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DROWNED IN HIS BATH
JURY ADDS RIDER TO
THEIR VERDICT
"We are of opinion that the Mental Hospital is definitely understaffed. Had it been properly staffed, and had there been sufficient observation, this tragedy might have been avoided."
This was the comment of a European jury at the conclusion of an inquest held in Singapore on Monday of last week into the death of George S. Heatherington, wireless operator on the vessel Abbeydale, of the Royal Fleet (Auxiliary), stationed at the Naval Base.
A verdict of suicide by drowning was returned.
the heavy
Evidence was given that the de- delivered an attack on ceased was admitted to the Mental ships. Hospital in Yio Chu Kang Road on Sept.
29 and placed in the ward for lying face downwards in the bath Europeans which contained 14 others, tub, which was half filled with water.
of Oct. 2, about 6 The top was running, On the evening o'clock, the decensed was found ly- ing in the bath tub in the bathroom by the attendants.
He appeared to be alive when taken out, but artificial respiration falled to revive him and he was dead when the deputy medient officer arrived.
"POSSIBLE TO SLIP AWAY"
In the course of his evidence Dr. W. R. Logan, assistant superintend-
CORONER'S COMMENT Medical attention failed to revive
hlm.
It was necessary for both of them to attend to the paralysed patient.
Before the court rose the Coroner told the jury he would forward their verdict and the rider to the proper authorities.
Dr.
WAN
11. Withers-Payne - ent at the Mental Hospital, stated present on behalf of the Admiralty, that the bathroom was a little dis- und Inspector Peter Dulis, of the tance away from the ward and it wasPaya Lebar Division, led evidence. possible for patient to slip away
unobserved.
were two
attendants in
There charge of the word and it was not possible for them to keep all patients under observation,
15
Witness last saw the deceased allve on the morning of Oct. 2. Hĩa con- dition appeared to be the same as when admitted. He was certainly not worse.
CAUSED BY HALLUCINATIONS
Witness thought that the deceased's death was due to a sudden impulse caused by hallucinations. On
Shiloh Names
Ex-P.C. To
Succeed Him
the Montacute, Somerset, Sept. 23. day he was admitted he imagined
A former Metropolitan palice om- that there were two men under the cer, Claude
Turner, may succeed ambulance
to Charles Geard.. self-styled "Messiah" who were trying
and former
Somerset stonemason. that who is the leader of the "Chosen seed The two attendants stated when they came on duty about 6 p.m. of Israel,"
aasnult him.
her
on the day in question they saw the Miss Tatchell (a relative of the deceased
walking about the word. "Messiah"), who lives here. sald They then had to attend to a para-to-day that Turner, who is lysed patient who was in single nephew and chauffeur, is Geard's ward and, when they had finished, choice. the deceased was missing from the big word.
They found him in the bathroom
Death Dealing Motor-Boats, Unknown Future
As It appears to-day, the proof of the value of the new motor torpedo-boat as a fighting unit rests in the dim and unknown future. For a decade they have been the subject of conjecture and fierce argument.
The Messiah" or Shiloh, as he is town to his followers Is 65, and is lying seriously 11 t his "Faith" form at Tenly, Pembrokeshire,
Ife is attended by five women followers.
Shiloh used to hold meetings in the cottage next to Miss Tatchell's home.
Singapore Japanese May Petition Government
«
"ORDERED
OUT
OF OUR HOUSES”
Refused Rides In Chinese Taxis
And Buses
Japanese in Malaya are begin. uing to view with perturbation certalu aspects of the
boycott launched against them by flie Chinese.
House rents are being In some cases by more cent.;
Inereased, than 50 per
Several Japanese familles in Fennng and Ipoh have been ordered to evacuate their homes within a monik
Chinese
taxis and buses arc refusing to carry Japanese travelling in Singapore, on Jong Journeys upcountry.
It is understood that the Japanese tion of Singapore contemplates petitioning the Colonial Governinent to help them protect their interests. pominent Japanese in Singapore told The Sunday Times "We do not mind boycott of our goods because our firms are so stable that it will take more than a year's loss of business with Chinese to turn thein bankrupt.
com
"But is most unfair, pecially a neutral country, to he ordered to leave our homes or evacuate our business premises within a few days, especially at a time wisen there is * Imarked shortage of houses in the country." In many homes, Japanese wives are dog the cooking and other house. hold work as Chinese servants have left suddenly.
