THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY
.29,
1938.
WHAT IS THE JOY OF LIVING WORTH?
Judge On
Husbands
Death
Made More Valuable By
DOES
DES a dustman enjoy life more than a millionaire?— a man aged 23 more than a man of 447
These were questions which Mr. Justice Langton put to himself in the Admiralty Court recently. He is the latest judge to be in search of a formula which will translate "expectation of life" into terms of hard cash.
"Unfortunately, we have no thermometer of happiness," he said before reserving judgment in the cases before him.
Mr. Justice Langton's reflections were prompted by cross- appeals from an award of the Registrar of the Court in the case of 22 claimants, relatives of nine men drowned when the French steamer Borce turned turtle after collision with the Spanish steamer Aizkarai Mendi in the North Sea in March, 1930.
DRIVERS FINED
Speeding in Areas
Under Control
Mr E. H. Watts, of Imperial Air- Ways, was summoned before Mr. 11
German Air Ace Sets New Speed Record
Reich Airmen Also Gain. Altitude Records
Berlin, July 29. Flying at 895% miles per hour, Major General Udet, the famous German war aco, set up a new world's record for land planes yesterday.
Newspapers in both Berlin and Paris regard the achievement na one of the greatest in aviation.
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Plans Made
To Evacuate In Wartime
Britain Studying Difficult Problem
London, July 28.
The Report of the Commitice op-
pointed iu consider the evacuation of civil population from certain areas in the event of war will be published in the near future,
RADIO BROADCAST
Rev. C. B. R. Sargent With Puccini Programme NURA KANIS AT STUDIO
Broadcast by Radio Programmó Z.B.W. on a Frequent of 8415 per
9.52 m.c's, per and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.
second, and 8-11 p.m. on
6.00 Light Orchestral and Vocal Variety.
In announcing this in the House of Commons to-day, the Home Secre-
Orchestra-Neapolitan Nights (J. Sir Samuel Hoare, paid a tary, tribute to Sir John Anderson and bis S. Zameenike).....London Novelty colleagues for the expedition with Orchestra: Vocal-Serenade In The "The immense energy Germany which they had completed the survey Night (Bixio, Kennedy, Cherubin!).
The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy) Accompaniment; puts into the development of flying, of a difficult problem. He said the with Instrumental
and the re- report was lengthy
raised Important Orchestra-Hungarian March Pot- both in the laboratories of the de- sign:s
Pecsi-Prichystal) the and in
experimental commendations
George Boulanger and His Orchestra: stages, had but one an in view, questions of policy, some of which pourri (J.
Vecul-When The Gipsy Played
Glamorous
Night-Hassall and namely, an increase in speed," writes Parlament might wish to discuss, L'Intransigeant, in commenting on the
not to He proposed, however,
Jovelin)....Mary
Ellis (Soprano) delay ellon on certain work that Not
conducted by Charles could usefully be undertaken at once necomp, by the Drury Lane Theatre
recommended by the Orchestra, on the lines Committee, and which did not raise Prentice; Vocal Sweet Confessions Air (Tenor) with Orchestra: Orchestra--- matters of polley. For example, he (Gunther Ernst)...Joseph Schmidt
to must persiss the staff of the The Sony Is Ended ("Concert Ver-
Precautions Department Ruild
Berlin) enable it to deal adequately with this sion"--Irving
Savoy vocal chorits; Liege problem. Sir Samuel Hoare Gibbons and the observed, in ronclusion, that as the wit
"The (From
Merry
Colonel Rene Fonck, Intnous French war nee who often met Udet in battle above the trenches in France, places the eredit for Udel's remarkable per- form uce to the German leadership of
The owners of the Spanish ship complained that the Regis-fight. trar influenced by decisions of the King's Bench judges, had mado his assessment higher than nautical practitioners had been used to. This was a £17. 000 claim, for ship and eargo, brought up by "life" claims to a total of £30,000,
CASE OF "LITTLE HAZEL” The law on the point, observed Mr. Justice Langton, was extremely
B. Butters at the Central Magistracy | perplexing. the morning on two counts aftermat that he hack speeded in the controlled area of Queen's Road Brest on July 14, od line also failed to notify his
Defendant a actress. change of
peared in Court, and pleaded guilty | £1,000 ti e lazed," whes was killed
on both ESTONKER.
