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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSD
1988
RADIO
Wife Sentenced to Death BROADCAST
THREW CHILD FROM
RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of a child of her husband
by another woman, 20-years-old BRITISH
Marguriter Eastwood, of Caterham, Surrey, collapsed when Mr. Justico du Parcq passed sentence of death, absent half an
houry were
and with their verdlet added
a strong recommendation to mercy. Mrs, Eastwood's husband, who is in the Coldstream Guards, fainted when ntenco was passed, and was carried from the court...
c. sald that the mother of the
Mrs.
Mr. Christmas Humphreys, prose-
Cor- was a
Rampton. poral Eastwood told his wife of his previous Association with Mrs. When Kampton, and was forgiven. the baby was born Mrs. Rampton was in a position to make trouble with the Army about it, and Mrs. Eastwood thought i best to agree to adopt the child.
According to Mrs. Eastwood, she became frantic when the baby was left with her and later dropped the child from train. At first he said she had left the child in a shop doorway with a note, "Destitute, nowhere to go. Will finder be good to 117"
OFFICER
ATTACKED
Terrorist Wounds A.D.C. In Jenin
Haifa, Aug. 24. Walter Moffatt, Assistant Dis- trict Commissioner, was shot and seriously wounded when a terrorist entered his office at Jenin and fired several revolver: shots at point blank range.
The District Commissioner, mort- aily wounded, has been removed to hospital, where six British constables are waiting to give blood transfusiona if necessary.
Moratt han six bullet wounds in his neck, leg and stomach, and his condition to-night was described as dangerous.
attempt on
This in the
second
Afterwards she made a statement that not knowing what to do with the child she went to Barnes, where she took a railway ticket to Vaux-Moffatt's life in two months. Some hall. The train window was open weeks ago while he was motoring and twice she went to it, but had near Jenin his bodyguard was killed not the courage to put the child out. by two brigands who unsuccessfully The third time she held the child out attempted to shoot the Commissioner. Detachments of the Border Negl- in her arms. The train went round
ment and the Black Watch have been a bend and she let it go.
In another statement, Mrs. Enst-sent to Jenin to assist the Essex wood said: "If I live to be 100 I Regiment in a search shall never be the
same womon assailant.-Reuter.
again, I have had no sleep since."
Mrs. Rampton fainted while giving! evidence, and was later allowed to go home.
"LAST TRIBUNAL"
Mra. Eastwood said that she had decided to adopt the child. She al- ways treated Mrs. Rampion as well
us she could.
for to-day's
ASSAILANt arresTED
Halfa, Aug. 24.
1: authoritative reported here that Moffatt's assailant has been arrested in Jenin.-Reuter.
RUSSIANS KILLED
London, Aug. 24.
An armed gang raided the Trans- Mr. J. F. Eastwood, K.C.. address-Jordan Hydrographical Survey camp ing the jury for Mrs. Eastwood, ten miles east of Beisan yesterday. said: "We all some day have to They murdered three Russian en come before unother tribunal. When gineers and did extensive materii this woman and her husband and damage.-British Wireless.
Mrs. Rampton come before that! tribunal, it may be that the judg ment on her will be less than on them."
Mr. Justice du Parcq, summing up said that Mrs. Eastwood might have been distraught, worried, and sore ly tempted, but that did not afford any justification in law for murder. "Perhaps its fortunate." he said, "It does not fall on you to
BANDITS ROUTED
Palestine, birthplace of Christianity that has contributed a leading morals code to the world, is the scene of strife and violence between warring Jews and Arabs. Above are Bcottish Black Walch troops, supplementing British pollee, who have set up a machine gun near the Jaffa Gale In Jerusalem, where a bus was recently bombed,
Hard Court Fixtures Announced
The following fixtures have been nunounced for the Hardcourt Tennis by the Championships organised United Services R.C.:
MONDAY, AUGUST 29.
Court No. 11-Wong Fook-mam Major F. T. Baines.
v.
London, Aug. 24. ' Late yesterday afternoon British soldiers and the police routed a series
Court No. 12.-S. A. Gray v. Major af armed bands which had been. A. Newnham. sniping traffic
оп the Nazareth-
Court No. 17.-E. C. Fincher Tiberias highway.
