VESSEL MYSTERY
SOLVED.
LAUNCH'S DISTRESS SIGNALS AFTER GROUNDING.
SINCE REFLOATED.
How a report came to be circul- later on Tuesday evening to the effect that a, ship was in distress in the vicinity of Capsuimun Pase was explained this morning when Tung Chung, the coxswain of the
steam taunch Hot Or reported to the Harbour Office that his launch went ground whilst bound for Tranwan:
It will be recalled that the Har boar authorities were notified that distress signals had been seen at Capauimun on Tuesday evening, and as a result the rescue tug Kau- sing was sent out,
FINE VIENNESE
ORCHESTRA.
NEW ATTRACTION AT THE EUROPE HOTEL
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931.
Fram March lat, the Europo Hote, Singapore, have enjoyed the services of Mr. Robert Dreacher's Viennese Orchestra which has come to Singapore with a high re- putation for providing good music.
1
THE PERJURY CASE
CONTINUED.
QUERY ON STAMP OFFICE DATING.
WITNESS DESIRED.
The case in which Fauja Singh is charged with perjury was cons tinued before Mr. Justice Wood sions this morning, when and a jury at the Criminal Ses-1
GENERAL BAIRD KILLED.
ABRUPT ENDING OF TRIAL.
SECRETARY OF CARLTON CLUB
London. Feb. 21. Brigadier General Alexander Walter Baird, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.D., Becretary of the Carlton Club, Pall Mall, London, was killed in a motor colllalou on the main London road Basingstake and Win- between cheater last night.
A woman passenger, who had his not been identified up to a late hour
The matter arose on examina-
condition.
Baird
PRISONER CHANGES PLEA AND ADMITS GUILT.
GETS THREE YEARS.
An-1
The story of how alx men as- saulted the woman occupant of Mr. Drescher, himself a violinist,
11, Peel Street, with intent to rob is well known in the musical
her, and how their plan falled by world. The son of the famous
reason of an early alarm being Australian conductor, he provided Lordship expressed n desire to last night, was seriously injured. given, was told at the Criminal the musle at some of the leading
have witness called from the She was taken to the Royal Hamp. Sessions this morning, before Mr. hotels in England for many years. Stamp Offlee to give evidence with shire County Hospital at Win- Justice Lindsell and a jury, by While in Vienna he received tan regard to the stamping of promis-chester, and is in an unconscious Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith.
The case silver medal of the Royal Victoriansory notes.
concerned Chan Cheung, alias. Lam Brigadier-General Order from King Edward VIL
was Yu, the indictment against him For the last year and a half the orchestra has played at the Mouni tion of certain promissory notes driving his car, and had passed a being that on January 22, this Lavinia Hotel, Colombo, and has produced by Mr. F. C. Jenkin, who, stationary steam threshing tackle, year, together with five other per-
came into head-on sons unknown, he assaulted 11 been exceedingly popular. ita instructed by Mr. J. M. D'Almada when the car
Remedios, is defending accused, collision with a motor-coach travell. So with intent to rob her.
ing in the opposite direction, The used, who was alleged to have On arrival at rhythm for dancing and ds manchen
Mr. Remedios, giving Capsulman, the Ransing could and r of rendering music freedence, testified that he signed car was so badly damaged that it been one of the men, denied the
serious nature being much almig ***
charge. no sign of any vessel in distress,
certain dates, could not be removed bodily. certain notes on
-General Baird was placed on the est. and after cruising aground for a
while the dates put on at the! Before the retiring Governor, Offre were diferent dates, roadside, but died within half an while, she returned to harbour.
without regaining conscious Sir Herbert Stanley, left Ceylon, | River steamers passing through his private Secretary wrote to Mr. his Lordship and he would like It was in this connexion that
The front of the motor-conch Capsnimum were also notified of
Drescher as follows: Sir Berto hear a witness from the Stamp was damaged, and the occurrence and asked to kerbert desires me to tell you that Office, and Mr. Somerset Fitzroy,
four or five
remarking that it WAN a serious matter, Balde he would try arrange for such a witness to be
hour
In outlining the case for the Crown, Mr. Whyte Smith told the Jury they would hear evidence to the effect that necused called on about January 10 to empire anout renting n cubicle which had been
over price, he left without any business being done, but January 22, he returned, and when the door was opened by the amali, he walked in with five other men.
a look-ut, but, as far as can be Lady Stardey and he have appre prosecuting for the Crown, after passengera received minor injuries advertisel. After some haggling
gathered, nothing was seen by any Yesnel.
riated very highly the pleasure which your orchestra has given throm, both in their own house and
sewhere, when vor have played, called.
