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HONG KONG. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1930.
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LARCENY REPORTED RULES OF THE AIR TROUBLE AT BEGGING NUISANCE FAMOUS GENERAL IN
BY WIRELESS.
Saloon Boy's Theft from Radio Operator.
An employee of the Kowloon. Canton Railway, who was dis- SIX MONTHS HARD LABOUR. charged on August 2; appeared
www.
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS FOR AEROPLANES.
RISK OF COLLISION.
Rugby, Ye erday. Owing to the large number of aerodromes which now exist in
PESHAWAR
TRIBESMEN SHELLED ALL NIGHT LONG.
MORE MARKED.
LADIES FOLLOWED ABOUT IN KOWLOON.
MOTOR SMASH.
Life of Sir H. L. Smith- Dorrien in Danger.
DISTINGUISHED CAREER.
London, Yesterday.
PILLION RIDING.
CHINESE FINED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING.
at
A REMAND ORDERED.
PEDESTRIANS ALARMED.
A Chinese man, 17 years of age,
Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell pleaded guilty to a charge of mendi-
"traffic time" to-day, a Chinese cancy at Nathan Road, before Mr.
named Francis Lee was summon- A Chinese saloon "boy" employ- the West of London and to the
Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Police | before Mr. Whyte-Smith at the ed on board the French
ed on two counts for driving his mail consequent large amount of TRAIN FIRED ON. Court this morning.
General Sir H. L. Smith-solo motor cycle in Queen's Road Kowloon Police Court this morn-liner D'Artagnan was to-day air traffic, the Air Ministry has
In prosecuting, Chief Inspector Dorrien, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., Central at 850 p.m., July 13, ing charged with that he "nu-charged before Mr. H. R. Butters introduced an experimental "One
C. Aris said that at. 11.30 yester-of the Sherwood Foresters, is contrary to the provision of his lawfully did forge a document 63 piastras and £3, all in notes, adopted in the London streets for
with the larceny of 4,000 francs, way system, similar to that SPIRIT OF VIOLENCE day morning defendant followed now in hospital in a serious condi- learner's licence; and for driving about a dozen ladies in Nathan Road tion following a motor accident at dangerously by carrying two pas- to the Traffic Manager of the the property of Mr. F. L. Mascou.motor traffic. The object is to
and became very persistent. He Chippenham. Little hope of his sengers on the pillion. Canton-Kowloon Railway purport- Chief Wireless Operator on board minimise as far as possible the
annoyed them by stopping in front recovery is entertained. ing to have been signed by Lithe ship.
Defendant admitted the first He pleaded "not guil-risk of collision between aircraft
of the ladies and then following Kwai with intent to defraud,”
The car in which he was a charge, but in regard to the other ty"
flying from one aerodrome to
Rugby, Yesterday.
them up. The Chief Inspector add-passenger was involved in a col-said that he did not think there Defendant's plea was that a Detective Sergeant John another.
Little further news is available ed that he warned the mendicant. lision with a small touring car. was any danger because one of son of a relative of his wanted to Murphy, who prosecuted, said that A restricted area has been de-from Peshawar. Owing to the "As a matter of fact he even came The former car overturned and the passengers at the back was a go to Canton without paying the accused absconded with the fined over aerodromes, and aere presence of troops obviously ade-up to me, your Worship," conclud- General Smith-Dorrien's the full fare. He wanted a pri- money when the ship was last in planes wishing to fly from one quate to deal with the situation, ed the police official.
head small boy, and besides he knew vilege ticket. So he spoke to Li port on July 15.
violently His Worship (to defendant): Reuter.
struck the roof. his cycle, having driven it for one The day after aerodrome to another have to fly no alarm has been displayed by
month. Kwai, an employee of the rail-the French Consul here received round this. Airmen are request. the populace of the city during the Don't you do anything but beg? way, and, after writing an appli-a radio message from the shiped to fly from the aerodrome of present trouble. Measures taken
[General Sir Horace Lockwood
The Magistrate said that the cation in English, used Li Kwai's giving information of the theft. departure to the edge of the re by the Air Force have prevented but beg.