Fourteen bandits were killed andA. V. Remedies v. Paul Kong
Tennie Kwek.
One Bri-
eleven rifles were seized. tish soldler was seriously wounded. whether she is a good or a bad wo-British Wireless, man, or whether, like most people, she can sometimes do a good and sometimes a bad netion."
LOYALIST DESTROYER MYSTERY
Gibraltar, Aug. 24. Mystery surrounds the where- abouts of the Spanish Govern- ment destroyer Jose Luis Diez, which was reported Inst week to have left Le Havre for the Mediterranean after undergoing the past eight repaira for months.
It is believed that the destroyer is making for some Spanish Loyalist port but, according to the naval au- thorities here, it has not yet passed through the Straits of Gibraltar.
Several Insurgent armed vessels áre scen constantly patrolling the Straits, apparently searching for thei Jose Luls Diez-Reuter Special.
HEADING FOR MOROCCO?
Paris, Aug. 24.
The Spanish Insurgent cruiser Canarias has been seen cruising off Casablanca, according to French press reports.
Insurgent circles here suggest that the cruiser is waiting to interecept the destroyer Jose Luiz Diez,
dre
As the Straits of Gibraltar doubtless closed to the passage of the Loyalist destroyer by the Insurgents, it is suggested that the Loyalist vessel may mike for the Moroccan coast. Reuter Special.
24 KILLED AS PLANES COLLIDE AND CRASH
Wrock Sets Fire To Factory
Omori, Aug. 26.
Trans-Persian Railway Completed
886-Mile Line Took 8 Years To Finish
Chiro, Aug. 24.
The trans-Persian Rallway, stretch- ing and miles from Shah to Shahpur, via Teheran, has been completed, after eight years' work..
Work on the construction of the raitway, the longest in Iron, was com- menced at the two termini in 1930, and the north and south sections met at Sultanabad to-tiny.
POISON GAS USE CONFIRMED
Chinese Embassy Statement
the
the two
Helen Lockhart with The Z.B.W. Orchestra CHILDREN'S HOUR
Radio Programme
Broadcast by
Z.B.W. on n Frequency of 845 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.16 p.m. & 8-11 p.m. on 9.02 m.e's per second. .6.0 StudioThe Children's Hour. 7.0 Strauss-Le Bourgeois Gentil- homme Sulle, Op. 60.
Played by Walther Strarum Or- chestra of Paris.
7.33 Closing locul Stock Quota-
123 Light Variety
Orchestra-Gipsy Fantasy (Fun- taiste Tzigano-Charpentier
Rode)
and
Rode and His Tziganes; Humdrous--Melodramu Of The Micr .Mr.
Jetsam Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam with Pluno;
(Flotsam and
Hawaiian
Street
Hawaiian refrain);
Anwa Orchestra-On A Little In Honolulu--Waltz.....Hito Orchestra with vocal Vocal-Looking For A Little Bit Of Blue (From "Road House)....Laylon and Johnstone (American Duelists) with Plano); Orchestra-Alice Blue Gown (Tier- and Out"
ney, McCart!mbardo and
Orchestra Stepa
His Royal Chorus The Vecal Gems (Kreisler) Intro.-Learn how to lose; Stars in my eyes; What shall remain; Soldiers March; Learn how to lose; Madly in love..... Orchestra and Chorus.
0.00 Time, Weather and Announce- ments,
8.02 London
Affairs.
Relay
"World
A talk by J. I. Brierly, o... Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford.
8:15 Arthur Rubinstein Finno
at the
Minuet And Trio (From Fantasia Sonata
in G. Major, Op. 7B Schubert); Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 (Rachmaninoff); Value Caprice (Rubinstein).
1
8.30 Btudio-A-Concert by Z.B.W. Orchestra with Helen Lookhart (Con- irallo.
Salome Dance (Tobani)...... Z.B.W. Orchestra; 2. (a) Aria; "D. deh mlo dolce ardor (Paride ed
"The
Wild (b) Elena-Gluck); Rose" (Heiden-Roslain-Schubert). Lockhart; 3. (a) (b) Bion) (
ZB.W.
...Helen
Blumengefluster
Boel al Bulo Orchestra: (4) (n)
Ladies" (Keel); (b)
tra.
