PRI CLERK GIVES TREATED AS FIRST
EVIDENCE.
MAY HAVE CARRIED OUT INSTRUCTIONS.
NEWSPAPER ORDERS;
Llout. Colonel L J. Comyn, Officer Commanding the 2nd K.D.; SB., was recalled at to-day's sit ting of the General Court Marifal, which is hearing charges of negligence against Major Ogilvy, while acting as P.R.I.
OFFENDER.
MAN WHO GOT WINDFALL OF CIGARETTES.
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TEMPTED AND FELL.
Tho benefit of the Firat Öffenders Act was given to a Chinese who was charged before Mr. B.W. Hamilton this morning with the theft of a case of "Chungahan" cigarettes, valued at $112.
The police stated that the man Witness produced Regimental went into the Man Lee Chan shop, Order 1622, of October 18, 1920, | No. 8, Connaught Road yesterday, which showed that injor Ogilvy and bargained for an empty case, was appointed P.RI, from, that and was sold one for $1.40. date.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929.
"BOTTOM-MOST PIT OF WATER FROM FIRE SWEEP TICKET CASE
HADES."
SOLICITOR'S TRAGIC LETTER READ AT INQUEST.
London, May 18. ‚““I often smilo and appear light- hearted, but am afton hiding a sensation of being at the bottom- most pit of Hades."
The above is from an extra-
HYDRANT.
MAGISTRATE REPROVES INDIAN WATCHMAN.
EXCUSE. DISPROVED.
Among the offenders arrested ordinary letter read at the inquest for drawing water from the fire at Westminister yesterday on hydrants was an Indian watchman Emryn Lloyd, 36, a solicitor, of employed at the Kwong Fook Coram-stract, Bloomsbury, who Leung Shipyard, who was caught was found dead from gas poison-i ing in a room he had taken in taking water from a hydrant in Warwick-street, Pimlico.
Samshulpo yesterday, ·
ECHONS.
SENSATIONAL ARREST AT- KUALA LUMPUR.
CRIMINAL BREACH?
Kuala Lumpur, June. 8.
A sensation has been caused here by the detention and arrest of Lim Than Hock, who, figurod prominently as the second defen dant in the Selangor Turf Club aweep tiekot disputo heard in the' Supreme Court during the week.
During the morning hearing of the proceedings on Friday, Mr. Lian Wah, objected to the second Hastings for the plaintiff, Iảm
defendant's request to the Court for a fortnight's adjournment in order to engage, another counsel, in place of Mr. Briggs, who had signified his retirement from the case.
His defendant could produce security
to Mr. William Bellamy, of Walter The letter, which was addressed
In reply to a charge of missing House, Strand, with whom Lloyd water, brought against the man The shop people, howover, had been an assistant, con before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at neglected to empty the contents of tinued the case, the consequence being My appearances in court often morning, the defendant sald he the Kowloon Magistracy this that when the case was taken agonise me when I may appear to saw the water overflowing and, not way, the defendant made the joy be at case. The strain of keep having any for his personal use, fut discovery that he had secured ing such control has made me he scooped it up from the road- 100 cartons of cigarettes whilst the present'a mask of sheer indiffer way. bargain had only been for the empty ence. case.
Sergeant Adam Wylle, who was next called, said that he was appointed P.R.1. clerk in October, 1923, at Devonport, and held the post until December, 1926.
He received instructions from the P.R.I., on arrival in Hongkong, to order newspapers. They wero to be delivered to Victoria, Murray,
He was enid to have yielded to a Wellington and Mount Austin Barracks. He did not remember very natural temntation at this whether they were delivered, or paint, and, instead of returning the
took them to his home.
In accking the change (from
Addressing the defendant, his South Wales) I did not then realise Worship enid that this offence as now I do that what I deeply would never stop until people like desired is to escape from myself the defendant stopped drawing
Death alone can give this. If from the street hydrants.
Counsel stated that unless the
how the first order was given. Ha cigaretter as an honest man would, there is no hereafter then it will(Worship and that the people who or pay into court the sum claimed
did not remember whether he made arrangements for their delivery after receiving his instructions.
Major Armitage, R.A., Prosecut- ing Officer, produced an order sign-
oil on behalf of witness for nowa. papors,
Witness replied that he may
that the case be proceeded with. The defendant said.ho had no money, and His Lordship ordered
second defendant failed to put in After the luncheon interval, the
be the Nirvann of forgetfulness I drew the water were almost as bad34,808-he would not agree to The polic, informed by the shop hunger for. If there is a here as those who had actually turned any adjournment. of its loss, tracked down the de-after, then I feel fendant, and recovered the goods, knowing. God will redress the un-
that an all-the hydrant on in the first instance. except for $6 worth of bigarettes, fair balance of my worldly ner- that he saw the defendant arrest Sub-Inspector Hoare intimated The Court was willing to belleve aonality and equip me more ed and was able to state that the that the defendant had no designs equitably in the life to come.
water had not been overflowing. on the shop when he bargained for
I have no financial worries. The defendant was scan to bail the the negligence of the shop people, is I have an audden temptation when, through thing like that My only trouble
A fine of 36 was imposed. excruciating per- found himself in possession of sonality which regularly punishes the cigarettes.
my nerven terribly so that my heart gives me trouble.
have given instructións for that the case, but that he yielded to a have not been blackmailed or any-water from the hydrant.
to be done, but he could not say definitely. He did not keep a list of P.R.I, duties for which extra money Was paid. Ho just remembered what those duties
were.
