Evangelina Booth.
WOMAN TO. HEAD
SALVATION ARMY?
HIGH COUNCIL TO MEET SHORTLY
EVA BOOTH AS CANDIDATE
London, Aug. 9. Evangeline Booth, nearly seventy years of age, may become head of one of the greatest religious organisa- tions in the world-the Salvation Army.
Evangeline is the sister of General Bramwell Booth and her. appointment is being strongly pressed by the American section of the Army,
Forty-seven delegates from twenty-two countries will attend the High Council which will be held in London on August 28th to to General the succcanor Higgins, who will retire from he leadership on November 1st,
elect
The election will be by ballet and a two-thirds majority is 10- alfred efore a new General een; be appointed,
NO PROHIBITION. Nothing in the laws governing the Salvation Army precludes a woman from becoming the General.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1934,
ACCUSED COMMITTED | LORRY COLLIDES LONDON FASHION
FATHER AND SON ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Charged with the manslaughter of Chan Bian, a gardener of Heung Tao Village, New Territories, on July 5, Maki-kwan, and hinson, Mak Kam-hing, were committed for trial nt the next Criminal Sessions by Mr.
1. M. MacDougall, at the District Ofice South yesterday afternoon.
Cautioned before being committed, Mak Ti-kwan gave evidence on his own behalf, and stated he did not think the allegations about his son going off with the dead man's wife, were true. "My object of going to the village, was to get work as n vegetable gardener," "ho sald.
I will make statement at the Supreme Court" said the second ac cused.......
Cross-examined by Mr. Lockhart Smith, the first accused, stated that, when living at No. 83 Kramer Streat, Talkoksul, his son called on him and asked him to take a position as a. pardener with 'Mo Kasi," at loung Tec Village,
Jon
Acenied dented his son had sald anything regarding a row with de censed over his wife. All hig had said was that Chan Man's wife had absconded and that he was sus- pected. He also dented that his ob- ject in rolng to the village was to muke TOWĄ
Accused stated that on July 5 he went to Mo Kau's house and had n Incal,
Reverting to the scene in the matabed, accused denied the state ment that his son had taken part in
the fight. He said that Chen San,
n. 17-year-old son of deceased, had attacked him with an iron bar,
Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, sistant Crown Solicitor, conducted re
for Саби
Crown. the
Det- Inspector A. J. W. Dorling hait charge of Police investigations. The accused were not represented.
ZBW PROGRAMMES.
WITH BUS
DRIVER CHARGED ON THREE COUNTS
A collision between a lorry and i motor bus had a sequel af the
to
IN SHOES
HARD ON PYTHONS OF NIGERIA
London, Aug. 6, 19 There may not be an awful lot of snake-charmers outside of
Kowloon Magistracy, this morning circuses in the Old World these when Ip Shek, the driver of motorBays, but British sonten are fall. lorry No. 4041, was summoned ing hard for the snakes as an aid before Mr. J. H. D. Lea for (1) to their charms just now, accord- falling to report a change of ading to Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, dress, (2) failing to drive with duo the British Colonial Secretary. care and caution and (3) failing trafic signal. obey a Mr. R. C. II. Lin, instructed by Messrs. Auss, and Co. appeared for the lefence.
Trame Inspector Saunders told the
Court that
the case arose out of an accident at the function of
The trade in pythons la making Prince Edward Road and Nathan things so hot for the large snakes Rond at 12.16 p.m. on July 21. of Nigeria that the Emir of one Defendant was alleged to have district la the protectorate laform- disobeyed a traffic signal and to
ed the Colonial Secretary that he have collided with Kowloon Motor was going to Institute a close time
As a result of imporial prefer- ence duties large quantities of coming, to python akine re England from Nigeria to be made. into shoes for the women of Britain, he stated.
SANCTUARIES FOR MEN
MR. BERNARD SHAW'S SUGGESTION
London, July 26, George Bernard Shaw's Intest hunch" is that the world needs sanctuaries for human beings where they can be sure of not being shot.
On his 78th birthday, the white- bearded Irish playwright declared that if the whole world could be made into a bird sanctuary that might be one of the most im -portani atops towards making the world a sanetuary for human beings.
"There are no sanctuaries for human beings at present", Shaw antd. "Although the
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Bus No. 665- The driver of the for pythons during their breeding ments for shooting them on the line
bus was also asummoned.
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season. During that time it would Mr. Lim said he had no instruche illegal to kill ̈ them.-United tions with regard to the first
Prens charge, but with regard to the second and third, he would plead — not guilty.
Defendant himself
pleaded Theatre between 10 p.m. and 11 guilty to the first charge and was on July 26, Aned $3.
SIGNAL DISOBEYED. ̧*
the
Chan Kwal-ming, driver of private car No. 2219, was fined $10 for failing to renew his. llcence, and $10 for driving a car which was not licensed.
