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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1929.

BRITISH RELEASED

INSURANCE INSPECTORS RESCUED BY SOLDIERS

ROTH FIT AND WELL.

COURT CLEARED

PRESSMEN ASKED TO LEAVE AT KOWLOON

ASSAULT CASE'

THE CHINA

MAIL,

NAVAL LIMITATION | SHADOWS BEFORE.

LONDON CONFERENCE THIS YEAR

ነ

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

IN CHINA MAIL"

Social Functions To-day--Dinner Dances at Hong 8.30 p.m Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotsi

Entertainments

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

CHINESE CUSTOMS

NOTIFICATION,

ȚIILE OFFICES and STATIONS

To the CHINESE MARITIME

U.S. PRESIDENT'S HOPE

Peking, Yesterday. That it was inadvisable for the Press Messrs. Burton and Godfrey, the to stay, was the reriark passed by Mr.naval disarmament conference to President Hoover is aiming at a British insuraner inspectors who were T. 5. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon be held in London before the end raptured by bandits on August 17, in Magistragg his morang in the case Manchuria, and released on September in which Jean Atchines, of the Coston correspondent). according to "Romance of the Underworld."

of the year (saya Reuter's Washing-1 To-day Queen's Theatre;trict will be CLOSED to Public 4, have arrived at Harbin. under annopolitan ficals, is charped with as esetet of Chinese troops. Both are fit sanking Actor, Woo (18) at 8, Prince and well.

Edward Road, Kowloon City, on or They were reisased when Chinese about June 28, 1929. - troops that med to attack their cap- Detective Sergeant Meadowe pointed Fout to his Worship that the promissory note was paid mud signed on August 7, and that it would not bear on the comington Treaty.

tops - Reuter,

CHOLERA IN JAPAN plainant's case.

ALARMING SPREAD OF

'EPIDEMIC

DRASTIC STEPS TAKEN

Tokyo, Yesterday. Cholern in Western Japan continues spread, and the cases now total 142, with an increase of three to six daily.

His Worship romarked that it was very hard lines for the defendant, see ing that he hardly had a fair chanse when the girls mother demanded the whole sum from the defendant, who was not able to pay. He added that the promissory note night bear on the penalty. Shall we hear the evidence behind close doors!

Detective Sargeant Meadows: Yes, your Worship.

Drastic steps have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and avy rain, with cooker weather in the past few days, should bring relief-¡cal cvidence.

Reuter.

NEW AIR SERVICE

DAILY COMMERCIAL AIRWAY

IN JAPAN

OSAKA TO DAIREN

Osaka, Yesterday.

those in the closest touch with him. To-day World

He is declared to be confident "Rosenkavalier" that the negotiations now in pro-9.20

p.m. "The ress will lead to a successful naval (Chinese picture), limitation conference in advance of that fixed for 1931 ander the Wash-

The President is represented as believing that, the Governments of the chicl Naval Powers heing com mitted to a reduction of their. Army and Navy Budgets, nothing

can halt a reduction.

The attitude.of the United States Government is that the best results might come from a conference held in Londen. The atmosphere there fis considered now very favourable

CUSTOMS for Kowloon and Dis-

Business on TUESDAY, the 17th Theatre: September, 1929. at 5.15 and

E. A MACDONALD, 2.30 and 7.15 Unconquerable" Acting Deputy Commissioner la charge

To-day -Star

Theatre; "Morgan's Last Raid."

"The Count of Ten."

To-day Majestic T'heatre;

p.m.

opening performance of Forbes, To-morrow-At Theatre Royal, Russell Comedy Co., "By Candle

Light," 9.15 p.m.

ad interin.

Jome a COLUMBIA You Should Get to day!

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York Building, Hong Kong. 10th Sept., 1920. “

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PUBLIC AUCTION. Home Mail To-morrow-Inward from EuropeARTICULARS & CONDITIONS via Suez (Mantua").

Per the Sale by Public Auction

Land Sale

to

be held On MONDAY, the His Worship: Then clear the Court. to economies being effected through lot of Crown Lane at Tai Kok Tsui, at 2 pm, at the Offices of the Sept. 16-At P.W.D. Offices, one 16th day, of September, 1929, The Court was cleared of the public, inferriational agreement to re- as well as the Prees, when Dr. Samy enterest the witness box to give modi.Britain was the first to make a de-

duce naval costs. Since Great 3 p.m.

Public Works Department, by Sports

Order of His Excellency the Gov- To-morrow-Chinese Athletic Asernor, of one Lot of Crown Land sociation Tennis Tournament, North at Tai Kok Tsui, in the Colony Point Stadium.

of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one farther term of 75 years. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

HIS LUCKY DAY

CONSTABLE FAILS TO TERN UP

finite move in this direction, the administration !eels she should Įbave the bornir of entertaining the |delsgates to the proposed· confer-

Lente

Sept. 14-Eighth annual aquatic sports meeting of Police and Pri- son Depts.. V.R.C. Club.

