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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SEAPLANE CRASH IN MANILA.
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929.
MADMAN WHO RAN AMUCK.
TO BREAK WORLD | DROUGHT AFFECTS
RECORD.
SWATOW.
BURGLAR'S FRANK ADMISSION.
CZECHO-SLOVAKIANS ARRIVE FEARS THAT HARVEST WILL TOLD POLICE HAD COMMITTED
IN HONGKONG.
Mr.
TO COVER 100,000 KMS.
Two Czecho-Slovakians, Bohumil Pospisil, editor and author, with his secretary, Mr. Joseph Hub), arrived in Hongkong from Haiphong on Saturday. The two travellera started two years and six months ago from Prague, Czecho-Slovakin, on an attempt to break the world's record of 40,000 kma, by covering 100,000 kms, and Their crossing all Continents.. enterprise is the longest distance effort of its kind and they, under take to carry it out in three yeara. Travelling in the style of modern Marco Polos, the two adventurers have already covered 80,000 knis, travelling on fool, colorseback, bullock-carts, elephants, river-boats, motor-care and railways. They have already passed through Europe, Asia, South Sean, and their itinerary has been market by sojourns in Turkey, Syria, Kurdistan, Arabia, Mesopotamia, Persia, Baluchistan, India, Burma. the Straits, Settle- menta, Malacca, Penang and the States of Johore, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Siam, Cambodia, Cochin China, Annam, Tonkin, China, Mongolla,
SAGE
BE LOST.
POLITICAL FEARS.
A CRIME.
1
GETS SIX MONTHS.
LUCKY ESCAPE OF THREE NAVAL AIRMEN.
MACHINE BURNED.
CUTS OFF SISTER'S HEAD: WOUNDS OTHERS.
PHILIPPINES AFFAIR.
A Swatow, Apr. 18.
frank admission 4o the
Manila, Apr. 17.
Manila, Apr. 17. From all around comes the cry of police by a burglar capsed some Engulfed in a mass of flames Alejandro Dueno, of Bago, Occi- drought. A week or two ago, it surprise at the Kowloon Magis-300 feet in the air a Navy aca- dental Negros, ran amuck early this seemed as if the weather had tracy this morning when, in plane made a hurried but grace-morning and with a bolo killed hie broken just in time for planting charging a Chinese with larceny ful landing on Manila Bhy near slater by decapitation, completely out the rice, but though the skies of a quantity of clothing, Suh the conl docks, nff Sangley Point, cut off the right hand of his wife, era from time to time, no quantity that when the man was stopped 9.55 o'clock. clouded over, and there were show- Inspector Hoare told his Worship Cavite, yesterday morning at severely injured another sister, wounded his one-year old son and of water fell. The rivers and he told the police that he hadi
seriously wounded three mer. streams did not fill, and there was commitled a burglary.
un-vincial road near Bago and the en- The crime took place on the pros insufficient water to flood the fielda... With the defendant was n lad Now the glass has definitely gone of 14 who was charged with aiding up again, and the weather la aunny and abetting the commission of and dry, ideal weather if the spring a crime. rain had come before it. Only n small proportion of the rice has been put in, and even that will be difficult to keep under water unless
gulit.
The three men in the plane jumped to safety and were injured..
It was the second plane to burn within the past month.
tire havoc was wrought in less than Len miuutes.
The dead: Eusana Duono, sister, who was decapitated.
The injured are:
Consucio de Dueno, wife, right
The three men went up for the Both defendants admitted their usual practice fight and were just of Sangley Point when they Sub-Inspector' Honre said that oticed that their plane was on a Chinese detective met the two fire.
They immediately descend-hand cut off.
Rosaria Dueno, another sister, head severely cut, serious.
a change comes. Unless rain falls defendants walking in Taf Named and leaped into the water an heavily In the next ten days, the Street yesterday morning and soon as the plane landed. harvest will be lost. So fur as posstopped them. The first defen- According to Navy officials a sible, farmers are putting in alter dant told the detective that he
In addition to the had committed a burglary. native crops. usual amount of sugar cane, fields
sible for the fire,
try has had good crops recently, so that the comparative failure of one will not have innnedlately serious consequences. The last rice har vest was good, as also was the in
but its market price is poor.
broken gasoline feed was respon
are being planted with larger Nam Street, it was
On enquiries at a house in Tai The plane was not completely amount than usuni of Indigo, hemp,
discovered demolished although all the fabric! earth nuts, and sweet potatoes. A that a man had gained admission was burned. It is believed that kind of risa witch grows in dry which wa
and stole a quantity of clothing it can be salvaged.
later pawned. The fields is also being planted so far 48 man appeared to have ran into the of the ill-fated plane.
Lieutenant Adair was the pilot He was aced can be obtained.
