THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1936.
CHILD'S QUESTION CAUSES TOUGH
FATHER TO LOSE
"Daddy, Are You
Shattered
Motor Cycle Discovered
WHEREABOUTS OF
RIDER UNKNOWN
POLICE SEEK
OWNER
The Trame Police are looking for
the rider of a motor cycle which
WOR
founit badly smashed this morning in Queen's Road Central, near the Soldiers' Club. Enquiries
Going To Start
Another War?”
"PANGS of conscience" caused Mr. Leo Chertok, America's playboy of finance, to relinquish all claims to his alleged 15,000-square-mile mineral concession in Walaga Province, Western Abyssinia.
be tough.
"In my business you've got to And I am tough. Brit when my life son said, 'Daddy are you going to start another war?'-that was quits. I decided to slep clean out.
In conference at the Savoy Hotel, the dapper, cigar- smoking money-man said recently:-
"I'm stepping out of the whole picture. It's going to cost me a at the Tromie Ofee elicited the fact lot of money. Anyway, I'm that the registered owner of the through. I don't want to have gycle is Lam Fook-ming, of 35 Kai Tak Bund. But there is no know any wars on my conscience. ledge of how the accident neenered,
"Abyssinin -ean have the conces
I'm wash- who the rider was, or if he was. slon. Italy can have it. badly hurt.
ing my hands. I'll lose £50,000 The family of Mr. Lam has been personally. Two Englishmen rind communiented with, pecording, to none other American who were in- Traffic Officer, but could not throw valved with me will love the balance, any light on the matter. They do The
concession cost บ about not know the whereabouts of Mr. £250,000," Lam.
Enquiries were also made at the various hospitels, from where It was learned that no injured person had been admitted either Inst night or this morning.
The Truffle tolice first learned of the accident from an Indian con- stable some the tast night,
GREAT OIL FIELD IN KENYA
OPTIMISTIC REPORT
PUBLISHED
Nairobi, Nov, 23.
•
£50,000
STOLE WIDOW'S MONEY
t
OFFER TO REPAY IN
INSTALMENTS
Bec use Chlu Ting, 22,
W419
स
· fellow – villaster, Wang Chol - fung,
RADIO BROADCAST
Dance Music from The Hongkong Hotel
2-year-old widow, trusted him with $11250 to change into Canton cur- rency in October 18. Unfortunately TALK ON SAFETY FIRST for her, he proved unworthy of her trust and disappenred with the money.
Last Sunday, the widow saw his wife walking in a street in Sham- shulpe, followed her to where she Ilved with Chiu, and arrested.
hud him
Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy Appearing before Mr. E. I. Wynne-
this mortos, Chiu declared he had spent all the money on clothes, hla
Wavelength
Radio Programme Broadenst by. Z.B.W. on n
of 355 metres, (845 ke'),
31.40 metres, (9.32 megacycles).
5-7 pm. A Relay of Dance Mude from the Roof-Garden of the Hong- kong Hotel.
ce
Abyssiniany and for repaying debts. He (Jarnefett); Songs-"Songs
Hlls Worship refused to accept this compromise, and, calling him a bad man, rentraced him to two months' hari labour.
"I'A Inform the
offered to repay the widow in Legation and the Hallan Embassy Instaliments if he were allowed to go that they can have the concession.", tree, beginning with an initial pay
ment of $10. Mr. Cherlok ndmitted that the U.S.A. Government had put pressure He him to relinquish his claim. admitted that his "company" 115 faid for the coneession by supplying QUICK CHANGE Abyssinia with munitions from South This was Mr. Chertok's first In-America left over from the Chaco timation that his financial nerobation
wor
in Abyssinio, which caused cousider- TO DODGE EMBARGO able zile for 15 months, are over, i some time no hu wns biddinj: { He admitted that this was for Mussolini's blessing on a scheme scheme to get round the Arms to "develop" Abyssinia with £10,-[embargo imposed by the 1100,000 of Amerlian capital,
"Why the sudden change?" hei *i143 #krved.
"Conscience," Mr. Chertok replied,
"THIS BEASTLY TRAFFIC"
CHIEF JUSTICE ON HEROIN EVIL
Optimistle reports published here "GAME NOT WORTH
suggest that an oil-held has been
l
discovered in Kenya large enough to supply all the requirements of Bri- tel Africa south of the equator.
Numbers of applications for concessions have been lodged with the Government authorities,
The reports relate particularly to the prospecting French mining engineer, nungd de Jean, who claims to have located what to belleved to be a large oil detd.--Reuter Special.
operations
Mutineers Pursued
of
JAPANESE TROOPS ON BLOOD HUNT
Tientsin. Nov. 23.