It aptram from the cuxswain's story that the 11 On weat aground at a spot running befor them. ET 2 Everlening from the foresbare at a joint on Ching Hue Island to the north of So Kum Tan village. This happen ed at about 9 pan, and, arenrding to the coxswain, it wnA raining heavily 014! the sen WIN Veev rough.
Witness said he slanted a note krown that the music-loving public for $10 on September 29, 1930. of Colombo has greatly injuredite also wrote the note on that the opportunity of hearing such date and when he did so the rud good artists, and that all the very
His stamp was already afflsed. many hundreds who have danced | Lordship pointed out that the date, to your playing will jong rememlas i on the stamp was October 21. you and the other members of your † 1939.
There were allogether 10 menarchestra with gratitle" on the Hoi On which was not carry- ing any enrgu. Distress signals were sent out when the crow dia. covered that they could not get the launch off. Those signals were no- ticed and Hongkour Wig in- mediately communicated with.
The owners of the Hol On sent out another vessel yesterday to get her off, and this was accomplished at high tide at night.
The Hai Or has now returned, and an examination has revealed that she has not been ellettavril,
JAPANESE NAVAL
VISIT.
TRAINING SQUADRON ARRIVES IN PORT.
Vice-Admiral M. Sakonji, the Commander-in-Chief
nf
the Japanese Training Squadron. arrived in port yesterday on board the flagship Yakun, which was accompanied by
warship Inazum He visited His Excel lency
the Governor yesterday
enrry 18
morning and Sir William Peel, in made an inspection of the
ships. The two Vessels cadets who are making a training cruise through the China ports and as far as India. Three han louds of the cadets tunde a sight. seeing tour through the Colony yesterday.
The cadets left Yokohama on March 6, and visited Formosa before caming hers. Areording to the Japanese Consul, the ships will not leave here until March 20.
A dinner was held last wight at the flongkong Hotel, given by the Japanese Consul, Mr. Yoshida, Among the guests were:-HE. Vize-Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, HE. Major-General 3. W. Sandi- lands, the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Commodore A. H. Walker, Hon. Sir Shou-sou Chow, Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall and members of the Consular body.
EMPIRE PROSPERITY.
SIR ROGER KEYES CONFIDENCE.
Portsmouth, Feb. 15,
Presiding at Portsmouth Bro. therhood meeting this afternoon Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Koyen took Kipling's "Recossional" as the text of a message which he gave to the Empire.
"We are not living in very happy ilmes,
he said. "At our seaports there in the distressing sight of
$200
FINE FOR OVERLOADING.
(teplying to his bordship, wit. nees said that some words, to the effert that $225 would be accepted on the bottom in full settlement, of the note, were not written by, him, and he did not know who had written them.
to the head and face through flying glass and through being bumpest roof of the coach. against the The driver of the coach, Mr. H. Sellar, of Bournemouth, escape injury.
General Baird's Carcer, Brigadier-General Baird, who was 61, was formerly in the Gordon Highlanders.
n
on
They talked about renting the j cubicle for a short time, when two of the men produced diggers and toy pistol. They seized both the mistress and amah,' but former ahouted for help and her Educated at Eton and New cries attracted the attention of College, Oxford, he entered the people living on the floor above. came downstairs to the Army in 1897, and served in the Ther
and the robbers made South African War, being mention, rescue ed four times in despatches and good their escape, dropping the obtaining the brevet of Major daggers and pistol in a paisage
and on a landing. and the D.S.0.
He was in the Mohmand Ex- of 1908, and distinguish- pedition ed himself greatly in the Euro- pean War. He was mentioned In despatches nine times, was award- ed the C.M.C. and the C.B., and nervous and, in fact, she ininted Bucured the brevet of Lieutenant at the parade. There For the second time this month,
Colonel and also that of Colonel, other identification as the amah,
Guerre and downership of the Beginn of very shortly after the attempted Honnar and of the Order of the robbery, went to the country and
had not returned. Redeemer. He also had the 1914 Star with elasĮ.
SECOND OFFENCE WITHIN A MONTIL
Office
ted.
of the Harbour
an
Regarding
undated note, witness said he could not remem her when he signed it, but he Dealing wrote the body of it. with a third note, witness stated that the body of it was written liy Robertson and the ves waste was on it. He (witness) signed it on the date it was written.
