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FOUNDED 2811
一拜禮·號八十月二英鸿香
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
1935.
No. 14511
AMAZING TALE OF
ESPIONAGE
PROMINENT GERMAN WOMEN INVOLVED
SECOND
DAY OF RACING
FAVOURITE FAILS IN FIRST EVENT
FAIR CROWD ATTENDS
There was quite a good
LIKELY TO DIE UNLESS attendance when the second day
HITLER INTERVENES
Berlin, Feb. 17.
The story of an alleged espionage plot in Germany, for which it is expected a number of prominent persons, including a Polish officer, Baron Sosnowsky, Baroness von Berg, Frau von Natzner and others, will die, was revealed here to-day following the trial of the accused before a secret People's Court.
The accused were charged with selling Germany's mobilisation plans to a foreign power, and were accused of high treason.
Some quarters believe Baroness von Berg and Frau Natzner will certainly be executed.
The methods used by the aples, | according to reports here, read liko a novel. It appears Baroness von Berg was desperately in love with the handsome and dashing Polish officer,
Baron young Sosnowski. He, a born gambler and daring horseman, woh her as a willing accomplice to his plan. It was she who wenyed 4 net of intrigue in nuclety circles.
girla,
Sho .invited
chiefly daughters of high army officers and the Reichswehr employees of
partice, Ministry, to sumptuous plied them with liquor, and aller- edly allowed them to assume com- promising positions with young men. She then worked with flash- light powder and camera, and thereafter easily enlisted their aid in her schemes.
Frau Natzner was another, as complice of Baron Sonsnowski, it is alleged, and worked in the same way as the Baroness von Berk.
The sentences of the several ac- cused will not be revealed until Herr Hitler has passed upon them. Final decision as to their fate rests with Der Fuehrer.-Reuter
WOMEN TO DIE
Berlin, Feb. 17.
R.A.F.
·PROBE
of the annual Race Meeting opened at Happy Valley this morning. The weather was dull, but with promise of improving later, and the course was again on the fast side.
In the first race, the Tower Stakes, no fewer than 21 ponies faced the starter, and Mr. L. G Frost brought Seventeenth of September two lengths ahead of
the favourite, Lucky Strike. The latter pony led all the way until beaten in the home straight.
His Excellency, the Governor arrived just before noon, in time to see the second race.
Stakes-Winner 1-The Tower $600. Secondl $250. Third $160. For China Ponies, Subscripilon Griffins of thin Club of this Meeting.. Weight for Inches as per acalo. Jockey Allow- ance. From the Two Mile Post Once Round and in (about One Mile 171 Yards).
CRASH
Mr. Kwok Hin-wang's Seven- teenth of September (152) (Mr. L. G. Frost)
►
1
Lucky Strike
(155) (Mr. V. Neoda)
(Mr. Neugebauer)
Twenty-one starters.
PILOT TRAPPED AMONG CRAGS
BODIES TAKEN TO MALTA
Messina, Feb, 17. The coffins bearing the victims of the R.A.F. flying boat disaster were taken aboard 11.M.S. Durban
Įthis afternoon.
After full military honours had been rendered to the airmen, who were burned to death when the big four-engined machine they were flying crashed on a mountain-side in Sicily, the cruiser left for Malta at 3.30 p.m.
by
Mr. Choice's
Mrs. Mackle's Invermark (165)
Won by half length; lengths.
two
Time: 2 min. 20.4/5 BaCH Parl-mutuol:- Win $79.80; Places $12.40; $7.10; $14.80.
Оле
2. The f'erth Plate-First See- tion)-Winner $600. Second $250. Third $150. For Australian Ponies, Griffins of this Meeting. Weight for inches as per scale. Winners 10_1b..
Jockey allowance, penalty. Mile.
Leong Kwok-cheung's Mr.
Southern Cross (152) (Mr. P. K. T. Ho) ...... Mr. Kay Neckelman's Mount
Pilatus (152) (Mr. D. Black) Snowy River (149) (Mr. V. Messrs. Mackie & Grayburn's
Needn)....