Sept. 21 Victoria Recreation Club Night fete.

Sept. 29-St. John Ambulance Brigade aquatic sports, King's Col lege bath, 10 am.

Miscellaneous

It is believed that Mr. Hoover will inform Mr. MacDonald, when he comes in October, that a Naval "TLL REPORT. HIM"

Conference might be more success- ful if held in London. But the ad- When a Benced male Chinese ministration is A daily counergial airway is beinhawser appeared before Mr. T. S.fbeing the host, and would gladly not averse from

Whyte-Smith. at the Kowloon Magis-act in that capacity if foreign Gov- Sept. 13-H.K.V.D.C. Promenade tracy this moning charged with ernments are of opinion that a con- Concert, on Parade Ground, Volun obstruction, it was found that the Terence in the United States would teer Headquarters, 9.15 p.m. complainant. Indian Police Con-be likely to arrive at better results. WAS absent from Mr. Good Secretary for the Army, who has been spending the

pred from Dania to airen via Chosen to-min/www.

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Tokyo-Osaka

service has been in operation for some

timeRentex.

THE VIMEIRA ” ́

ENGLISHMEN MISSING PROM OIL TANKER

TERRIBLE BLAZE

Amsterdam, Yesterday. The latest casualties On the "Vimeira" are right Dutchmen killed or missing. three seriously hurt, and two Englishmen missing. -Reuter.

[While the British oil-tanker "Vimeira" was being cleaned in dry- dock on Monday, the oil on the water round the vessel caught fre

The flames spread to the ship with alarming rapidity and a number of men working on board were cut off,

Ten of the crew and the dock-stal were missing nd three charred corpses only were recovered.]

MR. BARON'S WILL

TOBACCO MAGNATE LEAVES FOUR MILLIONS

HEAVY DEATH DUTIES

London, Yesterday.

The will of Mr. Bernhard Baron,

stable BI89. Court.

His Worship: A lucky day for you, the complainant is not here!

Lance Sergeant Wood: He should

week-end with President Hoover, SHOOTING THE MOON

announced on his return that the entire General Staff of the army

be in Court, it is his case. I will would devole its énergies to the report him.

survey of military expenditure al- His Worship: Yes, I think so ready foreshadowed with a view to |

I am going to discharge the cuts. defendant.

100.

The hawker smited as he left the

Court being none the poorer for it!

BECKS CASE

(Continued from Paye 1.)

He had now been out of em- ployment for 40 days, and for 20 days he had been deprived of his ticket which prevented him from securing employment.

"gross" makes the finding illegal and it was for that reason that a re-hearing has been allowed.

Witness Contradicts

DOORLESS TAXIS

NEW TYPE FOR LONDON STREETS

ROCKET THAT CAME BACK AFTER "NOISY FLIGHT"

INVENTOR UNPERTURBED

Kowloon I

No. of Sale

Registry No.

Locality.

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Beastary

Mensarements

ft. ft. [L.

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Controte

Cix. leat.

| Upset Price

➡ Angual Rental

As per axla plan.j 3,520

110

IN OTHER PLACES

A rocket designed to travel at a speed of 5,000 miles an hour to the muon came back to earth after a brief but extremely noisy flight. Although the rocket, invented by CHRONICLES FROM JAPAN TO Professor Robert H. Goddard, of

A taxi-cab fitted with a new type Clark University, negotiated only a of body which has been evolved by few thousand feet of its scheduled

JAVA

Mr. W. Gowan, of Cape Town, a 238,857-mile course, it created aNchi," a local Japanese newspaper, The bar on the Shanghai "Nichi member of the Institute of Paten-most as much excitement as though tees, has made its debut in London. it actually had reached its destina- has been lifted by the Japanese Con-

The new "Caps" type of body, tion and returned. Houses trem- which has been designed primarily bled, and reports that an aeroplane for service in the Colonies, is plan- had fallen were circulated when the

sulate-General.

