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WHEN A STORY IS CANTON AMATEUR
A CRIME
POLICE DELUDED BY A WOMAN
APPEAL COURT'S
DECISION
The Court of Criminal Appeal, consisting of the Lord Chief Jus- tice (Lord Howart) and Justices, Avory and Branson, last month considered a novel point in crim- inal law. The appellant, Mrs. Elizabeth Manley, a Croydon widow, was convicted at the Old Bailey on a charge of "effecting The Recorder a public mischief." (Sir Ernest Wild) postponed men. tence, ponding the hearing of the appeal against conviction (which was recently dismissed), allowed Mrs. Manley bait.
and
THEATRICALS
"LAME DUCKS” TO BE PRODUCED
Shamesh, Jan 23.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1933,
DWELLERS IN THE SLUMS
SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN ROUSED
IN COMMONS
London, Dec. 14.
real With
CLERGYMAN IN LIBEL CASE
SEQUEL TO WOMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE
Sidney M. Renshaw, stated to ing at Chestor-road, Manchester. bo of Independent means and liv
was summoned at Manchester for publishing a defamatory libel con- cerning Reginald Charles Stuart clergyman. Cundy, a Church of England
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8.15-8.35 p.m. Dance Tunes. Fox Trot-Sweethearts Forever. Fox Trot-Threo's a Crowd.
The first production of the Canton Amateur Theatrical So- EMOTIONAL APPEAL cloty this season will be given on February 1st and 2nd in the Can- ton Club Theatre. The play, on- A cry from the heart-the heart titled "Lame Ducks," should prove of Sir Austen Chamberlain Jerk- of exceptional interest to the re- ce a somewhat apathetic House of Cundy) aald that a letter which Mr. J. Lustgarten (for Mr. sidents of Canton owing to the strained and emotional attention. to have been written by Renshawy, Commons to-day into n mood of ho received on October G, alleged fact that it has been written by
The Commons were discussing contained the words: Mr. Ronald Hall, the
the Housing (Financial British visions) BIL
Pro- Consul in Canton.
Snako the grass, wrecker of The Minister of Health had minal. How can you
homes, discase carrier and cri- Mr. Hall in the author of unimpassioned explanation and given his, except at спе point, "Eminent Authorities on China," defence. The Socialiat ex-Minister he did not hold a living. Former go about with your collar on?"
Cundy was a cleryman, though a work of no small merit. This is of Health, Mr. Greenwood, hadly he was the organising secretary the drst play of his to be pro- expressed his "not very enthusias of a charity in North-West Eng-Fox Trot "Twas Only a
Wayne King & Ilie Orchestra. It was alleged that Mrs. Manter. ducod. It is a farce, and, judging|tic gratitude" for one provision of land. He and Renshaw first met
24115 after complaining to the police of from the many and long rehear-the Bill, and
Summer being knocked down and robbed, aals which are taking place, is no antipathy to the
Night's Dream. his unqualified in 1930, and Renshaw efforad to Waltz-Someday We'll Meet Agalu, admitted that the story was false. easy job to produto.
more than half-empty House the naist him in his work.
Isham Jones & His Orchestra Mr. Laurence Vine opened thu
The cast consists of Mrs. Hill, down into its uninspired course.
debate appeared to be setting shaw conceived some crazy notion
Mr. Lustgarten said that Ren-Fox Trot-After 12 O'Clock.
24120 caso for Mrs. Manley.
Mrs. Southam, Miss Gillett, Mrs.
that Cundy han misconducted him-
Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra Bramold, Mr. Gordon Eales, Mr.
Regions of Revolt,
self with Mra. Renshaw und
24119 John Ferguson, Mr. W. R, Farmer,
8.35-8.52 p.m. divorce proceedings had been in-Ballet Egyptian Suite (Luigini), There rosa Sir Austen Cham-stituted by Ronahaw. An answer Perceval, and "Pinkle" Mr. Claude Burgess, Count Jean de berlain, the traditional monocle denying the allegations had been
Now Light Symphony Orchestra mann.
Nockel- Of these several are al-urbanity. He began
set in the traditional mask
conducted by Percy Fletcher. ready known for their able aasin and gently. He approved of the
of delivered. tance in previous productions, the new Housing Bill, but he was dis-F. Bancroft Turner, said that on
smonthly
Search for "Body".