Paid Biard Markers, Witness said that he paid the billiard markers, le paid them for the work they performed. If a man marked for a week and then handed over to another"man for three weeks, both men would be paid accordingly. He did not think there were any change in the number of P.R.I., employees. No definite data was fixed før, Che payment of extra duty money. The men were paid on any day during the last week of the month.
Takings from the billiard room were handed over to him each: Sunday. He paid them to the P.RI, at the same time as he received them, if the P.R.L, was present. If not, he handed the
Defendant was given a remand to enable him to make good the loss on the portion of the goods which had not been recovered, his Wor- ship intimating that it was hie
unsound mind was recorded.
A verdict of suicide while of
Paria
EXCHANGE RATES.
Intention to bind over the defen- RESTORED ALPHABET New York dant on his next appearance.
THE NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE.
A STRANGE LITHUANIAN.
Brussels Geneva.. Amsterdam Milan
GREYMOUTH SUFFERS MOST permitted them to print their lan-Prague
IN SHOCK.
MINERS ALL ESCAPE.
The
Wellington, Juno 17. shook the whole country, except severe earthquake which South Island, lusted approximately
Berlin Recently the Lithuanians cele-Stockholm brated A strange -the passage of twenty-five years
anniversary Copenhagen
Osto since the Russian Government Vienna Ruago once more in the Latin Madrid
Holaingfors alphabet, with which everything Lisbon in their past connected them.. Athens
For forty years after the Polish Bucharest and Lithuanian rising of 1803 the Rio Russian Government tried to Buenos Aires mould the nascent Lithuanian Bombay
upon them, although Lituantan 18 Silver (forward) forcing the Cyrillic alphabet Yokohama literature on Russian lines by Shanghai
[Silver (spot) ... not evon a Slavonie language.
The Roman Catholic peasantry ceived nothing with which to pay mouth, in the vicinity of which books printed in the "heretical" It was most movere at Grey-atubbornly refused to rond tho from contractors, he did the same hardly a chimney remains stand-alphabet and burnt them when the with it as with the billiard money, Ing.
Russian gave them away for lack Brick buildings were damagod, of buyers. A regular smuggling To the President:-A book was kept in the billiard room in which and Assures opened in the foot-trade grew up across the Nienien the billiard takings were entered.pnths.
of books printed in the Latin Tho P.R.I., anw It." When I handed The coal miners had a most script at Tilsit, on the East Prus- over the money to the P.R.I. I anxious time, but all got out sinn bank. placed P.R... 1, before him. That without injury-Reuter.
Such books were printed in was the ledger In which I entered An earlier message ainted that careful imitation the payments I received.
money to the Adjutant for safe keeping. He entered the total amount received in the books. He kept no money himself, and re-a minute.
bills. When he reenived cash
Books Not Checked.
Further questioned by the President, witness said that P.R.I.,
not
cept at
London, June 17.
128.95 .4.84 25/82
An
appearance, and Mr. V. D. Knowles pointed this out to His Lordship.
The second defendant, it ap- pears, went to a solicitor's office in the afternoon, and then went to Tanjong Malim by train. At the station he was detained pend- ing instructiona from Kuala Lumpur.
A warrant for the defendant's 26.205 arrest has been signed by the; 12.07% magistrate and the man will be .02.05 brought back. It is probable that .20.125 he may have to answer a 'churge
18.11 of criminal breach of trust, in .18.20| respect of the money with which .18.20 he, as the plaintiff's agent, had
84.52 been ontructed.
.108%
.1025%
....84
.108%
..875
.8174
1.5%
47.1/10
Holiday
2/4
..1/0%
.24.7/10 .24
British Wirolces.
SNATCHER ROBS CHILD.
YOUNG PORTUGUESE THE VICTIM,
A
of those pub-girl, the nfece of Miss A. Gutierrez, three-year-old Portuguese
no serious damage was done ox-lished before 1854, with forged living at No. 40, Bonham Road, Nelson and Westport. dates on the title page and forged was the victim in a snatching in The main tower of the boys col-permission from the Censor ao acident yesterday: leg at Nelson collapsed, and sev to avoid attracting the attention cral boys were injured, though of the police.
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THE MAKING OF A CHINESE ACTOR.
A HUNGARIAN BOY'S ADVENTURES.
Budapest, May 14. The Pesti Hirlap's Miskolc correspondent reports the strango story of a boy from the village of Sajopetri, near Miskolc, who has paid a flying visit to his native place after twelve years' absence, bofore starting to four Europe as a Chinese actor.