I do nothing Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., K.C.B fact defendant had been driving
of the K.C.R. that all employees who raided a seamen's boarding sible route. They are then to fly forces and those remaining in quite a healthy lad.
and was educated at Harrow. He point that he was a learner. were allowed a privilege ticket. house at 312 Canton Road, Yau- round the restricted area in an British territory and the some
entered the 96th Derby Regiment |
An Unsteady Rider. Traffic Sergeant MeInnis said, The Magistrate replied that al-in 1876 and was promoted to
The mendicant:
name. He knew it to be a custom He communicated with the Police, stricted area by the shortest pos-any large concentration by hostile Chief Inspector Aris: Hle ja D.S.O., was born on May 26, 1858, for a month did not discount the
Hard on Him.
Mr. F. Winyard, traffic inspec- mati, and there, arrested the ac- anti-clockwise direction and turn what ėlusive parties who have though that might be so, defendant Lieut.-Col. in 1899. He served in that defendant was not steady on
They
tor, said that all employees of cused. the K.C.R. according to regula-
Drawer Forced Open. tions were allowed one free pri- vilege ticket annually,
Mr. Mascou said that after the were also allowed a privilege ticket ship had left Hong Kong, he had (at quarter fare) from Kowloon occasion to go to be cabin to get to Canton and three from Sum-change for a French passenger chun to Canton..
who had sent a radio message. He received the application on He then discovered that the lock August 6 and forwarded it to the of his drawer was open and his Traffic Manager (Mr. I. B. Trevor) money missing. He reported to who sent it on to the station the Chief Officer whe happened to master. On Sunday, while In- have the accused's hong Kong ad- specting tickets, on a train, Mr. dres and this, together with in- Winyard came across a young man formation concerning the larceny, who appeared to resemble de was communicated to the French fendant more than Li Kwai. This Consuk here by wireless. man went up and obtained the
The accused's statement was that pass previously under the pretext picked the notes, in a bundle, from he did not steal the money. He that he was' Li Kwai's son. Li Kwai was surprised to know that the floor of the saloon after the an application had been forward-ship's arrival in port. He looked ed in his name, he not having for one of the officers to hand the given his consent.
money over but found that as the His Worship said that Li Kwai vessel was staying only a couple of was in a way assisting defendant hours in Hong Kong they had all to cheat the railway, and after gone ashore. looking at the privilege ticket
Kept the Money.
aren.
WEALTHY CHINA.
$400,000,000 SENT HOME
EVERY YEAR.
TO PAY FOR THE WARS?
Defendant: From Stu Hing. Sergeant Barnicle: He will pro- bably be sent back to Canton.
The road
WAS
into the aerodrome of their casionally percolated to the cut- destination from the edge of the skirts of the city. When these are might also be a destiture, and then the Zulu War in 1879, being men- the cycle which did not keep
Aeroplanes flying on a located they are promptly dealt it would be rather hard on him to tioned in despatches, and raised straight course. course which passes over the area with by the defending troops. find work. are requested to keep above 2,000
He wondered if the and commanded the Corps of fairly busy at the time, and he feet.--British Wireless Service.
the main body of Bashkar tribes- His Worship suggested the Police Expedition with the Egyptian $10 on each count
The intention was reported that Police could do anything for him Mounted Infantry in the Egyptian paw at least one pedestrian jump
War of 1882. Joining the Nile out of the way.
The Magistrate imposed fines di men should deliver an attack on Street Boys' Club. August 8, while detachments al-
Chief Inspector Aris intimated Army in 1884, he was in the
Another Chinese named George Soudan Campaign in 1885 and ready in the district created a hat defendant was rather old. [diversion. No attack, however,
Sergeant Barnicle indicated bis was nominated to 4th Class Lee was summoned for not hav was carried out on the city or intention of enquiring into the case. Osmanich for his services with nga tail light on his car on the cantonments. Although the
His Worship: Ask him where he the Egyptian Army. It was for evening of July 28; and for fail casualties among Afridis are becomes from?
service in these campaigns that ing to produce his driving licence The gained the D.S.O. decoration. at the Traffic Office although he Later he went to India and the Was given a chance to do so the D.A.A.G. at Bengal, from 1898-94 following morning. He admitted
both charges, and was in Command of a Brigade
Traffic Inspector Alexander said in the Chitral Relief Force in that when defendant was stopped 1895. From 1897-98 he served in the Tirah Campaign on the North in regard to his tall light he, was. who tried to enter the city were West Frontier and was again licence, saying that he had for
unable to produce his driving fired on and three were killed and mentioned in despatches. Return gotten to carry it.