H.M. cruiser "Cornwall," which

at a cost of more This was

thrown

Bar As-

He did not wish to comment on ned on unconventional lines, Its rocket, about nine feet long and was slightly damaged in a collision the finding of the Court in the principal festure is the absence of loaded with high explosives, blew with the Hamburg-Amerika liner original hearing. but he would side doors; passengers enter and up and shot back the ground at "Scheer" at Woosung, China, has have to point out that Mr. Bocks leave the cab through large sliding a farm in Auburn. It appeared as proceeded to Shanghai. had been found guilty of miscon- doors situated in the front of their a large flaming mass which went duct. According to Section 19 of compartment

several thousand feet into the air: Work on the construction of a the Merchant's Shipping Ordin- A great advantage claimed for and then exploded and dropped wooden bridge to span the Soochow ance, the finding was bad in that. this arrangement is that it obviates back to earth with a terrific roar. Creek in the Tsaokadoo District has

The President: I don't think it the common danger to pedestrians Police and residents found Profes-been completed the tobacco manufacturer, noted will be necessary for you to labour from suddenly-opened doors of the sor Goddard and several associates than $12,000. for his philanthropy, has now that point. The Court is aware present type. The body, which is calmly examining the rocket, which, open to traffic last Sunday. been,sworn for probate as of the that the omission of the word luxuriously upholstered, can be like a boomerang, had returned al- gross value of £4,944,220. The

claimed to be both lighter by was said that the gases designed sociation have wired to the Wal- built on to any chassis, and death duties will amount to over

21cwt and cheaper to construct to propel the rocket had exploded chiacpu asking that the replies of

is most to its exact starting-point. It The Shanghai Chinese £2,000,000 and about. £1,000,000 goes to charities-British Wire-

than the types at present common-simultaneously instead of at regu-the various Fowers to China's Note less Service.

Mr. Becks then gave his story

ly in use.

lar intervals as intended. Profes-for the abolition of extraterritorial- of how he had come to miss his of the new body is designed to seat his experiment had been more suc

Though this particular example sor Goddard, however, asserted that ity should be made publie without ship through having to return to two people, it will accommodate cessful than anticipated for the the tailor's shop to recover his three with comparative ease.

delay. wallet. When he found that the Gowan has also drawn up designs series to test his theory that it was Central Research Bureau has pre-

Mr.rocket's flight was only one of a "Kwong Fook Cheong" had left for a four-seater version, in which possible to shoot such a projectile

The Chinese papers say that the he made an attempt to sail by the extra space will be obtained by to the moon. The rocket appeared/Pared a complete Gregorian calen- CHINESE FINED

another boat. The only vessel building the body out over the rear to be constructed of light steel. It dar for use next year and that this leaving for the West River that Detective Sergiant O'Donovan and a night was the "Paul Beau." Ar-

The first cab with the new type diameter.

was 0-ft. long and 24-ft. in will be placed on sale shortly. It purty of Police carried out a gam- cordingly he hastened to the

The vent had a cone. is of interest to note that the lunar bling raid on the second floor of 15, wharf, but on arriving he also official test at Scotland Yard, and gases of combustion were expelled

of body has successfully passed the shaped cavity through which the calendar has been dropped out. Jervois-street yesterday afternoon, as found that the ship had left. the result of which two Chinese were

has been placed on the streets. He was questioned by the Court this morning charged before Mr. E. Was to his movements on that par- Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy, on three counts of keeping a common ticular day, at the close of which, gaming house; unlawful possession, the President said that defen- with a view to sale, of 119 po più lot- dant's story did not it in.

GAMBLING RAID

IN POSSESSION OF LOTTERY TICKETS

The Finding

wheels,

HUNTED STAGS

NEW PLAN IN DEVON FOR EXTERMINATION

com.

of the tutorial staff.

with explosive violence, furnishing The need for reorganisation of the motive power. An 80-ft. tower the Co-operative movement in of steel lattice work, standing in a Burma is indicated by the fact that hay field, was the starting-point of out of 8,800 primary agriculture the rocket's flight, whilst Professor societies, 1,400 are in liquidation tery tickets; and unlawfully writing yo A Chinese tailor also testified to

Goddard and his associates, includ-according to a report by a pix lottery tickets and announcements. Mr. Becks having gone to his

ing a

woman, took refuge in a mittee of inquiry set up by the The sergeant said that, in addition to shop to recover a wallet, hut be

Owing to the uncertainty of the bomb-proof shed, about 75-ft. from Burma Government. the tickets and announcements, the was unable to give a definite date weather the early-morning crowd the tower. Pulice had seized an enormous mass

or time.

at Cloutsham for the opening meet

The Consul-General for Norway, of material used in the running of a

An Indian watchman said that of the Devon and Somerset stag-

Mr. L. Gronvold, who recently re- po piu lottery..

Both accused said that they were he remembered seeing defendant hounds was much smaller than

turned from a business trip to merely engaged by another man, not in on the day in question.

CATS IN CLOVER Defen-usual, but the mounted folk num-

Hong Kong, has left for Japan. custody, as "writers."

dant had rushed to the Po Tak bered several hundred. These in

where he intends to spend a few Evidence was taken that first accus-wharf just as the "Faul Beau" was Master, and many American and

cluded Lord Bayford, a former PERSONAL MAIDS AT LUXURY weeks at Chazenji-Nikko. The cd was actually writing when the preparing to heave anchor.. Mr.

