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China Mail

No. 27,542

HOW TO ADJUDGE A AUSSIES FIELD AT

PERSON INSANE?

EDINBURGH:

Delusion, Hallucinations, Good Start Made by

and Illusion.

BANK MURDER TRIAL.

Scotland.

ALEXANDER 51

Edinburgh, Yesterday.

129~~3

FRT BLISHED

1846

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930.

The

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/8.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month..

EX-PREMIER'S VOTE SHIPS SENT HINDENBERG & STEEL

OF. CENSURE.

Safeguarding of Home,

Markets.

MOTION DEFEATED.

TO EGYPT

TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

BRITONS KILLED

PREMIER TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

Rugby, Yesterday.

HELMETS.

President to Attend the. Evacuation Festivities.

MILITARY EXERCISES.

President Hinden-

Chancellor's Disgust.

это

Dainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central

INNOCENTS ABROAD IN COLONY.

Confidence Trick on Simple Woman.

AN EASY DUPE.

ADVENTURES OF

'LAUNCH OWNER.

Victim of Strike and Boycott.

COMMANDEERED BY CANTON

The misfortunes of a Chinese launch owner in Yaumati, principal.

The man spoke to Yeung Mui and new arrivals hore from the country. The creditors had expressed a wish

The Chief Justice's Court was

Rugby, Yesterday.

Young Mus (48), the wife of a again thronged with interested In their match against the Aus-

Berlin, Yesterday, Chinese when the trial of Li Man-tralians, Scotland won the toss vote of censure on the Govern- Mr. Stanley Baldwin moved a

President von Hindenberg has District Watchman, who, as such, pun on a charge of murder was and took first use of the wicket.ment in the House of Commons

won the battle over the Steel ought to have known better, was continued this morning.

Alexander showed best form with this evening.

Helmets, and has received a pro- the victim of confidence trickstersly due to the boycott and strika of The motion de- Evidence was given by Chang the bat, scoring 51 and being clared that the House, believing a

mise from members of the Steel in town yesterday.

1925, and subsequent Civil War in Tai-chi, a partner of the Hung largely responsible for his side's return to prosperity could best be

Helmets not to carry out military Tak Bank, where the rourder took total of 129-3. Rain again prov. promoted by anfeguarding the

The well-known bank note trick South China were outlined in the exercises in the Rhineland. The was played on her by a Chinese Bankruptcy Court this morning, Prussian Ministry of the Interior man and a small boy who accosted place on the morning of May 24. a spoiling factor Witness said that he had two sons close of play only 129 runs had competition and by expanding the House of Commons to-day was dissolving the organisation in the the Ho Tung Building.

and at the home markets against unfair The Prime Minister, in the has decided to cancel the decree her in Queen's Road Central, near judication before Mr. Justice J. R. In making an application for ad- and two nephew: sleeping on the been scored for the loss of three export markets by reciprocal asked by the leader of the Opposi- Rhineland. premises. All four were killed. wickets. -

trade agreements with the Empiretion if he could make a statementberg will now participate in the told her that he and his son were assets consisted of only à launch. The prisoner was a relative of his Searest--

Wood, it was stated that debtor's Overseas, regretted that the Gov-regarding Egypt. He said, "As evacuation celebrations. and was employed by him before. Scotland:

(Alexander ernment had reversed the policy early as June 4, when the present He first obtained a job for the 51-Reûter.

of safeguarding instead of extend-constitutional crisis in Egypt

The Chancellor, Herr Bruening. As they had como here to settle, that an outside trustee be appointed. prisoner at the Wing On Com- The Australians played a ing it, and hail arbitrarily ex-first showed signs of developing, abandoned in disgust the debate they had brought all their fe's with power to charter the vessel. pany, but after serving threef drawn match with Scotland on eluted from consideration the im-His Majesty's Government in on the Government's financial years there, he took him in his July 12 and 19 at Perth in the position of duties on foreign food-structed the High Commissioner gramme after the Reichstag had this, he produced a bundle tied in The question of security was raise