C1254/C1255 8.62-9.30 p.m. Variety. nevromera befag Mrs. Southam, appointed. Although, slum clear-June 1 Inst Mra. Renshaw die
Cundy, cross-examined by Mr. Choran-Minstrel Show of 1831. whe unfortunately will not be with ance had been mentioned, there appeared at a place in us for long, since she and her appeared to be no provision for Wales in circumstances which husband are being transferred to the reconditioning of slum dwell- tended to give the impression that another port, Mr. Burgess, andings. the Count de Perceval. We are hoping to get some good laughs his own constituency, the tradi-saw her, but by the evening he
she had been drowned. Then he mentioned Birmingham, meet her that morning and he He was to from Mr. Gordon Enles, who is tional Chamberlain seat, and the knew that she was leaving the well-known for his talent in the word seemed to lush his mind place. role of encdian, and never fails with warmth. His gaze.
He took her to hotel turned where his wife was and
where she went into a
they afterwards took her to Kendal, home. He passed her off as his nursing sister for about three weeks. "Why. he asked. "should any
He said that he knew from the one who lives in such conditions newspapers that a vote for me or for the party for being made for the "body" of Mrs. search WBS which I stand? If I lived in such Renshaw and that dragging opora- conditions I do not think my headtions had been in progress. The would govern my actions."
Lord Hewart (to counsel)-She gave a description of the man.
Mr. Vine-She went so far as to do that, and she provided herself with a handbag which was found in the pathway sonte little distance from her. In a word, she framed a bogus hold-up. She caused great deal of trouble to the police and made herself an intolerable nuisance. Although the Court may take the view that her net was very improper. I hope to con- vince the Court that those facts did not bring her within the com- mon law of misdemeanour offect- Ing a public mischief,
"I was not Knockd Down"
Mr. Vine read a statement by Mrs. Manley. In which she con- fessed: "I was in a tight corner with money matters at the time, und I thought this would be a way out of it. I am a widow in pour circumstances....I was not knock- ed down by any
but fell against a fence."
man,
to keep the audience amused. We above the heads of his hearers- all hope that the production will was filled with brick and mortar be a great success and reward all memories that were hid from them. who are giving no much of their His voice trembled. time to making a "Brighter Sha- meen."~Our Own Currespondent.
LOCAL ESTATES
Mr. Vine stated that it was de-GRANT OF LETTERS
Airable that a ruling of the Court;
were
on the point raised by the appeal
OF ADMINISTRATION ahould be given, as there
Letters of administration to the two or three similar cases in di-estate of Miss Sophie Lim, Inte fferent parts of the country await of 335, Nathan Road, Kowloon, ing disposal.
have been granted to her mother, Mrs. Eva Lim, of 312, Prince Ed ward Road. The local estate is
Counsel agreed with Lord He-
wart that by the detailed descrip- tion which Mrs. Manley gave of her alleged assallant any answering that description was in peril of being arrested.
man
Mr. Justice Avory--If you put a police officer on the wrong scent, are you not taking him away from his public duty?
the
North
to renew his licence until the Bishop of Manchester had refused divorce proceedings had been set-
He paused, and spoke his next words more slowly and distinctly "I should feel that the eircum-tled. stances to which I was condemned
Mr. Bancroft Turner-Do
Tango-Amador (Sweetheart).
The English Minstrels with
Plano Duct The Cat and the Fiddle-
Alexander and Mose. C2305 Rio Grande Tango Band, B5766 Medley. Peggy Cochrane & William Orchestral-Animal Antics-Novelty Walker. B4104 Intermezzo.
Song-Alone with my Dreams.
London Palladium Orch: B3766 Jack Buchanan (Baritone). B4005 Orchestral-Blue Devil's March,
Tango-El Puche.
London Palladium Orchestra 34935 Rio Grande Tango Band. 36768 Orchestral-Aminn.
Song-You Forgot Your Gloves,
London Palladium Orchestra 13750
Orchestral-Through Night to Light. Jack Buchanan (Baritone). B4005
London Palladium Orchestra B4235 9.30-10.30 pm. From the Studio. Selections by the Band of the R.M.S. Empress of Canada under the direc
March-Vanity Fair (St. Clair). Waltz-Pomone (Waldicufel). tion of Mr. G. Redfern.
Programme.
two
1.
3.
Selection-Chu Chin Chow
-1.
you
were intolerable; that there was thought it over for about
When he received the letter he Homething rotten in the system weeks and then went to a solicitor which permitted them to exist 80 and to a doctor to be examined. 2 long. I can conceive of myself He had decided to take civil pro- taking some foolish action which ceedings but had brought the cri- might secure my conviction"-minal proceedings first. (again the pause)- "my just con- viction--by any tribunal before which I might be brought."
He pressed his question upon In connexion with the $2,200 the Minister-the reconditioning local estate of Wong Chan-shi, of labourers' cottages in the rural alias Ruby Chan, alias Chan Sas-areas had been promised. Why uan" Villa, Kowloon, letters of in the towns as well? Why wait king, alias Chan So. late of "Lu-could there not be reconditioning administration have been granted for the old slums to be
valued at $2,300.
vienred
be
suggest that this letter tended to
of
(Norton) Entr'acle (a) Londonderry Air (Anon) (b) Moonlight Dance (Finck) (c) Merchant Verico (Rosse) (d) Grasshopper Dance (Bucalossi).