2
B
Ten starters,
Won by length and half; length: and half.
$10.80;
Time: I min. 48.4/b seça, It is officially announced that a
Pari-mutuel:- Win Meanwhile, a report on the displaces $6.00; $6.00; $7.90. statement will be issued in res-i pect to the espionage plot trial, jasler has been submitted to the Afr
3. The Tyro Stakes.--Winner $600. Ministry. some time to-morrow.
Squadron-Lender Second $250. Third $160. For China the statement is Nairn, who refused to disclose de- Ponies, bona fide Grifins of this But before
31eeting. Weight for inches as per made public, Baroness von Berg tails of his findings. But it is re- and Frau Natzner will bo liably learned that, in the first place, scale. Winner of the Maiden Stakes executed, unless Herr Hitler there was nothing wrong with the burred. Winners of other races 7 11. penalty. Subscription Grifinn of this exercises his prerogative-Renter. machine: second, that it crashed Club of this Meeting allowed 10 lb. into a hillside travelling at speed Jockey allowance. Allowance accumu. of 100 miles an hour; thirdly, that lative. Five Furlongs. the occupants were undoubtedly Mr. L. Dunbar's Pontiac Bay rendered unconscious with the im- pact, and were probably dead before th flames reached them.
Plan To Unite Coal Mines
It appears the pilot turned his machine towards the sea, having apparently caught a glimpse of it,
AMALGAMATION FOR but was trapped batween the rocky
ECONOMY
ENORMOUS OUTPUT
(Spacial to "Telegraph")
Du Telegraph Copyright. Telegraphie ales. pes Ordinance, 1894. Received, February
$8, 10.30 ..)
London, Fab. 17.
A proposal to amalgamate two great South Wales coal companies, which would catablish the largest coal producing unit in the United Kingdom, was announced to-dny,
The concerns are the Powell- Duffryn Steam Coal Company,
craga of the range over which he was flying at a height of 2,000 feet. He was unable to gain the necessary nititude to clear the mountain on whose flank the ship struck and im- mediately caught fire-Reuter.
U.S. SILVER IMPORTS
GREATEST BULK FROM U.K.
(Special to "Telegraph”)
Washington, Feb. 17. Silver imports into the United Ltd., and the Welsh Anthracite States for the week ending Feb- Colliories Ltd. Their annual out-ruary 8, 1935, amounted to $7,005,- put of coal is at present over 000. 11,000,000 tons, but tho productivo capacity of the two companies ex- coods 20,000,000 tons
The proposal will be submitted to an extraordinary general meet ing of shareholders of both 'con- cerns on March 12,
This amount includes: $6,176,- 000 from the United Kingdom; $209,000 from Mexico;
(161) (Mr. L. G. Frost).... Mr. L. T. F.'s High Honour
(161) (Mr. K. L, Tao) .............. 2 Mossrs. Mackle & Grayburn's Ythan (158) (Mr, P. P. Botelho)
4.
Eightem starters. Wou by half length; short head.
Time: 1 min. 13.1/5 secs. Pari-mutuel:- Win $36.50; Placos $11.40; $12.40; $14.80.
LUCKY SWEEP TICKETS
WINNING NUMBERS
AT RACES
The following are the wimiing numbers in today's cash sweeps up to press time:
Race No. 1.
No. 95 665 960.
Miss Betty Gow, the Scottish nurse girl who has been giving evidence in the Hauptmann trial.. She is returning Home but will (ster go back to Amoviles as murami to the second Lindbergh child.
Herod
For The Derby
CAPT. FOSTER'S SELECTIONS
ROSE QUEEN
BEOLE COFF 10 CENTE
PER ANNUM
ROME'S LEGIONS SAILING
RECRUITS FLOCK
TO COLOURS
TRANSPORTS
FOR AFRICA
TFOR
DUNLOP Fort
TYRES
are made for those who prefer SUPERLATIVE QUALITY.
CHINA IN SEARCH OF SILVER
LIKELY TO REMOVE RE-EXPORT TAX
Messina, Feb. 17. RECOMMENDATION SENT
Three thousand troops, con- sisting of three battalions of militia and the Third Regiment of the Peloritana Division, will sail to-morrow for Eritrea and Somaliland.
