A MAGISTRATE PERPLEXED
PROBLEM OF AIDING AND ABETTING
WORLD ECONOMIC
CONFERENCE.
UNITED STATES TO MAKE IMPORTANT PROPOSALS
INTERESTING CASE
Does sitting in the back seat of a ear constitute riding and abet-Affairs, tlag?
ference.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 1, 1933.
MANCHUKUO AND C.E.R. ON OWNERSHIP
INTO THE DEPTHS OF SPACE
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(Continued from Page 1.) They stated. that inquiries London, Apr. 30. been received from a number with the naked eye are aiment only those of any other star group, just an Following a meeting of the railways that are parties to the the stars of our own group and not of the International Railway Convention we here in ilongkong see our own city Prepatory Committee World Economic Conference at the asking the possibility of availing lights and not the lights of Manila or Foreign Office, Sir John Simon, themselves of the C.E.R. services Singapore or New York or London. the Secretary of State for Foreign for the transportation of through Very few
His freight between Europe and the nebulae can be seen with the naked eye. But with the aid of a powerful announced that Majesty the King had been graci- Far East.
administration. telescope we can nou very many Di programme, .The railway
them. They seem to be distributed ously pleased to indicate that he!
more or less uniformly throughout in order to consider the point, would personally open the Con-having regard to the interests of
the C.ER. and while respecting space. They are mostly of definite Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central
and identify. These Inzy, cloudy looking Police Court this morning, ad- The Conference har bean con- the interests of the State, atil! and regular shape and are easy to powerlal journed until to-morrow, a case
vened for June. 12, and will be awaits definite explanations in which three Chinese, an appren-held in the building of the new the removal of the obstruction nebulae, examined by tlee, a boiler repairer and an elec. Geologien Museum at South Ken-that has been created at Manchull telescope, are shown to have the edge &tatlon. Aa la well known, the regions shown with spots of light and trielan, were charged with aiding sington.
Pturs. The central regions of the and abetting Wang Hong-ahun,
Mr. Norman Davis, the repre-administration has received no insome of these spots are known to be
Notwith- unemployed, to drive a car belong-pentative of the United States, in-timation from the authorities it nebulae seem to be of luniinous gaseous matter, matter dealined one ing to Mr. A, R. Cox, of the long-formed the Organining Committee regard to this matter, kong Electric Co., Ltd., Wonga to-day's meeting that imme-standing daty to reply immediately day, perhaps, to develop into full-
to star clouds already formed. pleaded guilty to charges of driv-diately after the Conference was to the inquiries received from grown stara, some parts are actual
Delega- European rallways in regard ing the car without a licence and convened the American without permission.
tion intended to propose a tariff through trafic, the administration bas refrained from giving any in- Trame-Inspector C. F. Alexan-trucc.
The Organising Committee has formation. It is awaliing our re- der, prosecuting, said that at 8.30 on Saturday night, Mr. Cox left agreed to elrculate the terms of ply and mutual reassurances. his car in Connaught Road Cen-this proposal, with the Invitations tral opposite the Star Ferry wharf. for June 12, to the States which Je went to Keyloon, and on return-have, so far, been invited to the ing at 2.30 a.mt, found the vehicle Conference-Reuter aut was missing. He engaged a rick-Wireles shaw and went to
the different
car parks, and being unable to And the car, went to Police Bend- quartera.
The Inspector-on-duty circulated a message giving a description of the car. Sergeant Fryer, of the
AMERICAN PROPOSALS. Sweeping Modifications of Trade Barriers Likely.
London, Apr. 30. No now tariffs, exchange
Preparatory Surman Davis,
MANCHUKUO
thre
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in thin our pre- We have eva liminary trip over the Universe that the earth on which we live is by no means the centre of the Universe and RESPONSIBILITY.
that the sun is not the centre either, "The organizations preventing that the sun is not even the centre of Europe the group of heavenly bodies of which British through traffic between
and the Far East are the Man-our earth is one, the gainetic system. The sun is just a common etar, its chukuo authorities. particularly apparent size being due to its relative those representatives of the Mini-closeness to us. We have not dis- stry of Ways and Communications covered really if there be any centre the of the Universe. We have not come whose instructions
out to a boundary of the Universe and under police at Manchull carried illicit measures damaging to the looked out into an empty rold, where interests of the C.E.R. and those there were no stars for though we re-railways which are parties to the few with the speed of thought we motor patrol section, who happen-strictions, import quotas or pro-International Railway Contention, could not come to such a tondary,
cientific observation has reached. ed to be at Aberdeen Police Sta-hibitions against dumping, includ. Hoping it is your purpose to ub-for though could ant bring us with Altogether, in our trip around and tion, when the manage was given, ing export quotas, are some of the viate the CER. breaking any of certainty in our trip beyond where vast univerae we came Along the Is-details in the United States' proits international obligations, Ret out in search.
