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Arabian Nights Story From Macao. Reading like a fable from "The Arabian Nights" is the story of inquire an adventure of a Chinese who was kidnapped for ransom and "the eventually returned jubilant with the daughter of the bandit chief

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At the inque into the circumstät.. death of the to Croydon air disaster of December

Complete details are not avail-the maze of waterways compris 24 last year, the former stated able, but the story is partly ing the southern part of the that Captain Hinchlife, the pilot, authenticated by a Hongkong Canton River delta. who was flying the machine some tobacco merchant who has just Attacked by robbers on the days before the fatal day, had come back from Macao where he way, he was taken captive at a complained of sine trouble.

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When Lord Darling was dis-more difficulty experienced in charging the Midland Bank case getting a volunteer jury: here than

there would be at Home,

"As a matter of fact," said Mr. Kemp, "a Hongkong magistrate sitting as a coroner has power to

from the robber stronghold.. bring in anyone he likes from the Captain Hinchcliffedinally flew waited for his nephew's liberation spot

back to Croydon on the morning In October, shortly before the out anyone knowing that he was street but the fury is always of the disaster. The jury must Chung Young festival 19th day of a prisoner, he was escorted to the chosen in a similar manner consider, said the Coroner, whe- the 9th moon) when Chinese in town of Shekki, capital of the that adopted for the selection of ther reasonable care had been Hongkong make a pilgrimage to Heungshan district, and then. jurors for the Criminal. Sessions taken to make the machine fit for the Peak, the hero was returning taken to a bandit den further which is by drawing from the the journey, and decide whether from a Macao tobacco shop, asso-inland. box of jurors' names. Jurors who the deaths were due to misadven-ciated with the Hongkong estab Before the father, principal of have served on long cases are putture or negligence.

the Macao shop, had been notified that his

had failed reach home, he received a lettered and worn "by man of from the captive instructing him to open negotiations for ransomt. As the method for discussing terms is very complicated and a considerable amount of corres- pondence must pass to and fro, a month or two elapsed without any definite news as to the son's fate. Gradually the tone of the letters became more threatening. The amount first stipulated, $8,000, was lowered to $1,200.-

Lord Darthik,

Jury he said that he was sorry they had been kept so long, but when a member of the jury asked if they could be excused from further service, the Judge refused, remarking, "although it has been a long case it hasn't been a dull one, you know."

Hongkong jurymen who have sat out some of the drawn-out murder trials which take place here with what at Home would be considered alarming, frequency. may often feel like making a similar request, for however inter- esting a case may be, a man whoj has Business to attend to world much rather be in a position to get on with it.

The suggestion that women should be included in the list of Hongkong jurors has been made before in the "China Mail" and the present is an opportune time to stress again, the obvious advan- tages of withdrawing the dis- tinction between the sexes, as has been done at Home.

in a box which is not touched until all the other names have been drawn."

lishment, to his rative village in Expert Opinions.

the Heungshan district, which is Captain Glasson, Civil Trans- close to Macao and is reached by

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Meanwhile, the hero had not wasted his time. In the outlaws' camp was a charming girl, still in her teens, whom he soon got to know as the daughter of, the robber chieftain.

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It was the wont of this pretty | ***. damsel to introduce herself to all prisoners. awaiting release through ransom. Under orders. from her stern" parent she would ferret out of the unfortunate cap- tives, all the necessary informa- tion as to their social position and| wealth.

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Apparently, in this instance Ishe could not resist the charm of the captive and when she learnt that he was a bachelor and the heir to a thriving business in Macão, as the days passed, friend- ship ripened into love.

Eventually she made a clean breast to her bandit father of her affection. She pointed out that sooner or later, she would have to. be disposed of in marriage. No matter who her husband would. be, her father would have to spend over $1,200 in dowry and in wedding expenses, as bentting a man of his position. So why not forego the ransom and get her married without expense?

The objections to mixed juries, as given to a "China Mail" repre- eentative yesterday afternoon by: the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, are chiefly those of delicacy-the dis- inclination to talk freely of cer- tain aspects of disagreeable cases. But if these have been considered

port Traffic Offeer, Croydon, said insufficient at Home how much

that the pilot took an extremély more so ought they to be in the

Ke long run when taking off. case of Hongkong where the

expressed the opinion that he had percentage of males eligible for.

difficulty in getting off the ground. service in comparison with the

The strength and direction of the population is so much smaller. The annual meeting of the Hong-wind might have been one of the

It is not related how the And a frequent complaint among kong Boy Scouts' Association was chief causes of the accident.

The most interesting part of members of the gentler sex is that held at St. John's Cathedral Hall Captain Barnard, Imperial Air. the discussion which followed the rate parent took the proposal, there is so little to do in a place last evening, Mr. R. H. B. Hancock ways pilot, who took the second business part of the annual meet but suddenly the tone of the let like Hongkong."

A week or so ago, an A suggestion which is gaining The report for the year ended aeroplane to Paris on December ing of the St. David's Society of ters to the Macao shop began to

24 after the accident, said that he Hongkong, yesterday, was that change. favour at Home is that volunteers September 30 showed a balance in was confident there was nothing concerned with the prospects of invitation was received. by the for jury service should be hand of $14,880.58. Commentang wrong with the engine of the members being given opportuni- hero's father to his son's wed- accepted, subject to satisfactory on the accounts, Mr. C. Chadpkin wrecked machine. He expressed tics for mixing with each other ding at a village near the robber. evidence as to fitness the idle said "that he took charge of the the opinion that the pilot intended apart from the annual celebration stronghold. Not daring to ven- people, for instance, who hangSilver Wolf," the official magazine to land, when the machine stalled of St. David's Day, such as by the ture there he preferred to wait. about such places as the Central of the Association, when he relieved and nose-dived.

arrangement of picnics in the True enough, his son returned.

presiding.