Most of these employees have, it is understood, been Intimidated,
Lord Horder's Prophecy
FIRST ADHESIVE "No Burials, No
STAMP DESIGNS
Sold For 100 Guineas
י
A British collector, with
*
bid
ut 100 guincas, secured the original designs for the English "penny black" stamp, the first adhesive postage
One school, sticking to is guns, stamp ever issued. They were offer- boldly asserts they are the answer to ed at
Regent Street, London,
Noise, In Fifty Years"
the big ship problem, ie, that they auction, and attracted great interest given by the can hit and run destroying the air among philatelists. craft carrier and dealing swift death to the capital ship, returning to their bose to refuel and rearm ready to repeat the action.
the
Lard Horder said recently that he was certain that in 50 years R would be considered wrong to bury a body or to make a nelse, He was speaking at a dinner the Public Health Com- mittee of the City Corporation at The rough sketches, showing
the Guildhall, to delegates altend- end of Queen Victoria and the words ing i International Cremation Con- "Postage One Penny" bear the signa- Erezy, now sitting in London.
Certain writera in newspapers, The other contents that the plane ture of Rowland Hill Die Postmaster-
General who instituted the can and does do nil they claim, and
penny sald Lord Horder, seemed to get h with a greater degree of certainty. post. Accompanying the drawings queer sort of kick out of the idea of
not The dichards among them are many were a number of documents contain cremation: they did
seem to leaders of thought in the naval worlding Benjamin Cheverton's plan for realise what would happen if some-
the trial experiments | penny postage.
one did not deal with bodies.
Although two of his principal £5 King Edward de-proof in black) activities cremation and anti-noise- on a glazed card which fetched £28. had been much criticised, he was This stump was never issued.
continuing untit
in the cremptionist which way of disposing of bodles and that bore Queen Elizabeth's own signature, there was something in the theory
that noise was bad.
-class them as unsulted to arduous service at sea, Certain it is that Germany, Italy, Russia, and possibly Japan have them is one form or ad- other, but generally following similar classification,
Our own Navy sent their
first
Another gem in the sale
Was ગ
Elizabethan manuscripts relating to was somethin People saw that there
the Cinque Ports, a few of
flotilla to Malta under its own power were sold for £24.
and waited for results. Confirming
the maker's claim, the boats proved
more then mun enough for the lob NEW
NEW
HALL OF LEAGUE
ASSEMBLY
Princess Elizabeth Of Yugoslavia
While the Duke and Duchess of Kent were recent visitors in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, the Duke became acquainted with Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Prince Regent Paul. A cameraman came along and the pair stopped their playing, In Castle Park, long enough for their plctures to be taken, GS above. They are riding in a toy automobile.
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OCTOBER 28, 1937.
RADIO BROADCAST
Public Reception to The New Governor CHILDREN'S CONCERT
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.D.W. on Wavelengths 355 metres (045 .e's) 31.40 metres (0.62 m.c's).
JKT.
11.10 am. Relay from the King's Theatre of Public Reception to the New Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G.
Barnabas von Geczy and
12.30 His Orchestra,
Pony (Rixner); Ragamuffin (Rix- ner); Free And Easy (Parschmann); Gipsy Wine (Ritter); Mexican Seren- ade (Kaschubee); Cuban Serenade (Midgley); Valse Triste (Sibelius).
12.50 Songs by Stuart Robertson (Bass-Baritone).
When Lights Go Rolling (Ireland): Watching The Stars; Flying High (Film 'Splintera in the Air').
1 Time and Weather.
1.03 Three Songs by Lucienne Boyer.
Viena Danser Quand Name (Jam- bian and Deleitro); Solllude (Laurent and Carcel); Les Prenoms Elfaces (Franchant).
1:13
New Mayfair Orchestra.
'Mother Of Pearl-Selection (0.
Strnua): 'Rose. Mario'-Selection
(Friml).
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather and Announcements.