The troops for Somaliland are
nboard already
the transport Conte Binneomano, which her way here from Naples.
Meanwhile, more young
on
men
are st arriving here by train. recnaits for the army's oversens expedition, volunteers for active service abroad-Reuter,
The United Press adds that na official communique from Rome reveals that the battalion which was reported to have sailed from Naples on Saturday, actually loft that port some days carller. Tho communique does not mention the date, but it is thought to have been February, 10.
SECOND CHOICE Maj. L. Cassel
BY CAPT. FOSTER,
I am offering Herod to win, with Rose. Queen and King's. Jubilee taking second and third places respectively in my tips for the Derby to-day. will also be found tips for the complete programme of twelve
races.
RACE 4 Trentbridge Diana Bay Soldier of Britain
RACE S Racing Roy Bistre... Cavalcade
RACE 6. The Chetah Wadebridge. Double Chance
RACE 7 Able Amazon Rose Ann
Racing Heari
RACING
· EXTRA
Below
The Hongkong Telegraph will publish a final edition to-day reporting the result of the Derby and other races, with cash sweep num- bers.
RACE #
Herod Rose Queen King's Jubiice RACE 9
Gladiator Gleneagles
Ribble
RACE 10
Liberty Bay
RACE 11 Rosseau Soldier of Feace Diogenes
RACE 12 Derby Day Shooting Star The Benu Goose
PORTUGAL'S PRESIDENT
CARMONA GIVEN HUGE MAJORITY
Lisbon, Feb. 17. General Carmona has been ra
majority-Reuter,!
$673.40 102:40 96.20 Unplaced ponies ($26 ench): elected President with a huge $203,000 Nos. 1682, 1266, 704, 1852, 186, 900, from Hongkong: $200,000 from 1592, 1945, 1677, 857, 1979, 674, 52, Canada; $197,000 from Peru.
1659, 1549, 1498, 1169, 1406..
Race No. 2
There were no imports from A memorandum states that the China during the week mentioned, amalgamation offers opportunities while small amounts were import- -for-a concentration of outputed from Australia, France, Gor-
which would result In more many,
Honduras, Salvador, economical operation.Beuter Jamaica, Chile, Cuba and Ecuador. Special.
United Press,
No. 161
1395
"
744
"
$866.60 247.60 $123.80
Race No. 3
No. 606-
*
$947.80 1709.
$270,80 961
$135.40 -Unplaced ponies ($25 each):
Passes
FORMER RESIDENT
OF HONGKONG
Many residents will learn withi deep regret of the death, which Vernon took place at Mount Hospital Northwood, near Lon Jon; yesterday, of Major Louis Cassel, O.B.E., for many years a resident of Hongkong,
Major Cassel, who had been in poor health for some considerable time, left the Colony in November, He-was-then-far-from well, and news of his death is not wholly unexpected.
TO FINANCE MINISTRY
(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")
In an effort to encourage the importation of silver, into China, it is learned from reliable sources in Shang- hai that the Monetary Advisory Committee has passed a resolution to recommend the Ministry of Finance to permit duty free re-export of silver any time following, the lapse of three months after importation.
It is also reported that the Ministry is likely to approve of the resolution and that they will possibly announce the decision on Sunday, February 17, although this report has not been officially confirmed, says United Press.
It is said that such a move would constitute an in- vitation to foreign banks to import the white metal and thus serve to relieve the existing money tightness, especially British banks who are maintaining branch offices in Hongkong, although it is widely questioned whether the objective would be accomplished.
NEW YORK TO CLIMB. TO WORK?
Shanghai, Feb. 18. Earlier reports that the Mono tary Advisory Committee was the contemplating action for exemption of tax on the re-export. of allver has been officially con- Armed.
The official announcement, says that the recommendation has been referred to the Ministry of Financo for consideration
LIFTMEN THREATEN United Press.
