4
# LADY SHOP-LIFTER
SENTENCED.
ORDERED TO PAY A FINE OF $200.
THEFT OF SATIN.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Protection of Birds,
To The Editor of Hangkon!!
Telegraph.}
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17,
Sin-It is very satisfactory to all nature lovers to learn that the Government has taken steps to Convicted of a charge of "shop-guard some of the wild life of the lifting" in respect of 13 yards of Colony against those selfishly seek satin from the Wassiumuill Asso- lug to destroy it. 'mull Silk Store, of Queen's Rand, a respectably-dressed Chinese mar ried woman wis ned $200. two months hard inbour, by Mr. Williams at the Central Police
Court this morning.
Mr. F. C. E. Bendall appeared for the defendant,
ESCAPE AFTER 16 MONTHS.
Continued from Page 1.)
Shung district, they wrote to the Basel Mission "No hope," indient- ing they were in a state of des: pair.
NEW OIL WAR THREAT. MR. CHURCHILL'S
19-YR-OLD SON.
"IF I WERE PRIME MINISTER."
AMERICAN EXPORTERS REGAIN FREEDOM.
Signs are beginning to nceumu. late that the relative harmony which has for some time prevailed among the leading of interests| AMERICAN MEETINGS. may not continue much longer. Grave Hardships.
In Great Britain the recent re-
Mr. Randolph Churchill recent- duction of the price of potely by explained what he would do if he Within a short time, they wore
twopence a gallon reflected
were Prime Minister of England. shoeless and their clothes were price-cutting netivities of a num
I was his first meeting in New worn to tatters, These were not ber of non-combine American gom York, following a short tour of the With all these so-called spiritant renewed, and with the Intense cold panies, notably Texas Oil, Sinclair country, and an adoring crowd of god educational reforms that have to add to their privations, the cap Oil and Cities Service Dill The 2,000, mostly middle-aged women extremely price reduction was a messure of of wealth, hung on every word of of recent years been introduced tives aufferings were
kept fairly self-defence nations of severe. They were Amongst the civilised
by the combines the romantic-looking boy, orator. the world, in it not strange that well supplied in food, being given against this new competition. what should be most important to three meals a day of rice and
One or two elderly men walked The price-cutting by the, nenout in apparent disgual ng Mr. all is not inculcated into the minds pickled cabbage with test, of our children, namely, the love when Mr. Walter developed ma-combine compantes, however, was Churchilt chanted the praises of of nature and all its beauties? We tarin, their position became ex aiready an Indication of a break Imperialism and dendunced the According to the evidence of the have our Bay Scouts. Girl Guides, tremely acute. as no medical aid away from the American Petro "eloppy-minded and mealy-mouth-
Schools. defendant went Sunday
Y.M.C.A.'s, | could be prosecution, the
obtained. For a long leum Export Association, whiched set of sob-stuff politicians who was formed last year to fix Amerlare at present dragging England seriously, but into the shop on Monday last and Y.W.CA.'s, etc., and yet, as far no time he was anked to by shown certain sn be judged. then institutions fortunately, the bandits allowed a can export prices, and had hierte down to the position of a second- In-rate Power, but his feminine terial. Whilst the anosman's, do nothing to promote any apprec- letter to be sent through to the comprised all the exporters.
rapturous- attention was diverted elsewhere, intion or protection to the country-medical mission at Kai Ying, and ternal retail prices in America admirers cheered him the defendant walked out of the side.
mediclues were sent down to the have been falling since the begin-ly.
ning of the year, so that the at shop. One srf the shop-keepers | Trent,
und | stricken man. en be mutilated
Caveled by America, suddenly became suspicions and ruthlessly eut down, except where The captives were only allowed tempt to mainlain artificiily high
Ite overtook her and law forbids, wild birds and animals followed her.
export pricra was necessarily in
"Are there any more, at home the venerable she later produced the satin which, destroyed, without any apparent
danger of breaking down sooner like you?" asked organised protest.
or later, specialy in view of the chairman of the meeting, looking รว abnormal at Mr. Churchill with wondering There are numbers of people who
accumulation The defendant's story was that
world surplus of stocks,
eyes when he sat down after an she had naked permission to
enjoy destroying Hie, if permitted blankets. rx-
to do so. for no other reason than amine a roll of satin ira
The Petroleum Export Associn-hour's speech in which he took the day-
modern world to plcers and put it that they derive selfish satisfaction
tion, which was thus already tot- light and accordingly. wonl
therefrom. Why do BOL Whilmi
parents the entrance of the shop,
Throughout this time the mentoring, his nos formally collapsed, together again according to his
heart's desire. teach their children to admize and
Ived in the hills, making constant and every American exporter bas inspeeling the austerial she pas Н
with forced marches officially regained the liberty ta Woman, who awed her a consider protect the beauties of unture.