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Tralle-Sergeant Sargent said was following the defendunt and de- fendant was creeping away from him
He fully stopped de- all the tune.
Garden Rout fendant in
Witness estimated that defendant must have been ding uver 30 miles per hour through the controlled aren
A line of $30 was imposed on the charge of speeding, and $5 on the count of fathing to notify change of address,
His ortisti rewallet a recent cause in which, he saki. Ma. Justles Charles disagreed with L
jury who bail awarded £350 to one of two children injured in a perambulater, and gave of elitel, reteired to as "tule
Mr. Justice Churles said he thought the damages were execsave
Referring to the present case, his fordship said the Registour gave the widow of the scevil engineer £4,000, ・ her baby som £700, and his (the
He gove the gineer's mother £406 widow of the cook E1,020, à son of two years £270, with £340 between two dauthters.
The widow of a stokter whe given £1.950, a seaman's widow £1,850, a
widow £820. sitilor's
RICHEST WIDOW
Alleged to have driven without due care and caution in Crine Roud on widow of July 12, Pong Pak-sze, a public car driver, was fined $10.
Trafe-Sergeant G. Your sold be car when was following another oppusile Castle Rond, defendant came down the hill and attempted to bccupy the space between the ear in front and the Sergeant,
was who forced to swerve in order to avoid
collision.
Cols
in
The one had become the richest 11 French France and the other, at the age of 26, was a more affluent woman than her sister next door who had not lost her husband.
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"Are we to make it mare valuable
retain to lose a husband than to him?" asked Mr. Justice Langton,
He observed that the commenta of the judges maded this problem ter- ribly difficult. Some of it was very tangled thought and he did not wonder that Lord Roche. In thes A lorry driver,
Lui-hing, House of Lords, said, "You had bet- charged with speeding in the Queen's, ter not tell the Jury too much." Road East controlled area on July 12, was fined $15. Another Jerry driver, charged with a shallur offence in Lockhart Road on July 14, was fined $10.
Mak
Chan
"real airmen.
who callate thele flying; experiences for the tenent of their
country
Frans-Gecan,
NEW ALTITUDE RECORD
Copenhagen, July 28
A new attitude record of 32,264
Industries
for
Carroll Orplicans Vocal-Vilin CA The Widow':
committee had pointed out, the pro- Merry Widow Waltz (From the Akums they recommended evacuation in no way detracted from Film)....Jeannette MacDonald (So- Orchestra-Lat the neresity
f the provision of prano) with Metro-Godwyn-Mayer created by the aeroplane "other
defence. Orchestra; Tango Passive of
which Violetera (From "City Lights') Dessauer," which enreted in paying!
Orchestra; Essential
Were Geraldo's Gaucho Tango vulnerable fond of 5,000 kilogrammes has been mainly comeentrated in
Mardolle Orchestra-Love's Dream broken by the same mattine attalus areas ust be carried on and that After The Bull (Czibulka); Sylvia a height of 23.536 ft. with a paytarent that essential persons must Ballet ("Pizzicato Delibes) lond of 10,000 kilogrammen
On the latter fight the "Grosse remain and plans must be made for
their proteron. British Wireless, Desmer broke the recurd by over! GRO Tru-Oeran.
SWEEPING REFORMS PLANNED FOR BRITISH ARMY
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buted each your anong subalterna of the first commission needing them. "It can thus be claimed that an Army career throughout all stages will be possible for on ollicer with- mit private means," said the Scere tary for War.
"The reforins will enable the maxi- mum rate of retired pay for each rank to be generally earned before the retiring age, and nothing will be lost from periods of unemployment, which from now on will be un fut pay instead of half pay."
Mr. G. H. Wlimer (for the French-years' service. men) said one of the points of his cross appeal was that the Registrar had put down an equal sum of £150 for each of these lves lost.
**I
in
Sity that his miserably King-chiu, forry
driver, adequate and that the modern doc- charged on two counts of speeding trine of damages for loss of expecti in Gloucester Road on July 14, and tion of life, and for pain and suffer- driving a lorry without a licence, was Ing, cannot be reduced to a uniform
way." fined $10 and $5 on the respective minimum in this
CAN ALGEBRA SOLVE IT?
counia.