1.40 Gerry Moore at the Plano. Gerry Building; May Write Blues (Moore); Taint Guo-Slow Fox- Trot (Whiting-Bernier Haid).
1.50 Dance Music.
Blues The Seene Changes; Quick- Step-Got To Dance My Way To Heaven (film 'It's love again'). Joe Loss and His Orchestra; Trot-I Found A Rosary; Waltz Dancing In The Firelight...Henry Jacques with tie Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra: Fox-Trois-Big Boy Bluc; Ebony Shadows....Teddy Foater and His King's of Swing; Slow Fox-Trot-Say The Word And It's
A MAN who said he had received Yours (Alm First A Girl'); Waltz
anonymous letters, white fea-When The Leaves Bid The Trees thers and pieces of yellow ribbon Goodbye....Len Fills and His enclosed in envelopes, was the pro- Hawaiian Orchestra. secutor in a case recently at Ealing-2.13 Close Down.
Donald Henry Blades, of Elmwood 8.05-11 p.m. Chinese Programme. Gardens, Ealing, bed summoned S. Relay of the Dance Orchestra
F. Sharod, of Newlands Gardens, from the Roof-Garden of the long- West Ealing, for using threats. kong Ilatel.
Where
1. There's something in the Air: Blades said he was moloring in 2. Satan takes a holiday: 3. Hanwell when he was stopped by the lazy river coes by; 4. Swing for Mr. and Mrs. Sharod, who both tried sale.
to strike him. Sharod
threatened 5.15 Interval of recorded dunce kim, saying, "I'll get him one dark music from Z.B.W. night."
5.20 5. Solitude; 0. Bugle call Star Dust; 8. Lady be good. Interval of recorded dance
5.35
Blades denied that there had been g any familiarity between him and music from Z.B.W.
Mrs. Sharod.
5.45 9. Night over Shanghai: 10.
Sharod, who said he had been Just because my Baby says it's so; married 22 years and had five child-11. I don't know; 12. The lady who ren, denied threatening Blades. He couldn't be kissed. wanted to see Blades to settle cer- Inin things he was supposed to have said concerning Mrs, Sharod,
Mrs. Sharod Bold she asked Blades to tell her husband that things it was alleged he had said true. She had lived a were not life of misery for five months be cause of this.
SORRY FOR THE HUSBAND Mr. Reginald Johnson
(for Blades): You have never been inti- mate or familiar with Blades?
Mrs. Shared: Yes,
Mr. Johnson: I suggest that is
diabolical Ile.
Mrs.
a
Shorod: Mr. Blades and know what has been going on be-
tween us.
C Studio Children's Concert 0.45 G. D. Cunningham at the Organ.
Organ Sonata In G (Elgar). 7 Light Orchestral. Caucasian Suite (Ippolitow-Iwa- now); (a) Village Scene; (b) Entry of the Sirdar....George Boulanger and His Orchestra; In A Clock Store (Orth): Sleeping Beauty's Bridal Procession (Max thode)....Otta Dobrindi and His Concert Orchestra; Japanese Lantern Dance (Yoshitome) Marek Weber and His Orchestra; From Near And Far-Waitz Melodies- (arr. Gotz Hohne)....Orchestra Mascotte.
London Relay Can Beat 117-4: Inexperience Defeats the Jungle."
7.15
You
The story of a forced landing in Africa. A talk by Captain G. W. T. Carrcod.
7.30 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions and Hongkong Exchange Mar-
Mr. Johnson: I suggest you be- came Infatuated with Blades?--I told ket Report. him I could not hurt my under any consideration.
husband
Sharod asked his wife: "You do reallge the meaning of those words which you were asked regarding Mr. Blades?"
Mrs. Sharod: Yes.
After Shared had been bound over for six months, the chairman suid to him, "I am sorry for you.”
Sir C. Allom & The Academy "Letting Down Art In A Shameful Way"
7.35 Variety.
Vocal-The Merry Widow Waltz; Villa (Film The Merry Widow')... Jeannette MacDonald (Soprano): Orchestral-Every Night At Eight Selection;
Big Broadcast Of 1036 Selection....Phil Green and His Orchestra; Hawaiian Gultar-Bebe D'Amour (Shelton-Brooks); Tango Delle Rose (Schreier-Bottero).... Serge Krotkoff (Guitar) and His Hawallans; Yodler-Dan, Dan, The Yodelling Man: Sitting In A Jall House (Torrani)....Harry Torrani.