11
CANDLE"
"um at a loss to inngine what more I ean do to indiente to people of evil tendencies that a defer- med to stop this beastly traffle; that determination has been publie knowledge in this Colony for four months now, and I am going to con- tinue passing heavy sentences until you realise that the game is not worth the candle," said the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions this morning when he passed sentence of four years' hard labour on Ni Wong, 32, who was found guilty of possession of G4,400 hernin pills.
Government,
U.S.A.
when
"I tried to switch Alden I began to Inok had for sinia. Before that.
even. sitation n o ticklish now. washed up as far as that ennces. sion goes," he said.
ROBBERY WITH
VIOLENCE
THREE-YEAR GAOL TERM
Abys- Pleading multy to charge of The robbery with violence, Là Lin-tong, Rentenced to I'm $7, unemployed, was
Ihrer years hard labour by Mr. Justice Hayden at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
Accused was charged with having robbed Tam Yen, 61-year old widow,
For the present, this enda the saga of a young man who made head Iines for over a year with his schemes for turning Western Abyf $50 at West Point on the afternoon
September 20. sinia lato a mountain range of roki, platium, and silver.
Glasgow
Prisoners To
Receive Home
Comforts
London, Nov. 15. Prisoners awaiting trini in Glasgow are to receive home comforts.
That is to be the rule henceforth in the prisons in the Glasgow area, as mem- Accused, who pleaded not guilty,bers of the Police Committee were was tried by His Lordship, and the authorised by the City Council to following jury: Messrs. J. Russell furnish all cells, (foreman), Lee Cheuk-lum, A.
A. Castro, W. G. Ward, F. G. Maunder, and I.
the Appearing for
Williams. of October morning of
7. Mr. H. A.
Mr. - §.- --- H.- ..
rosecution
・ Asked if he had anything to say us to
to why tentenes should not be passed on him, accused sald that at the time of the robbery he wanted
to to back in the country, but had no money. He Intended to steal a few dollars to enable him to do so.
Passing sentence, Hils Lordship sald he would have passed an exemplary sentence in this case were it not for the fact that no instrument was uned in committing the offence.
REBEL GUNS CONTINUE TO POUND MADRID
(Continued from Page 1.)
weather, have rendered impossible rebel nir raids over the capital.
Claim More Successes
On other fronts, too, the Govern- ment troops claim to have won victories. They have advanced, it is; said, in the direction of Huesca and Saragossa.
the
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of the
7 p.m. A Light Orchestral Con-
Praeludium (Jarnefelt); Berceuse
Hebrides"-In Hebrid Seas; Kish- mus mul's Galley (Kennedy-Fraser). Muriel Brunskill (Contralto); Orche sten-Gipsy Melody (Nelson and Knight); Sollioquy (Murray); Song— The Mounties (Harbach, Friml)..... Nelson Eddy (Baritone); Orchestra 150 Years of Song.
7.30 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quotations and longkong Exchange Market Report.
1.35 pm. Planto Syncopations by Billy Mayerl.
1. Six Miniatures;
Fingered Gentleman; 3.
Have you forgotten?
22 Nimbe
Mistletoe 4,
7.15 p.m. From the Studio.
A Talk: an "Safety First" by the Hon. Mr. T. H. King. Inspector General of Police.
8 p.m. Time, Weather and An- nouncements,
"
8.05 p.m. Chinese Studio Concert. 11 p. Close Down,
8.05-11 p.m. European program- me from E.K. on a frequency of 640 llocycles.
8.05 p.m. Variety. Songs-It's love again; Tony's in Town.
Matthews --Jessie (Soprano); Organ-Itemtulacences of Friml.
Lights out: na Foort: Songs--
These Foolish Thinuggs. Lestic Hutchinson: Sung-The Little Silkworm.
....Jessie Matthewa (Soprano): Song-As I sit here. Leslie Hutchinson; Organ-The King Steps Cut-Medley.
....Reginald Poort; Song-The Scene Changes. ...Leslie Hutchinson,
8.30 p.m. Albert Sandler and His Orchestra.
↓
For Love of you (Franz Vienna); Prelude (Iluydn Wood); Rosa Mic (Guizar): The Fairies Gavotte (Kohn): I bring a Love Song (Rain- berg); You will remember Vienna (Romberg),
9 pm. London-News and An- nouncements. 9.20 p.m.
The Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards
"A Princess of Kensington" Selec- tion (German): The Smithy in the Turkish Wood (Michaelis); The Patrol (Michaelis); Acclamations Waltz (Waldteufel); "Silver Trum- (Vivant, arr. Godgrey). pets"--Grand
Processional March
2.315
p.m. Songs by Raymond
Japanese troops, during this week. / Attorney-General, said that on the nients are being made following a re ful mines and the Insurgents were Newell (Baritone).