af which are God's Rift Teach through the night, Sometimes they determine his own export prives. able sum of money but who
them that trees are not so much had the protection of a Chinese abacumdedi, passing the shop.
rubbish to be cut down wherever i but, but generally were called up infentlant chileil out to the women,
posattoles. It I: not at meorumon on to free the vipours at the wen-l who hastened her step. Farpet
goi thee in the open, or in eaves, the cloth for the moment, the st
with guns, followed by
In
Mr. February, this defensinst went miter dettur around
year. bat a bus prosed For path and then in who delight in gather-
The bandits amit a request for the omas dispared down Chip the dead and wounded birds Kipper was released For $5,000, when shut down. If the people
That the es hating situation will Laing Street The defendant was old only be brought to realise;
uan of $10,000 for "Yend and cloth
The Mission perfused to re-bring altost a fall in the price of Pk 13 to than hot that it will be a far nobler duty
Redused her of theit,
and a fortnight later, with the dread threat if the money is at end, we will send you one cl their heads."
she was carrying.
ht
to see grown men
night, and
one blanket at severely did they suffer from the cold, that the guards took compas. slon upon them, and shared the
Forced Marches,
Women surged forward to shake the hands of this Prince Charm- Statements made by the chair-ink. "Stay heret America needs
yon, * said one of them. ban of the Royal Dutch at Amster day seem to suggest that the price- eatting war 4 cols to extend to the large combinra.
when the vernplannendeure to protect than to destroy, then thy to the request, but a thint de nit a virtual certainly,
The defendant produced diets. menta alowing that she was a Wes man of means.
we should be living in a World
better
A brave man never inflicts suffer In the defencelest whether After hearing the evidetare hke
at bird or animal. Where He Worship and he was satisfied that has to be taken, let it by unly in the defendant was guilty of theite
necessity. When and imposed a fue of SAM, being her first aflene**
*
FOUR GALLONS OF KEROSINE.
BRINGS FINE OF $20 TO BOAT-OWNER
this children are taught to protect and | mngoy the sight of these gifts, then they will grow up to apprecšate the true pys of bie and help to make this money grabbing world of ours plenannter and happier place in which to Hve. Yours, ret,
DEFENDER
A fine of $20 with the alterna. tive of two weeks hard labour was -imposed on an elderly Chinese at The Marine Court by the Hon.
KN Comadr, G, F. Bale,
Thi
morning when a charge of mood ing his bad at Shaukiwan jastewd of at the Dangeroas Goals An- chorage was brought be Spi. Ken- medy.
Sgt. Kennedy, in reply to his Worship, said that defendant hol 1wo two-gallon tus of Kerosine esta board beat, which was made fast alongside others at Shauki Wath
Defendant pleaded guilty to the large but stated that the kerosine He was was for his own Kolng to take them to his lampe in Ha Chuen, which was in Chinese territory, he said.
His Worship remarked that de fendant should have dimera aut time Dangerous Goods Anchorage, and -imposed the above fine,
DEATH AT VICTORIA GAOL
SUGAR MARKETS.
THE LATEST QUOTATIONS.
The following cablul quotations
i
Influenced by the demand, thự Mission set $1,000 for “ Food hist clothing." and the bandits thea began to talk about deliveranen, They came down from their first úpure of $2,000,000 to one of 56,- 190, and for this sum Mr. Kilpper obdued his release.
Last Their Bearings.
Mr. Walter and Mr. Fischl however, remained in captivity, ing shifted from place to place, although all within an area of 15 miles. In the Brat six months Choy estimated that they changed their camp 25 times, whilst during The last two or three months, they were se constantly as the move as to almost lose their bearings.
Just the line they were
at the close of the stund marketsgiving up hope help cane, and
Mr Pentrezil and Company:
on Saturdas have been received be Trumm a most unexpected quarter Mr. Ho Nai-ying, the magistrate of Fumeshun, heard of the plight of the men, asal vowed that he would effect their exrape,
London Terminals.