$10.
Mr. O. L. Bateson (for the owners
For allowing an excess number of of the Spanish ship) suggested that passengers on molor bus No. 644 in young man enjoyed and expected Causeway Road on July 14, Chak more of life than the elder, and the Hee, the bus conductor, was fined court must be speelally generous to
youth.
do not Mr. Justice Langton: I think a person enjoys life more at 23 than ut 44, though he may expect to, and I have to get at the value of his expectation. It does not come down to an arithmetical sum, yet I
Dr. Roy Mar, of Oi Kwan Building, was fined $5 for leaving his motor car unattended in Pottinger Street on July 12.
Prince Edward Road Raid For Opium Succeeds
Chinese residents in the lower end of Prince Edward Road, in the Sham- shulpo district, experienced some ex- ellement yesterday morning when Revenue Officer E. T. Warden carried out a raid for opium. He entered ground floor of a house and in a corkloft, occupied by a woman, found two taels of prepared opium and eight tnels of raw oplum.
the
The woman, Yat Chung, was ar- rested and on being charged with Botsession of the drug before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Magis- tracy to-day, she was fined a total sum of $150 or four months' hard labour.
Explorers Plan Flight Over Southern Pole
Chicago, July 28. United Airlines announce that Bir Hubert Wilkins,, veteran Australian explorer, is en route complete Vancouver with plans for an experimental flight aver the South Pole.
to
Sir. Hubert is accompanied hy Mr. Lincoln Elisword-United Press,
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Mr. Hore Belisha gave s example a major, aged 40, with 23
He would receive | retired pay at the rate of £407 per the annum, whereas an officer of same age with similar service might have to retire as captain at £271 per annum under the present regulu Liens,
The regulations, which will apply to all combatant corps of the Army, will come into operation on August
1.
12 Months' Warning No officer on full pay will suffer) from compulsory retirement as a result of the reforms, and the reduc- tion of the tenures of the various officers from commands and staff four to three years will not occasion the displacement of any officer with- out twelve months' warning.
Mir, Hore Bellsha
concluded:
Fmqat, in exploring the intangible, propose immediate effect of the
Ignore arithmetic. Do I give damages the
livor!
Me.
Mr. Justice Langton: Do I do it in algebra then? (Laughter.)
can best be Illustrated by statement that over 2,000
Suspect Plot To Restore Hohenzollerns
Berlin, July 28. Herr Reinhold Wulle, at one time Rightist deputy of the Reichste and his 27-year-old wife, have been arrested on suspicion of monarchist activities. Several other persons, at prosent unnamed, have also been bre rested.
Herr Wulie threw his support be- hind Herr Hitler after the Nazl os sumption to power in 1933.-United Prean.
Mandoline Orchestra.
6.40 Georges Thil (Tenor) In A French Programme.
Jibes).
Dance or The Flowers-Valse (From "Le Corsstre Ballet"-De- ....The B.B.C. Wireless Mill- Band conducted by B. Walton
Enlevement O'Donnell;
(Stephan Bordese and C, Levade)....Georges Thill with Georgen True at the Piano: Meditation (From "Thals Mosse- .Boston Promenade Orelics-
Arthur Fiedler Violin Solo: Robert Gundersen; Ele- Gallet); Serenade Fascill
....Ninon Vallin (Soprano) accompanied by piano and violoncello Waltz Of The Hours ("Coppelta Delibes);
Variations
net)ucted by
tra
("Coppelia"-Delibes) ...Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Clemens Schmnlstleh; Fortunio ("La Maison Grise Messager)....Georges Thill with Orchestra conducted by Pierre Chagnon,
7.10 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.
7.12 Schumann-Trio In D Minor. Op. 03.
STOCK MARKET Casals (Instrumental Trie).
DULL, RALLIES
London, July 23. The Stock Exchange opened dully, owing to overnight weakness on Wall Street. This was partly evaporated
by the close.
Gill-edgeds were steady and Home ftails rose sharply on publication of the report of the Midlands Railway for the first half of the year, which was better than anticipated.
Olls declined, but rallied later in the session. Trading among Indus- Wats Jargely confined to trials specialities.