savings with them, and, saying pro- own employment,

successful 1921 tour under the stuffs devised to obtain equivalent that his attitude must be one of rejected the first two articles handkerchief, which he said con- ed, and the Official Receiver asked He had never seen prisoner act-captaincy of W. W. Armstrong. advantages for British manufac-strict neutrality, though consist thereof. Subsequently an official tained Chinese notes. ing in an abnormal manner. He I. L Collins (100) and W. tures and agriculture in British ently with that position it was left communique announced that by change the notes into local money, sider it accessary to make an order whether His Lordship would con- had always thought well of, him. Bardsley (112) reached three

to his discretion to remind both virtue of Article 48 of the Con- but did not know where to find a that the launch should not ply out- Prisoner left him to return to the figures, and all the others double

parties of the dispute that we at stitution the President had de- country, where he wanted to prac figures, in the Australian total of

this end were doing all in our clared the financial programme

money changer..

side the waters of the Colony, and tive as a doctor. Prisoner return- 422. A D. Mitchell (Edinburgh.

Mr. Baldwin said that the mo-power to maintain the good at-law-Reuter.

The woman remarked that they should remain under the jurisdic- ed and asked him to secure em- University) and R. W. Sievwright tion had been put down mainly ployment for him. He tried butch took four wickets for 122 because it was almost the last

must have passed a whole row of tion of the Court. failed and when he informed pri-nad 126 runs respectively, while chance of a debate before the Im-

money changers without noticing

The launch, it was stated; was soner of that, the latter looked. D. Watt claimed the other two perial Conference.

them in the block opposite the Cen- worth about $6,000. He outlined

It was pro- very very displeased.

for 63. Witness

the policy he would advance at the Imperial Conference and invited arainst the visitors' attack, which Mr. Snowden to state the policy Cross-examined by Mr. Leo Hendry. Ryder, and Mailey, G. C.

was in the hands of Macdonald, the Government intend to follow. d'Almada, jun.. counsel for the Campbell (Edinburgh University) that the Government would be no Mr. Snowden, replying, said defence, witness said that he had scoring 39, and J. A. Fergusson party to food taxes or taxes on

• never heard prisoner being des-37. Following-on 260 runs in ar- raw material or protective duties. cribed as "San Kin Man (Crazy rents. Jahn Kerr Man) by anybody.

could give no motive for the Scotland could only muster 169

crime.

A Cook's Escupe.

A Chinese constable who went to the premises in response to the cry for help said that as he enters ed the doorway, he found a chop per there. He picked it up and held his revolver in the other hand. He walked to the second flour and when he saw the cook, he levelled his revolver at him. The cook shouted out that he was not the murderer, and witness withdrew his revolver.

The statement made by the pri-: :soner at the time that he was

charged read: "I don't know. anything about it. I bear them no grudice, so why should I kill them? I know nothing about the matter."

Dr. G. H. Thomas was recalled. In answer to his Lordship he said that he was still of the opinion that the man who was wounded received an effective, cut first of all.

Cross-examined by counsel for the defence, witness said that even with a jagged edged knife, a clean cut could be effected.

Willing to Experiment. Mr. d'Almada: But if you were to draw that chopper across your neck will you have a clean cut? Yes, and if you like I can make experiments with it and I will! show you that the jagged edge will not tear off any flesh.

Witness then drew out of an en- velope a chopper which was badly jagged, and informed counsel that he had just this morning ex- perimented with It. He made twenty cuts and every one was beautiful wound! (Laughter),

Mr. d'Almada: Who won ?~A body.

Am I right in saying that you had for some time been in charge of the lunuatic asylum ?-I was

one of the officers there."

markets and elsewhere.

Last Chance of Debate.

(60, not out) Regarding safeguarding he de- and J. W. Sorrie (18, not out)clared that the opposition could added 79 in an unbroken partner- not point in any of safeguarded ship for the first wicket, but the industries to any market effect jalus of that ng define somewhat discounted by the for that the stock bowlers were not teade use of.

HONG KONG'S EVIL.

Mei Trai Question Raised In Parliament.

London, Yesterday.

