*
OVER THIRTY
CONVICTIONS.
·BAD CHARACTER GETS THREE YEARS.
18 YEARS IN GAOL.
THE SENTRY'S DILEMMA.
SAW ROBBERY NEAR
· PALACE.
London, Dec, 20. What should a sentry do If, while on duty outside St. James's Palner, he seen motor bandits smash the First convicted for stealing at window of a shop and drive off the tender age of eleven, and with hundreds of pounds worth thereafter having no fewer than of
goods? 31 convictions registered against him, which resulted in his apend- Ing 18 years of his life in gaol Chan Wing was again convicted of farceny at the
Criminal Sessions this morning before the Pulane Judge (Mr. Justice Lind sell).
THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1932.
WHO IS THE PEER?
PREMIER'S REPUDIATION OF AN "INTERVIEW."
~· BLOW AT THE £.
An extraordinary document, par- porting to give views expressed by the Prime Minister to a mysterious Lord "X" on the future of the £, in
in virenlation in financial eireles on This was the dilemma which the Continent and in Amerien. confronted a sentry at three It is denounced by Mr. Ramany o'clock on Saturday morning. MacDonald us an "unscrupulous in- when four men dressed in even-vention, one of the attempts made ing clothes and top hats drove up recently to create prejudice against Pall Mall in a smart sports car the pound and to damage British and raided the shop of H. Wilson credit abreni." and Son, barely 20 yards away.
the Prime A copy shown to The sentry kept to his post, and Minister at Lossiemouth was dated pening to the N.C.O. In-horge,
By the time the Flying Squad arrived the bandits were miles away with their baul of the finest choirs they could select.
Palace First.
nature.
The document is paraded as the work, of "an observer of the British situation."
It says:
Prisoner, who pleaded guilty to three alternative counts regaril-later reported "an unusual hapNovember 1931," but bore ne sig-
ng the theft of two quilts, was sentenced to three years' impri.. Konment with hard lidour,
The
first charge SYLLA that prisoner, on November 30, 1924, M Mongkok, broku and entered he dwelling house of Wong Cheung and Wong Khu, nad stole the property of the impialanta,
The second count of tas one receiving the quilts and the third of simple larceny.
first Prisoner admitted the chint, whereupon Mr. Somerset Ftzroy, for the Crown, indicated that he would not proceed on the ober two counts as they were ehrnative,
In outline the case, counsel
end that
The sentry's action was endorsed New Chronicle by a War Office official, who told a reporter: The mais did the right thing in keeping to regulations. Sentries must not leave their posts,
"Bis first duty was to see thuat entered unauthorlard person the Palace A anashi-and-grab raid might easily be stared to distract the sentry's attention while gume person alipped through
the Paince guard.
"In cases of serious crime a seg- Festion. He wouldl 1,
try must, of course, une his
Tor
二
stance, stand by and watch a mur- der committed under bls ne
|
FAMOUS PALACE
BURNED.
GREAT BLAZE AT STUTTGART.
Berlin, Dec. 21, One of the finest Renaissance buildings in Germany, the old Paince of Stuttgart, was burned to-day. The oldest parts of the building date from the year 1,000, but the palace was rebuilt in its present form ly the third quarter of the Sixteenth Century. desperate efforts of the entire Stuttgart fire brigade to extinguish the blaze, efforts which severely hampered by the cold, to brought into working order after that the hydranta could only be
considerable delay.
Immense crowds watched the
were
This morning the castle was rounded as usual by hundreds of Christmas trees for sale, and the booths of the Christmas market, where marzipan hearts, toy motor-cars, and all conceivable garments were being offered for
"Sir, last. Saturday I met Lord "X" who, on Friday, had a long conversation with Mr. Ramsay Mac. tonald, Lord "X" asked the Prime
By half-past twelve all this Minister for a considered state-sale. meat concerning the Government's seasonalde galety had been hur intention re the gold standard, and riedly removed, and its place taken Mr. MacDonald replied that in by rows of fire engines. circumstances would the Govern- ment consider it stabilisation of the & before the year 1934.
"It was absolutely necessary that at least three years Budgets be antisfactorily balanced and the the balance of Trade turn in favour of England. Whether England would over return to the gold standard te could not say, but taking the pre- |
The Are was first noticed on the second Bour of the east wing, be tween eleven aand twelve, and was apparently due to a slefective flue. The old beams burned like tinder, so that the flames soon spread to the third được and extended their ravages to the west wing.
About 2 o'clock the north wing caught fire, and lanes were soon
cent feelings within the Cabinet | spouting from all the windows of and in the country he, as Prime the northern tower;
At the Horse Guards head-31inister. did not think i Bley, sparters the position was describ-
This statement is to her emsidered mina perfectly clear. "The first
as authentic." daty of the sentry is to guard the Palace", aid
"Wh.. A dear. happens in the vleialty is init ly, nothing to do with him."