8 Time, Weather and Announce- ments.
8.05
Concert.
Chinese Programme--Studio
11 Close Down.
8,05-11 p.m. European Programme from Z.E.X. On a Frequency of 640
cycles
8.05 London Symphony Orchestra. Sulfe In G (Bach, arr. Goossens);
Bourree (d) Gavoite (1) Menuet (g)
(a) Courante (b) Allemande (e) THE Royal Academy was accused by Gigue; Night On The Bare Mountain Sir Charles Allom, the architect, (Moussorgsky); Chanson Sans Paroles of "etting down British art in a Tchaikovsky); Hungarian Rhapsody
Ample Room For 2,000 Persons chameful way when he spoke at No. I In F [Liszt-Doppler).
8.35
the Incorporated Association of Archi- tects and Surveyors Conference, at (Tenor). Oxford.
speed nce-who designed and bullt China, delegates, journalists and the temple and the main saloo the roof kindness, but I feel that when the Noble).
Bongs by John McCormack
Ever In My Mind (Taylor-Russell); After deploring the fact that he In Sweet Content (Maedermaid- felt architecture had sunk to a level (R. Barrie Eric Contes),
Sanderson); A Song Remembered lower than ever before, Sir Charles
***8.45 Variety. declared:
Vocal-The Glory Of Love (Bllly "Criticism invariably means un-1); The Touch Of Your Lips (R Royal Academyance standing so Plano-The Little Dutch Mill (Freed ...Hildegarde Tenor and high has let down art in the shame and Barris); Over Somebody Else's ful way it has during the lust fifteen Shoulder (Sherman and Lewis).... years, one has a right to object. Derickson and Brown; Comedian W.
"I feel that modern artists
Orchestra-Top Your Tootsies (Alm have murdered beauty. Archi- Jack of all Trades'); Celebratin' fects must be among those who (Alm Limelight")....Jack Hulbert): should endeavour to restore the
Plano-Accordeon
Fit Dand-Six quailly and faste of the people.” Medicy (No. 1)....The London Sir Charles described Epstein as "a Plano-Accordeon Band. mighty great artist who allowed
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Serenade (Ravini); Automne (Cham- Inade).
10.10 Exon Petri at the Plano, Sonata In F Sharp Major (Beet- hoven-Op. 70); Indianisches Tage- buch (Busoni),
10.26 Schubert Trio In B Major for Piano, Violin and 'Cello Op. 99,
Played by the Elly Ney Trio (Elly Ney, Plano; Max Strub, Violin and Ludwig Hoelscher, 'Cello),'
11 Close Down.
DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES 7.30 am. The Band of His Majesty's
Welsh GuardK. 7.55 ani.
8.10 ..
Erspire Exchange,
'Beneath the Green Willow," 0.40 m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 0.43 am.
0 am. Big Ben, The_Cesarewitch Staken. A commentary on the race, from Now-
market Racecourse,
9.15 am. Dance Music.
10 mm. Big Den. Food for Thought. 10.20 am. Musical Interlude.
10.25 am. 'Ladies' Night, or "Here's to
the Malden."
11.10 a.m. The News and Announcements Greenwich Time Signat ni 11.15 a.m. 11.30 am. The UC Empire Orchestra. 3 pm. Big Den. 'Deneath the Green
Willow.
3.30 pm. Food for Thought.*
| 3,50 jian, - Dance Musie.
4.6 pm. The Cesarewitch Stakes.
430 pm. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.30 p.n. 4.40, p... Mozart's Chamber Musio 6.45 pm. Big Ben. "The Talking Horse. 7.18 . Can you Beat 12-4: 7.30 p.m. Haroki Coombs, at the Organ of
the Capilot Cinema, Aberdeen, 8pm. The Vinni Sextet.
1.30 p.m. At the stack Dar,'
p.m. The Trocadero Cinema Orchestra. 0.10,p.n. Food for Thought."
8.30 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 0.13 p.m. 10.15 pm. Big Ben. Variety, including George Buck (Compere), Knight and Day, Helen Raymond, Harrington and Feist, and Marey MUL and Teddy Eptgrave at two Planos. 10. p.m. Bennath the Green Willow," 11.13 p.m. The Band of ills Majesty's Royal Marines (lymouth Division).. 12 aim. The News arie Announcements."
