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Pan-Americanite H. M. Bixby Backed Col. Lindbergh.
It is impossible to write with Emerson Electric Manufactur- was not allowed to bring a Queensland, Australia, near to
The following are available at any degree of safety of Mr. ing Co, and Corneli Speed Co.- charge of "attempted" piracy, the town of Bundaberg, where
our Garages and Service. 3. Bixby as "staying in the Stations:- LONDON COACH WAX
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Incidentally he is President Colony at the moment," because of the St. Louis
Chamber of nobody is more often here and
Commerce. more frequently gone.
MF Bixby joined the
U.S.
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Mr. Fitzroy conducted the in after years he became con- charge as one of piracy and vorted. secured a conviction. A point had been reserved for the Full
"From Bundaberg he received
Salvation Army, and left for the
Apart from the fact that he Navy Aviation Ground School Court of Hongkong as to whethe Call for Officership in the
was one of the principal backers of Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic in 1927, the name of | Bixby is indelibly stamped in the
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The
at Boston in 1918 and was in the flying service at Akron.
Public Prosecutor
Comes Back
ther such a charge could be brought in the circumstances Training Garrison at Melbourne. and the Full Court ruled that it could not. The men were re- leased.
"After serving on the Field for a period, he became the happy possessor of Captain An- nie Hoepper for his wife. They Two years later, the matter served in various Field appoint-
con-
Lime of
achievement of Pan-American Airways in bringing a regular
In 1024 Mr. Henry Somerset was brought before the
ments together, and then after- air service across the Pacific to Fitzroy was admitted to prac sideration of the Privy Council wards in the capacity of "Scribe" Hongkong. I can remember
Lise in Hongkong. He became as a point for ruling and they (Chancellor or Secretary). Later two years ago
attempting. toʻ
the first and last Public Prosecu- ruled that the acts constituted he rose to the position of Divi- corner the indefatigable Mr.
By that tor for the Colony,
piracy t
sional Commander." Bixby when the first Sikorsky plane came here to test the pos
He left Hongkong in 1932, course, it was impossible to take Stubbs Road sibilities of the route. Since practised in England; inter he further action against the for-
tunate prisoners. then it is almost literally true went to the West Indies and was
The office of Public Prosecu to say that he has not spent admitted to the Bar of Jamaica. more than two nights in succes. Following a trip to Vancouver tor is now wrapped up with the sion in the same bed. He has where the strike upset his inten- dutics of the Attorney General
"Both the Eastern and South- ern Territories of Australia have benefited from the loving, faith- ful and hard working couple. In the Southern Territory he was appointed as Field Secre-
Thongkong Telegraph travelled between Manila, Ilong- tions to practice, he went to so that Mr. Fitzroy enjoys the tary, and his range was no small
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1837.
PLAYING STREET EXPERIMENT
One of the most difficult traffic problems with which congestedi cities are faced is that of making provision for children so as to shelter, them, as far as possibic, from accidents on busy thor- oughfares. In the past ten years, no fewer than 14,000 children were killed and some
ured in rond accidents
in Britain. The provision of open spaces for playing purposes has done.something to reduce the number of child accidents, but there are many cities, as we well know in Hongkong, where building development has made
kong, Shanghai, Canton, up the Shanghai where he was admit- distinction of being the only
one, including three States and coast and America continually. ted to practice as a member of man to hold the office in Hong the Island of Tasmania.
IM. Supreme Court in China. kong. Before he came hero he The first flight of the Hong-
"It was not long before the kong Clipper has set the seal on Now, Mr. Fitzroy has return- had practised in England but his work but he will remain out ed to Hongkong to hang up his during the war he served as an Neighbours' were coveting this shingle where he formerly ap- officer in the Royal Navy and on officer and he was transferred peared for the Crown in a muin- the Admiralty War Staff, receiv. to sunny New Zealand. There ber of interesting cases. His ing the special thanks of the he diffused gladness and joy Lords Commissioners in 1918. through the medium of the wife is still in Canada.
He was also a Military Control War Cry, serving in the capt Apart from appearing for the Gineer and acted as British Vice- city of Editor. Crown in such famous local Consul at New York. criminal history as the Hai
Before le helped Fan- American across the Pacific, Mr. H. M. Blaby backed Lindbergh in his famous Atlantle flight.
Ching pirney when death sen- Answering A Call tences were obtained against
six men, Mr. Fitzroy was in an
From China
"The Great War in 1914 pre- sented a wonderful opportunity to William McKenzie who was sent as Military' Chaplain to France, Egypt and Gallipoli. unusual case just before he left.
Commissioner. William Me- His practical Christianity ap After he had resigned from the Kenzie of the Salvation Army pealed to all. Shot and shell Government as Public Prosecu- is due here on May 11. He will did not deter him from doing tor, he was called upon to defend address the Rotary Club and his duty; with the fire falling Chinese against a murder Y.M.C.A. before going on to about him he was seen busily charge.. Unexpectedly, the man North China. pleaded guilty and Mr. Justice
Wood through the interpreter,
and lovingly preparing burial This appreciation of him places. He was one with the told him that he would allow comes from one evidently fami- men and ministered to both their spiritual and bodily needs, and him to plead again but that ir liar with his life. he persisted in saying he was "A giant in stature and a won the love of all. His name possible, to cater for the children here for some time to keep the guilty, he would be sentenced giant of heart can be said of is revered by all the 'Anzacs,"
without delay to be hanged. Commissioner McKenzie, more and time will not erase in this way. There is one big machinery working smoothly.
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Skillful sculptures in natural colourful stones from Wenchow (Cheklang). Great variety from inexpensive sou- venirs to elaborate ornaments.
