CAPT. W. T. LILEY GERMAN BUSINESS
LEAVES
LONG ASSOCIATION WITH HONGKONG.
REMINISCENCES OF FIFTY
YEARS AGO.
MASTER OF SUI TAI.
COMMISSION.
SPENDING A BUSY TIME IN CANTON.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL
ANOTHER PRIEST CAPTURED.
FRENCH FATHER SEIZED BY
BANDITS.
OVER 20 OTHERS HELD.
The Very Idea!
There is a rule at Oxford that music is not allowed in some of the colleges between 10 and ono in the morning. The Dean was forced to write to one of the undergraduates who had broken this rule, and sald
Dear Mr., I beg to remind Swatow, April 1.. A raid has been made by hill you of the rule that music is not bandits on a village in the coun- allowed in the college between the For the try lying to the south of Ho-pho. hours of 10 and one. and a Roman Catholic priest, of purposes of discipline I am afraid
I must regard your piano-playing: French nationality, with a con- siderable number of his flock,as music. have been carried off into the hills to the west.
5, 1930.
TO-DAY'S WANTS.
25 WORDS
$1.00,
($1.50 If Not Prepaid.) The following replies have beca received:-
544, 545, 547, 550, 556, 566, 693, 595, 598, 618, 634, 638, 639, 642,. 650, 651.
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NOTED DELEGATES.
Canton, April 4. The German Industrial Delega- tion in Canton are having a very busy time.
To-day they are visiting the Whampoa Military Academy under the guidance of General Wong Keung, in the morn- ing. A luncheon is being given
The chemist had left his new in their honour at the Lingnam
The bandits are remnants of assistant in charge while he went University at Hong Lok, und at lecture
"Anybody been?" he asked 4 o'clock they will give in the Assembly Hall of the Chung disturbing the Hai-Lok Fung dis-on his return.
"Yes," said the youth, a lady' Shan University. Dr. Jur. Wtricts for so long. Recently they Wagner, Consul-General for Ger-
have been confined to the hills wanting something that would and have been in straits for make a dark tablecloth light. food.
aold her some benzine and methy- A band numbering about 200 lated spirit." were operating a short time ago, "But that won't make a dark near Khuc-than, the main town tablecloth light," exclaimed the
road from Swatow to chemist.
With the departure of Capt W. T. Liley yesterday, by the 3.5. St. Albans, bound for Australia, the China Coast has lost one of its outstanding personalities-"a gentleman of
many, will entertain the party the sea" whose association to tea at 5.30 p.m. at his residence with Hongkong dates as farat Yee Sha Tau, and to-night His Excellency, General Chun Ming- back as 1877.
shun, Civil Governor of Kwang tung, will give a dinner at Tei Sze Young at Tung Shan.
Interviewed just before leaving yesterday, Capt. Liley kindly gave a representative of the Hongkong Telegraph a brief outline of his ex- periences during the intervening
years.
It was in the "Seventies" that,
the Communists who have
on the
been out.
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Swabue. The band that made "Oh, won't it?" replied the in-the attack on this village took youth. "Wait until she gets a
away some hundreds of the folk, match near it." including the priest, but sub- sequently set free the majority, still keeping twenty or thirty.)
or to execute in theiri ransom hill fastness.
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Liley became apprenticed to the British Mercantile Marine when "wind-jammers" plied their trade, and for the following ten years he saw service in many a proud sailing ship in the days of the sea trade between Australia and the Far East.
It was in 1877 that Capt. Liley first sailed into Hongkong Har- bour in the sailing ship "England's Glory" a vessel of 900 tons, and in those days "as fine a ship as ever sailed." Kowloon was then but a wild area of virgin country over which sailors were wont to ramble to stretch their legs after the sixty-day voyage from Sydney.
the
Later on Mr. Liley, as he then was, was appointed chief officer of
E. & A. Company's ateamer 8.8. Guthrie, commanded by Capt. Stephen George Green, which steamer was also engaged in the tea trade between China and Australia.
The following well-known. dustrialists comprise the Delega- tion: Director Heinrich Retzman, President of the Industrial Com- mission; Dr. Ing. G. Dettmar, Technical School of Hanover: Dr. Ing. Phil. h.c. Carl Wendt, Director of the world-famous arms manufacturers, Mesara. Krupps of Essen Reichsbahn Oberbaurat Rademacher, chief Engineer of the German
Federal Railways
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Dr. Schippel, Director of the Deutsch Reichsbank; Dr. Jacoby, Director of the Darnstaedter and National
Bank; von Gentard, Director-General of the Associa- tion of Machine Builders; Dr. Strowe, Editor of the Deutsch All- gemeine Zeitung, and Secretary General to the Commission,
It is said that there is no fear for the life of the priest, but the other captives are threatened.
