BOY, KITE AND A POLICEMAN.
SUMMONS FOR UNLAWFUL FLYING!
A MERE PASTIME.
GERMAN NATIONAL
HOLIDAY.
HOW IT WAS OBSERVED IN CANTON,
Canton, Aug.11. The eleventh anniversary of the establishment of the Constitution of Weimar was celebrated here by
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1930.
MANY INJURED IN LORRY CRASHES.
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pany were quickly on the job to ef- fect repairs and guard against any dangerous contingency arising from the damage.
Second Mishap.
SEQUEL TO JUNK TRAGEDY.
FERRY COXSWAIN, ON A
NEW CHARGE.
person
JEWISH LIBRARY
GROWS.
SHELVES AT JERUSALEM FILLING UP.
MANY RARE BOOKS.
volumes, over 200,000 of them al- Nearly a quarter of a million ready catalogued are now on the
shelves of the Jewish National and University Library, which has benefited greatly during the last year through gifts from its friends in many parts of the world,
pro
The charge of manslaughter, preferred against To So-tai, the coxswain of a Cheung Chau ferry The driver of the lorry was the launch which is said to have col- the German community in the us only occupant at the time, and helided with a junk off Green Island A peculiarly worded summons unl pleasant way.
escaped without any injury. The in the early morning of July 24th. was mentioned before Mr. Lindsell At 1.30 am. the Acting Consul-vehicle was subsequently taken to resulting in the death of a Chinese at the Central Magistracy this General for Germany, Mr. G. A. the Central Police Station.
male child aged one year, was thorning when a small boy, Chang Sakowsky, was "At Home" at his
withdrawn by Mr. Kit-chee, was accused of "unlaw-residence at Yib Sha Tau, Canton.
Somerset Five were injured, of whom two Fitzroy, the Public Prosecutor, at fully flying a kite."
Amongst the many notable persons became hospital cases, as the result the Kowloon Magistracy this His Worship intimated that the attending the reception were His of the other accident, which oc- morning, and another charge summons was something new to Excellency, General Chan Ming- curred within half-an-hour of the under the Merchant Shipping Act blm.
The Governments of Australia, shu, Civil Governor of Kwangtung, first, at that end of Hollywood Road of 1894 was substituted, The prosecuting officer explain- General Auyeung-kue, Commission which joins up with Queen's Road
The new charge was
India and Czechoslovakia that ed that the defendant had been er of Public Safety, Mr. Lam Wel West past the Chinese Recreation charge of a vessel which was in Three cases of books, which the
accused, being the
in among the latest to send gifts. flying a kite at the junction of Koi, Mayor of Canton, Admiral Chan Ground. Mosque Street and Robinson Road Chak Commander-in-Chief of the and had allowed it to come in con- 4th Naval Squadron, (Kwangtung cumstances as is in the first is pre- and her passengers such assis-in a letter, the committee of the combination of cir collision with another vessel, fails librarian of the Parliament of the tact with the telegraph wires, Provincial Fleet), representatives sented by this second affair, these
ed to render to the other vessel Commonwealth of Australia states while it had almost broken a wia of the Military, Naval and Air being a sloping roadway, which was them from danger caused by the dicate its interest in and sympathy tance as was practicable to save library desires to donate "to in- dow of a house in the district. Bureaux of Kwangtung, members of rendered slippery by the preceding His Worship intimated that the the consular Body, Mons. A. C. E. shower and causing the lorry con-
collision.
with the development of your WAB brought under Braud, Commissioner of the Chin-cerned, a Public Works Department
Sreat national undertaking," con- Section 3, sub-section 16 of the ese Maritime Customs, Mr. V. W. 3ton Dennis, to skid and get out
tain a complete set of the His Summary Offences Ordinance Stapleton-Cotton, Commissioner of of control. which prohibits the playing of the Chinese Post Office, Mr. R. D.
torical Records of Australia, and games or pastimes to the annoy- Walcott, Commissioner of the Salt was proceeding down the slope and
a set of the Commonwealth. Par- As in the other case, the lorry
liamentary Hansards from 1924 to anco of any inhabitant
Gabelle, the Captain and officers of had reached within thirty feet of
date, pedestrian.
officers of the U.S.S. Helens, the Queen's Road West, when the acci-the defence, asked for a discharge H. M. S. Seamew, the Captain and the bottom, at the junction with Captain and officers of H.IJ.M. dent occurred.
Mr. Hin-shing Lo, appearing for
ese and foreign friends. gunboat Uji, and many other Chin-
on the count of manslaughter, un with that charge. the Crown was not proceeding
summons
or
His Worship-Is flying a kite game or a pastime? Who was annoyed, anybody?