"HOTEL"

Vice-Consul, Mr. Gigle Johnson, Police arrived, whilst the second was Becks stayed on beard for about first time this historic meet.

Colonial visitors, who saw for the

will be in charge of the Consulate- sitting near him, examining some lot- three minutes and then he left the

Although the London season is at General during his absence. tery announcements.

There were ship.

rumours of an anti-an end, two of the most exclusive The Magistrate decided that the first

stag-hunting demonstration, and third charges were proved; and, în

but hotels are booked till the end of The wedding was solemnised at The Court retired and later re-and the weather turned out beauti pouring in every day. The hotels, Seremban, of Mr. James Dominic convicting the accused on these counts,

everything passed off peacefully, the holidays, and new visitors are the Church of the Visitation, explained to them that the law was turned the following finding:

"We find that at 6.45 pm on and, as he sped away before the Grosvenor," are boarding-homes for of

fully fine. A fine atag was: roused known as "The Ritz" and "The Weller that anyone who was found assisting in the running of a lotter

August 2, 1929, the British 5.5.

the was, pse Kwong Fook Cheong, of which Mr. hounds, most of the crowd had a cats.

St. Paul's Institu- facto, the keeper of a common gaming William Perritt. is master, left Hong fine view.

tion, and Miss Louisa G. house. With regard to the possession Kong on a voyage to Kang Moon.

At The Ritz," which is rather wooden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. of the 119 tickets, his Worship said

The hunt secretary stated that more expensive than "The Gros- Wooden, of Karmen Estate, Men- That Mr. William Clande Cyril that he was of the opinion that the Becks, who was on the articles of the the hunt committee had decided to venor, each cat is given a separate garak, Pahang. section of the Ordinance dealing with said ship as Chief Officer, and who by shooting, when possible, instead after it, and has special delicacies Scully was bestman, while Miss

kill the stag at the end of the chase cage, has a special maid to look

Mr. Percy P. "possession with a view to sale" was holds certificates of Competency as meant to cover people found outside a 1st. Mate (River Trade only), did of with the knife.

sister of the house with tickets in their possession. miss the ship without sufficient cause, pose, the second horseman carried included in its daily menu..

For this pur such as tinned salmon and sardines Gladys Wooden, the

bride, was the bridesmaid. Therefore accused would be discharged not having previously obtained leave.

a twenty bore gun with a lethal on that count.

At "The Grosvchor," though the In explaining to members of the We find that On each of the other two counts ae

the aforesaid Mr. bullet.

cats have soparate bede, they all W. C. C. Becks committed an act cused were fined $100 or six weeks"

It is thought that this concession share one enclosure Visitors are vernacular press that no agreement hard labour each. His Worship direct-

of gross misconduct and we there to the feelfags of people opposed called for nine o'clock breakfast, had been signed by China and fore adjudge that his Certificate of to stag-hunting will be appreciated. Lunch is between one and two, and Great Britain for the despatch of ed the prison terms to run consecu→ competency be suspended for three Now, when the star takes to the their last meal, is supper at six, Chinese naval cadets to England tively in the event of the fines not be-

months. ing paid.

We further adjudge that the sux-water, the bounds will be taken after which they retire.

for study. Admiral Chen Shao kuản, pension of three months should take off and the stag shot at once, "We have had more applications, the Vice-Minister of Navy, stated effect as from August 21, 1929," instead of being hurled up and than ever this year," Mr. A. Goodiff, that, during Dr. Sun Yat-sen's

down stream

|of Our Dumb Friends" League: state funeral, he had approached Two American Boy Scouts called. tions problem, declared that heavy at Buckingham Palace with a let

which runs the hotels, stated. The Sir Miles Lampson, H. M. Ministér, Both the Attorney-General and public, he said, is paying much with a suggestion that 20 Chinese sacrifices added to those we had ter to the King from all the Amert the Director of Pubile Prosecutions more attention to pets during the cadets should he sent to England already made, could only be justifi-ean Scouts at Arrowe Park, and are considering the Croydon arsenic holidays. People are ed if, as a result of the conference, handed Colonel Sir Clive Wigram a mystery in all its aspects, but it thoughtless as they used to be in naval authorities considered this notso for training purposes. The British the peace of Europe was rendered message saying how much they had may be some time before a definite leaving cats at home to fend for number excessive, so 12 are to be

enjoyed their stay in camp.

decision is reached,"

themselves.

sent each year.

Sir Austen Chamberlain, M.P., speaking at Belfast on the Repara-

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