In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign Secretary, said he was quite prepared to submit to the League of Nations R White Paper In which the difficulty would be emphasised of dealing with the mui tsai, system in Hong Kong as long as the buying and selling of alaves was practised in the neighbouring provinces of China.

In the course of a reply in regard to the situation in China, Mr. Henderson said that the efforts to reach a compromise in regard to the Customs at Tientsin appeared' to have failed,

He hoped that the situation would permit of detailed pro- posals in regard to extrality being communicated to the Chinese Government

before long.

Asked whether all countries concerned were prepared to participate, Mr. Henderson. Baid that he could not say that all were. Negotiations were going on with us and other countries-Reuter,

had some experience with insane would not show signs of insanity?

ution--had had in im puroving that position of trade.

The Liberal Party opposition to the motion was indicated by Mr. Lloyd George, who supported the attitude taken by the Govern- ment.-British Wireless Service.

Another Report.

London, Yesterday.

In the House of Commons to- day Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in mov-

Sir P. Loraine.

ing a vote of censure advocating mosphere in which the treaty the safeguarding of the Home negotiations had terminated. market, advocated the creation of

Sir Percy Loraine mude state-

Now, they

wore anxious to

[President Hindenburg drop ped a bombshell in German political life by an announce ment that he will not parti tral Market, not more than a hun posed to charter it at from $500

cipate in the evacuation cele- brations in the Rhineland, as ar ranged, because the Nationalist Steel Helmet Association is a prohibited organisation in the Rhineland.

dred yards away.

to $600 per month, and possibly to. was a possibility that 100 per cent. sell it after one year, when there

"Unobserving Fool." The wily man humbly admitted that he was an unobserving fool, might be paid. and then mentioned that his other dificulty was that he did not know with a proviso that security from His Lordship made the order, Hindenburg informed Doctor less money changers might not give the trustee amount to not less than

the exchange rate and these heart- Braun, the Socialist Premier of him a square dea).

$6,000, and to be to the satisfac- Would the Prussia, who was mainly re-kind lady help him out? He would tion of the Official Receiver. sponsible for the order sup be eternally grateful to heri

The previso as to plying within the pressing the Steel Helmets, that

Young Mui agreed, and the bun- Colony's waters he thought not he always considered the sup- dle of notes was handed over to necessary formally to direct. pression unwarranted and her and the trusting yokel said illegal.]

andria is 600 miles distant.--Bri- tish Wireless Service.

Further Details.

London, Yesterday. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's Announcement that ships were being sent to Egypt in view of the mennee to foreign lives and property in Alexandria was made

in reply to Mr. Stanley Baldwin's request for information.

e permanent economic council of ments in this connection both to

Mr. MacDonald emphasised that the Empire, representative of all King Fuad and to Nahaa Pasha, His Majesty's Government's at- parts. of the Empire, sitting in who expressed their gratification. titude had been one of strict London uninterruptedly, and Since the formation of the present neutrality and non-intervention financed by all the countries Government Sir Percy Loraine since the present constitutional participating. There should be a has made it clear that His crisis in Egypt. which began on wide extension of safeguarding Majesty's Government intended to June 4 to show signs of develop- and preference in every case for adhere to their attitude of neutral-ing, and said that that attitude the Dominions.

ity and non-intervention in what would be continued to an extent appeared to them to be a purely compatible with our international

for Egyptians responsibility.

Protection Opposed.

Deplorable Events.

Mr. Philip Snowden, replying, internal issue declared that the Government themselves to decide.