Fortunately this part of the coun-street, where, together with the accompanied by two enlisted men, necend defendant, he met the P. D. Generous and B. D. Borry, policeman.
both rated as air pilots, first class. Is Worship expressed sur-
Bonts Immediately went to the prise that the defendants should rescue of the three men following have admitted the offence when their leap into the bay. they did not have any of the
A rescue ship also was despatch. was extinguished. for house-breaking and two for Commander Parr, Lieutenant Mc-
Three previous convictions, one
A board of officers consisting of arceny, wero produced against Donnell and Lieutenant Starley the first defendant,
was convened to investigate the Ifs Worship naked If the de- fire. Their report had not been fendants deserved any credit for completed at a late hour last them.assisting the police by their frank night."
admission when accosted, but Sub-Inspector Hoare replied that they would in all probability have been taken to the Station in any event,
Isabelo Tianga, wounds in head, dying.
Federico Solidum, serious wounds in head, dying.
Fernando Ducno, one-year old son, wound in head.
Conrado Toslo, wounds in head and left hand.
Dueno started to flee after he had; wounded members of his family, He was stopped by three men, fanbelo Tianga, Federico Solidum and Conrado Tosio, who saw the deed, and the three were added to the casualty list. The Bago Police then chased him through the of the law at bay for two hours.be- fore he was finally trapped. here say that the crime followed a Preliminary reports received family dispute. It appers that Dueno'a nisters had planned a trip to Ilog, a town in southern Negros, and Dueno refused to let them go on the trip. This started the trouble.
Manchuria, Korea, Japan, the terint wheat crop. Sugar was good, stolen properly in their posses-fed to the senplane and the fire cane fields, where he held the agenta
Sumatra.
Philippines, and Sulu Islands, British and Dutch Borneo, the Economic conditions often direction. Celebes Islands, Bab, Jaya and ly effect political, and it his hour strong Inilwark against neighbour- "The travellers earn their living ing communism that the people on the way by journalistic work have been relieved of the spectre of and by lecturing on the subject of want. The prospects for each sea- their experiences and discoveries son are the more eagerly watched and informing the public of matters when so much may hang on of interest regarding the newly-Our Own Correspondent, established' Czecho-Slovak Republic, especially regarding its industry and commercial relations with the foreign countries. Besides books
of travel, Mr. Posplail is preparnų
a series of lectures with pictures for educational societies of his Czecho- country and for Live Slovakian Ministry of Education.
Was
An effort to establish a rernrd of 100,000 kins, was made five years ago by another Czecho-S) vak journalist with his wife and friend. He was, however, killed by fanaties when trying to cross the Ardian desert. His wife
seriously wounded, her arm being subsequent ly amputated, while the third com- panion became mentally deranged., In spite of warnings by European press Mr. Pospisil with his seeres tary set out and so far has managed to come through safely,
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ROBBERY SEQUEL..
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ONE MAN DISCHARGED
AT SESSIONS.
ARMED MEN AID
FISHING JUNK.
CREW FORCED INTO HOLD:
VESSEL RANSACKED,
CURIOUS POSITION AT
Iis Worship.said the Arat de fendant had received a sentence of three months hard labour, the Ingtime he was before the Court and he would now undergo a'term When the Criminal sessions of six months' imprisonment. The were resumed this morning before second defendant was
ordered the Pulson Judge Mr. Justice to receive ten strokes of the cane after his master's junk, No.of the case, as he was only in- Wood), Li Kui, La Sui-wing, Makin Court. Kwai and Au Wan, were charged with robbery, possession of arms, and receiving stolen goods.
H.M.S.
CARYSFORT'S RETURN.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
ISSUED.
of
MARINE COURT.
CAPTAIN AND OWNERS DIFFER ON SUMMONS.
Remarking that he was not pre- pared to go on with the defence, On Saturday, a' foki was looking because he did not know very much 1920W. Placidly smoking his structed to appear for the defen- pipe, and watching Nine Pin 1sdant late on Saturday morning, land, which was about 200 yards Mr. Horace Lo asked for an from the spot where he was moor adjournment, at the Marine Court have committed a robbery at No. All four mich were alléged, to
ed, he heard a suspicious noise. He and sve other fokis were fish this morning, when Capt. II. Mad- sen, the master of the sis. Tai Fook! 78, High Street, on February 7,
ing, smoking and philosophising. Sing, was summoned before the Four armed men clambered on Hon. Commdr. G. F. Hole, R.N.,: 1929, and to have robbed at Ho Yut chỉ of a ring, two watches, la
board from a dinghy and Immo- locket, a tooth pick, a pair of ear-
on the charge of arriving in the watch chain, a plece of jade, a
diately, according to the fuki, two waters of the Colony on April 19
them brandished revalvera. rings, a hair slide, two cigaretle holders and $48 in money.
The provisional programm; for while the other two levelled rifles with more than 12 passengers, Kui and Mak Kwai were each from Hongkong to the United
the 'return of H.M.S. Caryafort at the heals of the fisherfolk. In Asiatic countries the travel- further charged with being in un Kingdom has
Reporting the matter to the hend foli lers faced danger Ն
now been issued, police, the many lawful possession of a revolver. This shows that the cruiser will armed robbers told them to get points while crossing sun-striken while An Wun was additionally leave here on May 18th, calling at into the hold. The peremptory descrta, ice-covered
mountains, charged with being in unlawful Singapore, Cotonilis, Aden. Suez, arter of the armed men was im wandering in snow blizzarda and possession of four revolvers, 48 Port Said, Malta and Gibraltar, mediately carried out. through jungles Inhabited by wild rounds of unmmunition and 1 and is due to arrive at Gibralter
caived Instructiona
the from animals.