Friday
Road.
the
The articles to be provided include: Table, Chuir, mattress bed, pillows,
The trenches occupied by mirror, safety razor, brush and comb, Moorish troops in the Carabanchel and clothes brush, The Improve sector have been blown up by power- commendation by the late Sir God- forced to evacuate a large section of Cursed hero fuites: Taylor, Monopoly Analyst, necom-frey Calls Secretary for Scotland, their front lines at this point, which pursuit of 400, mutinous East Hopei
three months ago..
the Government troops have occupied, militiaren, who carried out a daring panied by Mr. A. W. Grimmitt and hold-up on a train between Shankala party of Chinese llevenue.
In London the ordinary police-
left several hundred The insu
insurgents kw:in and Tongshan on
wont in the top floor of 103 Hun
dead on night,
The door was opened by an station cell presents a very bleak ap-
the field. The insurgent forces, on the other pearance.. man, and, on Did woman,
entering, the
hand, assert The mutineers kidnapped eight
the Government's noticed a strong smell of dried persons aboard the train but released heroin pills. The floor consisted of hole, and contains a wooden bench yesterday were repulsed with heavy It has a wooden door, with a peep- counter-attacks in University City all except two Japanese after they two cubicles and a parlour, and while and a radiator, but no other furni- losses to the attackers and that in had escuped from the rollway line. Mr. Taylor was making his investiga-ture. A prisoner, It is understood the captives
however, rarely been identified as an oflcer named tions in the parlour, he noticed Sakurai, commanding the Japanese accused looking over the partition spends a night in the cells, except in militia made no headway. Itcuter.
case of a person charged with gendarmes at Tongshan, and an ad- from the front room. He immediate-being drunk. Other persons await- viser to the East Hopel militiamen, went into the cubicle, where he ing tlala are usually taken to Brix-
saw, accused standing beside a bed, ton Prison, where next to which was a cupboard con- comfort is provided. The disaffection of the militiamen taining a quantity of hot pills. The was due, it is stated, to the dismissal hands of accused were examined and of their commander by General Yin-pink deposits were found around the Ku-keng, head of the East Ilopel nails. autonomous Government, which en- Continuing, counsel said the cubicle joys Japanese protection.-Reuter. which accused occupied was used not only for storing the pills. but also for the manufacture of them. When he was subsequently
named ral,
have
· BERLIN DEMANDS
PARDON
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trial. This announcement was made here to-day.
to the Russian Governinent to-day
.............
every
suitable
parution of heroin pills. following jury was empanelled to try Accused pleaded not guilty, and the is case: Messrs. R. D. Gillespie (foreman), H. L. Decker, S. Jex, Li to-chuen, Wal Man-lok, A. W. Nor-
admitted the pillarged, accused rlc and II. S. Dinsdalc.
Mr. E. H. Williams, who prosecuted,
the Carabanchel
VICTORIA FALLS
DROUGHT· ·
Johannesburg, Nov. 5.
1. Here's to Life (Talbot and At-l kinson); 2. Let me love you to-night (Grey): 3. (a) Riding down from Bangor (b). Solomon Levi..... (Traditional); 4. Follow me 'ome- A Barrack-Room Ballad (Kipling).
10 p.m. Big Ben,
11 pm. Close Down.
FINE WEATHER
An anticyclone of considerable in- tensity covers China. The depression has moved to the east of Hongkong. Local forecast:-N.E, winds, fresh; fine generally.
For the first time on record no precipice where the cataract usually water is flowing over the Eastern flows. are bathing in pools on the lip of the low. Cataract of the Victoria Falls, People The main cataract is also unusually
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
I TAKE HIM TO BE THE ONLY NICU) The P. and O. liner Comarin Is duc said that about 9.15 a.m. on Septem- MAN THAT LIVES UPON WHAT HE HAS, here from Singapore on Thursday at
were his. Evidence was then given by Mr. Grimmitt and
and Mr. Taylor, who cor- roborated the opening statement of Mr. Williams, after which the name of the police interpreter, Wan Wal- ini, was called. He failed to appear, of 14 Po Yee Street. The door was
er 28, Mr. Taylor, accompanied by
OWE'S NOTHING AND 18 CONTENTED.~~7 a.m.
Mr. Grimmitt and a party of Chinese Howe.. Revenue Officers, raided the top floor
H.M.S. Berwick leaves for Manila to-morrow on a cruise lasting about
The Chinese cruiser Chao Ho has and after waiting for some time, his opened by an old woman, and on has been added to the list of local overhaul.
The name of Dr. J. J. A. Sherry gone into dry dock at Talkoo for The German Ambassador Moscow made further representations interpreter is on
Lordship aid: "Mr. Williams, the entering the party noticed the
recognisances of characteristic
odour
heroin registered medical practitioners. demanding that adequate time be $200 to be here at the opening of the pills
course of drying. Be. given for an appeal on Stickling's Sessions?