A Roman Catholic village in that district suffered severely two years ago. so much so that the entire village, with the priest, trekked up to Swatow, and were
helped to subsequently abroad,
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It is some time, however, since: such a considerable haul of pri-
been soners has
made in that
afoot part. Our Own Correspondent.
has
Preparations are already in Sanking to receive the delega- tion. A special commission been appointed comprising mem- bers of the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Communications, Finance, Railways, Industry, Commerce and Labour, to look after the delega- tion and to guide them through all
interest in the country.
THE RETURN OF EUNICE.
(Continued from Page 8.)
("Lives there a man with im
thrilled by the sight of the year's first lambs?" asks a writer.)
Breathes there a man with soul
80 dead,
Who never raised his drowsy
head
And scrambled from his cosy
bed
To greet the spring with keen.
ness-
And watch the lively lambkins
sprint
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(A sight to melt a heart of flint) And turn his thoughts
fragrant mint
And peas of mellow
neas?
to
Teacher-"Now, it was in the year 1066 that William of Nor- mandy landed at Hastings. Can any of you tell me anything about this invader?"
A pupil-Yes, mum. He's dead."
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the various industrial points of to showing her the shells, so long A newly-appointed Justice of Germany is expecting consideras he had the eggs. Shells were the Peace was called upon to hear able trade improvement with China easy enough to get. Any of his a case arising out of a motoring as the result of the visit of the friends could provide him with accident. "Where is Mr. So-and- delegation, which is seeking to all the shells he
needed. He So?" he asked severely, get back the China imports, took the plate away and hurried
"He's defunct, your Lordship," especially in machinery, which downstairs to acquaint the other answered the clerk have been tending lately to go to servants with the situation. It
"Defunct
not defunct," the United States and other was agreed by all that the new retorted the new Magistrate, he
mississee was going to be difficult ought to have been here." She would require careful watch- ing.
countries.
It is already reported that an order for one of the world's most powerful broadcasting stations has been placed by the Central Government with the Telefunken
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A ministe was dining at a farmhouse one Sunday, and when his plate of roast chicken was handed to him he said facetiously "This is where the chicken enters the ministry."
After setting the boy and the coolic to work upstairs, Eunice and went down to the kitchen gave the cook his instructions for tiffin. She had brought with her The farmer laughed. "Let's
useful from home a very
book hope," he remarked, "that it will called. "The Housewife's Friend, do better than in lay work." or Menus for the Year," "price sixpence, published by the Daily
JEWEL THIEVES AS "POLICE."
SHOPKEEPER'S STOCK SEIZED.
Rome, Mar. 6. One of the most audacious rob- berica in the criminal annals of Italy was carried out in Rome be- fore noon to-day when two men dressed
carabinieri
officers "requisitioned" the entire stock of a jeweller's shop in the centre of the city and formally "ar- rested" the proprietor on a faked- up charge. Before making off with over £20,000 worth of booty they conducted him to the central police prison of the city and "consigned" him into the custody of the prison authorities.
The two criminals, perfectly dis- guised as a captain and warrant officer of carabinieri, entered the shop armed with false arrest and requisition papers which charged the jeweller with receiving stolen goods. They solemnly took down the jeweller's statement protesting row of Goldiake his innocence, made a complete in- but passengers and ship's com-Distress," and chose the menu for contents. A pany were able to reach land luncheon for that day of the tins at the top of a back shelf ventory, which they asked, the safely, the weather being quite year. There was method about mystified her somewhat.
jeweller to sign, and gathered up Waiting For Tea Cargoes.
fine.