In consequence of yesterday's would enter the Imperial Confer-

events in Alexandria, Sir Percy ence barring no question from

Loraine has been instructed to in- No other attitude was possible, form the Premier, Sidki Pasha: discussion, but they would ap- consistent with the declared inten- that we must hold him responsi prove. of no fral conclusion in-tion of His Majesty's Government ble for the protection of foreign volving food taxation or general in 1922, and we shall continue to lives and property in Egypt, and protection. They were ready to maintain it to an extent compar- also inform Nahas Pasha that in- discuss bulk purchase and import

able with our international re-ternal Egyptian difficulties must boards, and were ready to adopt a sponsibilities. Before the news of be solved without endangering practical plan, but if the consumer the suffered such a scheme was fore-Alexandria had reached London, that we shall hold him equally deplorable events in foreign lives and interests, and doomed to failure.

the High Commissioner had been responsible if foreign lives and in- Colonial Interests.

instructed to make it quite plain terests are endangered. Replying to Major Ormsby Gore that His Majesty's Government (Cons.) Dr. Drummond Shiels did

British Warships.. not intend to stated that the interests of the as

be used The warships being despatched Colonies, Protectorates and Man-attack on the Egyptian Con- Queen Elizabeth and Ramillies.

an instrument for an to Egvnt are the battleships dated Territories at the Imperial stitution. In consequence, they Conference would be represented could be no party to the altera-

Trouble Over Bodles. by the Secretary of State, who tion to the electoral law and were

An Alexandria, Yesterday. hoped to make some arrangement precluded by their declaration in the Government Hospital as a pro- Thousands of Egyptians stoned: whereby he would have all neces- 1922 from actual intervention in test against the Procurator Geri- sary assistance.

an internal issue of this nature. Motion Defeated. The House of Commons reject

Danger to Britoną.

sion resulting:-

that he and his son should wait for

SQUALLS AND RAIN.

The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states: The typhoon is about 850 miles E.S.E. of Shanghai, mov- ing N.W.

A depression remains to the N.W. of Hong Kong.

Forecast:-S. winds, fresh; squally; overcast; rain.

The American Consulate- General has received the fol- lowing typhoon warnings from the Manila Observatory:-

Yesterday 5 p.m.-Typhoon or cyclone over or near Naha, moving N.N.E. or NE.

To-day, 11.15 a.m.--Typhoon in about 127 degrees Long. Ex, 28 degrees Lat. N.. helining northward,

Rainfall Rainfall to 10 a.m. to-day 2.19 inches. Rainfall since January 1, 43.51 Inches against an average of 45.80.

Temperature and Humidity · The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock. were:-

Hong Kong cao *79.

Macao: Pratas Island. 82 Manila Foochow Amoy Swatów. Chefoo Shangbai

77

Temp. Huinid,

87 .98 87

79

.90

83

87

91

87

82

96

74.

92

77

100

A Chequered Career, In the public examination that followed, debtor

said that he started business as a grocer about 20 years ago. His capital was $8,000, and he had one or two part-

norg.

Later, this business lapsed to some extent, and his partners' re- tired. About 11 years ago he went into business as a launch owner. His Arst launch cost him between $7,000 and $8,000. 'In 1922 the boat aank, and was later salvaged and sold for only $800. A year or two later he built another launch at a cost of $18,000, part of which was borrowed money, He did fairly well for a while, until in February, 1928, the launch was 'cap- tured by pirates near Canton,

Expensive Assistance! Local soldiers recovered it the same day, but his total expenses in connection with its recovery were in the neighbourhood of $7,000, and with the business lost, about $10,-. 000 in all All this money he had to borrow, and arrange to pay back from subsequent profits....

Another misfortune was to fol- low. On May 10 of the samo year, strikers detained his launch In

Canton

He was charged, with trading with Hong Kong, and fined $8,000. His launch waa also · detained for several months.

When he got the launch Back he went on the Kongmoon run, and lost $7,000, a similar amount having to be paid to a shipyard for repairs and rebuilding.

Crowning Misfortune.

The crowning misfortune waa when the launch was "commandeer- ed" by General Wong Skul-hung who, debtor. alleged, used the launch for five months, and finally returned. it to him with a payment of $200

eral's action in forbidding the re- moval for pablic burial of corpses her under the verandah of the Ho for the period. of victims of yesterday's rioting Tung Building,

Since that time he had done no

Witness went on to say that he vation for a long time and yet ed the motion of censure, the divi-view of yesterday's events until the post mortem had been After the woman had gone a few business, and the vessel was lying

Sir Percy Loraine has been in-held. The police commanded by paces the yoke called her back. Idle at Yauraat. structed to inform Sidky Pasha Fitzpatrick Bey, who was injured He told her very politely that he

The Official' Receiver, after the

persons. The prisoner remained

under his care for eighteen days,

and during that time he gave him

Yes.