Trots--Selected. 10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press
Fox!
Cause a breach of the peace?- to give the man who wrote it what Yes. The frat thing you desire he thoroughly deserven a good News. misconducted himself with Mrs. hiding.
Cundy denied that he had ever- Renshaw. He knew of no cause for the wrecking of Mr. Renshaw's
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to her husband, Dr. B. C. Wong, away and the new houses to medical practitioner, of 2. Stafford built according to the new atan-home excep. Mr. Renshaw's cou-and 7 pm. may, on any day, be re- Road, Kowloon Tony.
Mc. Vino agreed. But public, he submitted, were not affected by what Mrs. Manley did. Mr. L. A., Byrne, for the Crown, submitted that the undisputed facts of the ease clearly showed that if such a course of conduct of administration have been grant-nre living-conditions which al- were allowed to go on it would heed to his son, Wong Kwock-yen, of most draw tears from those who open to people to excuse themselves Bark Sar. Hoy Sun District, tem- see them." paying money due from them by porarily residing at 71. Wing Lok saying that they had been attack ed and robbed.
dard?
Arizona, U.S.A., who died intestate (he underlined the words)-"to
Wong Hoy, late of Globe, Gila. thing immediate and
Let something be done, "some- on September 7th, 1931, left local alleviate the conditions in which direct"- estate valued at $2.100. Letters thousands of our fellow-beings
Dismissing the appeal, Lord Hewart stated that in the opinion of the Court the conviction was right. The first question raised WAS: Is it true to-day to say that there is the misdemeanour of committing an act tending to public mischief? In the opinion of the Court that question must be answered in the affirmative.
were
The fnets of the case were not disputed, and the Court satisfed that the indictment ade- quately described them.
Street.
BANISHEE AGAIN
RETURNS
صر
THIRTEEN TIMES IN
COURT
National "Black Spots."
1923
duet.
The summons was dismissed.
SHIPOWNING AS PUNISHMENT
LORD ESSENDON'S DREAM
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5.30 p.m. Big Ben.
Vaudeville Programme:
The
start whistling Mary.
Jack Payne and his Band-They all
Song.
Anona Winn-Tell me with a Love
Lord Eszedon, the chairman of the Furness Withy Line, speaking at a luncheon of the Royal Empire Society, at Cannon-street Hotel, B.C., said that he had to reconcile both a shipowner and an optimist. his paradoxical position of being The shipping problem, in a nut- hell, was not the old one of try-of ing to get a quart into a pint pot. but of trying to find even pints to put in a quart pot.
The Minister of Health, Sir E. Hilton-Young, in his one appeal to the emotions, by word if not by voice, had asked the House to look upon this Bill "as a declaration of war upon the slums." His was policy, not of reconditioning,, but of clearance and fresh building- a alum clearance programme 12,000 houses a year to be paid for With twelve previous convie-moval of the subsidies granted by the saving made from the re- tions against him for returning under the Housing Acts of from banishment, and a total per- and 1924. iod of 17 years In gaol, a Chinese
"My optimism received a rude "It has been my lot" he said, shock a few days ago," he said. brought before Mr. Wynne-Jones to see the wretched cave dwell-myself at the heavenly gates full morning, at the Central Police Court this ings dug into the banks of the of confidence. I was, however, "I dreamt I had died and presented Kiven twelve Tyne; the ruinous back-to-back months' hard labour for again dis- rows which are still all too fre-owners obeying the banishment order.
to go elsewhere, 38 ahip quent in the West Riding,
and. I was
were not acceptable. I Inspector E. A. Vincent, pro-dwellings of East London, with for many years had been one of
perhaps worst,
welcomed to another place, the
basement where I was told that shipowning secuting, said although the de- their bare glimpse of the light of the A remarkable breach of promise on twelve previous occasions for
fendant had been before the Court day." action came before Lord Mackay disobeying ordern of banishment. peroration, however, would
mont Huccessful forms of in the Court of Session, Edinburgh.hla term of ten years' deportation for this "declaration of war" the tice.
Not even that triply graphic
punishment. Miss Catherine Ritchie Nicoll, would expire in 15 months' time, enthusiasm of Lord Eustace Percy,hind the privilege of carrying what found that it had been deve loped far beyond our earthly prae typist, of Dundee, sued David
For instance, ench nation
STRANGE BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION
MARRIED OR ENGAGED?
was
win
told
O. Bottomley and A. Browne.-Dot
and Carrie,
Carl Brisson. On the sunny Side
the Street.