Steps which the trafile police have taken to round up drivers of notor vehicles without licences, A Shantung constable said he resulted in several being summoned was on point duty at the junction before Mr. Hamilton, at of Prince As
Edward Itout
And Central Magistracy this morning. Nathan Road at 12.15 p.m. on July Hon Kwok-leung, driver of 21. He saw motor bus No. 663 private car No. 1439, was fined $10 along Nathan Rond going in the for failing to renew his licence. direction of Tsimshatsul, and gave it a clear signal. The bus was then about 30 yards off.
Immediately afterwards, wit Bess saw lorry No. 1041 going along Prince Edward Road to
Lai Heung, driver of lorry No. warda Kowloon City. It was com- 966, Tang On, driver of private ing along fairly fast and witness car No. 2761. and Lau Cheung, gave it a red signal. Instead of driver of public car No. 770, were obbying this Kignal, witness each fined $10 for failing to alleged, the driver of the lorry renew their licences. carried on and collided with the bus, which could not stop in time.
EUROPEAN RELAYS HEADED
LIST FOR JULY ·
Actual hours of transmission from zB during July totalled. 242.26, of which 15126 were devoted to Euro- pean Programmes and 91 to Chinese programmes, as follows. The Euro- pean percentage was 62.44.
During the month the following Items were Broadcast:
Danco Progennumer European Studio Concerts Chinese Studio Concerts
10.
30.
11.
European Relays
45.
11.
1.
4.
Chinese Relays
European Lectures
Chineso Lertures
· Chinese Childrens' programnies New Licences lasted during July, totalled 107.
On each Monday and Thursday evening, in addition to the Chinese programmes broadcast from 2BW, European recorded programmtes were broadcast from ZEK on a frequency. of G40 kilocycles, from 8.30-10 p.m. Tho
total number of hours were
The sister and the daughter of inte General Bramwell Looth_both | 1914. hold high rank in the list of o!!- cera and are members of the High Council.
The High Council consists of 16 representatives from Great Britain, the home country of the Army; six from, the United States, five from India, two from Austra lia and one each from nineteen other lands.
LOST VOYAGERS
V
TINY CRAFT DISABLED
NORTH PACIFIC
DRIVING OFFENCES.
Peter Cheung, driver of private Cross-examined by Mr. Lim, Wit- ness said that as soon as he had car No. 255, was cautioned on a summons of having falled to drive given the clear signal to the motor with due care and caution. It was bus, the red light was automatical-alleged that defendant had driven ly against the lorry from Prince
from
Des Voeux Road intu Edward Road. He stated that the Western Street, and had taken the last time he had changed the sign-corner on the right-hand side of al was ave minutes before the c-
the road.
eldeut. On further cross-examin- Wong Fat, driver of lorry No. ation, witness, admitted that he 2509, was not Sb for having had, just prior to the accident driven at 20 miles an hour in changed the signal. for a No. 1 Whitfield from the A. P. C. to the bus to pass along.
Hongkong Electric Company.
CONTRADICTIONS:
Leung Kan-kl, driver of lorry No. 1669, was fined for dangerous Mr. Lim pointed out to his Wor-driving. Sergeant McInnis stated ship that the constable had con-that defendant took the corner of tradicted himself on several points Arsenal Street and Johnstone Road in his evidence.
the wrong side. He · እቤ . Constable: Do you mean I have coming in the opposite direction. been telling lies?
and thera was a near accident.
NAVAL OFFICER SUMMONED.
Mr. Lim: I haven't come to 'thal, yet,
The hearing was adjourned ustilit R. Wood, H. M. S. Veteran.. Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
.A
was summoned for driving on closed road, and dangerous driving on July 26.
Trafic Inspector Nicol told the Court that defendant drove in Ico Street at 8.30 pm, about 25 miles
BUS COMPANY FINED.· Washington, Aug. 9.
Arising out of the previous case, William Titlow and his wife,
S. T. Louey, manager of the Kow accompanied by A THREE BOOTH DELEGATES.
nurse, Miss
leon Motor Bus Co., was fined $25 Marion Phillips, who left San
for allowing Bus No. 803 on the an hour. on a pleasure The American representatives Diego last month
road without two efficient and inde- will be Commander Evangeline cruise to Manila in a seven-ton
Fendent brakes. Traffic Sergeant in the craft, are now reported to be safe Booth, head of the Army
Serim said he had examined the United Statea; Lieut. Commis after drifting helplessly on the
bus after the nccident and found sioner Damon, in charge of the Pacifle for some time.
the foot brakes to be absolutely Southern States; Commissioner The adventurers' craft Was
useless, and the hund brakes fair. Maxwell, in charge of the eastern caught in a storm and disabled
Taul Kan, the driver of bus No. alates: Commissioner McIntyre, while in the North Pacific and for
663, was fined $5 for failing to re- in charge of the western states, many days it was feared she was port ineficient brakes to the Bus and Lieut. Comniisaloner Parker. tost.