He was told a number wounded.
ing to Egypt, he took part in the to produce it at the Trafic Office Telegraphic
communications Nile Expedition of 1898, and was the next morning, but failed to with Lahore have been cut and at the battle of Omdurman and do so. no train arrived at Peshawar or with Lord Kitchener to Fashoda left yesterday, except a goods in command of the troops. General he did not turn up at the Traffic. train. at which Afridis fired as it Smith-Dorrien fought in the office, defendant anid that he was left Peshawar, wounding the fixe- South African campaign and was too busy.
"Canton, Yesterday. Statistics compiled by special delegates' from the Legislative that the average remittances from Yuan disclose the startling fact| Chinese abroad to China during the last 60 years have, amounted to $400,000,000 per annum.
A great portion of this amount has been deposited in the Bank of China yield interest while other suma have been invested in fadus- tries and commerce in China, and also for the improvement of native products.-Canton News Agency.
REBEL KURDS.
* PERSIA REFUSES TO JOIN
FORCES WITH TURKEY,
Constantinople, Yesterday, The Persian rejection. of the
FINE TO-DAY.
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states: The typhoon continues to move northward. It will pass near Nagasaki this evening.
Pressure la relatively low over China.F. S
Foracnet: 3.Wawinda, Night to moderate;INGA
The following telegram was received from the Manila Ob-
servatory at the American Con- sulate-General to-day:---
Manila, 10.55 a.m. Typhoon in about 129 deg. Long. E., and 31 deg. Lat. N., moving N.
Long, of Hong Kong-114" 10727" Lat of Hong Kong-22 18" 13" Rainfall
said that it was an anomaly that In the circumstances he decided the ticket which did not bear & to keep the money until he could name should have the words "not hand it over to an Officer. Had he transferable."
left the notes where he had found His Worship pointed out that them someone else would have come although the charge was brought across them and keep them. under the Forgery Ordinance in Then he (accused) also came this case it was a mild form of ashore to visit friends. Unfor forgery in that defendant had al-tunately for him, he was held up by most got Li Kwai's consent, when by a heavy shower of rain and when the latter said that defendant he got to the water front he fov d Turkish proposals for military co- could try it if he liked. His Wor- that the ship was already gone! He operation against the Kurds has ship suggested that in future at first thought of handing the money caused a bad impression in high these privilege passes should be over to the Company but failing official quarters at Angora, handed personally to the railway's to ascertain its. address, he had no employees and not to any rele-option but to keep the notes until day again approached the Persianty at certain specified centres
The Turkish Government to-
the return of the ship!
Government, asking it to state, The Magistrate convicted and within three days whether it was passed sentence of six months' hard prepared to co-operate in the labour, and ordered that the sum of operations of Turkish troops 3,500 francs and $180 found in the against 1,500 rebel Kurda en- accused's possession at the time of trenched. on Mount Ararat.- The Magistrate indicated that his arrest bo handed over to Mr. Reuter. he thought that a better chargo Mascou. would be that of obtaining pro-
tive.
Mr. Winyard intimated that this. sort of thing was going on quite a lot, and that he would take his Worship's suggestion. It was a very good idea.
perty by false pretences, namely, PAWNED A CAMERA,
that he was Li Kwal or that his son was Li Kwal's son.
Mr. Winyard said that he agreed with his Worship and added that defendant could also be charged with travelling without a ticket, because the ticket was not his.
LEFT ON HIS BOAT BY EUROPEAN.
OWNERS NOT KNOWN.
BANISHEE'S RETURN.
Rainfall to 10 a.m. to-day nil. Rainfall since January
age of 87.66 inches... 1, 62.39 inches against an aver-
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and humidi-"
this morning, at „B "o'clock
Temp. Humid.
67
His Worship remanded the case for 24 hours.
man.
Situation Tense.
Asked by the Magistrate why
FLOOD RAVAGES.
VILLAGERS IN THE NORTH INUNDATED.
Afridis also damaged the promoted to Major-General. From He was fined $5 on the first railway line near Peshawar City:1901-3 he was Adjutant General count and $10. on the other.