Played by Cortot, Thibaud and
7.45 London Relay-Under Blg Ben'.
A talk by Howard Marshall, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 A Talic On A Trip To Manila
by E. I. Wynne-Jones, Esq., Chair-
man Of The Hongkong Travel› Ass90- ciation.
8.12 Royal Philharmonic Orches-
tra.
The Musle Of The Spheres (Josef Strauss, Op. 225).
Studie-A Plano Recital by 8.20
Nura Kanis,
1. Variations in F Minor (Haydn);
(Schubert 2. Soirees de Vienne On the Foreign Exchange market, Liszt). United States dollara hardened late dealings, otherwise the Exchange
was quiet.Reuter Special.
FATHER JACQUINOT
FOUND
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in
8.45 Studio-Rev. C. B. R. Sargent -30th Series Of Opera.
A Puccin! Programme, 9.30 London Relay Tho News. 9.40 Dance Records.
Lovin' for the loss of a life? I would not officers will be promoted with effect
Fox-Trot-My Honey's give much for the life of a man who from August 1. In one day over a
Arms....Val Rosing and His. Swing hus eirrhosis (hardening) of the quarter of the subalterns and cap-
Stars; Fox-Trots--A Little Love, A thing of
of combatt corps of the Army
Little Kiss: Body And Soul..... Bateson: His expectation
will. be
be prombied...
Quintette Of The Hot Club Of France would be "X" years, instead of “X”
In reply to a question, Mr. Hore-
Django Reinhardt (Guitar) Stephane plus "Y"
Belisha said that the cost of the measures was estimated at £300,000 ly supervised by the Home Ministry Grappelly (Violin).
London Relay-Saturday 10.08 This will increase to since last Tuesday. per annum.
It was definitely escertained this Night Varloty. £800,000 per annum over twenty to
Oldham, Including Florence twenty-five years. After that period morning that the French misalonary,
Georgie Wood, the cost will decrease as the number "father" of the Chinese refugees in Radio's own; Wee of officers la adjusted.
Nantao, Shanghai, was still remain- The Peter Pan Of Vaudeville; (By of Mr. Kazuo permission of George Black); with The proposals, Mr. Hore-Belishning in the house
Variety Orchestra con- announced, were being examined Fujikawa, one of Father Jacquinol's The B.B.C.
ducted by Charles Shadwoll; Pre- from the point of view of the Terri- old friends, at Tarumicho. torial Army, to see whether any He is leaving Kobe to-night for sented by John Sherman.
11.00 Close Down.
He Coped With Tongue-Twister,
But Was Drunk advantage could be gained for the Shanghai. Fother Jaquinot, it is
"Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran." Is what a 17-year-old commissioned boat swain, James Henry Fry, of the alreraft-carrier Furious, WAS naked to say when he returned оп
board after taking a party of men to church,
Territorials.-Reuter.
LITTLE BOY FLUNG
OUT OF CAR
in
Bald, is bringing with him a sum of about U.S. $700,000 collected America us an additional fund for the relief of destitute Chinese in the native city of Shunghal--Domei.
QUICK RECOVERY AFTER ILLNESS
Very often a period of
much more critical valescence la
сод-
REDS ARRESTED than the actual filness that preceded
IN ATHENS
Athens, July 28. Communists,
were
arrested
1
it. Your whole body in left in a state of complete exhausilon. You have no strength to combat any. renewed attacks.
Doctors and nurses realize the
8 A.M.
TO 11 A.M.
TO-MORROW.
LAST THREE HOURS
OF
MACKINTOSH'S
TWELVE-HOUR
CLEARANCE
AIR CONDITIONED THEATREN OPENING TO-MORROW
Matchless
Adventure
ALEXANDER KORDA presunts
IS YOURS AGAIN!
The most reckless hero in all history ...the most daring lover that ever captured a woś man's heart again. startles the world
with his exploits!