In fact insanity may manifest

special attention. He was moro rarely?—Yes.

particularly concerned with pri And he might, however, be sub soner's mental condition since he ject to some form of mania or de- knew the circumstances under lusions? Yes. which prisoner was brought to the hospital.

Grateful Smiles.

Morbid Delusions

Against For

Majority

312:

"211

71.

that we must hold him responsi- in yesterday's rioting, with dif- would not dream of offending such examination, Intimated that the ble for the protection of foreign ficulty restored order.

lives and property in Egypt.quently when the formalities were they were strangers, and he sug- fortunate in his adventures. He Subsea kindly soul as she, but after all, man seemed to have been un- Sir Percy Loraine has also been completed the bodies of the vic gosted that she should show her thought be had been quite straight- Reuter told to inform Nahas Pasha that tims were handed over to the honesty by leaving some of her forward about his affairs.

Internal Egyptian difficulties must crowd and carried shoulder bigh jewellary with him as a guarantee be solved without endangering through the main strecta without for the money. foreign lives and interests, and further disorder, Reuter. that we shall hold him equally re- sponsible with the Government if foreign lives and interests are en- dangered.AME

COAL MINES BILL.

CONFERENCE ON 'SPREAD OVER QUESTION LIKELY.

MINERS CONSULTED.

London, Yesterday

Earlier News,

His Lordship agreed, and closed the examination.

The woman's pride was touched and she promptly handed over her KOWLOON FIRM VICTIMISED. Cairo, Yesterday. jewellery to the value of $80. Two Europeans were killed and Then she proceeded to the money in a report to the Police Wat

12 wounded in yesterday's riot changer's, the man and boy aquat-Tal-cho, secretary of the Hong

These delusions are very often of the morbid type? Yes.. Mr. d'Almada: What was the Such delusions might occur only result of your observation? If I once in a life time, or they might may I would rather give my gen-occur after the lapse of many eral impression and I can only say years 7-The term "delusion" does that I could not regard the pri- not mean sudden. It is something

In the meantime, in view of the ing at Alexandris according to ting on the pavement to wait for Cheung compradore's shop, of 66, soner an insane. I found him very in the mind of a person.

menace to foreign life and pro- the newspaper Al Ahram which her. Following a meeting with the berty in Alexandria, His Majesty's also reports that the Government Shock of Her Life. quiet; he never spoke to anyone And these delusions might arise miners representatives the Gov- Government have ordered two has decided to suspend three At the money changer's she got 16, a foki who had from time to Nathan Road, Kowloon, alleged and would never speak to me first in his from a trivial cause? Yes ernment has suggested to the ships to proceed towards that Wald Party newspapers Reuter, the shock of her life when, on open-time been eptrusted with money that between April 29, and July. until I asked hiin questions. He Assuming the person to be labour House of Lords that a conference port communique lasted with reing the parcel, she found that it to come over to Hong Kong to buy was a very good patient and IIng under a delusion and if that be held, tegarding the "spread The two vessels detailed for this gard to the suppression of three contained nothing more valuable provisions, had constantly obtain- have learned to appreciate his delusion causes him to have a it over amendment, and expresses duty are battleships Queen Wardist somewhat grateful smiles when a mielancholia, would he not be the opinion that the reorgani

rs, says that the than waste paper. She rushed ed the goods from wholesale ever I went near him abnormally quiet at times? Quite tion features in the Bill ought not

were the cut back to Ho Tung Building, but, of dealers on long credit and pockets Don't you think that he was likely

dente due to course, she could and no trace of ed the money. Now that payment gencouraged to the yokel and his son. Then, a bas become due on the goods, the

the authorities by sorry but wiser woman, ahe took fok has absconded and the

dorauded to the extent of $758.63.

abnormally culet?Nove

person may be under obser

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