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AT
have so far reduced the number
o accidents to children that there was not
of last year. Playing-streets three daughters:
1
from
lown at Home, however, which Harold McMillan Bixby was Again the Chinese affirmed his favourably known amongst the their memories the character of Returned Men as 'Fighting Fighting Mae', who for his ser- has achieved a considerable born in St. Louis, Missouri, in guilt-
Mr. Fitzroy then invoked -Mac'. Such a term does not vices was decorated with the measure of success in making 1890, which city he placed on busy cities safe for the children. the aviation map by being main- special permission under the imply one of a disagreeable Military Cross and later granted "Having almost scaled the Steps taken by the authorities instrumental in getting Lind- terms of an Ordinance Passed nature but is used here in terms the Order of the British Empire. in Salford, the town in question, bergh to call his record-breaking shortly before to deal with just of endearment.
machine "Spirit of St. Louis,” such
a position. Permission "One would be almost con- Salvation Army ladder, he was Educated at Smith's Academy, was granted and Mr. Fitzroy de- vinced of the fact that his great fast reaching the top when, St. Louis, young Bixby gradu- fended the man but, of course, warm heart of love, his unflinch- from far across the seas, brown a single fatality [ated from there and took his dared not put him in the box to ing courage in the face of great hands were unexpectedly raised amongst the juvenile population B.S, degree at Amherst in 1913. give evidence on his own behalf dangers, his selfless aims, his and the cry 'Come over and help in traffic accidents for the whole He married in 1914 and has in view of his plens. The trial great desire to serve his fellow us' came to him in the form of a lasted three days at the end of men, his determination to 'fight Transfer Order from Interna-. are a feature of the methods He was first a clerk in the which the jury acquitted the it through', his quick witty re- tional Headquarters. Here he partees, and genial smile are all found an outlet to pour out his employed by this town. When National Bank of Commerce, prisoner! the experiments began, forty- then he became assistant to the A somewhat similar anomaly characteristics endowed by his love on the millions of China. eight streets were closed to President of the Missouri Port- occurred in the case of Chinese forefathers the 'Scottish Coven. They adored him. Ever vehicular traffic. Now, there land Cement Co., President of who were captured by a steamer anters. He was a braw Scotch with them was he, and always Love is a universal language, are no fewer than 169 streets the Automatic Appliance Co., when they had apparently been Laddie' when he was brought by anxious to get them converted.
State attempting to pirate a junk in his parents from Scotland and closed, and pedal cycles, which Vice-President of the
learned to understand the mean- National Bank (1920 to 1929) Hongkong waters. Because he 'settled down in the North of and the people of China quickly formerly were responsible for a
and showed his growing interest
ing of his smile and his pat on third of the accidents, are also
the back. excluded. It is recognised the Salford authorities playing-streets are not adequate substitutes for playing-fields, but" they have been shown to be of was made Président of the St.
by
in aviation by backing Col. Lindbergh in his first great solo that flight.
Two years later Mr. Bixby
Louis Aviation Corporation but
BULLS AND INNERS
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From
the Office Butts
one
"In 1920 he was granted the highest Salvation Army hon- our, namely the Order of the Founder.
"His final 'Call' came from
Command of the Southern Ter ritory. After a few years he stepped over the borders of Vic- This holing-in-one epidemic toria and took up the reigns of tually make it necessary to the Eastern Territory.
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the utmost value where it is im- he is also a director of the Mis- "Spots are quiet," saya a mar- Baseball starts locally next possible to provide open spaces.sissippi Valley Trust Co., Lam-ket report. Not the ones that month. Language tests are al- Australia; there to take up the Salford also carries on its
ready under way. bert Pharmacal Co., Central dance before our eyes, though. campaign by other methods. By States Life Insurance Co., Trans- a sound-system, children are
Continental Air Transport Co., We see that a 20-year prison taught road sense in schools;
has been quashed. Now he'll no Missouri Portland Cement Co. longer feel blue.
THE SINCERE CO., LTD. whilst full use is also made of Detroit Aircraft Corporation, term passed on a black "Red" at Deep Water Bay, may oven-
2ND FLOOR
COUNT THE
TELEGRAPHS"
EVERYWHERE
insist on golfers driving with their putters.'
the cinema in instilling into
☐ children the dangers of the road. Moreover, pamphlets are sent Other towns are now taking an. Then there was the man who Ho far had a bad week-end. He was out to parents showing the interest in the success measures which have been taken achieved, and there, appears a suffering from a fat head. and asking their help in instruct tendency, of which Hongkong
A ladies' journal states that ing their children, continuously, might well take note, to allow to be careful of traffic dangers, children to play to their hearts women used lip-stick in the Middle Ages. They still do in It will thus be seen that this content in ronds closed to the middle ages. town, which has a population of vehicular traffic, instead of pro- about a quarter of a million secuting them for doing what is
Very few of these tree-cut people, is making a very definite perfectly natural in districts ters who appear in Court appear contribution to offorts to make which are far removed from open to have heard of George Wash- to
ington. the streets anfer for children.spaces.
"After 48 years of service, he has now laid down his heavy responsibilities and is granted A local amateur gardener his well-carned rest at the complains of difficulty in keep Eventide of Life. But again ing his privet hedges tidy. He
those distant vofces from the from Mr. Bixby.. should borrow a giant clipper there comes to him the echo of East whom he grew to love and Thanks to the latest air facili- oboying this last call he gladly ties, a consignment of margar-responds, and sets his face to: ine has been rushed from Slam wards his beloved China."
the Philippines. Grensing
Pop Parker the wheels of commerce.
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