Prosecuting Officer:-No, your Worship.
His Worship:-No one WAS Well then where are annoyed? your complainants?
Prosecuting Officer:-According to the Ordinance a person is not allowed to fly a kite or allow it to come in contact with telegraph
wires.
His Worship:-Tell me where that is. There's nothing of that in the section you use. Where can I find that? Where do you get the idea that flying a kite is air offence?
Mr. G. A. Sakowsky in a very impressive speech proposed the tcast of "The President" which was well honoured by all present.
The same.
Eye-witnesses who saw the ac- cident, from shops across the way stated that the lorry was going dawn at a cautious speed when it suddenly skidded and swung right
across the street.
Fire Knocked Down.
The Magistrate: I think I have got no jurisdiction for trying this case under the Merchant Shipping
why you should not refer it to Mr. Fitzroy--I see no reason
the Marine Magistrate.
Act.
and remanded accused on the new The Magistrate accordingly dis- charged the defendant on this.
charge to appear before the Marine Magistrate within 24 The same bail, $1,000, was
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community
From 12.30 pm. the German were "At Home" to their many friends at the Tengshan Garten Klub: a very enjoyable re-ese who were standing under the fixed.
It dashed into a group of Chin-hours.
ception was held at which the Ger- wall of the Chinese Recreation their great hospitality. Our Own, were unable to skip out of the way man community once again proved Ground, knocking down five who Correspondeat.
in time.
The driver appears to have re- gained control at this stage and to have steered the vehicle back again
where it carried on unul finally brought to a halt at the bottom of the slope,
The prosecuting officer men- AIR COUNCIL CHANGE. into the middle of the roadway, LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOOKS
tioned that it was contained in the Ordinance but when asked he was unable to find any reference to kite flying.
His Worship-It is very hard to convince me that a small boy flying a kite in the Chinese neigh bourhood is annoying the in- habitants. It is a pastime flying a kite.
I have never heard of such a casC. Dismissed:
$50,000 LOAN CASE.
EVIDENCE REGARDING THE FIRMS.
Court
When the $50,000 loan case was resumed in the Supreme this morning, before the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp), Mr. H. G. Sheldon, counsel for plaintiffs, called further evidence relating to the positions of the several firms concerned and with regard to book entries.
Asked what the relationship was between the Kung Yuen and the Hop Wo, a witness said the firms were run by the same partners. The Hop Wo looked after property be longing to the Kung Yuen, The Nam Loong firm of Saigon was also owned by the same partners and ex- ported rice to Hongkong.
Witness further said that the transactions in question would not be found in the books of the Hop Wo or the Nam Loong, as all trans-, actions between partners shown in the Kung Yuen books only. An accountant of the Lau Kwong Yu Tong referred to his books, and stated that the $50,000 was bor rowed and repaid. He said that first defendant had never inspect- ed the books and no-one had inspeet cd them on her behalf,
The case is proceeding.
were
ITALIAN SHIP ON FIRST VISIT.
THE CARIGNANO ARRIVES FROM TRIESTE,
RETIREMENT OF SIR JOHN HIGGINS.
In
AHEAD,
reading of a Bill to amend Telephone Ordinance, 1925,
The Hon. Attorney General, at] Of the five people injured, two tomorrow's meeting of the Legis were in a serious condition and were lative Council, is to move the se- London, Aug. 12. removed by the police to the Gov-cond that Air Vice-Marshal Dowding, but a short distance away from the
The Air Ministry announces ernment Civil Hospital, which is the now Air Officer Commanding the scene of the accident. They were: Fighting Area of the Air Defence Yeung Chi (45), a Chinese male, of Great Britain, has been who was injured in the right arm appointed Member for Supply and and leg; and Research on the. Air Council, in -place-of-Air Marshal Sir John Higgins, who has been placed on the Retired List. at his own request.-British Wireless.
[Air Vice-Marshal Dowding has commanded the Fighting Area since last year. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1900, the Royal Flying Corps in 1914 and the Royal Air Force in 1918. He served in the European War from 1914 to 1919, being mentioned in
awarded despatches C.M.G. decoration. From 1926 to 1923 he was Director of Training at the Air Ministry,
and
the
Chan Pat-yung (17), a female; living at No. 80,- Queen's Road West, who was gravely injured in the abdomen and face.
The police are making full en- quires into, the circumstances at tending these two serious mishaps,
CHAPMAN DROPPED.
official publications of various has been received a number of Government departments, a series of annual reports entitled "India" and a collection of books Indian law.