two million of land Road, he met the ear coming osais for a tariff truce, which trust you will induce the authori-about this
to the tes at Manchuli to revoke their upon about towards him. He drove it to Con-have been communlented
Committee by Mr. arbitrary instructions, so that the nebulan ar stay cities as I called them: tral Police Station. The other
administration may notify parties in our preliminary flight. This nut- there are in Hongkong and Kowloot. three occupants, said the prosecut,
The Canference will decide the to the International Railway Coner is thus twice the number of people ing officer, must have known that:
but thevention that direct through traille The chances of our calliding with any of them was infinitesimally small for the car did not belong to the de- duration of the truce,
United States Government desire has berg restorer."
they are very, very far apart. In fendant as he was unemployed.
agreements i
fact we got the impresulon during our If to operate until
TREMENDOUS DAMAGE. have been reached by the Con-
M. Kuznetzos govs on to state trip that space was almost empty for the viewpoint of the Soviet Govern- the average distance between these slar systems we found to be about forence and ratified by the respre.¦ live governments.--Reuter,
two million light years. Now a light ¡ment in regard to the disputed ears Dollar, and Sterling
and locomotives, as set forth the recent statement by M. Karuk-year is the distance light travels in a second. The distance light woul.! Washington, Apr. 29.
day is unormous, that On behalf of the United States, has to the Japanese ambassador in year the rate of 180,000 miles per Great Britain and France, Messrs Moscow, Me. Ota; and also in the travel in a
letter addressed to the diplomatic travelled in a month is staggering to MacDonaldi Ragsevelt, Ramsay
Swiet in year! And if we multiply the truce. wherein ment by M. Slavatsky, porary currency
millions, we get the average distance Germany and other countries will consul-general in Harbin, is well distare it travels in a year by two
Ile declares knuwu.
the Universe. The distance between be asked to join.
The trucc will be effective Manchukuo authorities, using between those Island star aystem 21. leged property rights in the C... the group of lights of Hongkong au! simultaneously with trace, before holding the World as a pretext, committed a number that of the light of Manila, Indes of violent acts directed in the first into nothingness when compared with thought-wearying Economic Conference.
the New York place toward the undermining of the tremendous, According Timer, sterling and the gold dollar the normal working of the C.E...distances between the luland universes Man-jus is well below the average distance Soviet interests, while the of A period would be pegged at an average acts which caused serious losses touf the stars. The nearest nebuin to market value over
charing section of the C.E.R. Board away frons us being only 850.000 light take historical times on this earth sy several months.
Meanwhile the British Reono- failed to take any steps to secure years away. That is to eny. if you mie Advisers are remaining in the the interests of the railway. More-going back 1,000 years, the light that United States in order to watch over, there had been trendous started from the nearest nebula at eastern travelled the half of one per cent. T the possible effects of the Ameri-damage to rolling stock as the re the beginning of history has only
sult of disasters on the line of the railway. Nothing yes its journey and bistory will have to can inflation proposals.-Reuter
done about this by the Manchurian repeat itself about 200 times more section of the Board. They like- before that light can arrive at our wise failed to secure the return of planet. the railway wharf in Harbin, and
DIFFICULT TO PROVE. The Magistrale-How can they aid and abet sitting in the ear?
must Insp. Alexander-They have known the ear did not belong They also had to the defendant.
young girl, aged 15 years, with had not been them, but she
were charged. These people
a joy ride Found taken for Solarl.
The Magistrate--The question is how are you going to prove that not they definitely know he did get permission.
Insp. Alexander--it dificult to prove.
the
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is fairly
His Worship remarked he would to like to consider the paint na whether sitting in a car constitut- edalding and abetting, and manded the three defendants to to-morrow on bail of $50 each.
First defendant, who pleaded guilty, was fined a total of $175 or eight weeks' hard labour in de-
fault.
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The Band of the Garde Re-
publicaine of France. 9594 Vocal Duct The Magic Flute-The
Manly Heart (Mozart) Thy land, O Fairest (Mozart). Vocal Duet-Don Giovanni--Givo me Miriam Licette & Dennis Noble. 9503 (Verdi, Orchestral-Aida-Selection
arr, Tavan),
Now Queen's Hall Light orchestra 0304 Voen! Duet-II Trovatore-Ifome to
Our Mountains (Verdi). Vocal Duct-II Trovatore-Miserere
(Verdi),
Gertrude Johnson & William
Meseltine. 0168 & 6.33-7.20 p.m. Light Opera. Musical Comedy. Vocal Gems-Follow Through (de
Sylvn, Brown & Henderson).
