.
-
M. LITVINOFF SUBMITS NEW! RESOLUTION.
Geneva, Apr. 18.
As briefly outlined yesterday, M. LitvinoT submitted a long resolu tion to the Preparatory Disarma- ment Committee to-day.
turn to Canton, whilst Chief Nevins, with Wilson in custody, will proceed immediately to Manila.
It is a play which makes one think, though as newspapers suffer under a handicap as compared with the stage, it is impossible to give an adequate general outline of the theme, which deals with sex con aciousness. Malleson hus avoided the vulgar with graceful case even Chief Nevins was emphatic. in when treading on most delicate his praise of the way in which ground. He has handled a difficult Consul-General Douglas Jenkins subject in a masterly way, a great had handled this case and also deal more being indicated regarding the effelency of the spoken. Shameen and Canton Police au-
thorities which had enabled Wil- son to be traced so rapidly. -Our Own Correspondent,
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than
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STAFF OFFICERS FROM
SHANGHAI
ARRIVE THIS MORNING BY
"KARMALA," ...,
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this
Tho China Electric Company, who are installing the automatic telephone system, supplied and erected the plant, and are con- Adent that by the week-end sufficient data will have been obtained to enable them to decide on the best wave length to use, and it is hoped to hold the official opening ceremony of this station early next week, probably on Tuesday. After the opening
the plant will formally handed over to the Municipal authorities who are to operate the station.
be
Actor Help in Tests. Present tests are being carried out under the supervision of Mr. Parker, of the China Electrie Com-
pany, who, we hear, is one of the
in
foremost radio exports now China. Collaborating willingly in making the tests, members of the "Fai Shing" theatrical company have given freely of their services, attending frequently at the station to sing their songs, Tests are hours of 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., but when carried out usually between the the station is in regular operation it is expected that broadcasting will bexin nightly from 7 pam, or 7.30 p.m.
The Headquarters of the North China Command having ceased to As to the players, the standard exist as from Tuesday last, on the of the acting was higher, if any amalgamation of the North and thing, than in any of the Company's South Commands, a number of previous shows. We were rather Staff officers arrived here
The plant is housed in a special- eritient of Ormiston Miller as Wem-morning from Shanghai by the Fly built brick house in the grounds bury in "The Ringer" but he gave and O. 8.a. Karmala. They will in of the Central Park, designed an eminently satisfactory interpre future be stationed here.
specifically for this purpose. SIGNALMAN WHO FELL tation of John Freeman. The chief
Amongst those arriving were Among the many interesting fen- difficulty of the part, we imagine, Colonel and Mrs. A. S. King, tures to be found here is an up- ASLEEP.
was memorising. John probably Laiks ny much as the remainder Lieut.-Col. E. C. A. Larkins, Lieut.-to-date sound-proof studlo for the combined, but even when propound- Col, and Mrs. Orange-Bromehead, artists. The complete equipment Ing his theories for reconstructing Major L. H. Aste, Major E. C. is of Wetern Electric make. The the world, Mr. Ormiston Miller Beddows, Major 3. H. Kilpatrick, aerial is carried on two Milliken never allowed the monologun to Major and Mrs. F. M. Muntressor, slecl towers 140 feet high and become monotonous. He shouldn't Major and Mra, F. Wood-Heaton, spaced 240 feet apart. be asked to play Wembury after Captain and Mrs. J. A. Dowty, Captain H. P. Gardham, Captain Gwen, played by Miss Ahearne, and Mrs. E. H. C. Harris, Captain auch a performance. and Josephine Kilfoyle's two F. Maddox, Captain F. S. Weir, parts, were splendidly taken, while Liest. H. Gough, Lieut. G. Kearns, Reginald Tippell, T. W. Sleigh, Lieut. and Mrs. H. E. London, Valentine Clemow, Annie Chip-Lieut, A. R. R. Moffait, Lieut. R. H. pendale, and Kathleen Vaughan W. Marshall, Lieut.w. rendered strong, support.
Mockler, Lieut. R. C. Vacher, "Rookery Nook" is on the pro-Lie it. and Mrs. W. Watson, and
Matron K. Roscoe.