From the Indian Government
Welcome Additions.
on
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovakian Govern ment sent a collection of moderu Czech literature, translated into various European languages.
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ed the largest number of donors. From Cincinnati the library has received about 400 books from the collection of the late Prof. David Neumark The parents of the Iate Nathan Fechheimer have donated a shipment of books in memory of their son.
About 5000 volumes have been added to the library by the be- quest of the late Rabbi Louis Grossman. It consists of a collec- tion of books on pedagogy and related subjects, and includes al- most the entire output of German pedagogical literature of the last 30 years.
General will move that Clause
Committe, the Attorney in the amending Bill be deleted and the following clause substi- tuted therefore:-33A, Whenever
A most welcome addition to the any system of wireless telephony shelves of the library is a remark established in the Colony, the able collection of 1500 volumes be company shall, if so requested by queathed by the late Dr. Chaim the Government, permit its system Spivak of Denver. In addition to of telephony to be connected there- large number of old Hebrew with on such terms as the Govern-Works, it includes rare editions of or-in-Council, after discussion with edition of the Bible and Prayer
old books in Yiddish and" the company, shall consider reason Book translated into Yiddish. able."
WATER LEVELS.
ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
the Kwangtung River Conservancy The following table, issued by
Commission, shows in English feet the water levels on the West River, North River and River, on the dates named:
East
Aug. 11 Aug. ‘12
21.9 7.4
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L. Ames, Ames is a versatile player in Air Marshal Sir John Higgins the hey-day of his youth who is has been Member for Supply and not only a smart wicket keeper but Research on the Air Council since a prolific scorer. In 1928 he had 1026. He entered the R.A. in an extraordinary season. Not 1895, served in the South African only did he score 1,666 runs for War (despatches and D.S.0.), and Kent, including 200 against Sur in the European War from 1914 rey at Blackheath but he broke to 1918 (despatches and Colonel), a wicket keeping record previously He was Air Officer commanding held by Fred Huish. During that the forces in Irak- from 1924 to season, Ames, catching 69 and 1926.]
stumping 52, got 121 victims, but in 1929 he improved on these figures with a total of 127 victima, The highest levels on record are: 79 caught and 48 stumped, -Shiuhing, 41 feet; Tsingyuen, Between these two perfor-29.2 feet; Samshuf, 27.3 feet, mances was sandwiched a visit to Sheklung 16.5 feet. Australia with the M.C.C. team The lowest level on but mainly owing to the coneis- Samshut is minus 5 feet and at tency of Duckworth and to an in- Sheklung minus 2.7 feet. jury on the eve of the last Test,
CAROLINE HILL.
QUESTION REGARDING. ITS
FUTURE.
Shishing Tsingyuen Samshui Sheklung
13.2 4.5
12.7 4.2
record at
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German's Gifts.
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Dr. Emanuel Hertz of New York, already a generous donor of over 10,000 volumes, recently pre- sented the library with 220 books numismatics, about 200 volumes of fire old editions of classics, and many valuable addi- teenth century works. tions of sixteenth and seven-
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Dr. Gustav Bradnt of Berlin gave many gifts to the library, and bequeathed to it his own pri vate collection.
Friends of the Hebrew Univer- Jity in London, Copenhagen, Kishine, Prague, Riga, Rome, Warsaw, Vienna and Zagreb have sent valuable collections on avery conceivable subject.
The Rev. M. L. Maxwell of Jerusalem, on behalf of the Lon- don Jews Society, donated a col- lection of 2,000 volumes, which includes many important works, mostly on natural history, among them-complete editions of seven- teenth and eighteenth century classics in philosophy and natural
history.
FINE TO SHOWERY,
At to-morrow's meeting of the he did not take part in a repre- Legislative Council the Hon. Mr. sentative encounter. Ames was a R. H. Kotewall will ask:
Mr. Cheung Kok-chor is holding "With reference to the Report member of the M.C.C. team that a Pictorial Art Exhibition at of the Playing Fields Committee and there he had an opportunity Voeux Road Central) from August recently toured the West Indies Queen's Hotel, 1st floor, (Des dated the 20th January, 1938, of exploiting his twin powers. which was published as Sessional has played in professional foot to 10.30 p.m. each day. Admission He 15th to August 17th, from 11 am. Paper No. 2 of 1930 and laid be- ball for Folkestone and Clapton will be free. Mr. Cheung Kok- fore this Council on the 19th June, Orient. He made his debut with chor is a well-known Cantonese 1930, will the Government
The Royal Observatory reports what decision, if any, it has come Kent in 1926 when he succeeded artist of the pure Chinese school that the typhoon passed to in regard to Caroline Hill, the Jack Hubble as wicket keeper. In and most of his works proposed sale of which was not last seasor's match with Surrey
were Nagasaki yesterday afternoon.
that Committee?"
state
near
China. The local forecast is:- SW, or variable winds, moderate; fine to showery.