Columbia Light Opera Company. 0764 Selection-Lave me To-night.
Debroy Somera' Band. DX430 Vocal Gems-Patiende (Glibert &
Sullivan).
Columbia Light Opera Co. DX18 Selection Helen (Ofenbach ner.
Korngold).
Charles Prentice & His Orch: DX330
Guard (Gilbert & Sullivan).
Columbia Light Opera Company Vocal Duet-The Yeomen of the
7.20 }).m
9554 Closing Local Stock Quotations, ele. 7.23-7.40 p.m.
Iberia
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(Images
Pour Orchestre)
(Claude Debussy).
Paul Klenau conducting the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra.
L1909/12000
7.40-8 p.m. Variety. Band-Aunt Hagar's Blues.
Innd Herriot have agreed to a fement of the Manchukuo govern- think at, and what of that travelled | Band-Dinah.
to
the Lari
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that
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Ted Lewis & His Band. CB64 Descriptive Sketch-Making a Talkic. Clapham & Dwyer. DB134 Band-Out the BottleWe've Got
the Moon & Sixpence.
Somers Band. Deboy
CB477 Vocal Duet Can't We Meet Again? Flanagan & Allen, DB1952 Ted Lewis & His Band. CB84 Band-Out of the Bottle-Put That
In Writing.
Deboy Somers Band. CB477 8 p.m. Local Time & Weather Report.
8.3-11.30 p.m. Relay from the Ko Shing Theatre. 10.30 p.m.
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COBHAM'S AMBITIOUS PLAN TO REACH AUSTRALIA
Loudon, Apr. 29. Sie Alan Cobham has expressed complete satisfaction, after his Now to come back to our own first trial flight at Portsmouth, no steps were taken to ensure progalactic system. The sun is distant with the Airspeed Courier mano- tection of the personnel of the from us 93 million miles, and from the plane that is being equipped for un to the centre of the galactic his non-stop refuelling flight to
yeurs, MESTRS, E. W. L. HOGBIN AND railway or the latter's property,
system is about 17,000 light The sun is not on the edge of the Australia.
machine is a low-wing J. S. MCINTOSH
In conclusion. M. Kuznetzov x-galactic system, sor at its centre, but A double presentation took did place at the Kowloon Bowing presses the hope that Mr. Li Shao-well within it and is surrounded on ali monoplane of the type built for Green Club on Saturday after-keng hill take the necessary steps vides by stars. The distance acrose passenger and airmail work, and noon, when Mr. J. S. Meintosh and to secure an adjustment of the thir wheel shaped galactic system normally carries fuel for six hours Mr. E. W. L. Hogbin were the questions raised so that the neces-from ulge to edge is 220,000 light at a cruising speed of 143 miles
normal years. No wonder the stars, in-per hour." the
mente in themselves, look so small to
In Sir Alan Cobham's machine, recipients of gifts from the club sary conditions for
is 25 million system, is our own galactic
Inspector Alexander-I might say, that a number of cars have been taken and practically the whole lot have been dumped Wanchai. I understand that where this man lives.
Mr. Wynne Jones said he
deduction not think nature was fair,
in
is
of that
MONEY CHANGER
CHARGED
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0:1
NORMAL WORKING.
of
be
The
their impending departure working of the C.E.. may
crented. He emphasizes that the us! The nearest star to us, within space has been provided for only from the Colony.
winga Mr. F. L. Rapley, President of Soviet representatives are interest-million miles away, e. about two instead of six passengers, the the Club, in eulogising the deeds ed in secing the normal working of thousand times as far away as the extra space being utilised for fuel
the sun, and it takes 44 years for the tanks. Five tanks in the
give a total fuel capacity of 288 of Mr. Hogbin, dwelt on the the C.E.R. restored so that
of ni The number of stars in the galactic gallons, enough for about 26 hours number of ollices he had held since best results may be produced for light of that star to reach us. he joined the Club in 1927, and both parties on the basis
On the proposed Australian trip, million similar wystems out-beyond, remarked that Mr. Hogbin was a strict adherence to the appropriate system, not to speak of the other two flying without refuelling.
is estimated ns up to 300,000 million. the monoplane will refuel while in good bowler, a good tennis player, agreements and regulations.