Eunice. The cook put on his hat One contained cocoa powder, the precious stock into boxes, which Later on, after another spell a bowler-that Kuttle had dis- another coffee, and one was full they firmly sealed. On one occasion, in the year of
and toddled off of tea. Two of them held liquida They then put their "prisoner” out East, he returned to Australia carded long ago, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee,
into a public taxi and drove with given an appointment to market. As soon as he had which she sniffed carefully. Capt. Liley has vivid recollections and was
"Ah, I thought so! Whisky! him to the prison of Regina Coeli- of his ship lying at the Pagoda with the Howard, Smith Company, turned his back, Eunice began her Anchorage, Foochow, for six and in fifteen months rose to com- inspection of the kitchen. It was Gin!" These were evidently the the Pentonville of Rome. Produc- filthy, of course. All bachelor's cooks little squeezes. There was ing forged arrest papers to the wecke, awaiting a cargo of taa. mand the s.s. Gambier, then
never method about the cook too." Had official in charge at the receiving It was at that time that he first important passenger steamer er- kitchens are. Kuttle had
from been in the kitchen but once in he been at an English Public office, the false captain handed over saw the s.8. Changsha, then on Kaged on the coastal trade her maiden voyage, lying in com- Adelaide to Townsville. In 1889, all his time in Chaomoy, and that School, "Paulatim" would have his distracted victim to the unsus-
had been at two o'clock in the been his motto. other Capt. Liley opened the foreign number of
Eunice made 4 tiny mark pany with a
firm in the morning on an occasion when he steamers, including several Blue trade for the same Funnel vessels, each waiting to hess. Time, voyaging again to the was returning from a poker party against the level of the contente up- of each tin. She would come Far East. In 1892, he joined the and could not find his way"
Eunice opened again to-morrow and stairs unaided.
what Victorian Pilots' Service, at Port
(To be continued next Saturday.) Melbourne which is considered very tin and every bottle in the had happened. the "blue ribband" of pilotage place and carefully examined the work. This particular service is
laden with tex.
Capt. Liley's life has been sin- gularily free of excitement. Pirates roamed the China Sea in those days in a greater number than they do to-day, but none of the
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famous for the fact that it owns
ships on which he served was its own vessels, wharves, godowns
victimised. It ever dinner aboard
was
Muster of s.8. Suf Tai.
after and residences, and those appoint- a Christmas ed to it are considered to be ex- night in the "Seventies" that a tremely fortunate. fire was noticed in Hongkong, and as it assumed huge proportions, Capt. Liley landed with another youngster, and beheld the greatest spectacle created by fire that he has even geen.
Reaching the age-limit in the year 1921, the call of the sea was too insistent to allow him to take his well-earned retirement, with The whole of the town appeared the result that be accepted the to be blazing, and the high wind command of another coastal probably accounted for the spread- steamer. After a period of this ing. What is now the Central work, he again came East, and in District, in those days formed the 1925, joined the Hongkong, Can- main part of Hongkong, and the ton and Macao Steamship Com- whole area was alight. For near-pany, being given command of the ly four days it burnt furiously, a.s. Sui Tai, of which he remained ard parties from naval ships in the popular commander until he harbour and from the military relinquished his charge on March fought the fames for day and 29th. in order to return to Australia night uncensing. Parties of an retirement. sailors were to be seen pulling Among other reminiscences, down buildings in order to stop Capt. Liley recalled to mind, a the path of havoc, although when particularly severe typhoon at many the conflagration ultimately burnt Hongkong in 1874, when itself out, Hongkong presented a vessels foundered and much loss sorry sight.
of life occurred, as well as ex- tensive damage to property Wrecked on a Reef.
ashore. At that time the greatest Kennedy Road was then the admiration and wonderment were the favoured district, and residences aroused in the presence in
"two tremendous on the Peak were unknown. A harbour of foot-track wound its way as far as steamers" the s.8. City of New Kennedy Town to the west and an-York, and the s.s. San Francisco, other as far as what is now Talkoo, paddle-wheel steamers of 5,000 to the east. At that time, Sir tons. John Popo Hennessy Governor of Hongkong.
Was the Captain Liley's familiar and gen- ial presence will be missed by a host of friends who wish him and Mrs. Liley many years of well- earned rest at their home Melbourne, Australia.
In 1881, whilst on a voyage to Australia as paesegner in the Brisbane, Capt. Liley was wrecked on a coral reef near Port Darwin,
near
Bee
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"Great drawing, Mac; you certainly are up on men's fashions.
pecting prison authorities, and, after getting a receipt for him, the two pseudo carabinieri decamped with the loot.
The evident sincerity of the victim's protest of innocence led to a closer scrutiny of the arrest papers, and irregularities were soon discovered which revealed the hoax.
The whole detective force was soon at work, and to-night the police have had the satisfaction of arresting the false captain.
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