DRIVER APPEARS IN COURT,
LICENCE MAY BE CANCELLED
FOR LOITERING.
TOUTING FOR FARES.
charged before Mr. E. W. Hamil
A Chinese was this, morning ton, at the Central Magistracy, with loitering whilst driving public car, No. 677, but after stat- ing that he accepted the evidence of the prosecution as correct, and that he considered the defendant was very uncertain to his
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the place and pulled up near the
The defendant said he had nover driven, an Indian-owned, ear, as alleged. He had driven several public cars, but had not been in charge of a regular · ongi Perently.
car, produked" a
the car buy
PECULIAR ARREST.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
JUNK ROBMERY OF 1927 HAS
SEQUEL IN COURT,
-After a period of nearly two years an alleged robbery and kid- napping, which occurred on board
salt junk off the Sa Ku Chau Island, has culminated in the ax
rake.
half of all three defendants.
Mr. Horace Lo appeared on be-
The case for the Crown was
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gers later bourding the salt junk. The master and the crew of fiva were bound while the junk was sailed away to a placy known as Ka. Lan which is about a milo West of Macad.
Master Released,
TRICKSTER SENT TO】
PRISON.
GOT SIX WATCHES FOR BOX WITH TWO NAILS! ⠀
SWINDLE ON FERRY.
sentenced to six
de-
had.only two cents on him when The defendant, it was stated.
After reviewing the evidence, Mr. Hamilton said he had no reason to disbelieve the Indian police sergeant. He was of the) opinion that the nim was driving The master, Yeung Tai-hi, was the ear, and that defendant was released by the robbers to return very uncertain as to his move to his country of to wherever he ments at the time. He appeared liked to obtain ransom for the re-arrested. to be one of those men who | lease of the other members of the wandered about from car to car. crew of the pirated junk. The
His Worship added that he woghi agk the C.S.P. to cancel the man's driving Hirence, and would defer his décision sie die.
master, however, never got the FRANCO-GERMAN PACT ransom nor did he go back and as
CANARD..
year.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1929.
THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.
BIG SUBJECTS OF CONTROVERSY.
now
of
which
STRAITS BUILDING
SCHEME.
PLAN FOR 800 HOUSES AT $4,000 EACH.
AN INGENIOUS IDEA.
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owners are expected to form the
Singapore, Oct. 26. Eight hundred would-be house
which it is proposed to form at nucleus of a building society
the meeting which will be held at the Y.M.C.A. Down Town Branch this afternoon "to 'consider the housing problem in Singapore."
The movement has been organis- ed by a Municipal employee, and oficial assistance in the form of a promise from the Municipality of 1 small committee has obtained
the option to purchase a piece of land bounded by Kampong Java Road, Thomson Road, Moulmein Road and Dorset Road.
own little garden
Serious consideration IN being given by Churchmon throughout the British Empire to the subjects to be considered by were charged before Mr. T. S.larceny of six watches by trick from at the Lambeth Conference next rest and appearance before the Magistrate of three mon, wha Pleading guilty to a charge of the Bishops of the Anglican Com- munion when they meet in London Whyte Smith yesterday afternoon a shop in Queen's Road West, a with being concerned in the out Chinese was
The official outline of the weeks' hard labour by Mr. T. Sagenda shows that a number Whyte Smith at the Kowloon important questions on Magistraty this morning.
opinion is sharply divided are to be It was stated by Sub-Inspector discussed, in addition to the pro- movements at the particular time, conducted by Detective Sub-Ing-are that the defendant went to posals for reunion of the Churches the magistrato deferred his deci-pector" Dorliar, who said that
the complainant's shop and i in India. sion sine die, and asked the C.S.P. December 3, 1927 the Yeung Iptimated that he desired to pur- The Conference is to be held at chase six watches. He requested Lambeth Palaee from July 7 until it he would cancel the defendant's Lee trading jark was on ainest that a foki be sent with him to August 9. So great is the secrecy driving ligence.
from Cheung Chau to Chinese Indian police sergeant Territories with a cargo of salt. Kowloon where he would get the observed that the proceeding Al
money with which to pay for the have only once been divulged dur related the facts, which were The owner of the junk was a man that the accused. was loitering named Young Tal-hi but the enrgo | watches,
ing its sesalone-in 1888, when the near the Chinese Recreation Club, belonged to somebody else.