The firing continued to-day in India, Lieut.-General in 1906, from Peshawar fort. Bands of and General in 1912. From 1907- Afridis are wandering in the gar-12 he was Commander-in-Chief at dens outside the City, the gates of Aldershot, and held the Southern which remain closed.
Command until 1914. At the out- break of the European War he Karachi, Yesterday.
commanded the British Expedi- Lawlessness in the Mofussil dis- tionary Force, 2nd Army, and tricts is becoming serious and was Commander-in-Chief of the British troops have been dea-East African Forces from 1915- Continued heavy rains to-day patched to several places-and 16. In 1918 he was appointed as serve to heighten anxiety regarding armed police to various districts Governor of Gibraltar and retired the serious floods which are de- on the left bank of the Indus.
on pay in 1928. General Smith-vastating the region between Tien- The communal situation be Dorrien, who was knighted intain and Mukden. tween Moslems and Hindus a 1913, was formerly A.D.C.-Gen-
Washouts have occurred at tense.
eral to H.M. the King. He pub-numerous places on the line. Sta- lished in 1925 "Memories of tion platforms have been washed Forty-Eight Years' Service."]
Crimes of Violence.
appreciation of the situation up to KING MEETS" AMY.” August 9 states that the Afridi
were:
Hong Kong ( BÀ Macao
79
90
London, Yesterday. The Government of India's
Pratas Island
82
86
Manila.
76
88.
Foochow
84
87
Amoy
81
92
Swatow Chefoo Shanghal
91
42
·78.
75
98.
and Lashkar tribes, which ad- YOUNG AVIATRIX INVESTED vanced towards Peshawar recent. ly, appears to be dispersing.
GREAT ANXIETY.
Tientsin, Yesterday.
away, and a number of bridges bad- ly damaged. The total of the destructions to railway properties Palone is estimated at some lakhs of
dollars
Hundreds Drowned,
The attuation is most serious be yond the Great Wall, where scores of villages are inundated and hun- dreds of Chinese are reported to have been drowned; while thou- Bands of refugees are flocking to the coast cities which were interrupted for a time, Telograph communications,
have now been almost completely
vict him of forgery in view of without lawful authority to do so was also given one year's hard slight have been very position of the provinces, showing her "aeroplane "Jason" to Hull, thorities are very optimistic, and it
WITH THE C.B.E. Returning for the third time in
Serlous communal disturbances succession after being deported
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. have occurred in the Sind, with from Hong Kong in 1928 for 10
casualties. The latest reports in- years a Chinese was at the Kow-
dicate that the situation is not
London, Yesterday, loon Police Court this morning
yet under complete control.
Their Majesties received Miss sentenced to one year's hard,la lieved to be severe, the conditione Provincial reports on the situaAmy Johnson at Buckingham Defendant stated that the boy Detective Sergeant D. Fitcher bour and 24 strokes of the birch make them difficult to estimate tion for the last fortnight of July Palace to-day, and the King in was not his son but a cousin. at the Kowloon Magistracy this Mis Worship pointed out that the with any accuracy No casualties are the most favourable received vested her with the insignia of
His Worship added that he morning charged an elderly China got six months and 24 have been reported among the for some months. would be rather reluctant to con- ese man with pawning a camera strokes only last January British troops and those among The appreciation details the C.B.E. "Amy" thereafter flew in established. The railway a
In another case, a life banishee the Indian troops have what Li Kwal said about letting Defendant pleaded that he had no
the general improvement, and where she received a use for the article, so he wished labour with 24 strokes of the There have been serious com- mentions that in Gujerat District thusiastic welcome from a huge tinuous rainy weather, that com- the boy try the practice..
very en-is hoped, given a break in the con Mr. Vinyard: We are not ask to pawn it to get some money. birch, for disobeying his deporta-munal disturbances in Sind. The the authorities are gaining the crowd-Reuter. ing for a penalty.
The police detective said that tion order.
disorder commenced in Sukkur upper hand and the agitation is His Worship asked what the defendant was a boatman. The
but has spread to Rohri and to the losing its momentum.
