HEROIN. FOUND IN LUGGAGE
ENOUGH TO MAKE 18,000,000 PILLS
JAPANESE ON
TRIAL
DIESEL
PLANE'S FLIGHT
FROM GERMANY. TO
AUSTRALIA
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY,
Dangerous 'BIG B.B.C.
Criminals
OFFICIAL
Not AboardON TOUR
REPATRIATES ARE ONLY DESTITUTES
AL
SOON TO ARRIVE IN. HONGKONG
The rapid advance-of-heavy-fuck
Mr_JB_Clock, Director of the During the past fortnight-102. aeroplane engines is exemplified by Filipino repatriates from the United B.B.C. Empire Service is leaving Eng- the passage through Singapore this States have passed through Hong-land on May 7 on extensive tour week of a Junkers Diesel machine which is on a 13,750 mile expert-Hoover and President Monroe.
kong by the Dollar liners President of the Empire. He expects to arrive in Hongkong some two months later. from mental flight
Germany .to
Mr. Clark intends to study the Thirty-two of the repatriates aretion to the B.B.C. Empire Broadcast- aboard the President Monroe, which ing Services overseas, and to investi- The plane is carrying a crew of
to-day, ante a number of problems which departed at 1.30 p.m Ive. They are Herr Engelbert, repres the request-of-the-Dollar Line SPC mutually affect the BBC and other. sentative of the Junkers Company, ferr Kommel, the pilot, who has cial police guards were placed aboard broadensting organisations in the
the ship whilst it was in Hongkong. Empire. already down over a million miles. Seven of the repatriates, however, Herr Reinhardt, the radio operator, bribed sampal owners to take them and Herr Gerisch and Herr Wolfer-ashore ond, when discovered by the manu,
Police shortly afterwards, were eat- ing a hearty meal in a Nathan Road restaurant.
Kepaklo Itaboshid, 40, a'passenger | Australia, : from Tientsin by the s.s. Hupeh un January 4 last, appeared before St Atholl-MucGregor, at the Criminal Sessions this morning and pleaded not guilty to charges of importing and possession of 724 ounces of heruin.
Osse, M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Solicitor, appeared for the prosecu- tion, and Mr. 11. G. Shelden, together with Mr. Hini-shing La (instructed by Mr. J. M. Hall), represented the accused.
them-
The party remained only a few minutes in Singapore, and is already The jury comprised Messrs. A. C. I. nearing Port Darwin on its remark-
Alght. The machine is Bowker, J. C. Buis, Jow Kwan-bok, ble
standard Junker Ju80, and is powered W. P. Ogley, P. A. O'Bow Hove, G. H.
with two Jumo 205 Junker heavy V. Tubelro and Mok Hing-cheong.
oil engines, Sister planes are in Describing the incidents leading 10
Deutsche the prisoner's arrest Mr. Abbott ular service on the
Lufthansa routes in Europe. asked, the jury to picture to selves the whart of the longkang, Australian avlation companies are Canton and Macao Steambont Com-interested In this particular model, was which is reported to have been sold pany, as it was there that he was arrested. At 7.30 p.m. on January 4, to an internal air service. The ob- the 8.5. Hupch, of the China Naviga-Ject of the present flight is to demon- tion Company, arrived at the wharfstrate the plane's capabilities. carrying a number of passengers. A párty of
officers revenue
were on QUA duty and when the ship arrived Re- venue Officer Ward went to the port side of the steaner neor lite com-
He saw the defen-Force in Singapore were keenly pradore's cabin. dant and he had with him, a trunk,
terested in the machine, which is the suit ense, rattan basket and a brown
first of its type to visit the Far East. kli bag.
In reply to the officer, the necused admitted ownership of the luggage. The prisoner was then Instructed to take his luggage to the wharf, and this he did. He presented his lung- age at
al the searching table to Revenue Oncer Wurden, two coolles being
to carry the luggage.
Fre engaged to soner produced keys to the luggage and on looking into the rattan basket, Revenue Officer Warden saw it ap- parently contained tins of Ard and boxes of nuts and dried fruits..