་
the sole reason Str oner being Heat to the Selstons was because of his pre- vins record, The complainants. lived at a house in Soy Street, Mongkok, and on the morning of the day in question they went fa werk as náual, after which sume ote broke z glass window of the erbicle, Bfted the bolt, enteras. and stule the quiltet.
The man
ace to wall Any
and the
complainanta intornest when they eturned
dimeti ered and
Their One
them niin bicycle in the direction the thief bad taken, and in the courtyar of visiting pawnshops in
listriel he finally eam tapienti prisoner in one of them teyinin 4TH TRIAL ASKED FOR. pawn the quilt. He was aprestasi |
W
Was
A Pad Record
As regards prisimen a verurd, counsel anid that he was enns icted for stealing in 1905 when eleven years of use, being sent to gaol for 21
ACTION TRIED A THIRD TIME.
M. Laval's "Style."
Further extracts are
"Bord X. mentioned to me that servording to news Percived from
New York be believed the copper conference to be a failure. Thi would unfavourably influence the
epper traste.
Mr. V. roli me that 31.
storey was a set of fire.
1
attle
Pensioners Unconscion4. While it Hetzebeni of the Reichswehr wiet inisily engaged in aving the records of the Statt, stard police headquarters in the esest wing, the firemen, protected with gas musks, were searching the upper storey for the State primers lodged there, several whom beenme unengaloos in the Amongst the inhabitanls alche of the male was the widow at the first Prime Minister of Republican Warttemberg, Fran Blos,
The smoke was so thick that
James. Fire
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Laual's reveni qoch in watch he mentioned the countries with de An action arting at a bus previated currencies had made a anvident at a plod am line, 25 for very unpleasant Impression a third time at flerkenwell Cost to the Foreign Oiler, and it was de eerty of the tremen were incap. by Mins Luba Pecker.
the style acitated by Contri, and when the fury awarded to his rather unfortunate £250 diena re the Louin Geel that Mr. Macdonald had geded to brigaden from all the neighbour. were sent for. The GmFin Company andard for the pressure of the Diehard Coning towns
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final mon leaving London my impression is that the expected evival of industrial activity will prove a delusion.
days. Subsequently he fed been convicted no fewer than. I timea and had been brought before the Criminal Sessions +
He had spent 18 years necasions, of a life in sand and appeared the addicted to housebreaking and small larcenics.
After remarking that prisomer seemed to like being in ghol, Mr. Fitzroy said that, inside the past, be WILA a good prisoner
The bus company contended final it was Gribble who showed negli grace, whereas he contended it was the driver.
The first jury awarded him (250
and costs,
The LG,O,C. applies for a Ber
trial and the seemad jury awarded
£500 and costs.
worker. He obeyed the pris regulations and gave no trouble, He was also able to turn his hand to any trade and it was hard to further trial at the third jury
An application was made for understand why he did not try toward £950 datonger. earn an honest living.
Hix Lordship, addressing prisoner. said:-You' appear prefer being in gaol than being
outside it.
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Prisoner: That is not the case, I have no alternative. I try to be honest by bawking teannot get a cence.
Thereupon Mr. Merryman, for the 18.00, asked that judgment whould not be entered. alternatively, another trial, the that,
Sourth, should be granted.
Judgment was entered for tho bas company, with costs of the Free fals, and a stay of execu- When his Lordship remarkeit | Hon was granted conditional upon an append being: lodged by Gribble that that was probably due to bia had record, prisoner replied: within 29 days and £250 previously That is unt it. As soon as I get a paid into court by the defendants stock and Iny out my stall I am returned to them. arrested and charged with obstrac tion and lose all my capital money. After his Lordship had passed sentence ns stated above, prisoner asked if his Lordship would issue to him a hawker's lirence, but his Lordship replied that prisoner would have to apply for it in the proper quarter when he came t of waol.
Prisoner-That will be no good. This being the only case on this mouth's calendar the Sessions were adjourned sine die,
DIRECTOR'S DEBTS or £11.217.
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By a quarter to four the gable of the east wing collapsed with a number of firemen The great Duke Christopher Tower is in daa ger of collapse, and it is feared The banking business in its in-
Shipping is very quiet. that the whole cùstle will burn.