The complainant accordingly London Morning Past ruhlamet Four times he returned slowly"to| When the junk was about 200 sent his son with the watches, and, certain important proposals of a
on the Shamshuipo Ferry, the committee on the validity of the This area is sufficiently large to gate and called out to people taards to the West of Sa Ko Chau
tiefendant, who was carrying norders of Nonconformist minister. accommodate the first 400 of the hire the car. The third tiny laland it was hailed by some
The Conference is likely to end. 800 houses which the proposed did this, witness warned him, but people on another boat, the stran-small parcel under his arm, told
the fok! that the packet contained however, as in former years, with society will build, and each house he continued the "offence.
valuables and he did not want to the publication of an Encyclient, will have its lose it. He asked the foki to carry Letter to the Churches of the plot.. it for him and offered to relieve the Anglican Communion, signed by man of the watches.
all the Bishops who have attended Loan to be Asked For. On landing in Shamshuipo, the ita sessions, epitomising their foki "became suspicious and
unanimous conclusions on the pro-
The pecuniary position of the Proceeding, the prosecuting ofll-manded the return of the watches.
blems they have considered.
class for which the proposed Sudar Khan, the owner of the cer said it was alleged that the He was then taken around the dissy controversial subject that the problem of contributions a knotty The most important and serious. society will cater, made the paper with the men were kent in captivity for trict in search of the defendant's Conference will have before it will one for the organisers, and the accured's name written on it, be: periods varying from a few days friend, but after a time the foki be the proposals for reunion in plan which has been devised, and said he could not swear that to seven months. The master or deremiant was the man who drove the junk was detained for a few decided to give the man in custody Southern India. A threat of pon will be submitted at this after
His Worship asked what days while one of the fokis, who
the sible secession from the Church of noon's meeting, includes Govern- would be called, was in captivity areal, which the defendant had England in the event of the pro-ment assistance in the form of for seven months.
been carrying contained and was posals being accepted in their loan on each house. told by Sub-Inspector Hoare that present form has already been it was a box containing nothing but advanced by an influential Anglo-with the ground an which it It is proposed that each house. two small nails:
Catholic group, headed by Bishop stands, shall not, cost more than. Gore.
$4,000, made up as follows:-A
· Misgivings Aroused.
first deposit of $250; 13 annual Another subject of equally instalments of $25, amounting, to practical, though less immediate $325; on entering into occupation importante is the question of a second deposit of $250. These whether voluntary elergy--ordain-payments would total $825, and ed men independent of the Church the balance of $3,175 it is proposed for their means of livelihood to raise as a loan on each house should be admitted to the ministry from Government. On occupation Grave objections have been raised the owner would begin to repay to the principles involved in the the loan which, with interest at. to give evidence, that the Police
proposal to ordain Paris, Sept. 25.
voluntary six per cent, and assessment, will learned of the robbery, he making Both M. Poincare and M. Paullergy, yet the need of the pro-amount to $57 a month.
report on his return to long-Reynaud. Deputy for Paris, have the mission fields where mary does the society propose to dis-
fessional elergy for assistance in
So much for the member, ow kong seven months after the o-made rurrence. The report was made their alleged
statements concerning parishes are measured in hundreds charge its obligation? An in-
share in at the Cheung Ch Police Station secret Franco-Gerrban negotia. Misgivings have already been geninas plan' has been devised.
the of miles is generally recognised. In order to throw light on the and at that time it was thoughtions," with which the Stresemann aroused as to the meaning of the The first deposit of $250 from each i
thut the fnclient had taken place comparative merits ut sint in Chinese Waters, a charge of Press in Berlin is accusing vari- fourth item of the agenda, which of the 800 members, to be paid sound Bins, the Sudfil Copingy being accordingly brought us German Nationalist politiclaus providea for the discussion of the upon enrolment, will amount to gave last night special perfore against the three men when ar- with having toyed.
organisation and authority of the $200,000. With this it is propos manes of the British luterantional rested, but after the master was
M: Poincare, who writas frum Anglican Communion under the ed to start, building the first Pictures Alm, "Blacktanil." Best of found it was discovered that the bel, says that he saw Herr Arnold headings Central. National and batch of 250 houses, the $200,000 all in the silent version änd then spot where the outrage, took place Rechberg, brother of the German Provincial, and Missionary Dia- being supplemented by a loan of is a "talkle,*
was about three and a quarter Į potash king, cuce in 1928. It was cests under the jurisdiction of the $800,000 from Government on the There was an invited public „mites in Colonial waters.
Here Rechberg's personal efforts Archbishop of Canterbury. It is security of the 250 houses. sover 1,000 persons, among whiqin
to push his peculiar iden, of feared in many quarters that there On September 28, continued DeFranco-German alliance that have may be a movement among the the British colony in Berlin was
Successive Batches. strongly represented. though, oftective Sub-Inspector Dorling, the
cinema proprietors, and first defendant went to the Cheung provided the grain of truth in the members of the Conference to The second batch of houses will these wardy, establishing the Confer-number 103, and they will be built Chau Police Station and made present allegations, and othera particularly interested in
efforts were so far from being ence itself as a central authority.with the first of the annual $25. the film largely prepondersted report of a highway, robbery and
Hitherto the Anglican Com-instalments from each of the 800 was evident froer the comparativ. b-Inspector Hopkins. went nutseret that Herr Rechberg wrtenunion has had no central au- members, and the deposit of $250. the numerous long letters to French thority or organisation, and it is which each of the 250 members to make enquiries about volume of applause Unt the silent. alleged robbery. "During
the newspapers propounding his idealargely felt that the Conference will have paid upon entering into version was, the, moru popular, and- course of his investigations he
M. Poincare's reply to Herr would not be a fit body to arrogate occupation. this was confirmed by a plebiscite was informed by a Chinese, detec- Rechberg was that the question any such authority, since.