They made no attempt to resist the police, and stated that they had come ashore för a few hours to "look around Hongkong"...
MARCH 17, 1987.
RÁDIO BROADCAST
"St. Patrick": Taik. By R. M. C. Dobbs
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP
The
Radio Programme Breadcast by 2.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (045 le's.). 31.40-metres (9.52.ITt0°8).—
4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.
7 p.m. Irish Music. Accordeon Solo-Mason's Apron- Reel....Frank Murphy; Song-Shan- non Hiver (Egan-Morgan)....John McCormack (Tenor); Accordeon Solo ...Frank Murphy; Mayo Hornpipe...........
Ball Sang-Phil
Fluter's (French); With my Shillelagh under my ann (O'Brien and Wallace).... Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone); Songs The Mountaing of Mourne (Collin- son, arr. French); Rory O'Mooro (Trans: Fret Hartley)...Brion rance with Fred Hartley and His Quintet: Songs-Off to Philadelphia, Temple-laynes); Father O'Flynn Scott- (Graves--Stanford)....Billy Polestine,
Coomber (Tenor).
7.30 Stock Quotations and Hong- kong Exchange.
As at present planned, Mr. Clark will leave England on May 7, and stay in Malta from May 11 until May 16. In this Colony he will thus be able to observe the reception of the pro- grammes to be broadcast by the B.B.C. during Coronation week.
After leaving Malta, Mr. Clark will visit the following territories: Ceylon, Australia, Fill, New Zealand, Hong- kong,
Mulaya, India, Omelats of the Dollar Line in Cyprus Gibraltar.
and Hongkong characterised as "rubbish" He will come to Hongkong via a report that the men were prisoners Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai. shipped from the famous San Quen- Joining the B.B.C. in 1924, Mr.
in Prison in Amerien,"
Clark has had many years of ex- "We
The have them every trip" he perience in British broadcasting. He anid. "They are destitule Filpiuos was appointed. Empire Programme repatriated by the U. S. Government Director in 1932, and promoted to the to their homeland. There are only position of Director of the Empire
and they
prisoners, their Mr. C. G. Gruves-now Controller of movement being restricted only in Programmes ports of call, where they are not organisation. allowed to go ashore.
Straus)-My
Law--
7.33 Paul Whiteman and His
Orchestra. Concert
Chocolate Soldier" (0. Hero-Waltz: When Day is done (De Sylva-Katscher); "On Your Toes" (11art and Rodgers)
7.50 From tho Studio.
M.C. "St. Patrick." A Talk by R. Dabba.
It is claimed that, owing to the 32 aboard the President Monroe. Service in 1935, when he succeeded Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.
small cost of heavy uit furt, large operation economies are possible.
Officers and men of the Royal Air,
Resents S'hai Blockade
LAWYER RESERVES RIGHT TO SUE
"Maybe
are
not
"Maybe there 13 one Amongst them who has been in St. "Quentin penitentiary, but we know nothing about that. They are practically all law-abiding people who have had the misfortune to become destitute. The majority are repatriated to the
Philippines at their own request."
Ireland's Harp Laid
On Cenotaph
Wearing sprigs of shamrock in their button-holes, members of the Irish community gathered at the cenotaphi this morning to lay a wreath to mark
form of an Irish horp, was laid by a party from St. Patrick's Society, hended by the President, Mr. E. 11. Williams.
MUST BE OPENED
Shanghai, Mar. 17, The defendant asked the officer The Chinese lawyer, Mr. S. Y. not to open these tins and boxes as Yi, a resident in the "blockaded" they belonged to a friend and were area which has refused, so for, as not his. Revenue Officer Warden, most of its tenants are concerned, however, sald he had to open every-tu pay Shanghai Foreign Settlement thing. In reply to the officer, the rates, has led suit with the Can- prisoner said his friend was in long-sular body for an injunction to pre- kong. One o
One of the boxes was opened veut a continuation of the restric-St. Patrick's Day. The wreath, in the und found to contin awhile posedertons_immosed.