It says fare was that defendant's cousin latter stated to him that he took
adjacent villages. The origin is that in the Central Provinces the should have rightly paid, and Mr. some Europeans to a ship in the
reported to have been a dispute civil disobedience movement is at Winyard replied that it was 82, harbour. They left the camera An employee of the Yat Shun between members of the Swara-present very intense and the ed a great welcome when shetlating the breaks by ferry or on paid $1.50 thus saving 50 centa. article for about a week, and ed before Mr.T. S. Whyte-dan tonga driver, exaggerated ac-but vigorous action is having its drome this afternoon, before go As a result of heavy rainfall
Knitting Factory was to-day charg- ilst procession and a Muhamma-spirit of violence more marked, Jaron" at Hull Municipal Aero-
landed from hér
In Kwangtung.
Canton, Yesterday.
but on the privilege ticket he only on his craft. Defendant kept the
to fine him $25.
THEFT OF NEEDLES.
Smith with the theft of nine knits counts of which gave rise to effect in the more troublesome
plete repairs will be effected within Hall's Gift of £200.
a few days. Meantime trains, are Rugby, Yesterday.
kept running on the undamaged Mise Amy Johnson was accord sections, and passengers are nego
foot-Reuter. aeroplane
เ
His Worship: I am going to re- broke it by trying to work it. cord that he obtained pass by His Worship said that he would ing needles the property of his me larmist //rumours followed by districta, TN og to her parents' home for the during the last few days, the three false pretences and I am going convict him for unlawful pusses players. He pleaded guilty and serious clashes between the two The boycott of foreign goods is arst time since her flight to Auts dykes In the Chagas, district, sion, and imposed a fine of $5 or said that he wanted to sell them communities. The casualties widespread and still effective, but tralia. A huge crowd lined the seven days' In default. The own On being told the value was have been serious and the latest they are definite indications that roads in the vicinity of the sero- namely the To Fu, Mui Kal and ers of the camera have not been $22.50, the Magistrate imposed reports indicate that the situation traders evasion or defence of the drome and after seeing her make Hankians river, were washed away Yuet Fu dykes, Built along the fine of $25 with the alternative of is not yet under complete con Congress bar is becoming more perfect landing, broke inte by the swift currents of the river three weeks' hard labour on defend trol frequent. The deflance of tumultuous cheers which has risen to an abnormal
Provincial reports describing authority has affected the crimin- Miss. Johnson was welcomed by level.
TERRIBLE END.
| MAN:÷FALLS UNDER -WHEELS
KONA OF TRAIN.
found
FATA OPIUM POSSESSION,
ant
A fine of $320, with the alterna-
A WEEK'S DISEASES
A terrible death was the fate of a tive of six weeks hard labour, was Chinese employed at the Kowloon the penalty imposed on a Chinese The following. Canton Railway shunting yard at who pleaded guilty at
the diseaser notified
Heer of Healtk
Hunghom yesterday, when he run over by a train.
The train
was being shunted into the yard at noon when the unfortunate man at tempted to board; it whil
the
and
was killed
this Kowloon Maglati
the harge
ing more.
the last forte al classes and most of the pro- the Lord Mayor, who afterwards It is learned that the extent of the most favour vinces report an increase in crimes at the City Hall presented her the destruction is as follows. 250 months of violence. Similarly the picket with an illuminated address in a feet of the Arst. dyke, 185 fest of less ing of liquor shops has stimulated silver gift casket and silver the second, and 180 feet of the last licit distillation, but the public globe on which the chart of her dyke. A curious feature of the at-subscriptions of nearly 30 crores fight was indicated washout was that while the first half to the Government of India's re Miss Johnson asked that the two dykes were completely carried cent loan shows that the Indian balance of the local testimonial away, the Yuet Pu dyke was damag- investor is confident of the stabis fund, amounting to about £200 ed in seven sections, the shortest lity of the Gove-pment--Reuter should be devoted to a scholarship section having a break of only sev- Jailbirds Confer, in the ence of aviation in Hull eral feet, and the longest section of
Poons Yesterday. University College. A great civic 60-40-feet. esha Pandits Motilal Nehru and reception and banquet will be The Kwangtung River Con
Nehru have been held at the City Hall to-night, and fervancy Board has already sent Jail at Alahabad to Miss Johnson's speech will be engineers to repair the dykes, while Gandhi at Yeroda broadcast throughout the country, relief work is also belag started
British Wireless Bervice. Canton News Agency.
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