So that if this galactic system were night from four or five aircraft, a good singer, a good sportsman
earth
to-day, each would receive for fixed points. Chu Kee, a money changer, af and a "jolly good fellow" all
A feature of the machine is the 140, Connaught Road Central, ap-round. At the conclusion of his club house was being construct-Farrelled out among the people of the which will meet it at pre-arranged peared before Mr. Wynne-Jones in speech, Mr. Rapley presented Mr. ed. He referred to the man patrimony or plaything a give of
Our earth in comparatively in retractable under-carriage, which, the Central Police Court this morn-logbin with n chiming clock on offices Mr. Mcintosh had held, and about two hundred starry-orbs, ing, on charges of uttering 30 behalf of the members of the club. the amount of work and advice
B. given by him at all times in the significant amongst the galaxies of according to Flight Lieut. Stain- The Vice-President, Mr.
the Club. Mr.the universe, insignificant in size, b. forth, who made the first tests of counterfeit Chinese twenty cent pieces, and possession of 58.
Wylie, followed, making reference interest
an English inhabitants that travels so swiftly hour to the speed by reducing the Mr. F. X. D'Almada, sen., ap-to Mr. McIntosh's long association McIntosh's gift from the Club the mental power of the hum the machine, adds 40 miles per
and penetratce so deeply is something air resistance.
The maching is fitted with an the with the Kowloon Bowling Green took the form of peared for the defence, and
He referred to the fact leather suitcase.
Major hearing was fixed for Friday at Club.
distance in its magnificence. It is Armstrong Siddeley Lynx had been
Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh leave far surpassing mero buli ne mere -McIntosh Mr. 2.30 p.m.
at of the Club a the Colony on May 10, and Mr.good to get out into the open space engine, which develops a maximum President momentous period of its history. and Mrs. Ifogbin and family on of the country, it
Lrendening, so, too, a visit to the power of 242 h.p.-British Wire- That was in 1926, when the new May 20.
great open spaces and the stellar cities of the Universe widens our Intellectual vision beyond parochial and DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
Froportions to cosmie proportions The F. & O... Naldero left Singa-even to the touching of the infinite.
(This to the frat of a cerica of on the GOOD MEN THAT THE COMMON-pore for this Port on Saturday with
the outward English Mails, and le due papitlar talks on astronomy which the Rev, MacDonald in giving over the here on Wednesday at about 10 am.
radia. The second la to be given to morrow evening.)
Mr. D'Almada-Would your Wor- ship reduce bail. It is $2,000,
His Worship-Any objection to reduction?
Det-Ins, Elston- um entirely in your Worship'n hands.
Mr. D'Almada-Ile in only an assistant.
Is Worship-I think
that
IT IS TO THE INTEREST OF ALL
face of it, he should know what is WEALTH SHOULD BE SAFE-Cicero,
a counterfeit coin.
Mr. D'Almada- That
is
for
argument later.
IIIs Worship-I think we leave the bail as before,
COLLIERY MISHAP.
The Ben Line a.. Benreoch' left Singapure via Manila for Hongkong will on 22nd April and is duo to arrive
here to-morrow.
SEVEN REPORTED DEAD IN COLOGNE EXPLOSION
Cologne, Apr. 30.
Seven miners were killed and two injured in a collery explosion at Carnap, near Essen, to-day.
So far it is not known whether the remainder of the ahift on duty 18 ante. Reuter,
The semi-finals and finals of the Army Open Individual Championships
and of the Novices Competition, will
packing санс Lee Sang, a street coolie, was yes. terday' injured by n falling on him from a lorry at Kow- loon and was reinoved to the Kowloon ¡Hospital.
Some wild idens regarding news.
be held at the open-air ring at Sham- paper reporting are held out in tho
Ahulpo Camp on Wednesday commencing at 7.45 p.m.
next, production "The Front Page" now
being acreened at the King's. No.:
porters are seen playing a silent game
refreshing and
LINKS WITH PAST
STONE AGE RELICS FOUND NEAR PONT ARTHUR
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·
This follows the discovery of the scoop chooses ancient earthenware at Wang-1
Mount LaotichRcutor'a Special, Thursday next, by pupills of Mr. F. to appear at the right moment. Achiatun, at the base of Manon. The concert is to commence redeeming feature is the all-round
good performance of the east. at 5.30, pm,
Icas.
ANOTHER FAST
GANDHI ANNOUNCES
- DETERMINATION
Poona, Apr. 30. Mahatma Gandhi has not yet Anished his fasting in the cause of the untouchables,
From the gnol at Yeravda, where he is a prisoner, Gandhi announced yesterday that on May 8 he will begin a fast of 21 days in connection with his campaign for the removal of untouchability. The fast, says Gandhi, will be "unconditional and irrevocable."
Gandhi's decision to fast is in- terpreted by observors as an ex-
efforts to remove untouchability, pression of dissatisfaction at the
It is feared, In view of Gandhi's progress of the high caste Hindus
reaction on his wook fast last September that three weeks will mean certain denth.-Reuter.
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