The part of the castle of great ternational relation is, as it were.est historicul and artistic interest activity has been steadily drop which no more than a shell sur at a standstill. and insurance is unfortunately the rast wing, of ping sure the slump in the vives. Here were rooms dating the balance of trade lies in the fine sturen ceilings of the Renai4- Thus the only means of improving from the 15th century and many reduction of imports, which
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"Not a Word of Truth." The letter went on to suggest that it was merely a matter of time before A newly-organised
pleasure within himself and | Liberal Party seceded from the
The result is extremely disaphumeljate surroundings, Government; that certain Con-
painting. True, the standard is So far as the physical excellence- servatives could not reconelle
high, but I have to confess that of the average effigen is concern- themselves to the Premiership of those who fall short comprise the el, it is absurd to imagine that be Mr. MacDonald and the influence
of the remaining is the less capable citizen because of his "Sorinlist eulleagues"; - that
he has not the physique and up- the National Government, "whose Greek head and are in
pearance of an Apollo. Thore is. numerical strength may prove its days-- public school youth who
however, a good deal to be said undoing," may be overthrown was engaged in a hout of boxing, for the person whose body has Que further experiment. Com- received sufficien attention in A new method of treating cancer
It added: "I am sorry to say bine the two ideals pensant youth to give him a continued de and kindred ailments was explained my view of the development of facial expression, Indicating 别 gree of pride in his physical con- by a French physician, Dr. Royer, England is one of considered pessi-tolerable serenity of mind, and an dition in later years. He enjoys to a conference of 100 medieni mism."
the sum total of all the advantages specialists which assembled in After reading the fetter Mr
of physical exercise that one niny Paris yesterday,
MacDonald said at once:
rend about in any book on tha Dr. Ros
calls his Rover
"There is not a word of truth in
subject, and that, to the old hand £100 IN ASSETS.
"Oetozene," er 68, and it in em- it. The whole thing is an inven-
Athletic Exceptions.
at the game, seenis too common- ployed at 48 elinics in France.
pince to bear repetition. It pre- Did the physical ideal of Ileavy lonca of shareholders A Harley-street specialist, who "The opinions attributed to me
induces the type of Englishman who were referred to at the London listened to the lecture expressed have not even the
IL shadow of Greek wulptor actually exist
Blush and blood or was it an ideal looks self-rclinat well-proportioned, Bankruptcy Court when Alexander himself as amazed at Dr. Royer's likeness to the opinions which Clarence Bowles, of St. Martin's-le- | results.
hold," he added.
only I think it did exist, for 1 and well-bathed. Octozene is injected
have seen the modern counterparts Grand, E.C., company director, at-
War's Scourge. tonded for his adjourned public tissues and penetrates to the blood
at the Olympic Games in London,
Goodness knows, the physical examination. affairs showed Habilities £113,217 he very rapid.
manhood of this country was hekl vances in the realm of medical
non-pretty thoroughly during the war, and askots £100.
Dr. Royer claims that by this science, including the treatment of
and will feel the effect for many Questioned regarding his trans-method the life-giving effects of rheumatiam by short wave radio, athletic are as a drop in the ocean,
Now, where are
Much of the we heading? generations to come. actions in abares recommended by oxygen are introduced into the
the which has been tested quietly with Ten per cent. of the population of physical education of the average "Financial Recorder," Mr. body many norc times more apparent success. Twenty-four
a definite brake school child is of EL
that per- type Bowles
this country i agreed that the public had efficially than through the ordin-X-ray baths of an hour each for a upon the physical and mental This is all to the good; but I feel mlta free self-expression in games subscribed in all some £600,000 forary channel, which in the lungs, such shares.
ere also disclosed fortnight were One of the dificulties about
activities of the remaining 90 per the advanced methods of
cont., which is itself composed that an additional caroful cultiva- a dividend. Most of them were in which makes it extremely difflèult
The #cientists liquidation, and the people who had to handle.
machine which is designed to raise physical excellence, and who
a very high degree or along lines that have as an ideal uro the best type of Greek statuary bought the shares had lost their
The question has been naked whe-
the internal temperature of localis. money.
ther it could be produced in mass ed parts of the body to fever heat not-to all appearances bubbling would not be unles on the form and sent to hospitals all over without His personal profits
At any rate, a beautifully pro transactions
producing a similar heat over with the joy of living. had amounted to the world compressed in cylinders. throughout
Something in definitely wrong portioned human body is at least the body. The machine
a pleasure to the eye, and, would £100,000, part. of which had gono] Owing to Its instability it is pre- 1 has been 500 treatments have son has not yet learned
tested in a New York hon somewhore. I submit that a per- to reimburse disgruntled clients, fernble to
to livo add n Ittlo dignity to our streets.
In the meantime, who of us part in gambling losses and part mediately.
been given and are said to prove who in unable to find a tolerably In extravagant living.
the methods to be offlencious. The consistent pleasure in life apart would have the courage to accept the opinion of a medical bourd Forum was also told thai the from the forced Jollity of u con-
that he or she is not worth re- tinual round of dances, suppora,
production? theatres, and cinemas, who cannot find a considerable amount of quiet {
into the
The statement of stream. Its action is claimed to Society, heard of the great ad.Stockholm, Antwerp, and Amster.
dam.
But these few athletic
the many
fures among
one of the companica had paid | using octozene is its instability.ng cancer also saw a fever largely of human beings who do not 'tion of youthful bone and muscle
Mr. Bowlce, said his wife was in Canada, but she had not taken any part of the $100,000 with her.
The examination was concluded.
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