The case is proceeding.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Electricity Charges,
Capt. 17. Bousfield appeared at the | Marine Court this morning, before the Hon. Condr, G. F. Ilule, 1. to answer a summons for allow Ing the .. Tai Lor, of which he was muster, to be overloaded at about 7 pm, on March 17 at the Ping On Wharf,
MẸ. T. โป plending guilty to the charge. Capt. Bousfield said he was not on board the vessel on the afternoon of the 17th. The people on the ship took on cargo before putting on bunker coal, with the resulf To The Editor of Hongkong added, the ship became overload- that after the latter had been
Telegraph.] મોં.
Sir--On behalf of the general His Worship remarked on the consumers of electrielty
in this frequency of overloading cases Colony
(of whom I am one) recently, and said that Capt. Bous- should like at this early stage to field was responsible for what hap point out that on the face of the poned on board his ship, even if he financial position of the Hongkong was not present. He must take a Electric Company there can be no serious view of the case, he said, possible justification for an increase and imposent a fine of $200,
in charges, threatened by the Chairman at Wednesday's meeting.
WORE STOLEN COAT
IN COURT.
·CHAUFFEUL ARRESTED AND
SENTENCED.
-
On a capital of $4,500,000 a net profit of $1,664,119 is carned, Lüfter providing the huge sum of $587.165 for depreciation. A dividend of 25 per cent. is declared; a further $500,000 has been placed to reserve (bringing reserves up to $3,300,000); and the largest sum in the history of the Company is carried forward to next account, It needs further to be pointed
Mr. Whyle Smith continued that accused was arrested in Holly- wood Road and was identified by complainant at an identifica- tion
parade. She
WILA very
Wan no
The
Dealing with accused's state- He was head of the British Mis- Smith said it was a very important ment when charged, Mr., Whyte sion to Bulgaria in 1929 and in the following year became British one and was incriminating. Military Attache in Madrid, lle talement was did go up.
did not seize hold of the woman. was subsequently for four years 1 stood inside the rear vubiela. Attache in Constantinople. He As soon as the woman shouted
retired from the Army in 1924.
General Baird was a son of Sir out, I went away." Alexander Baird, B., and of Anna,
In conclusion, Mr. Whyte Snyth
the
daughter of the first Lord Haldon, explained to the Jary that i and was a brother of Lord Stome-acensed was present and sharvil; haven, who was recently Governor- the common purpose, even though
did not lay a finger on General of Australia. He married he in 1907 Maud Constance, daughter women, he was equally guilty with
late Dr. Waylen, India the others. of the
The bearing of the case came Medical Service, and leaves a son.
to an abrupt ending, when after the Crown Case had closed, ac- eused was asked if he desired to
OLD STREET NAMES. give evidence. He replied that he
hnd derided to change his plea to one of guilty, and the jury was ae- CHANGE RESENTED BY CITY | cordingly instructed to bring in a j
formal verdict to that effect.
Sentence of imprisonment for three years was imposed.
CORPORATION,
Considerable alarm is being felt at the number of traditional street names in London which are dis- appearing. The latest care is re- ported from the City, where the London County Council have de- cided to change the name of Charles-street, Cripplegate, to Garter-street.
The matter cume up for discua-
sion at a meeting of the City Cor-
TRADE WAR WITHOUT DEFENCE WEAPONS.
Taken somewhat by surprise, a
MR. N. CHAMBERLAIN ON Chinese, who was among the daily
COMING POLITICAL CHANGE. Prowd of spectators the Central out that no less a sum than $2,400,- Police Court listening to the cases 000 has been written off for "do-
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, apenk- yesterday, was called out of the preciation" in the last six years,peration: wat, although objections ing at Edgbaston, Birmingham, de- court by the police and promptly this
being a valuable hidden were raised to the removal of theclared that the country was on the arrested on a charge of theft of an reserve; and that in July, 1928, oid name, nothing, it was stated, threshold of JL Kreat political) overcent, which he was wearing the sum of $1,500,000 was taken could be done to revoke the L. change... ut the time.
from reserve and issued to share C.C.'s decision.
'The system of Cobden, however The had been pointed out holders in the form of bonus to the police as having stolen the shares.
An official of the City Corpora- well adapted it may have been to With reserves now stand- tion explained that the Corpora- the tonditions of his day, had prov overront from the Motor Drivers' ing at $3,300,000 is it proposed at tion, under the London Building ed itself completely inadequate to Guild at 631, Queen's Rond, West, some near where it had been taken from the further bonus shares?
future date to fasue Act of 1930, had no powers to cope with modern developments
override the L.C.C., if that body and modern needs, owner who was asleep at the time.