Criminal Court in London. Many Rev. Waldegrave as commissioner. The inquest was adjourned. summer and social gatherings in home this week, little the worse

[A London cablegram of Decem- such a place as the Cathedral for his experience and with the of them, remarks a Home paper, The Association stil contributed would no doubt jump at the $75 per month toward the upkeep ber 24 stated: Eight persons-Hall in the winter. The idea met chieftain's daughter as his wife. Making the best of the bargain, chance of spending a few days at the magazine, and with this

jury and there would be much

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the Law Courts, judging their help and other contributions there men and three women-were with general approval and the the family took the girl in as the

magazine had not only paid for its killed when the air express from President said that it was neighbours, and there is no reason upkeep but there was a balance of London to Paris crashed at the which could very well be brought lawful kit fuat and are now pre- why unwilling men should be $1,69. The subscription of $10. Croydon aerodrome this morning, up for consideration by the paring for another wedding at their own home. The uncle in pressed when there are voluntary euch from about 160 members, who bursting into flames. The victims Committee. recruits.

enlisted during the year, were were the pilot and eight of the Asked whether he thought that divided equally between the Asso passengers. The aeroplane had ferred to was the desirability of to approve of his nephew's bride Another matter which was re. Hongkong has just been to Macao this system or one of a permanent ciation and the Silver Wolf." just started for Paris at noon,

by accepting the customary cup of tea from her. jury would ever be introduced The cost of upkeeping Pine Woods when it crashed, about half a mile members who heard of the arrival into Hongkong, Mr. Kemp remark would not appear again as these from the starting point, nose in the Colony of Welsh people in- ed that the chances of bribery had been taken over by the Military downwards, the front of the forming the Society or the per- would be greatly increased with authorities, but the Association engine burying itself into the sons themselves of the existence the introduction of a professional would still be allowed to use them. ground. The petrol tank then of the Society in order that they clatively the notes which now

burst and the petrol caught fire.might be brought into touch with appear weekly in these columns. The accounts were passed. The chairman mentioned that The flames quickly spread to the Welsh people at the earliest pos- The business before the meet- the Commissioner had done hard body and wings. A crowd rushed sible moment. The general orin- ing. was to elect officers and con- work in publishing the Silver to the spot to help but the heation appeared to be that the sider the arrangements to be Wolf, which he had not told those was so intense that they were Society might with advantage made for the observance of St. WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN BY present.

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Mr. J. Owen-Hughes was re- The following were re-elected as which was reduced to ashes within the notice of the public. officers for the present year on the ten minutes. The machine was a Other matters, apart from the elected President; Mr. D. J A Chinese woman was knocked motion of Mr." C. Champkin, De Havilland of 450 horse-power actual business before the meet-Lewis, Vice-President; Mr. D. down and injured by an Aberdeen seconded by Lt. Col. T. A. Robert and belonged to the Imperial Air-ing, were the welcome to the Davies, secretary; Mr. F. P.

Mr. P. Hways, Limited, a combination of society, and incidentally to the Williams, Hon. Treasurer, motor bus at the junction of son The Mount Davis Road and Polfalum Holyoak (prasidant), MT. R. H. B. British firme formed early in the Colony of Mrs. A. L. Jones, wife The following were elected to Road yesterday..

Hancock (vice-president). Mr. G. year to work air transport services of Chief Officer Jones of the the committee:Capt. Williams, She died later in hospital. W. Bellars" (treasurer), and Mr. A with the Continent. When the "Huichow (Mrs. Jones has re- Major Milner-Jones, Dr. W. L

White (secretary). the Government Civil Hospital The Commissioner commented fire occurred all the passengers cently arrived in the Colony Thomas, Mr. u. 1. Price, fra suffering from injuries to his leg on the satisfactory way in which were probably unconscious, if not from Pwellhell and was made a Wynne-Jones and Mrs. A. L

of the Committee) Jones. My Bellars had carried out his dead. The tail of the plane, was member

the recording of a caused by being knocked down by dudes as acting treasurer during the tilted up to high that they were and of

The arrangements for a dinner thanks to Mr. gprison motor van att Des Voeux absence of Mr. C. H. Bloco Mr. all thrown in a heap so forcibly vote Road Central yesterday.

Champlan, who is leaving the that the bodies bore marks of BT. Lewis for his interest on the Saturday before St. * Colony shortiv, Welcomed T. Col Injuries otherwise not to be in the Society and the trouble David's Day, which this year is on

a-Sunday, were left in the hands- Motorcycles are more popu Robertson as acting Commissoner accounted for.j

taken a year or so ago in prepar- ing Welsh notes for he him of the committee, which will meet lar in Britain than in America.pending the ratorn of the Rev.

It was agreed that Recent statistics show Britain's W. Waldegrave, and expressed On Canuary 12, a military Mall (Mr. and Mrs. Lewis left shortly. total as 500,000. In motor-care the hope to rune activities on his court wisit to inquire into the the Colony to-day by the ..notices should be sent to the news Britain is far behind with a total estorn. Pe loss of some tools and stores from "Macedonia" and are not return-papers. of less than a million. The coun- A vote of thanks to the Chairman the R.E. Workshops on New Year's 'ing), The President was also The Society has a balance in | try has 6,000,000 "push-blktom.” brought the meeting to a close, Eye.

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