That will produce in which 625 were found to have tive that two men had begi arrest raised by him could only be treat-dirertions could have
its $82,500, and will be supplémented: voted for the silent film and 4ed bit that they had escapeded between Governments, and to force than they would posses by un the security of the 103 houses, no more by a Government loan of $330,000 again.
One of the these two men inform the German Ambassador of virtue of being the When we come to the rifier, turned out to be one of the fokts Herr Rechberg's visit.
unanimous This principle will be continued, voice of the episcopate. we find complete nimity in whom the first defendant shid had
M Reynaud, telegraphs from
the next lot of houses being 67% Invour of silence, as far as "Black-been concerned in the highway America that, being in Perlin lasts, in fact, a matter of consider 13. 38, 37, 37, 36, 36, 37, 30, se, 37 The status of the Conference and the other lots in sequence mail" is concerned. They readity | robbery,,
April, he talked with Herr Rech-Jable doubt. It cannot claim to be and 17, till the whole 800 houses adinit than the silent version was
berg as well as with other Ger- a meeting of the Apostolic order, have been built. favoured by the fret that it well-
mana in public life.
it is held, since only Diocesan shown first and that the "talk"
With regard to the loan which The first defendant was de: M. Polneare says that the Ger- Bishopa are admitted to its coun-it is proposed to obtain from was in English, but they come to tasted and the following morning in Ambassador seemed to think cile, nor can it claim to their conclusion independently of the other two-defendants went to the matter of very
aGovernment, it is the hope of the slight con-synod of the Church, since the organisera to be able to perunde these circumstances. Several of the Police Station and they were sequence. This will be the judg- Bishops do not come attended by Government to them observe that the sound! mere-arrested on the complaint of the munt of all men possessed of the representative clergy of
relax, in the I served to hinder the flow of the Toki of the pirated junk who said reasoning 'faculty.
their society's favour, its rule of grant. action, and to give to otherwise that they were two of the rubbers.
ing loans of only 66 per cent of the value of the property, and it stirring scenes an impressión or It was rather complicated af- length which induced boredom,
fuir, commented the prosecutor.
is hoped that the Government will make this concession in view of the benefit" which will thereby accrue to a deserving section of the public-Straits Times.
SILENT FILM V "TALKIE."
W
BERLIN TEST OF BRITISH
course,
VARIANTS.
for the "talkic."
i
matter of fact He did not even make a report of the occurrence to the Police,
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It was from the Toki, who was
Accomer Accused,
Mr. Lo remarked that he was not very clear and asked if the first defendant had originally made a complaint of having beún robbed and was later accused by the same men whom he alleged had robbed him.
Need of New Technique. One critte roundly characterises the sound version as "the late.. invention working, with methods long obsolete in the theatru." A other probably strikes at the root of the matter when he says, Th silent version of the film is in 1
Detective Sub-Inspector Dor- out, respecta superior to the talking: ting: That's how it works
is more compact and mare artialle.
Yes,
After a short consultation with
The sound imports disturb Sch-inspector Hopkins, Detective effects without otherwise adding
Sub-Inspector Dorling said that
any valuable artistic qualities the two men had met a detective But that, of course, is no. CO
and told him that they had a man
demnation of the sound film, in in their custody. They alleged general, which can achieve quite that this man was one of the rob other purposes than nærely to immbers but he had since escaped. part dialogue and sound to the They were taken to the Station and silent Bl.
it then turned out that they were
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"The sound dim must aim at the men who were supposed to artistic effects of its, own, ruch | have robbed the first defendant, 1.8 the enhancing of reality | One of the two men then accused through emotional singing and the first defendant of being forth, if it is to enrich the silent robber. Alm. The world of the ailent Gini The prosecutor described the unusual Itself signifies the idealisation affair as being rather reality, out of which we are rudely and said that as far as he could torn when these dumb figures suri.make it out all parties with the denly begin to ëmit broad exception of the master lind been Cockney."
Hiving in Cheung Chau and had met one another very often. He
more
It may be added that the critics thought it was only fair to say unanimously preferred the Ger that if the defendants had "enme man orchestral accompaniment of across" with a little money there the silent film to the music ineer would have been nothing porated in the sound version. A gaid about the incident. for the film itself, apart from pre- The case arose out of the smugi blems of sound and silence, the gling of salt but that there had crities are not impressed by the been a robbery the officer did not story, though they tend to allmire doubt but for the moment he
Mr. Hitchcock's production, which could not say how each person one of them suya, somewhat con- was implicated. descendíngly, shows that the Bri- The master of the junk was call- tish film industry, though younged and described the robbery. (intens), is "coming on."
The case was adjourned,
DOLA NA SEDUCE SIC REG U S.PATIONE.
"S'funny, I've always been able to handle It. by myself
before."
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