Mareb 1941 62 dawn d May 19831 6-2 down !, Napust 1921 4-5 down that. December 1933 6-9 down aft
New York Terminals,
March DAL 1.26 down is May 193! 1.9 down 5 pts. July 1925 1,4] down R j49. September 1931 147 down 4 pts, December 1981 1.15 down. # pts. Market optio sery wink, closed steadier.
Micklemmu Employed.
111
over
SUGAR CONFERENCE RESULT.
CONCESSION MADE TO
HUNGARY.
Brussels, Dec. 16. The Sugar Conference has held its last sitting for the purpose of signing the protocol concerning allocation of exporte from European sugar producing countries for the next five years, and decided on the following figures:
Poland, 320,000 tons: Czecho Slovakia 590,000; Germany. 200.- 1000 Hungary 87.500; Belgium
1.500.
"am afrahil I must be home early in the New Year," said the hern modestly.
Who do you think should be header of the Conservative Party 7" demanded an elderly woman in an
ermine wrap.
enurse,
it would not be tactful for me to sar." said Mr. Churchill, with a subtle emite "Of
I have the greatest admiration for Mr. Stanley Baldwin. He shares All the qualities of a suct padding, ts steady, solid, substantial, but as a leader--NO, SIR!"
L'enfant Terrible.
It
This terrible infant from Bri- tain shocked his audience by his Baming audacity, but pleased
If mightily by his personality, anything, he was rather to fent, and his easy mastery of words seemed to give an ackled crudity to the old-fashioned Imperialism he was preaching,
and dushed ·
At one period in his speech, when he was engaged in putting Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in his Thus Hungary's demand for an place. he paused increased quota has been conceded.slightly while the audience laugh- "I thought I detected a de- The Cuban-American delegationed.
ante in that Jangh- subsequently made
statement risive
he said "I would recall that the conference was adjourned sine die in view of exaggerated that my grandfather, Lord Ran
also elaius.
Cubandolph Churchill, who German
delegates 450 guing called a young man in a hurry, American homeward immediately; while Mr. declare that youth in no doubt a Chadbourne will remain in Paris great calamity, and it appears to
excite all till January 5.
the worst passions in I is announced that the Germanshumas nature aman those
no longer possess it." At this all the middle-aged women clapped vigorously.
The
£5,000,000 WORTH OF COCOA BEANS.
The Magistrate envaged a má seman to discover the whereabouts will hold an important conference of the guards, who had so zealously in Berlin shortly. Reuter, held the captivost for many months, and instructed him to win The m/113 their cunfidence.
WHIM singularly sureenstuf
muking Friends with two of the guards, but Dhe third · he found an definitely Communatic, that all hope from London 16 1234 Con trence him was nut of the question. The postponed siner da, probably meet.problem before them was how to [ing early January. Marketscape without the knowledge of
depressed owing to
guard, disappoin the third
Mr. Ho arranged to meet the
HELD UP BY WEST AFRICA FARMERS,
London. Dig 17. "Restriction of output" reached meat no immediate decision. In our opinion it is improbalde Ger The two friendly guards and had by West African native farmers man impasse will be allowed te
a conference with them, the roadt is holding up £5,000,000 worth of 6. p.m. on eacon beans, the farmers refusing destroy scheme and hold optimistic of which was that at
average price view for next two months. Look - December 18th, exactly a werk ngo to accept an For oryants
duetuating market from today, the two missionaries $2 per ton, compared with £40
and the friendly guards, taking the last year, (until conference resamos.
It is learned in London that the Liverpool
of the Gold Coast has sence of the third man, led. Conference apparently broken up
mis-negotiating a settlement.-tenter Magislay expurtable quantity.
INQUEST CONDUCTED THS MORNING.
of
Indulgent Smiles,
Wan
who
it- Discret nughter renewed self namin when the speaker ask ed, "What should have done if I had been Prime Minister of En- Jastid 7
and down, and declaring:
He paused, and poured himself out a glass of water.