Revenue Officer Ward wa then
He argues that having paid his summoned and given the powder. The defendant was told he was underxes he reserves the right to claim for wrongful disbarment arrest and not to say anything. R. Oro Municipal privileges, including
R. O. damages Ward then told a Chinese revenue officer to take the defendant and the cess to Settlement streets by way
the wharf. luggage to the office an
Ward followed and he told amce the Revenue
R. O.
Interpreter, that he would talepione
to Mr. W. Buller, the Chief Pre- ventive Officer. As R. O. Ward was dialling the defendant snatched the receiver from him.
Accused said In English "Don'! ring up the big office and I will give you and the Chinese man $3,000 ench If you will let me go."
Mr. Ward then took the receiver back and telephoned Mr. Buller, who arrived on the scene shortly after- wards. The defendant and the fug- gage were then taken to the Imports and Exports Omec.
of the barricaded alleys.
Because of the combined operations, naval and military representatives were prevented from attending.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. B. Meanwhile, the S.M.C. and the, C. Hallowes, Dr. G. W, Pope, Mr. Chinese City are reported on the and Mrs, T, Murphy, Dr. and Mrs. J verge of an agreement which die Fehily, Mr. E. P. R. Jäines, Mr. J. end the blockade and decide under. McClatchie, Mr. F. G. Mounder, whose jurisdiction the affected aren Mr. C. G. Perdue, Mrs. B. G. Clarke.. Mrs. Howard-Smith and Mr. W. J. Simmons.
eumes-Reuter.
Defends-China Customs
In answer to the first churge, made SHOULD BE FREE TO
at the Pollee Station, the defendant
heroin only when it was found. had unwillingly offences.
CHECK SMUGGLERS.
London, Mar. 16.
said he had nothing to say. He did not know the laws of Hongkong and he asked that he be denit with ac- cording
The question to the laws of the Hongkong
of smuggling in Government. He said, In answer to North China was again raised in the the second, that he did not know House of Commons during question- he had any contraband goods. He time to-day, became aware of the presence of the Lord Cranborne, Under-Secretary He for Foreign Affairs, in a written reply committed the to a question by Sir Walter Smiles, wald the attention of the Japanese Government had been repeatedly HEROIN HIDDEN
drawn by the Ambassador to the A further search of the defendant's general question of smuggling, and luggage revealed the presence of he was sure the details of any remedy 724 ounces of heroin concealed in could be best dealt with by the the false bottoms of tins of fish, boxes various authorities concerned. of dried fruits and in the lining of blankets and pillows, ******
There was sufficient heroin to make at least 18,100,000 pills or about 20 pills for each member of the Chinese population.
After evidence was called to sup- port the opening, Mr. Sheldon put his cilent Into the witness box. Mr. Sheldon explained that his case was that the defendant came to Hongkong to teach Japanese to a clansman of friend in Tientsin and it was this friend who had asked him to bring the luggage to the Colony to be pre sented as presents,
The case is proceeding.
FORTUNE PAID FOR PAINTING LAY MANY YEARS IN GARRET
London, Mar. 18.
An auction sale at a country house
an oil painting which had been lying
FELL TO DEATH IN HOLD
DOCKYARD COOLIE MISSED FOOTING.
In full view of over thirty fellow- workmen, Lee Hol a dockyard em- ployee, fell to his death in one of the holds of the steamer Sagres carly this morning.
The Sagres was in Cosmopolitan Dock when the tragedy occurred. Lee Hol was working on the dock and apparently leaned over the open hatchway to speak to someone below. For some unascertained reason he lost his foothold on the deck and toppled over.
-An essential point, said. Lord Crap- In his crash-to-the bottom of the borne, was that the Chinese prevenship, Lee Hol narrowly missed four tive servlees should be allowed free men who were directly underneath
effectively. This him as he fell. He was instantly kill been constantly en-ed. phasised by the Ambassador.... The body has been removed to the Reuter.