(b) "O. Men From
Washington, Aug. 24. The Chinese Embassy has the Fields" (Herbert Hughes); (c) corrroborated
press
that "Deirdre's Farewell Scotland" reports
to of poison gas, believed to be
the e
.Helen Kennedy-Fraser)...... (arr. asphyxiating type, completely wiped Lockhart); 5. Selection "The Student out two Chinese battalions during Prince" (Romberg); 6. "Nell Gwyn" the fighting along the Yangtse pre-Dancer (German)....Z.B.W. Orches ceding
fall of Juichen. the Embassy
said that the Chinese 9.30 London Relay--The News.
«Patience"-- 9.50 Excerpts from and/commilder in the Julchang sector)
that and reported
Chinese (Gilbert & Sullivan). battalions had successfully counter- In A Doleful Train; Now, Is Not attacked
had the Japanese who This Ridiculous....
..N. Briercllite, G. Court No. 18.-Agofuraff Jpreviously reached Tawuho, forcing Baker, M. Kyre and Chorus of Girls Pengelly v. R. C. S. Allin and J. R. R. them back to Chuchwang.
and Dragons with Orchestra: When Jenkins,
At 10 am. on August 22 the gas I First Put This Uniform On....
the released by
and Chorus Japanese, Darrell Fancourt
of Darren destroying all except the battalion Dragoons with Orchestra; Am commander, one lieutenant and two Alone, And Unobserved?; If You've privates-United Press.
Anxious For To Shine
.....George with Baker (Baritone)
Orchestra; Long Years Ago...Winifred Lawson, Nellie Briercliffe (Duet) with Or-
and
Court No. 10-Pang Oi-lam and Mok Fuk-in v, H. W. Lee and S. W. | Liang,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30.
Court No. 11-K. K. Fung v. Lee Kam-ming.
+
Court No. 12.-. FL. Smalley v. Peter U.
Court No. 17.-A. Crawford v. Lee Wai-tong.
Court No. 18.-C. K. Chun v. Tsui Yun-pul.
Court No. 18.-S. S. Leong v. Bick Szeto.
Umpires are to be found by the Arst-named in each match who is responsible that the result is handed in to the member of the U.S.I.C. Tennis Committee on duty.
If matches scheduled for any day have to be postponed owing to the weather they will be played on the
The line will be opened to tradle by Shah Pahlavi on Friday.-Trans- first following day which is it for Ocean.
play, and schedules for succeeding days' play will be altered accord- ingly.
Play is to commence each day at
p.m.
Noted Labour 5.15 pm sharp. Leader Dies
In London
London, Aug. 24.
MASSACRE IN JUNK FLEET
*Foochow, Aug. 25. A bye-election in the Doncaster
Seventeen Chinese Junks off the Division of West Riding will be coast of Llenkiang were attacked by necessitated by the deaths to-day in Japanese warships on August 23. hospitul In London of Mr. Alfred Many Chinese passengers aboard Short, who was Purikamentary Under- the junks were killed. — Central Secretory to the Home Office in the News. last Labour Government,
The Inte Mr. Short, who was 55 years of age, worked in his youth ឆន ឆ boiler-smith and became an off- cint of the Transport and General Workers' Union.
AIR OFFICIAL'S
He first entered Parliament in 1918 NEAR EAST TOUR
and in 1932 was called to the Bar. At the 1935 elections he polled 20,003. votes to his Conservative opponent's 22,011-British Wireless.
was
Stiff British Protest To Insurgents
London, Aur, 24. The British Government has handed a Note to the Insurgent authorities of Burgas, protesiing against the alleged execution of a number of political prisoners. according 10 the Evening Standard.
The newspaper asserts that the Note was couched in vigorous terms.Trans-Ocean,
Million Apples
I
chestra; Sad Is That Woman's Lot
Bertha Lewis (Contralto) with Orchestra; Turn, Oh Turn In This Direction....Chorus of Girls; A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop Leslie Rands and Chorus of Girls with Orchestra.
10.15 Reginald Dixon at the Or- gan.
Irish Medley: Intro: Irish Washerwoman; Peggy O'Neil; Rose of Tralee; Killarney: St. Patrick's Day: Day: Roberta-Film Selection: Intro: -I won't dance; Lovely to look al; Smoke gets in your eyes; Sweet Music Film Selection: Intro:-Sweet Music: Ev'ry Day; Fare Thee Well, Annabelle.