The tension grow! "If President Hoover had writ- ten to me asking a Naval Con- should have replied: ference, No, we are very sorry, we don't want a Naval Conference to-day." Ilis audience could not forbear to smile as they watched the pink- faced youth waving bis bunds up
should have told Mr. floover
As Prime Minister, Mr. Chur- chill would
#firm policy was held by Mr. until January, Germany disagree. [ They walked until midnight, intervened with the objeel af
are in India, and in India. tho over hills. passing
We intend to keep it open Sonaries in their bare feet und
civilisation and trade" fattered
garments Andlag
For other world problems, his journey most arduous one. reported the whole story to the They camped out until about Chinese authorities, and later saw pantera was co-operation between o'clock the following morning, the missionaries safely handed a strong Britain and a strong America, "Take the Russian altua- when the guards notified Mr. He over to the American Consul of the success of their ruse.
The two men are now resting at tion!" he said airily. "That could the Basel Mission. Kowloon, and be
on the long-distance Entertained by Magistente.
An enquiry Williams at the Central tracy this morning regarding the death of Lam Fan, alias Lam Kin, onvict at Victoria Giaol, who died yesterday,
The medical evidence showed that the prisoner had been suffer ing from a malady which brought about a considerabh swelling of the abdominal cavity. He had ane time been also. Risen anti-! malarial treatment,
t
A verdict of "death through juraj causes", was returned by the jury in accordance with this evid-
ence.
·
Governor 16/12/30-Sugar opportunity of the temporary ab
FRENCH MISSION
SUMMONED,
CLERICAL ERROR CAUSES ADJOURNMENT,,
1
the
for
are under the care of the Rev. II. in a ten minutes' co-
mem-
all Ruggin
Accompanied by fifty soldiers, Giess, who himself has worked telephone between the President Minister in London. We should Appearing before Mr. Lindsell the rescued men were searted to with the captured men for many in Washington and the Prime
the the house of Mr. Ho in Fungshun, years in the Kai Ying district, in this morning, on behalf of
ing that until they, behaved them- Procureur General of the Procure though this meant another walk Mr. Waller has been there for send a joint Note to Moscow stat
of three miles. Upa Their ar- soventeen years and Mr. Fischle selves as decent, civilised des Missions. Estrangeres in for rival in the district city, they were five years, and both have enjoyed bers, of world society, we should Battery Path, 09 a summons
put an embargo on to abate a nuisance to the demonstratively welcomed by the the trust and friendship of the failure
whent and premines by
Inhabitants, who expressed their people as a whole. the presence of
at the disgraceful ex- This morning, they told our re- At this point An old gentleman stagnant water in the yard at the horror The editor of the Tsin-Pao,
the defendant'a difficulty was in had been forced the missionaries presentative that if the doctor fitting In Yront of me, who looked Peking literary journal, has set rear, Mr. H. J. Armstrong said that periences
reported them sufficiently, 'strong like 1 an example to his Western condeciding where the alleged offence As the guests of Mr. lio, freres which they may care to fol. low when they reject a miserint, was supposed to have taken place, cand men were treated with great in health, they would return to ploded, and walked out.
remarked that kindness. Chinese clothes
to
undergo.
for the
were His Worship
made for them, and shoes sup. He in roturning an article one day sent the author the following from the summons the place of plied. They were entertained for occurrence was apparently 1. Bat- letter, which is reproduer in a
three tery Path, but, on consulting the decided that it was safe
days, after which, it being French
be "Your
completed, the venerated mun-application for the summons,
Magistrate,
accompanied by his script I have read with ravishment mentioned that, owing to a clerical escape to be But if I published it the readers of error, the address of 319, Hen- noluiera, escorted the missionaries amitted, to Blung, the journey being made Tain Puo would Immediately com- nessy Road, had been
It was there that it was alleged mand me to take it in future as model, and nover again have the the audacity to publish anything in stagnate. ferlor
to it.
in chairs. water had been allowed 10 From there they were taken to'|
Chao Chu-fu by motor boat and
an thence on to Swatow, where they
embarked for Hongkong.
Mr. Armstrong asked for "My long experience of literature, adjournment whilst he consuited the summonia 指的 however, convinces me that pearls his clients on
was adjourned
such as your cannot be produced amended. more than onco in ten million years, That is why, &c."
The summons
until next week.
Throughout this time, Mr. Ilo want out of his way to make Mr. Walter and Mr. Fischle happy and comfortable. At Swatow he rat
·
carry on their work in Kai Ying.
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THE
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The prospective Prime Minister recalled with charming candour that in American newspapers he had been described as "an old man
ideas, of 19 with pre-war
As the large audience streamed nway, one of the middle-aged wo men in subles said, "What a hand- some face! What a splendid fore- head!"
"And what a check!" muttered one of the old gentlemen.
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