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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1930.
CLAIM MADE TO EARLDOM.
STRANGE STORY TOLD IN AMERICAN COURT.
BIGAMY SEQUEL.
Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 18. Pleading that: prison sentence Imposed upon him following hia conviction on charges of bigamy be set aside Dr. Allan Alexander Stirling to-day appeared before the Arizona supreme court. He naked that the sentence be set anide so that he may claim an ouridom which he has
Dr. Stirling read his claims to hav- teg inherited the earldom before
the court.
According to
Dr. Stirling the 16th Earl of the estate he is claim ing died in England in 1928. le said that the Earl'a last will re-
quired that his heira marry with
in a year or be disinherited.
SINGAPORE AERIAL
FATALITY.
CRASH DUE TO ERROR OF JUDGMENT.
INQUEST VERDICT.
CANTON AVIATION
SERVICES.
NEW LINES TO OPEN FROM NEW YEAR'S DAY.
SPLENDID PROGRESS.
the
Singapore Dec. 17.
Canton, Dec. 23. In view of The inquest on Mr. L. F. Willes
the great succesH Johnson, the member of the Singa- registered by the first rogular air pore Flying Club who was killed service in South China, that link- on Dec. 11, when the markine being up Canton and Wuchow, which was flying crashed in the harbour, has been in operation since concluded yesterday.
Ist inst., it has been decided to establish other Bnes immediately. The first of the new airways to. te put in operation will be linking up Swatow and Canton, a distance of 223 miles, which will
of the
one
a
Tho, jury found that death was caused by asphyxla from drown- inherited.ing, due to a seaplane which Mr. Willes Johnson was flying getting Inte a apin through an error of judgment on the part of the pilot, and that the pilot was unable to ex-be inaugurated on the 1st January tricate the machine from the spin next. This will be followed al- most immediately by the establish- ment of an air line linking up intime to avoid the crank,
The jury alan found that the Canton with Hoihow (Hainan machine was airworthy at the time Island) and Pakhol, a
distance accident and that no of 300 miles. blame attached to any member of So Dr. Surling promptly proof the staff of the Flying Club, reeded to marry Miss Elsa Worch Flight.-Lieut. Potter, describing of Sunburst, Montan Later the history of the Bight, said that they separated and he married on Dec. 9. Mr. Willes Johnson had Mias Virginia Hovater, a resident failed in his altitude test through of Arizon De. Striling now landing short of the mark. He claims that bis first wife had been was very keen to try again and previously married and had not had said he bothered to obtain a divorce when succeed next, time. she wed him. Hence, he claimed. Before sending him up witness his Alontan marriage WIR went up with him, giving him Automatically volded anal he is special instructions an how to not a bigamist.
land, and showing him his mark. Mr. Willes Johnson then took over, and made a perfect landing. After that he started solo,
Some Confusing Claims, Dr. Stirling is a former officer on the staff of Genera Pancho Villa, the furned Mexican revolu tionary leader in court to-day he found himself in some difruity his in giving testimony 12 to
lain to the English warldon. 11e
was sure
The fares are calculated on basis of twenty cents
per mile and work out at $22.40 to Wuchow, $60 to $41.60 to Swatow and
When the air lines Hollow, are well established, it is proposed at intermediate to make calls
ALR he would places such Sam-ahul nad Shiuhing on the Wachow line, Walchow on the Swatow line, and Kangmoon and Kwang Chow Wan on the Hothow line.
Pructival instruction on how to get out of a spin was sot given at the club members were only told what to do in such an eventuality. Practical instruction used to be
וויז'ן
aid that the 13th Earl of the line the Dot it was discontinued as
he claims was Viscount Canada. Then, under examination, he ad-. mitted that the earldom he claims was abolished in 759, A.D. But, and the witness, it was restored 150 years later.
Under subsequent examination Dr. Stirling testifled that his grandfather and not his father was an Earl. He claimed that the entire estate had been boquenthed to him,
Dr. Stirling's father, he claimed, came to the United States during America's civil war. Later, he
said, he went to New Zealaod as a
phystelam "I was born aboard ship en route to New Zealand," Dr. Stirling told the court to-day, "I also am a physician."