In 1917, at the age of 17, Ben! Verca-Szabo was drafted into the 10th Honved·(Territorial) Refl-
front. Five attempts at escand taken prisoner on the Russlan mont of the Dun! Monarchy, and
resulted in his being transporten always deeper into the Siberian wilds. On his sixth attempt he succeeded in crossing the Chinese frontier, and wandered south to the town of Saigon where ho be camo a street porter.
young Chianman, who turned out One day a eplendidly-dressed to be an actor, hired him to carry
1, was not necessarily checked with not seriously,
At about 6.30 p.m. Miss Guterrez the billiard book. He may have
This extraordinary prohibition was walking along Bonham Road produced 'the billiard book when rock
A man was killed by a fall of Is largely responsible for the with her niece when, at a point
at tho cement handing over the takings. It would
works backwardness of Lithuanian intel-near Prospect place, a Chinoso at Comina, only be accidental if he took the many business buildings crack-son with that of their Leitlah and snatched a necklace from the The walls of lactual, development in compari- came up noiselessly from behind billiard book to the .R.I. It was. The post office at West-neighbours. No offorts have been child. In spite of an alarm being
A practice. He did not report was badly damaged. A pupil spared during the member the P.R.L., taking to see of a. school there.
last twenty given, the man escaped.
a parcel, and offered him a per the book.
was serious-five years to repair the damage of Sergeant Wylie said that he didy hurt, and his leg was
am-the previous forty.
The necklace, which has a pen-manent situation as his personal putated.
dant, is valued at $22.
attendant. For over seven years not keep a petty cash book, as
Szabo remained in the motor's in his position, he did not retain
service, becoming acquainted with any cash at all. He kept a special postage account, which he handed
the daily routine of face-painting. and foot-squeezing for the female roles that, according to the Chin- ese custom, the actor was engaged to play In ancient Chinese dramas, the performance of which often lasted as long as eight hours. Eventually Szabo was informed that lie was to accompany his muster on an American tour, and the pair embarked on the Paul Locat.
Four persons were killed, and two are missing, in a landslide on the Matakitaki River, as a result
over to Corporal Hendry, when of the earthquake.--Reuter. Hendry took over the duties of P.R.L's clerk. This book was initialled by the P.R.I., at the end) of each month. Probably the rea- son that it was not initialled more frequently was that it was a very i small nccount,
PROFESSOR LIBELLED AS A "JEW.”
He kept a register of corres- | 6,700 COPIES OF REFERENCE
pondence. This was always kept
up to date. It was up to date when handed over to Corporal Hendry.
BOOK CONFISCATED. ·
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The register was kept in a postage
book. He did not have a proper
Berlin, May 20.
An unusual bol action has
registered letter book. The book just been tried in the Budapest
he used was the only one lie could courts.
get The P.R.I., never wanted to
see the book for reference pur- A little time ago a work was posos. It was not initialed by published giving a complete list of names prominent In the Hun-
him.
Continuing his evidence, wit-garien literary, artistle, and learn- ness sald, in reply to questions, ed world? The names of Jews that when he received any cash who had become converted to from contractors he made an en- Christianity were distinguished try of the amount in the P.R.I., 1. by an asterisk,
or P.R.L. 2, as the,euse might be.
Among the
JAMEB
Bo distin-
If the P.R.I. was in the office, guished was included that of Dr. the money
given to him
Edmund Wessely, Professor of
was
direct, but, should he be out, the Fedagorgics at Funfkirchen Uni- money was lodged with the Adversity. Dr. Wessely, who hing Jutant for anfe kogping.
Witness issued receipts in the never belonged to the Jowish faith, felt himself offended by the
absence of the P.R.I. but never natorisk, and brought an action filled in the counterfoll of the against the Editor of the work.
receipt book or made out a ear- bon copy. Witness could not say
Tho Judgo took the view that
if the P.R.I was aware of thin. the characterisation of n born.
Whon Corpural Hendry took over the
Christian as a baptised Jew con- duties, he was told of stituted a calumny, which was all the procedura, Witness was: Into the worse when the person was a the procedure adopted by the University Professor of Podu P.R.I. regarding the paying in of gogies. He therefore ordered the moneya into the Bank..
confiscation of the edition of tho book, 6,700 copies in all,
The trial is proceeding.
CLAU 01821 BY NEL SERVICE, INC",
MEQ.4. PAT. OFT
"I just know they can't be getting along as well as sho suya; so I'm going up to visit them and straighten things. out"
The ship was scheduled to reś main in a Japanese port for several days, and the actor selzed' the opportunity to visit some friends in Tokyo. Shortly after his departure, however, the ship raised anchor, and although Szabo caused wireless messages to be broadcast he could get no newa' of his master. His distress at- tracted the notice of an America a Impressarlo, one of the passengers, who requested to be shown the actor's theatrical costumes, While displaying his maator's robea Szabo gave an imprompta Imitation of his tones and gestures in the various roles, with so much auccess that a few weeks later he was. figuring as a star turn in a Boston variety thontro.
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