Public Morlunry..
point had coin to operate
LITTLE H.K. BOY DIES
WORD RECEIVED
FROM HOME
for the entire B.B.C
Civil List Discussed
KING MAKES HIS WISHES KNOWN
London, March 10,
The wishes of His Majesty the King and the Government with regard to the new Civil List were announced in the House of Commons this afternoon, when Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chan cellor of the Exchiquer, presented, a royal message on the subject to the Speaker, who read it.
|
8 p.m. Time and Weather Report. Pianoforte Recital by 8.03 Ignaz Friedman.
Mazurka, Op. 41, No. 1 (Chopin); Invitation to the Dance (Weber).
8.16 p.m.
The London Palla-
dlum Orchestra.
Blue Devil's March (Williams, arr. Lotter); Alsha (Lindsay); Japonese Carnival (Andre de Basque); Light- ning Switch (Alford); The Valley of the Poppies (Ancliffe); A Birthday Serenade (Lincke).
8.40 From the Studio, Recital of Irish Songs by Molly Portallion (Contralto).
8.55 p.m. London News and An- nouncements.
9.16 A Variety Programme. Plano Solo-Variations on "Tip- perary"...
Humorous Renaraj Knock, knock-who's there?....Vie Oliver and Sarah Churchill; Vocal have you done to my heart? Wright and the Twilight Solo "Chorus
desired provision to be made for the teen and children other than
The message stated that the Organ
Princes Elizabeth and the Duke of Gentlemen, please". Reginald Dixon; Gloucester.
Vocal-Thru the courtesy of
of love.
Il was Hi- diajesty's detection, Benny Dernier chesten Cuban
as the revenues from the Duchy Serenado....Barnabos von
Geczy
of Cornwall Were vested in himself, and Ils Orchestra; Vocal-Easy to
to make provision for Princess love. Elizabeth and the Duke of Gloucester
licess | love. .... · ·· ins insofar as the revenues were sullicient
Frances
Accoracon Solo-Blac
Day
(Soprano); and White. Vesterinen; Vocal "Home to provide for His Majesty's Civil List, and Beauty" (C. B. Cochran's Coro- and, In the event of the birth of nation
Neeld, Revue)
::Magda Duke of Cornwall, to assent
to Janet Lind and Webster Booth); Or- arrangements similar to those assent-chestra "Head over Heels" Selec-
ed to by his pradosessor. Rauler--- tion Bouls Levy and Ille Gaumont
Slashes Guard With Chopper
WOOD-CUTTER MAKES HIS ESCAPE
A
an
2
terrife struggle between Special Guard and unlicensed wood-cutter on Bowen Road yester- day resulted in the admission of Special Guard No. 52 to the 'Govern- ment Civil Hospital.
The wood-cutter who was armed
a
with chopper, resisted arrest, and struck the Guard several times with his weapon.
The Guard suffered severo wounds on the arms and hands, and was forced to abandon efforts to arrest his assailant, who immediately ran.
CLOUDY WEATHER
The anticyclone is moving cost- ward, pressure being highest over Sca. Depressions are the Yellow situated to the north of Hokkaido, over Central Japan,, and over the Visayas. Local forecast-East winds, moderate; cloudy.
TYPHOON WARNING
Hui Lap-lam, of 304 Prince Edward Road, top floor, was fined $40 by Mr. Barnett at Kowloon Magistracy this The Manila Observatory reports at morning, when he admitted n sum-8.45 a.m. 10-day that the typhoon is mons for failing to renew his radio situate in about 122 Long., 11 Lat., licence.
moving west,.
Nows was received in Hongkong |--- this morning of the death of Mostér George Spence, youngest son of Mr. of the and Mrs. Wiliam Spence,
Steambont Hongkong and Macao Company.
Death occurred at Paisley, Scotland, where Mrs. Spence has been residing for the past three years with her. children. She was to have returned to Hongkong carly this year..
at Cheam provided a sensation when The boy has been suffering for some time with internal trouble, and a garret for many years realised hope for his recovery was abandoned 12.100 guineas, after excited bidding some weeks ago. He was 10 years of
The ne
pleture was simply catalogued
in
18 | age.
CORONATION FILM TO SHOW HERE MAY 18
Seven days after the King and Queen have been crowned in Westminster Abbey on May 12, thousands of people. in Hong- kong will see a complete colour film of the processions and Coronation ceremony.
