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TWELVE GREAT ADVANTAGES OF FREE WHEELING

WATCH THIS SPACE.

MONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD. (Incorporated in Hong Kong.)

NO NEW AIRSHIPS

FOR BRITAIN.

Cardington As Nucleus of Investigation.

R,100 TO BE RETAINED.

The position in which the Gov-

Library, Supreme Court

ChinaTM Mail

No. 27,797

SEHD

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. -The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 11340.

DUNLOP Reinforced Motor Cyala Tyres

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

Local Branch, Pedder Bldg. Tel. 24554,

GUNNER CHARGED FATAL ACCIDENT IN FAILED TO REPORT. ALLEGED MURDER OF THE MEN WHO DIED GERMAN WHO SAVED

WITH LARCENY.

Yielded to Sudden Temptation.

GOOD RECORD,

QUEEN'S ROAD.

Coolie Knocked Down by Hotel 'Bus.

I

VIEW OBSCURED.

CHINESE KNOCKED DOWN BY

MOTOR CYCLE.

1 mg

FINE IMPOSED.

LIFE SAVING.

CLASSES AT THE CENTRAL

SEPTUAGENARIAN.

Blood-Stained Chopper Found in Sampan.

of

ROBBERY NOT MOTIVE.

About a mile distant from this place, the body of the murdered man, with a large wound on the right side of the neck, was found, on a beach near Sai Wan.

Nothing appeared to have been stolen.

AFTER KUT FELL.

All Buried in Bagdad War Cemetery,

A MOVING STORY.

HIS LIFE.

Major's Correspondence with: Former Enemy.

PLANS FOR MEETING.

A British officer, whose life was saved by a German officer, hopes to meet his war-time adversary at an early date. Both are looking

Rugby, Yesterday,

Gunner Gardner, of the R.A., A fatal accident occurred in Mr. W. J. Simpson, of No. 1, In connection with the murder.

London, April 14. The Prime Minister made an was charged in the Kowloon Queen's Road Central at 4.55 Edward Building. Prince Edward Wong Chikyau, aged 75 Sir Fabian Ware, Permanent important statement regarding Police Court this morning with o'clock yesterday afternoon. Itoad, was charged in the Kowloon years, in Cheung Chau harbour Vice-Chairman of the Imperial British Airship policy in the the larceny of a silver watch and A Hong Kong Hotel bus was Police Court this morning with yesterday, it is stated that the War Graves Commission, who has House of Commons this evening a key from a heat in the harbour, proceeding in an easterly dirar-failing to report to the Police with victim had an evening meal with just returned from a special in forward to it. ile said that it was perfectly of the property of Yeang Ng, mis- tion when, at the junction of in a reasonable time after collid his son in a hut on Wednesday, spection of the British War The British officer-Major C. B. vions after the deplorable acci-tress of the boat.

Peel Street, a Chinese coolie, who ing with and injuring Yip Ngoi-The next morning, the rowed out Graves in India and Mesopotami, Arnold, of Llandudno-received a dent of the R. 101 that the whole Defendant pleaded "guilty" and was carrying boxes on his right in' in Nathan Road at 4.25 p.m. on into the harbour at about 8 talked with an Evening News cor- letter from Captain Erast Ritter policy and programme should said that he felt a sudden tempta shoulder, tipas obsearing any April 28, and also with failing to o'clock. Half an hour later, and respondent to-day about what he von Moravic-and the Major, re- be reviewed, and the Government tion come over him.

view of the oncoming vehicle, have two independent and efficient empty sampan was found, on the had seen on his tour. He said: garding the German as "a good had turned with a good deal of

It was stated that defendant ran across the road and

was brakes Ofi his motor cycle en beach near Tai Shok Han, with "I went particularly to see the sport," invited him to visit him. expectation to the report con

was out in a rowing boat, with knocked down by the left front April 30.

a quantity of blood on the boards section in the British Cemetery in piled after the extraordinary her men and as the bent puse mudguard of the 'bus.

The reply, which has just been He died A fine of $10 was imposed on and a blood-stained chopper. Bagdad in which we have tender- ́received, was as follows:- patience and most powerful exed complainant's sarapan, defen- soon afterward.

the first count, but owing to an

ly buried our men who died at the ' "My Dear Comrade Arnold. amination of the case by the dant reached aeross and snatch-

Another Mishap.

error in the form of the second

handle of the Turks after the With the greatest pleasure and Committee over which Sir John ed a cigarette tin which contain-

surrender of Kut. Another motor mishap accur-summons, it was dismissed.

many thanks. I received the ne- Simon presided.

He was red in Waterloo Road ed the watch and key.

at 8.20

"This story of the work of the count of your recollections trans- Imperial War Graves Commission lated by my mother-in-law. ¡seen afterward on board a Ger- o'clock this morning, when a ernment found themselves at the man ship, the ss. Dorry, with motor lorry, which was travelling, moment was this the airship five companions.