10.25 Dance Music.
with
AUSTRALIAN FRUIT IS lands; Ol
One-Step California: Blues Byc Bye Blues....Phil Green and His Orchestra; Fox-Trot-I Wanna Woo; The "Variety" Novelty-Boris On Bass... The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra "Sentence” On 15 directed by Henry Hail with Vocal Me Blues; Chorus: Quick-Step-Jazz Slow Fox-Trot Cheerful Blues. Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins
Roy; Clarinet and Vocal by Harry Fox-Trots-I'm Gonna Clap My Nat Gonella Most....Nat Man and
His Georgians with vocal refrain by Gonella; Fox-Tral Crosa Patch; Novelty Fox-Trot-Dig Chief His Crosby and De Soto....Bob Orchestra; Fox-Trots-Lyin' To My- Louis Armstrong self; Ev'ntide and His Orchestra with vocal chorus by Louis Armstrong. 11.0 Cluse Down.
CONDEMNED
Fifteen million Australian apples brought from Hobart, Tasmania, in the Blue Star Line ship Tacoma Stor, were condemned by Port of London health authorities for brown rot.
It
These were valued at £20,000. is the biggest condemnation on re- cord, and is likely to affect the price ot apples.
The apples are not diseared, and were condemned to protect people from buying fruit perfect in outward
appearance but unfit for cating. be burned.
It is most probable that they will
STORES STOLEN FROM SHIP
The theft of £50 worth of stores from the Royal Naval Auxillary, War Fruit merchants to whom the cargo Bahadur, 5,605 tons, lying in the
were allowed to was consigned
Naval Dockyard, has been reported London, Aug. 24. examine the cases. They were per- by the moster. Captain B. Tennard. Mr. Willium Ballour, Under-mitted to retain those which con-
The stores consisted primarily of white Secretary of State for Air, is leaving tained high percentage of untainted drums of paint, white lead,
zine oxide, red lead and mixed lead. rot begins in the flesh of ber 5 to visit Real Air Force units
The theft occurred sometime be- tween 5. p.m. on Tuesday and 9 am, HORTHY WELCOMED in Egypt, the Sudan, Kenya, Palestine, the
Trans-Jordan, Iraq and Multa.
bruise, or where the apple is in con-
yesterday. He will return to England about tact with a mummied apple of last disease attacks. similar October 1-Router.
year. A plums.
IN BERLIN
Berlin, Aug. 24.
It is now learned that the death Special trains bringing Admiral
Hendon Airport by plane on Septeni-Browie. It often starts through a
Berkeley, Cal.
BATHER ROBBED
roll resulting from the collision of Horthy, the Hungarian Regent, and two training aircraft over this city Herr Hitler arrived in Berlin' this Civic Beauty Rated Low has reached 24.
The Levening almost simultaneously. Søven sirmen_ were killed when the trains were run on opposite sides of
Charles H. Cheney, city planning An alleged robbery at Diamond planes collided. The wreckage of the same platform so that Herr Hitler one of the machines crashed into a could jump from his train and great expert, estimates present nation-Hill, Kowloon, was reported to the wide elvis boruty at about 10 per police yesterday by So Sze-yeo, a factory yard and set are to the build- Admiral Horthy,
Seventeen persons were killed General Gooring also welcomed the cent of what it could and should be. 18-year-old boy, who stated that of the while he and a companion were and 200 injured.-United Freas Hungarian Regent who dress through He has given the compan
IN 1 Vishly decorated. to the University of California at Low bathing in a stream, four Chinese Prefidential Palace where he Angeles an 80 per cent rating out of approached and took away his basket, banques la comable: 1001 and, that of Berkeley containing clothing and jewellery to
*- the value of $1BA, L. N
*** Reuter Spacially chi mat abo
TOBACCO DRYING SHED AFIRE
A fire broke out in a brick shed at the rear of No. 61 Namcheung Street, causing damage estimated at $300. Shamshulpo, at 2.48 am, to-day, The shed was being used as drying-room for tobacco, and sp- parently became overheated,
The fire was extinguished by the police and the inmates, after slight damage had been done.
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