·
Film companies in London and New York are co-operating
in a plan to out-hustle all previous hustles.
Arrangements have already been Plans had been completed for the completed to rush two copies of the German airship Hindenburg to By aim to every major city in the Far copies of the film to the United States. East. These Bima will be screened The Zeppelin will leave Frankfurt on at the King's, Alhambra and Queen's Coronation night, May 12, and arrive Theatre in Hongkong on May 10. in New York two days later. They will occupy a full, programme. An even greater feat will be ac- compilshed in forwarding copies o A quiet.opening bid for five hun- Samuel: Cunningham, civil servant, the films to the United States, dred guinchs was the signal for a residing at Nos. 70-73, Kai Yan Road, Already. Mrs. Amy Mollison and Mrs. hot succession of advancing offers, Kowloon City, and Mits Constance Beryl Markham have expressed their and the prize was eventually secured Lam, of 0, Jordan Road; Mr. Hana willingness to fly the Atlantic will
Both have already braved Atlantie
as "Portrait of Man in Black Coat and Huffle," and was not attributed to
ever, sized it up as a Franz Hals.
any particular artist, Experts, how- The following forthcoming marrl-. ages are announced: Mr. Edward
by a West End connoisseur after a Ruccher, merchant, of 10, Lyeemun the pictures. contest with another-denier from Buildings and Miss Liel Beran, also "Aintree-Reuter, Special.
of 19, Lyeemun Building
flights.
"Too slow." barked one big US. plane, beat the airship by 24 hours. niin chief. We'll take the recls by
That was the birth of plans for the biggest air raca la history roce bo tween the airship, which is not as speedy, as planer but is sure, and the tiny planes, speedy but risky. No decision has yet been made.
Brilish Symphony,
p.m.
Big Ber
Ben. Dance Music. minute of the
Fox The very my life; Fox
hour; Fox
Trol-It's great to be in love again: Fux Trot-Until to-day: Quick-Step Got to dance my way to Heaven Blues The Scene Changes; Fox -Everybody's swingin' it now; Fox Trot-Ev'ry time I look at you; Fox. Trat-Moon over Miami; Waltz- Song of the islands.
Lincolnshire
10.30 p.m. "The Handicap." A running commentary from the Lincoln Race Course.
10.50 p.m. The Band of Majesty's Irish Guards.
11 p.m.
Close Down.
QUARRY BAY
SCHOOL
CHILDREN ENJOY
SPORTS
His
amuse-
annual
A great deal of fun and ment was provided at the sports of the Quarry Bay School, held on the lawn of the Taikoo Recreation Club, this morning,
The Interest of the many parents present was centred in the keen rivalry shown by the title competi- tors in their efforts to secure honours. Practically the whole school took purt in the sports, and the events were run off in five sections, efficiently man- aged by Miss K. M, Anderson, Head- mistress of the School...
At the conclusion of the sports, the happy children crowded around a table placed in the centre of tho lawn, where Mrs, K. E. Grelg, wife of the Manager of the Taikoo Dock- yard, distributed the prizes. She was given a lovely bouquet of flowers,
Mr. W. Kay, the Acting Director of Education, who was also pre
present, in
a short speech to the gathering thank- ed Mrs. Greig, for consenting to give away, the awards, and also the Club for the loan of the grounds for the sports to be held. He then added to the joy of the youngsters by announ- cing that he was granting thera holiday to-morrow.
a
The results of the various sections were as follows:-
Senior A1, Frank Langley: 2, Jock-Mackie: 3, Norman Osborne,
Senior B1, Jackie Strange; 2, Ian Robertson; 3, Margaret Morgan. Intermediate A-1, Rowland Pearce; 2, Feter Folts; 3, John Knight,
Intermediate B-1, Robin Bell; 2, Douglas Bates; 8, A. Macfarlan.
Junior 1, Anthony Cutcher; 2, John Black; 8, Bobby Taylor.
Shield for Boy with most points.-- Jacke Strange. Shleld for Girl with -most points.—Margaret Morgan, yit
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