As the evidence progressed the court and newspaper reporters be gan to become almost as confused as the witness. They hope some time, to learn just what English estute Dr. Stirling is claiming.
SUGAR MARKETS.
THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.
The following enhled rotations at the close of the sugar markets yesterday have been received by Messrs. Pentreath and Co.1--
London Terminals,
March 1931 G/-%1⁄2 up 11⁄2d. May 1931 6/2%1⁄2 up 1⁄4d. August 1931 6/5% no change. December 1931 0/9% no change.
pt.
certificate of airworthiness did not cover that.
The instruction at the club was stesigned so as to prevent pupils. getting Into spins or other un
authorised movements.
£800,000 CLAIM.
RUSSIAN ORDERS FOR PRODUCTS OF VICKERS,
rates,
All the air lines will carry mail from the 1st January at the rate Afteen cents per twenty of krammes over the ususi Parcels will also be carried under to weight and certain conditions as size at sixty cents per kilo Wuchow, $1.16 per kilo Swałow
und $1.60 per klle to Hoihow,
trz
All the lines will operate one service each way daily, the follow- ing being the proposed time- table:
Leave Canton 10 .m.. arrive Wuchow 11.30 a.m.
Leuve Wuchow 2 $1,375. arrive Canton 3.30 p.m.
AMUSEMENTS
AT THE
OF HONGKONG.
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY to SATURDAY At 2,30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9.20
All Riotous on the Keaton Front! He tried to douse a sbelļ with a tin cap. It's like try- ing to stop laughing at this war comedy of comedies!
IT'S A RIOT!
In
• Metro
TALKING PICTURE
"Buster
KEATON
the Laugh-Buster
DOUGH BOYS
Leave Canton 8 a.m.. arrive Swatow 11 a.m.
Leave Swatow 1 Canton p..
D.AL..
A.T.
arrive
Arrive
A
Leave Canton 7 Hoihow 11 u.m.
Louve Holhow 12.30 p.m., arrive Canton 4.30 p.m.
Mr. Justice Wright, in the King's
The proposed time-table is ex- Bench Division gave judgment in tremely convenient for passengers : an action which Continental Con- and mails, and the journeys from tractors, Limited, of Central House, Canton to Hoihow, taking at pre- Finsbury-square, E.C.. brought went over three days, will be re- against Vickers-Armstrong. Limit-duced to four hours.--Our O ed. of Vickers House, Broadway. Correspondent. Westminister. claiming commission and damages for alleged breach of agreement in connexion with the supply Russia LO
of armaments and other Vickers products.
MOTOR CYCLING.
It was stated that the three directors of the plaintiff company | ROAD TRAFFIC ACT'S EFFECT were big industrialists in Russia
ON CLUB TRIALS. before the revolution. Their case was that in October, 1925, they
London, Dee. 1. contracted with Vickers. Limited,
On Saturday evening some 350 to obtain orders for the sale to members and guests of the Motor Russin of certain Vickers products, Cycling Club held their 24th an and that, subsequently, the agree-nual dinner at the Connaughi ment was varled to include arma- Rooms under the chairmanship of ment products and to extend Mr. J. Van Hooydonk, one of the Vickers's subsidiary companies.original eight motorista who They niso said that on the forma- founded the club in 1901. tion of Vickers-Armstrong they Although not referred to public- agreed to act for that companyly in Mr. B. Marians' speech toast- under the same terms as they were Ing the continuous success of this working for Vickers. Limited.
popular car and moter-cycle club They claimed that 2800,000 was with its 1,200 members, many at due to them as commision.
those present wondered amongst themselves how, this and
other
The defendants denied that the agreement was extended to include armaments or varied as alleged by the plaintiffs.
New York Terminals.
Mr. Justice Wright said that he March 1981 1.25 up 1 pt.
could not go outside the clear and precise language of the written May 1931 133 up
agreements of October, 1926, and July 1931 140 up 1 pt.