Company.
The Booth family will have She was picked up finally and three delegates. In addition to towed to Peys Island by the Evangeline, who is a daughter Japanese survey ship Koshi, on of the founder William Booth, July 20.
Defendant said when he took the bus out in the morning, the brakes were in good order, but ps it was raining the whole marn- ing, the foot brakes became affect
there will be two daughters of The American Consulate at Bramwell Booth and, therefore, granddaughters of the founder Tokyo now reports that the yachted by the rain.
and her crew have arrived safely Inspector Saunders said it was
thun the defendant.
not
Mr Hamilton:-Did he even bag one broker?
Defendant was absent, being away at Forchow, and the summons was, adjourned sine dic.
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LORRY DRIVER FINED, Wong Wah, driver of lorry No.. 770, was fined $25 for having failed. to make way to a fire appliance.. and warned by Mr. Hamilton that he would have his licence cancelled the next time. Defendant pleaded that he was following a tramcar. He was not aware there was & fis appliance behind him, other wise he would have got to a side
-Catherine Bramwell-Booth, who at the leland of Pelow, near Yap.more the fault of the Company of the road. is head of Women's Social Work United Prean.
Great Britain, and Mary Booth, who is in charge of the work in Denmark.
As the United States is one of the leading fields of Salvation Army activity and ae Evangeline Booth is a daughter of the Founder, there is a strong senti ment in favour of her, especially as sho. is 69. It is now or nover for her, as the Army has a rule that nobody is eligible after at taining the age of 78.
FIGHTING QUOTAS.
CEYLON STATE COUNCIL STRONGLY OBJECTS
Colombo, Aug. 9: After a two-day debate, the State Couneli passed a resolution testing against the enforcement by order-in-counell of a quota system for Japanese goods coming into i Ceylon.
pro-
EUROPEANS SUMMONED.
Mr. I; H. J. Brooks, assistant tution officer of the Central Fire Station, said that at noon on July
G. W: Arnold, of Torres Buil-20 he left the fire station in an ding, was fined $10 for disobeying appliance and turned left. They
a traffic signal at 4 p.m. un July 25.
came up with defendant near Pettinger Street, but could not pass a defendant was driving int Inspector Saunders said that ** defendant was driving on Prince Ed. the centro of the road on the tram pass on the ward Road, the alenal was against lines. They tried to him but he carried an. There off side but could not owing to on- was no dangor in his action, but coming traffic. he had certainly disobeyed the signal.
F. W. Kendall, driver of car.No. STARTED IN LONDON.
The Council requested the Board2630, was fined $10 for leaving his Born in England. Evangeline
car unattended outside the Star Booth has spent 30 years of her of Ministers to take immediate life in America and is now an steps to nullify tho injurious effects American citizen. She started as a on the people of such an arbitrary captain in the Army in Maryle-imposition---Reuter.
bone, when Army Jasses were often
subjected to rough treatment by
louts who resented the Army's
work, Evangeline Booth showed General Higgins, who for ten her daring by going all over years had been Chief of Staff. England to work amani rumans Bramwell Booth died a few months in perilfraught noighbourhoods later.
OFFICE
Her candidacy will not have CANDIDATES FOR smooth Balling. There will be Of the probable candidates echoes of a bitter fight of five against Evangeline Booth Honry: years ago. There was a revolt Mapp is highly favoured, Born ngainst the leadership of her In Bombay, ho is the brother, Bramwell Booth, who of Staff. A third
Commissioner David Lambor was charged with nepotism desire to nams his successor in Scotland; he gave
upils Evangeline Booth was one of the ness as chemist to enter tig Army, leaders in the revolt against her and now is this head of the Intel- Office. The fourth name brother It
4the High Council finally 1920, when t declared Bramwell Booth to paren, who is in charge of the Wil waft for service on account of the lam Booth Momerial Training state of his health It removed College in London, which turns out him from his poet and elected about 400 Army officers each year.
Another Chinese officer... gave evidonet, after which defendant
Defendant."ad was convicted, mitted governl previous convictions, one being, for reckless driving."
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"I am not at all sure that the cult of making a sport of the slaughter of birds has not a great] deal to do with that sport of kings
as it has been called-the slaughter of men."-United Press.
A girl doesn't have to study foreign tongues to know her "romance" language,
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MISSIONS CHAPLAIN. REV. C. J. BROWN SUCCEEDS REV. G. T. WALDEGRAVE The Rev. Cyril J. Brown, Chaplain of the Missions to Seamen at Singa- pore, has been appointed to succeed the Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, M., ns Chaplain of the Missions to Seamon in Hongkong.
The Rov. and Mrs. Brown are ox- pected 16- arrive in Singapore in the Blue Funnel ilner Hector to-day on their way to Hongkong. They have been on leave.
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