STARTLING REPORT ON A TRAIN CRASIL,
Ile moved, in the first place, that the Draft Convention be based on the principle of appreciable reduc- "This accident. ... came about forces; primarily as the result of (Signal- tion of existing armed eccondly, that the methods of re- man) Scott having been asleep at ducing armaments be based on the his post." proportional principle or a similar In these words, Colonel, Mount Impartial criterion applied officially reports on the rail equally throughout the world ex-cident at Dinwoodic last October, cept in the case of the smaller and in which four lives were lost. Insufficiently-protected States; and The Royal Highlander express thirdly, the Inclusion of numerical from Euston to Inverness ran into no efficients for the reduction of the back of a freight-train at 3 armaments.
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The vote on the Soviet scheme was postponed until Friday to enable further private conversa- tion regarding the Committee's competency to deal therewith. Reuter.
REDUCING GERMANY'S
AIR SERVICES.
де
a.m. on a dark night. Both engines Bramme for this evening." drawing the express turned over and ran down an embankment, the four enginemen being killed.
Scott, the signalman who let the express into the section in which the goods train had stopped, ad- mitted that he had slept at his post, and said he was "overwrought" following lack of rest due to the re- cent long illness of his wife. Not the First Time.
· Says Colonel Mount:-
"I fear that this was not the first
LUFTHANSA FORCED TO CUT occasion on which Scott had re.
DOWN HEAVILY
Berlin, Apr. 18,
As the result of the reduction
cently failed to exercise that mea sure of self-discipline which la vital in positions of trust and res- ponsibility,
"The case is essentially not one
Indeed. I
of the Government subsidios an of sudden breakdown. nounced recently, Lufthanan, the am doubtful whether Scott's sug- great German aviation firm not-gestion that he actually slept for fies the impending dismissal of 10 minutes can be relied upon. fey r cent, of Ital and the reduction of its services from 10,000,000 kilometres annually to 4,000,000 kilometres.-Renter.
"I think it more probable that he: was dozing in the early hours of the morning, and merely depending
upon the bell signals and the pass- age of trains to rouse him.
"In an isolated roslilon, with in- DUTCH TEA DUTIES. frequént traffle, it is all the more necessary to adopt the ordinary methods of keeping alert.
"On the contrary, he apparently did nothing to prevent lethargy overtaking him; for example, even when the. freight train should have been nearing his peat he resumed his seat by the fire.
IMPORTERS ASK FOR ABOLITION,
Amsterdam, Apr. 18. As the result of the abolition of the British tea duties, the As- "But worse still, his subsequent sociation of Amsterdam Ten Im-action in booking the 'out of section' porters is reported to have urgent- and entering section signals for ly appealed to the Finance Minis. this train at 2.55 a.m. when he ac tor to abolish or to reduce con- cepted the express indicate a state siderably the import duty on Dutch of mind at the time, lacking all ten as the Amsterdam market is sense of responsibility, solely intent considerably hampered by the upon covering up neglect for not having heard, much less seen, the present tariff-Reuter.
train pasa."
"No daughter of mine would wear those things this kind
of weather,"
THE OLD EXCUSE.
FAMILÍAR. PLEA OF IGNORANCE.
The excuse that he was a new- comer to the Colony, and, as a con- sequence was not conversant with the local regulations, was put for- ward by a Chinese who was charg- ed before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, with damaging a tree on the hillside at Hok Un Kok....
His Worship:-They all say they jare newcomers.
Sub-Inspector James:---Dispite the fact that he is a newcomer, he was convicted of the same thing last year.
The defendant admitted that, he was in Hongkong last year when he was. convicted of, cutting trees: Ha Worship passed sentence of three months hard labour,
A fine of $10, or 14 days' labour, was imposed by Mr. T, S. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, on an office coolle of the China Light and Power Co., Lid, who was charged with steal- ing a ruler belongin to Mr. W. J. Brown. The defendant pleaded that he had found the ruler in the waste paper basket.
The American Mail Liner Preat- dent Madison is scheduled to safl from Manila on Saturday, April 20 at 4 pm. for San Francisco and Los Angeles. This steamer is due here at 7 am. on Monday April 22 and will sail for the above ports via Shanghai and Japan, on Tuesday, April 23 at 9 a.m.
An' anonymous donor, "In Joy- ing memory of his dear wife, and with his best wishes for the wal- fare of his country.". has sent $1,000 to the trustees of the Na tional Debt Redemption Fund,
POWELLS
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