Greenwich Time Signal at 12.18 m. 12.20 .. The Bath Pump Room Orches
and, what is more, accomplished the trip one week ahead of schedule.
Actual times and performances are secret, but it is known they were not pressed and could have reached their objective ahead of that. No mechanical troubles of any kind were encountered and they weathered ́a stlmsh storm between Brest and Corunna, re- fuelling, where necessary, at sea,
While the League Assembly was Altached to the Assembly Hall is a which of itself is interesting.
electing Belgium 10 the League formidable lobby-the word is inade Council by 47 votes to none, and quate-of green marble and granite, Now, apparently, they are a unit' In the Mediterranean Fleet. adopting the resolution condemning producing an effect between the ap- Scott-Paine ex-alrman and water the serial bombing of open towns in proach to a reconstructed Egyptian lounge of them-must feel some satisfaction at public were chiefly accupied in tak~jn modern luxury liner. On this culmination of an ambition he ing stock of their new surroundings, of the whole of this part of the sei himself and it must be gratifying
Palace is the new restaurant, the There can be no doubt that the terraco of which provides one of to the country na a whole that once
the again Britain is first in the naval £300,000 Hall, which is 245ft. long, finest views obtainable in these parts world by possessing a flotilla of these loft. wide and 114tt, high, is impres-over the Savoy Alpa and the Mont now craft actually in service in sive. There is, perhaps, a slight sug-Alone range. There are many gifts foreign waters.
gestion of the very best kind of post-from Governments in the new holl, Germany's M.T.B.5
inwar picture theatre, but the sugges- besides that of Czechoslovakia, German waters and have never ven-tion is that of a pleture theatre where tured beyond the Baltic, while Italy's the material is genuine and not The decorative paintings at the are confined to the upper waters of make-believe. The acoustics nce rounded corners of the hall are the the Dalmatian coasts, and Russia's perfect; ventilation was adequate gift of France; they all treat of peace, and Japan's have not been to sen at and the colour scheme-beige, wal- and are the work of four well-known
Three short talks on matters of nil.
nut and cream-blends well with the French painters: M. Vuillard, M In the architectural profession, he toplenl Interest. It is reported that during exercises huge main carpet of Royal blue, the Roussel, M. Maurice Denla and M added, there was a great deterioration 9.30 London Relay--Tho New carried out by the First Motor Boat gift of Czechoslovakia,
Chastel
of taste: They must strive within and Announcements, Flotilla. in the Mediterranean the
The French Government also has the profession to create a public that 0.50 Leslie Jeffries and His offered two sculptured and gilded architecturally minded, and co- Orchestra
WAR doors of bronze to the right and left operate not merely raise the of the presidential platform.
Le Cygne (Sain-Saona); Evensong standard of taste, but to consider (Martin): Dance Of The Icicles The, fumiture .on the platform, traffic problems and the possibilities (From Sulle The Wooing of the which is of dark walnut, is the gift of great comfort for the people in Snowflakes' Russell); The Frelicsome 5.45 sm. Long-distance Listening." lot the Australian Government.
congested eltics,
Here (H. Ashworth Hope); Ravini's 10.30 am, The BBC Theatre Orchestra.
operate
hants were most successful and in There are 1,341 seats in the Hall, their first attack, which was carried excluding the presklenilai platform out between 12 midnight and 2 a.m. and the reporters' places, However, on the Fleet at sen, they succeeded in the Hall can hold well over 2,000 per- penetrating the screen of destroyers sons, and all will be well able to sea without being seen or heard and fand hear.
tra.
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1.20 9. At Die Black Dog.* 1.50 3. Planoforte Interlude. 2 A Big Ben. The News and
Houncements.
dreenwich Time Signal et 2.15 .. 12 am, 'Grean Fields and Pavements. 3.40 am Team the London Theatre, 3am. The DBC Empire Orchestra.
a.m. Snooker: Davis v. Inman. A com- mentary by Willie Smith during play in the Bealed Handicap Competition, 4.20 0.51. Harald Smart, at the BBC
Theatre Organ.
4.43 a.m. Interval.
am. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.18 a.m 0.20 A. Ballroom.
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