The hitchway was closed on They passed through dagger. There was another count on July 1st.
owners to enter a plea of "Noti thens and by the time they emerg-Guilty," and if possible to obtain Greece at the time of the revolu» against the same man of receiving
This programme is contingent ed, after smashing the hatch, they tion against General Pungalos, part of the stalen property.
on the Yangtze rising sufficiently found that clothing
and boat's an adjournment." In Kurdistan, they encountered the
Defendant stated that when the vessel left Saigon, he was inform- ed on the highest authority that he was allowed to bring the number of passengers that he did into Hongkong. His licence, he con- tinued, certifled that he could take 450 passengers out of Saigon.
Many Perils,
ex-
revolt against Mustopha Kemal Kurd robels attacked them, but the fact that they had no firearms or even knives with them saved their lives. The two travellera have agreed not to carry arms of any kinds during their trip.
Crossing Syria, they perienced thrilling escapes, having been captured by Druse insurgents who were at war with the French, In the Arabian desert the travel- lers were stopped by Bedouines. who took way their clothes and everything they possessed. So that they had to go through the barren desert for four days quite naked, lacking food and water.
said the
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, instructed to enable the Caryafort to proceed tackle to the value of $73,15 had by Mr. L. R. Andrews, is prosecut to Hankow on the 26th inst, and been stolen. ing for the Crown while Mr. C. G. provided that the programme of Alabaster, K.C., instructed by Mr. reliefs of the Yangisze gunboats F. K. D'Almada, junior, is defend-in carried out. ing the fourth, prisoner, Au Wan. Mr. Fitzory explained that he
It is understood that General Chan Ming-shiu, the Civil Governor
had no evidence to offer against Arrangements to settle 1,000 of Canton, who was injured in the La Sui-wing, and be was accord-young migrants from the British King Edward Hotel fire, will be Isles in Western Canada this year sufficiently recovered to leave the ingly discharged.
are being made by the, Oversens Government Civil Hospital this
The case is praeceding.
STRUGGLE WITH
· BURGLAR.
(Continued from Page, 1.)
Nevertheless, before the procced- incs were over, the officer was instructed by his Worship to keep' the accused under medical examina- tion.
Unconscious, they were picked up those tricks on the Court before, by the mysterious Devil Worship-kidding" the police into the beffel pers who live in the mountainous that he was not responsible for his oasis at. Djebel Simijer. In addi- actions, tion to accuring valuable ex- periences in China during the recent internal strife the travel lers were also kidnavned by North- ern bandita, but when the latter learned who their involuntary guesta
Calling for the man's record. were, they were released and with the police, his Worship found even offered financial compensa that he was an old offender, who tion. In Mongolia they nearly lost had been banished four times, on their lives in a terrible snowalorm.the last occasion for a period of
The travellers will stay here for ten years.
some days before leaving for His Worship observed that as America. Mr. Porniail is, at the he could only give the man a year service of societies or clubs as a fas the maximum term in respect lecturer. Those interested should of the charge of disobeying the communicate with nim in, Y,MC.A., order of banishment, it could hardly be useful to proceed with Kowloon.
the larceny charge,
1
Another Burglary. The annual meeting of the Chinese Club took place on Satur Inspector Mnedonald said their day afternoon in the Club rooms one great object in asking for a Des Voeux Road Central, and was short remand, with the prisoner in attended by a large number of police custody, was to make fur- members, Dr. Ma Laik being inther investigations In the hope of certain articles of the chair. The report and accounts recovering.
of last year were unanimous jewellery which were stolen some ly passed, and the following were days ago from a house in the same elected officials for the coming neighbourhood. It was indicated your. Mr. Li Hel-tung, Chairman, that the accused might be implicat- Mr. Chiu Mul-chow, Vice-Chair-ed in this burglary also, man, Mr. K. L. Chau, Hon, Secret- Illa Worship granted a remand
ary, Mr.
Woo Pak-luk, Hon. of forty-eight hours · «lating: -- Treasurer, and eleven other mem-"The prisoner has pleaded guilty bers to servo on the Executive to the charge, Sentence is post-, Committee.
poned."
Longue,
werk.
Curi
✪ 1825, BY MEA, BENVIER ING.
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After reading out the charge, Commdr. Hole asked the defendant i if he were pleading guilty or not guilty. "Guilty, your Worship," but Mr. Capt. Madsen promptly said Lo interposed, saying that he re
Saying at this point that he was not prepared to go on with the defence, Mr. Lo remarked that the whole question was wheher' the certificate that defendant held was valid and recognised by the local authorities.
After further discussion in which his Worship dealt with the legal side of the question, the case was adjourned till 10.30 am. on Wednesday in view of the fact that the vessel is due to leave port on Thursday morning.
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