928, and plaintiffs' claim on May, 1928, and September 1931 1.49 up 5 pta.
that lasue therefore failed, December 1930 1.22 up 4 pts.
The defendants, had admitted Java Market,-No change to re-
that their termination of the last port.
breach, agreement constituted. Hongkong Market.-Unchanged, the question of damages in steady.
that respect would be referred to a referee.
R.A.F. PILOT KILLED.
WOMAN EYE-WITNESS'S STORY OF CRASH.
London, Dec. 1.
An R.A.F. neroplane, piloted by
Д
NEW MOTOR-LINER.
SWIMMING BATH AND TENNIS IN 14,000 TON SHIP,
similar sporting organizations would fare under Section 13 of Part 1 of the now Road Trome Act
comes into opera- which now tion. This section states that any person promoting or taking part in a race or trial of speed between motor vehicles on a a public high- way shall be able to
imprison- ment for a term not excceding three months or to a fine not ex- or to both fine and ceeding £50, imprisonment; also, unlesa the Court thinks fit to order other wise, be disqualified for a period of 12
12 months after conviction from
holding or òbtaining a driving
leonce.
The M.C.C. competitions are re- liability trials and in no way speed events, yet they do include ac- celeration tests and hill-climbing. besides asking the competitors to a regular schedule in rate of Dover, Nov. 29.
vel from point to point. The | Flight Lieutenant Douglas Wells
The modern movement towards next of the
the M.C.C. events is Gibbon, crashed. In a field at Pinner Park Farm, Pinner, Middlesex, yes-luxurious equipment in different back on December 28 and 20, in more annual Lendon to Exeter run and ever-increasing speed and terday. The pilot, who Was the
iR nowhere
which some
400 competitors only occupant, was killed, and the modes of transport
This will aeroplane was wrecked.
more apparent than in the vessels oxpected to take
► of the great steamship companies be the first competition to be held Mra. Nowell-Uatricke, of Mosa-catering principally for passenger subject to the new Road Traffic
traffic
Act and its regulations. It thus läne, Pinner, who was walking in the held at the time; stated that tho The Royal Netherlands Steam- becomes a most important event as the future well- plane was flying low and circling ship Company, keeping abreast of a precedent for as though the pilot was searching this movement, has built f new being of motor clubs generally if for a landing place. The cogino motor-ship, the Colombia, for the allowed to take place without in- was misfiring badly. The plane' Weat Indies - Spanish service, ferference.. then ran into a thick belt of fog which has just arrived at Dover was lost to view for a few on the first stage of the vessel's seconds..
maiden voyage. Shortly after it came In sight agals, it swerved and turned up side down. It continued for some yards in that position and then nose-dived to the ground, bounce!
with Its nose buried in a water- logged part of the field.
and
This sccident brings the number of killed in R.A.F. crashes this year
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROY PRANKIAN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria to 68. Hongkonst
The following names of those A remarkable feature of this who sont wreaths were inadvertent is the adapation of a comparatively ly omitted from our report of the small ship to the inclusion of such funeral of the late Mr. A. J. J. equipment as a swimming bath, Brock Florris and George and sports decks, tennis courts, passon family: Mabel and Will; Mr. and
by id as an tay-decks.
goods lifts, and children's Mrs. F. A. Brown, Mr. A. E. Stone.
The Colombia has a displace-Phyllis Komstam, who made her ment of nearly 14,000 tons, Best flm hit in "Murder," has been length of 467 feat, and carries 180 chosen, to take the place of Ursula first-class 70 second-class, and 60 Jeania as Chlos In The Skin third-class passengers,
Game."
BUSTER KEATON
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Cliff Edwards
NEWSREEL
arks
Story by di Brashers and Sidney Lau
3ringto By Richard keharm Dialogue by Al Bambers and Richard Schayer. Matem-Goldwyn-Mayer All- Talking Pictu^g» Diveries Ai Eduré
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