Empire Novelty Band,
The Xylophone Quartet with the
The two Imps.
Moon.
The Pavement Musicians. A Day's Music in our Street.
Emile Grimshaw's Banjo Quartet.--- Tire Kiltten. Estimates.
John Tilley, (Comedian).-Army
Layton and Johnstone-Same old
Raio da Costa and Ray Noble.- Wherever you are.
O.K. Decca:
Including Gertrude Lawrence sing- ing "Someday I'll find you."
Edythe Baker playing "My Heart
Dance Band playing "The Younger stood still." of Songs," and
Frank Tilterton singing "The Song Monsiegneur
6.15 p.m. "New Books" by Mr. R. Ellia Roberta.
Lew Stone and the
Conachar, a salesman, of Edinand the police were not asking for who constituted himself spokes- they considered to be their own Generation," burgh, and claimed £1,500 dam- committal.
axes.
Lord Mackay dismissed the action. He said that there was no doubt that the parties remained engaged for a very long period,
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man for that "body of young Con-cargoes, and no freight charge!
cur-
had to be paid in foreign DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
rencies.
"I found that on a goud many but it was stated that marriage ACT A
IT IS HARD TO PERSONATE AND
Voyages the traille was all one was consummated by intimacy to
LONG FOR WHERE ported) and one case of diphther much money to others that busi- PART
Four earns of small-pox (ono Im-way, because, as in our earthly which she consented, relying
TRUTH IS NOT AT THE BOTTOM, Wore reported to the Medical Officer
existence, some nations owed so the promise of marriage.
NATURE WILL ALWAYS BE
of Health during the week-end. EN. Therefore, he said,
DEAVOURING TO RETURN, AND WILL
nean between them had come to a married to defendant in or about
standatill. 1922 by what was equivalent to
lot exchange of consent, and it would stoma preposterous to send to jury a question whether defendant
then.
she
WAR
"Consequently there were a
0.30 p.m. Dance Music. 7.15 pm. The News, 7.30 pm. Close Dowis
KZRM PROGRAMME. To-day's Broadcast from Manila: 5.00 p.m.-Studio Music. 0.10 p.m.--Spanish Informational Period.
TIME OR OTHER-Tillotson. PEEP OUT AND RETRAY HERSELF ONE Banks will be closed to the transaction of ships in mid-ocean with cargoes Period.
It is advertised that the Exchange of public business on Thursday and which they could never discharge Chinese New Year Holidays. Friday, January 20 and 27, boing because there were no ships com-
ing the other way.
The next meeting of the Hongkong will be held on Tuesday, February 7, Branch of the English Association
Institute, when Mr. Barrett will give Press,"
address on "English and the
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Fine
atenmer
6.30 p.m.-English Informational 7.00 p.m. Studio Requests. 1.15 p.m.-Associated Gan & Elec- tele Securities Programme.
7.30 p.m.-Lyric Music HouKE—
Continental Quartet. Guest Artist.
7.45 p.m.-Ford Service Programme
had been in persistent breach of at 6.30 p.m. at the Helona May the year that has come to hand instead of the flames of Hades Plano Requeris-Johnny Harris and
issued by the Shell Oil concern.
One of the nontest calendars for "Fortunately I then woke, and
advertises the famous Shell oil fuel, sunshine. I was thankful to find found my room flooded with golden arl has a coloured picture of
an that things were not so bad as they The
Empress iner in port. Williamaon Union Steamship Company of New Hongkong branch of the Boy Scouts termined to press Kamenn, formerly owned by
8.00p.m.Butica Boie Master Musle had seemed. Zealand, went ahore at Sau Sze Wan, Anciation will be held in
Programme-Botica Bulo Orchestra. the The annual general meeting of theservative opinion which
8.10 p.m.-Conservatory of Music-~ near Lyemoon Pass, early en Sunday Sandilotul'a Hut, at & p.m. on Tuesday,
IN de-U.P. Programme. night, but efforts to dislodge the February 7. His Excellency
for national BAG p.mStock Quotatioun. vesnel yesterday were successful. She Governor, Chief Scout for Hongkong, elum clearance programme in one Hotel Orchestra.
planning."
8.50 p.m.-Stadla Dialect Pro- He summed up the Government's gramme flocano. Was teflonted ni high tide.
1.20 p.m.-Dance Music--Bay Viow has kindly promised to take the chair, word-"nibbling."
10.80 p.m.-Close down.
his promise to marry her since Hor counsel, he said, seemed to suggest that much a woman had an option-If it suited her she could bring a declarator of marriage: if it did not nuit her she could also an action for large damnges. Lord Mackay added that he was atrongly of opinion that there was no such option,
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