Singapore on August 7, the Italian
Leaving Trieste on July 1 and concurred in by four members of at the Oval he scored 109 and 99 done during his residence at Lo It continues to move. northward. He was born at Elham on Decem-Shan, Kiukiang, the delightful A depression is central over S.W. steamer Carignano, with a crew of
ber 5,1905.
summer resort. The majority of 39 Europeans, consisting mostly
his landscape exhibits are attrac- of Italians, arrived in port at day-
tive views of Lo Shan and Kuling. light to-day on her first visit to Hongkong and was made fast to Kowloon Wharf.
Formerly named the War
SHANGHAI STRIKE
SETTLED.
C. W.. L. Parker. Parker is one of the wise old heads of the Gloucester team. He is an accomplished spin bowler
A month's imprisonment was On his appearance before. Mr. who at the end of the 1926 season Whyto-Smith this morning, Lee this morning imposed on a Chinese capturing 200 or more wickets for with disorderly conduct yesterday, Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy the fourth time in his career. He played for England against Aus prisonment,
was sentenced to seven days' im-on a charge of stealing $3 from a trália at Manchester in 1921 and said the defendant had come to having been previously banished] Sergeant Barnicle marine store dealer. He admitted It was reported last night that was on the verge of being chosen Hongkong from Canton on August for larceny. Soc. Anon, Lloyd, who are, the the French tramway strike had again during the 1926 tour but the oth, and there was no place for present owners of the vessel. been settled and that work would
Registered at
be the
resumed this .afternoon.- Carignano has a length of 400 Our Own Correspondent.
Pigeon, the Carignane is a steel, screw steamer of 5,369 gross ton- TRAMWAY WORKERS RESUME created a new bowling record by Hing, a beggar, who was charged who appeared before Mr. Whyte
nage and 3,230 nett tonnage.
She was built in 1918 by Ropner
and Sons, Ltd. at Stockton and
later passed into the hands of the
Genoa,
fect, a beam of 52.4 feet and a depth of 28.4 feet. Her engines were installed, by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and are capable of developing 490 N.H.P.
TO-DAY.
-Shanghai, Aug. 13.
honour was denied him.
Parker is at the head of the him in the Boys Club or the
As the result of protracted bowling average table for this sea-
Catholic Industrial Home. The Bon. Up to July 21 he had taken Magistrate, remarking that if he negotiations, merchant seamen will 12 wickets for 1,003 runs, his was sent back to Canton he would now be able to travel on the rail- matshed in the Shamshuipo die with Warwickshire which finished seven days' imprisonment.
A Chinese who walked into a average being 14. In the match most likely return again, ordered ways at reduced rates. This con- trict and stole a trunk was sen on Monday he took fourteen wie- tenced to two months' imprison-kets for 97 runs and during this
cession has been obtained from the railway companies by the Off- ccra (Merchant Navy) Federation Inspector Marks charged a Chin- who together with the National ment by Mr. Whyte Smith at the season has bowled consistently ese before Mr. Whyte Smith this Union of Seamen and the Wireless At the Kowloon Magistracy to- Kowloon Magistracy this mornwell. He was born at Frestbury morning with the larceny of a Telegraphists' organisation, pressed day, Detective Sergeant Naughton ing.
on October '14,1884.
jacket. The man was arrested by the reasonableness of the matter on charged Chang Tin, engineer on
a constable at the junction of the compatiles. Books of vouchers the steam launch Mitsui, and On arrival in part, the master
Hamilton Street and Canton Road will, be issued to ships, and upon Leung Ngan, seaman on the same of the s.s. Apoey reported to the The annual meeting of the Alice early this morning. He admitted presentation of a voucher at the launch, with the larceny of four Harbour Master that the Lamko Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals stealing the jacket from a hawker's booking office members of all ranks pieces of brass, valued at $20, Light, in Hainan Straits, now is advertised for Friday, August 15 stall. A provious conviction was in the merchant navy will be able from the launch. Both defen- flashes every three seconds instead at noon, in the Board Room of the found against the defendant, and at all times to obtain return tickets dants were sentenced to a months of every 20 seconds as before. Hongkong General Chamber of sentence of four months' hard in at the rate of a imprisonment.
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