STRIKE
EMERGENCY. MEASURES --
(Special to "Telograph")
ry Telegraph. Copyright. Taleprophía Mese saare Ordinance, 1116. Received, Yar i, 11 ..
Prior to his retirement from the Army, Major Cassei saw ser- vlce in many parts of the world, and was for a time D.A.A.Q.M.G. in the China Command. In the early days of the Great War, he
New York, Feb. 17, was Prean Censor in Hongkong.
The horror of stairs has He was some years age prominent.
a syndicate galvanised the City authorities ly associated with which endeavoured to secure coal into action over a threatened mining concessions in Kwangtung strike of 200,000 ftmen and
Province. A keen motorist, ho
was at one time a member of the building service employees, who Committee of the
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Nanking, Fob. 16. Tho Ministry of Finance has decided to establish international exchange bureaus in important cities in various countries..
an
It was recommended that such organisation would greately facilitate the international tranë- uction of money orders.
Such catablishments, it is said would be semi-independant, though their head offices would be at tached to the Central Bank.
The
will scheme
become March effective
1036 United Press.
Hongkong are demanding higher wages, It New King's
at mid-
Automobile Assocation, and he is believed the liftmen plan to was also the founder of The walk out... to-morrow Critic, a Hongkong weekly journal, night.
time was for a of which he editor,
BETTY GOW RETURNS
TO NURSE SECOND LINDBERGH BABY
Englewood, N.J., Feb. 17.
It is understood that Misa Betty Gow, who was nurse of little Charles, murdered son of Col, and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh, will go turn in a few weeks to nurse the second son of the famous family, John.
Mayor La Guardia is prepared to exercise the broadest police powers under the city charter; which amounts almost to the pro- clamation of martial law.
If the lifts were stopped in many of the sky-scrapers in Now
Counsel
MR. H. G. SHELDON APPOINTED
Congratulations will be extend-
York It would mean that thousands ed. to Mr. H. G. Sheldon, well- of persons would have to climb known Hongkong, barrister, on A strike of having been made a KC., news to scores of storeys. this dort, therefore, must be ro- this effect having, it is understood, garded as a threat to the health been received from Home on
Saturday. and safety of millions of office and Mr. Shoidon, who came to Hong fiat dwellers and store employers,
as well, who would have to climb kong in 1926, has for some time leading work at the Bar locally, thousands of steps to their places past been doing a great deal of and will be remembered especially of work or homes.
In the event of a strike every as leading counsel in the Cheng building will be guarded by police Kwok-yau case. An able lawyer, ho has also won innumerable and fremen,
The leaders of the strike refuse friends in local social circles. He
Miss Gow, who has been a wit to divulge the time for the walk- takes a keen Interest in sport, bo out, and every effort is being made ing frequently seen as referee at ness at the trial of Bruno Haupt- to avert the strike by confororce boxing contesta and also being a mann, and who, the defence alleged, and compromise meanwhile Stoward of the Hongkong Jockey had guilty knowledge of the Reuter Special
Club.
kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, returned to Scotland on September 16. But It is believed she will come back in Englewood shortly. Reuter.
NOVELIST DIES
MR. ARTHUR S. ROCHE
GOLD IMPORTS
TO AMERICA
ENORMOUS TOTAL FOR PAST YEAR
Washington, Feb, 18.
The Department of Commerco report states that the United
Five Killed In Storm
FIERCE GALE IN HOLLAND
Amsterdam Feb
Threo persons were drowned States gold imports for the year others were killed, 1984 amounted to $1,186,870,810, ously lajurs which contrasts with $100,106,680 for the yene, 1983
Gold exports for 1984 amount
(Special to "Talograph") Palm Beach, Fla., Feb, 17. Mr. Arthur Somers Roche, the Unplaced poutes ($50 each): Nov, 1865, 866, 1818, 2132, 1782, wall imown American novelist, to 169 783,604, which Nos, 767, 1888, 640, 1706, 104, 87 862, 218, 011, 870, 1869, 1153, died at his home her to-day, aged 246, 66% 198** 1992, 111.
686, 2082, 1447.
51.--United Prem
Considerable damag STORE FO.hip was able to leave