Fides the woman, an old man,
A man named Chai Yuen, of 265 belinlt.
Mr. Williams: That in so, y *
Portland Street, was admitted to the respectable-looking girl and The sentence upon Stickling has Lord.
Government Civil Hospital yesterday accused were on the premises. Eventually, the interpreter appear-
Accused was in the closet, apparently suffering from a wound on the left aroused the greatest indignatien infed, but before he gave evidence in hiding, and in the cubicle occupied by hand, caused when he was hit by a Germany.
regard to the statement made by ae- hini was found the pills and mass, chopper during a fight with another cused when he was formally charged, His hands were examined and they man in Arain Street, Mongkok. A 23-year-old walter from Canton was brought before Mr. K. Keen at Hearing in the murder charge the Central Magistracy this morning,
The ometal news agency of the Reich describes the sentence "monstrously high-funded."
as his Lordship told him: "You will were found to be badly stained with await my convenience, after you have pink mass. Accused was brought to
a fortnight. This afternoon, II.M.S. Dorsetshire is expected in harbour from Nimrod Sound.
L
Der Montag calls it an International į given evidence, to show cause why the Police Station where he was where Man Kwal, 30, butcher, is charged with having attempted to scandal and groundless injustlec, you should not forfeit your recogni- formally charged, and, in reply, he accused of killing one Chan Wai at/teal n roll of cloth from the Cloth justifying Germany's attitude to the sonces of $200." terrorists of the Soviet and warning the civilized world to join an anll the witness-box, necused said pills by a man named Leung Sing-was fixed for Thursday, November
Bolshevik bloc for the sake of peace. --Reuter.
DIPLOMAT IMPLICATED
Moscow, Nev. 23. It is now disclosed that during his trial the German engineer,
Stickling, Implicated a certain Herr Graskopf, former German
Consul at Novosibirak' and
Iu
asked him to go to his house. He
one day he met a friend who hol
pany. Ltd., on Saturday. Defendent pleaded not guilty, but after evidence yuen, a salesman who saw the at- had been heard fram Yeung Chui-
fempted larceny, defendant was
20, at 2.30 p.m. by Mr. E. 1. Wynne Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy went to the house where he saw a support of his case, after which the
Counsel then called evidence in this morning. lot of pills which, he was told, were anti-opium pills. The friend asked | itis Lordship passed sentence of three Magistracy this morning, Fung Ming, serve one month's hard labour..
Jury returned a verdict of guilty. Before Mr. K. Keen at the Central ordered to pay a fine of $10, or to him to stay with him, promising him and a half years hard labour. $15 a month, and at the same time
27, unemployed pleaded guilty to a asking him to cinim the pills should timin. Wan Wai-in the interpreter, of cigarettes from Au Tong, a/before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Just before the Court adjourned for charge of having stolen 157 packets Yip Kal, 30, unemployed appeared always tahtances call, because they was brought before His Lordship anti cigarette dealer, of 24 Wellington Magistracy this morning, charged always took the pils without paying asked to explain his conduct, now
for them. He had not seen his friend
Street, on Saturday night. Tong Ho, with having in his possession at No. since he was arrested.
Wan said he went on duty at married woman, was charged with 17 Douglas Street, 1,570 heroin pills. Without retiring the jury
a.m. this morning and was told by the having received the stolen property. Def
Defendant pleaded guilty and was animously found prisoner guilty.
Inspector on duty that he would be She also pleaded guilty. Det.-Ser-sentenced to fine of $1,000, or im- required at the Sessions, but there geant Cashman said the cigarettes, prisonment for six months. Det. ANOTHER
no spare interpreter at the valued at $14 were sold to the Sergeant Cashman prosecuted. An- Central Police Station at the time, Recond defendant by Fung for $3.50. other man, Tam Yuen, was charged are com- After his Lordship had passed His Lordship: You will return here First defendant, who had a previous with the possession of 02 heroin pills. muted, Stickling and the other eight sentence, Li Chan, 28, was brought at 10 am. on Wednesday. In the conviction, was sentericed to two He also admitted the charge. In- defendants convicted at Novosibirsk, up for trial on a charge of possession meantime I will communicate with months' imprisonment and second spector Male asked for a week's re- will be shot and their property con- of 20,200 beroin pills and 110 ozs. of the Inspector-General of Police to defendant was bound over in $50 to mand, which won granted, ball being fiscated.~~~Reuter.
a pink mass admixture for the pre-ind out what has been happening. be of good behaviour for a year.
fixed at $60,
Consul-General at Kleff.
Evidence in this connection was
given in camera, but
端 nerious
diplomatio incident is feared as a
result of the publication of the proceedings.
Unless their sentences
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