"From one end of the country chose to alter the name of any After the theft the man
Surely, it cannot be contended on street in the City.
o the other." he said, "people to-| appeared and
tedly the face of published Agures like unexpectedly seen at the Magistracy yesterday. the above that shareholders have stated in defence of the L.C.C. that country are engaged in an indus In the present case, it is been day aro realizing that we in this When brought before Mr. Scho- not been treated really handsome- there are already too many Charles trial warfare with other nations deld this morning, his Worship ly, and neither can it be said that Streets in London. If this is so.
In which we have voluntarily de- was told that the defendant had the Company needs more money it is curious that the street in urived ourselves of all our weapons formerly been a motor driver but from its customers to swell the en- Cripplegate, the origin of whose
of defence. had had his licence cancelled on viable reserves (visiblo and hidden) account of his bad record.
"If we are to have a chance to which its report discloses.
name is lost in antiquity, should suffer, while at least four Charles volume of unemployment, we have 'reduce the ferribly increasing Sentence of two months' hard labour was imposed.
I agree with the
Streets in various parts of Lon- shareholder who hoped that the Company will don, whose names date back los protect our home ma ets from avoid increasing its charges not, than 70 years, are allowed to "e-which is taking the bread out of the unfair foreign competition for tho
reasons he gave, but nuin as they are. because it is against the public Interest that a public utility coin- pany should lavish its shareholders with profits at the expense of the consumern.-Yours, etc.,
MODERATE USER,
WIN
al
AFTERMATH OF THE IRISH BALL.
BAR BOY STEALS FOOD AND LIQUOR.
hundreds of ships rusting at their moorings, and one-third of the per- sonnel of the mercantile marine are unemployed. There
n steady decline in our naval expenditure and an equal rise in the naval expenditure of most). Lau Hing. bur boy ut the other countries, but although Ponk Hotel, was charged, before Jooks and at prosent have the Mr. Hamilton, at the Kowloon most unbounded faith in the sound Magistracy this morning, with the sense of the British people, and I theft of a bottle of whisky, two have the utmost confidence that our bottles of beer, two bottles of Empire's prosperity, which has porter, two napkins, 9 cigarettes always followed in the wake of son and food, all for the total value enterprise, will be restored." of 339, from the Peninsula Hotel,
yesterday.
The defendant pleaded gulity. Mr. Hamilton-e this the aftermath of St. Patrick's Ball?
Dotective Sorgeant Kellett The Royal Observatory reports
Yes, sir. The accused in the bar that the anticyclone is now central boy at the Peak Hotel, and was was DEN OVER. mid-Japan. Moderating engaged for the night. He
monsoon, along the S.E. coast of Arrested In Pedder Stroot,
Mr. Hamilton Imposed sentence China, and over the North China of three months hard labour.
Ber
WEATHER REPORT.
“Uniformity" at Hatfield.
our mouths and threatening "the standard of life of the whole na- tion."
Dr. L. Shu
It is generally felt that some effective curb should be imposed on public authorities, so as to pra- vant them from changing street- names regardless of historical and Graduate Studies Abrond" which was Pul's lecture "Post local associations. A peculiarly postponed by The Hongkong Univer aggravated cane has recently nesity Medical Society, will take place Lady Feel has kindly consented to Hatfield, in Hertfordshire. There Union Assembly Room. All are cor- curred in the old-world town eo on Tuesday next at 6.15 p.m. af the perform the opening ceremony of an exhibition at the Po Leung Kuk on a "progressive" District Council dally invited. Friday morning at 11 am. when a has come to the conclusion that inmatos of this institution will be on variety of work made by the women the traditional naming of houses LL.D., was a passenger on the out Mr. R.. A. H. Ponsonby-Fane. display. The foundation stone of and it has made
and streets is not good enouxit, ming Tatsuta Maru. Mr. John the new Po Leung Kuk on Leightoning every householder in one part same ship.
start by order-Manners was also a passenger on the Hill Road will he laid by Hin Excel- lency the Governor on Monday. March his front door.
of the town to place a number on 23; ät 3 p.m.
The annual dinner of the Oxford This numbering was carried out and Cambridge Society of Hongkong Professor L. Forster, M.A. will de-regardless of existing names of will take place at Lane, Crawford's liver a lecture on The Position of houses, and without reference to Restaurant on March 21, at 8,16 Chinese Study on Wednesday, 25th, the numbering of existing streets; P.m March, at 8.80 p.m. in the Union As- and, in order to ensure a rigid uni- sembly Roont, when the next meeting formily, a fine of 408, was threat of the Education Boelety Sebeldened in the event of non-compli- The lecture is open to the public, andance. all interested, are welcomed Engl
the prizes at the Queen's College Mrs. F. J. de Rome is to distribute sports Causeway Bay on
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