THE RETURN OF THE
Scarlet Pimpernel
From the Novel by Baroness Orczy ....... with BARRY BARNES SOPHIE STEWART Margaretin 'Scoți. Frazela Lister Anthony Bushell Rod James Mason Directed by BANS SCHWARTZ An Arnold Pressburger Production
Balunsad thru UNITED ARISIN
ALSO LATEST WALT DISNEY'S CARTOON IN TECHNICOLOUR
MOOSE
FORGING LINK IN EMPIRE COMMUNICATION
HUNTERS
FAILED TO TELL OF MOVING
Mr. William Chester Snge, 48, engineer, was fined $16 by Mr. R. At a Devonport court-martial it' was stated that he pronounced this
Edwards at the Central Magistracy London, July 28. He was. tongue-twister perfectly.
Carrying letters from His Majesty this morning for failing to report his found
being however,
guilty of
Intended change of address within drunk when he returned from
the King and the Prime Minister, an Escaping with only a few abrasions
Imperial allegedly importance of a speedy recovery
Aleways flying boat took off week,
anid that the defendant duty as offeer in charge of the
It was when he fell out of
Twelve a sedan car Romun
smoothly from Southampton Water Catholic church parties."
delven by his father, David Edward lending members of the Trotskyite niter illness. In Horlicks they have by found a highly nourishing food that
this morning to inaugurato the third came to the Colony on July 4 and took un bis residencent tize He was sentenced to bo severely re Brand, aged three, is now in Kowloon organisation,
and Inst stage in the development of primanded.
Hospital.
poilical police in Athens yesterday, can be easily digested when all other
secret foods.cause nausea.
the United Kingdom-Australia air Gloucester Hotel. From July 18 to July 23 he won' not heard of, and Surgeon Commander F. E. Fitz-
Mr. C. W. Brand, who is attached The group distributed maurice, who examined Fry, anld.
to the Mongkok Fire. Station, was newspaper called Profetralos, the
Horlicks rebuilds your exhaustedmall route.
The departure of the flying boat then he was located at the European which was discovered.
Kowloon, Y. M. C. A. he was asleep in his chair. "I could
was preceded by a short ceremony, not wuken fm by shouting, and had turning into Salisbury Houd from plant of
Nathan Road, Kowloon, when the Large quantiles of legal revolu- body. Convalescence is shortened. to alap his face."
In which speeches were delivered by silver commemorative stamp and Always keep Horlicks ready at hand.
the Air Secretardy, Sir Kingsley placed in two slik bags.
one for Fry's breath smelt of alcohol, and accident occurred. Fortunately, the tionary leaflets were also confiscated. You feel full of vigour and vitality. it made the-Trans-Ocean.
Wood In these dimcult times of anxioly
tho Postmastor-General, Australia and one for New Zealand. was why he (Surgeon Comman-car was barely moving
and worry, the task of carrying on
Major Tryon, and Bir Earle Page, the After to-day there will be three der Fitzmaurice) came to the con- turning.
and doing work which must be done
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia servicen weekly from England fo clusion that Fry was suffering from
is a doubly difficult one which must and Mr. Jordan, High Commisaloner Australia and New Zealand, and the PRESIDENT DOUMER DUE
tend to exhaust one's nervous energy.
for New Zealand,
services to Indin will be increased and to A score of special letters, which from four to five weekly From Intest.telegraphic information The door flew open with the
Horlicks builds 130 strength,
included, one from the King to the Malaya from two to three weekly. Hongkont, vitality and prevents that listlessncas
It is expected that letters will be momentum and the child, who was received from Saigon, the President
acting Governor General st Canberra grasping the door-handle, was flung Doumer will arrive at
from Marseliler, on Tuesday, August and tiredness caused by constant
and to the Governor General at delivered in the principal cities of out onto the roudway.
strain. XI. M. Hodges,
Wellington, were atamped by the Australia in 11 to 10 days,-British 2, at 6.30 pan, Sho will be dispatched nervous.
Postmaster-General with a special' Wireless. kong. for Shanghal and Kobe on Wednes- 406-400, Asia Lito Buliding, Hong- day, August 3, at 0.00 a.m.
that
I the effects of alcohol. He performed the tests better than was to be ex- pected,
Fry, giving evidence, sald he was spoken to by on officer for, not hali- Ing the party when the still was Bounded.
"I was very worried, boenuse ho told me I had held up the .com Imander-in-chler," ha sala,
..
The boy was on the back seat of the car and opened one of the doors just pa bils father was making the turn.
His Injuries are only slight, and wero confined to abrasions on the face and legs. "';