When arrest westward, turned north into up-to-date had wither proved ad by Sergeant Cameron, he pro- Peace Avenue, a little past Ho failure nor achieved an assured duced the stolen articles. success, The position to-day was that Britain had one airship. No Right to Take It. the R.100, which was very much Sub-Inspector Elston said that out of condition by lack of use, it had been suggested that the Assuming that the R.100 was man thought it was a tin of retained, there would be no idea cigarettes. of long and spectacular flights. Mr. Hamilton: Even so, he It would be a sort of experimen- had no right to take it, and also tal ship.

on finding the watch he should There was a whole field of un-not have kept it. solved problems that ought to lựe! An officer of the R.A. said that investigated. The R.100, recun- Gardner's record in the East had | ditioned, would be most useful heen generally good. for testing and Anvestigating In view of that, Mr. Hamilton and would provide for the keep-aid he would deal leniently with ing of a nucleus staff. This would the matter, and imposed a tine of cost £120,000 in the second year $25, or, in default a month's im- and the peak figure would be prisonment. Defendant was alture in the life of Britain of which £130,000. The view of the Gov-Inwed 24 hours to pay the fine.

ernment was that this scheme should be adopted. The scheme must be revised and reviewed thoroughly at the end of three,

or, at outside, four years.-Bri- tish Wireless Service.

Another Report.

London, Yesterday.

experimental airship.-Reuter.

London, Yesterday,

JOY RIDING.

CAR TAKEN OUT WITHOUT

PERMISSION.

POLICE STATION.

Classes for instruction in life.

TRESPASSERS.

LARCENY OF CLOTHING FROM

STONECUTTERS.

Un- has never yet been told. It is one fortunately, I have forgotten all of the most moving in all the hie- the English I learnt in my early tory of the War.

days. All the same, I trust this Man Tin Street, A mullah made

"Quite simply, what we have will be overlooked by my war the turn very sharp, causing a

done is to search for, and bring, friend and former opponent. Coolie who was sitting with two

in all those British and Indian;

Facing Death. others on the back of the lorry to

soldiers whose sufferings were, in! "Ere long I will send you news- full heavily to the ground. He saving are being conducted at the

part, described by Arnold Wilson paper cuttings which no doubt was picked up in an unconscious Central Police Station Gymnasium

In his book Loyalties,' and who will be most interesting. They condition, and was driven to hand at the Police Training School,

since the Armistice had been lying are some which I kept, and one is Kowloon Hospital in the lorry. Mongkok, every Tuesday and Fri-

unrecognised And unhonoured where your damaged tank is be- He is reported to be in a serious day at 5 p.m.,

Three Chinese, Pau Tat-sing, throughout Asia Minor.

ing hauled behind our lines and condition.

"Major Wilson's book, frank as where our prisoners of war stood. Books on the subject of life nav-Way Wing-hung and The Shu,

at the Kowloon it was, was unable fully to. des-At the time of your capture I ing are now available and can be were charged had. by those interested, on appli-Palice Court to-day with trespassing cribe the sufferings of these men. thought your end had arrived. The first They suffered intolerably, In-never thinking that you would cation to Sergeant R. J. Hunt, Cen-on Stonecutters Island.

two defendants were also charged credibly. They were tortured and i paes through alive. However, iral Police Station.

with the larceny of a suit of cloth neglected inhumanly. It is a through it all. I commanded my ing and a pair of trousera from a ghastly story of neglect.

lieutenant to transport you to the canteen boy in the R. A. Mess.

"It took us six months to fiffil; rear in double quick time, which The first two defendants pleaded the bodies. There were five hunsaved the situation and incidental- guilty and were sent to jail for one dred of them.

ly your life. month with hard labour on the larceny charge and cautioned for trespassing.

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UNEMPLOYMENT.

dewater

EATING INTO THE NATION'S

LIFE AND COURAGE."

"Unemployment is the only fea-

of

EUROPEAN FINED.

DRIVING A CAR WITHOUT A

LICENCE.

1. am afraid," said Sir John Ferguson, M.P., former president of the Institute of Hunkers and a mem- Ser of the Government Unemploy- ment Granta Committee, when Mr. W. R. ¡Davies, of No. 5, addressing members

the Prince Edward Rond, attached to Junior Constitutional Club, Pic- the Flying Ch, pleaded guilty" cadilly, on "A business man's view at the Kowloos Magistracy this morning to driving a private car in Sai Kong Road at 11.15 am, on April 15, without an appropriate

A fine of $25 was imposed.

driver's licence.

and

"We had no desire to re-open "The soldier you wounded with eld wounds, We only wanted, your butt-end the German word, (without giving offence to the used is kolben] was allowed to Tae Shu pleaded that he had Turks, to gather our men together fall behind the lines, and wae been taken there by accond defen. place them in one common, shown pity by your countrymen.

"As roon as business improves, dant, who had promised to find him resting-place.

7 "Tenderly we brought them I shall take the first opportunity, job in the Mess. In convicting Mr. Hamilton said through Syria to Bagdad. As we alone with my wife, to visit Bri- to parked through ench village," the tain and, of course, will pay you he was imposing a fine of $2 remind him that he could not go to French inhabitants turned out and a visit. This I hope will be next year. On demobilisation, I enter- Stonecutters Island even if he had solemnly greeted the cortege.

"In the British cemetery ate politics in the Bavarian State, been promised a job.

Bagdad we laid them in a section, and must arrange this year for of their own; few people knew of next Summer's holiday. Perhaps. their burial. Their lot until then you will be in a position to pay had been unrecognised. Now they a visit to Germany, in which case lig together.

I shall be very pleased to see you and entertain you as my only war comrade.

FOOLISH FLYING.

Lady Heath's Licence Withheld.

"In the hope to hear from you again. your earlieat oppor- tunity;

of the industrial crisis." TRIP TO REPULSE BAY.

The business year of 1930, he Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in thei

appeared be-aid, had been more difficult than A young Chinese House of Commons to-day afore Mr. W. Schofield in the Cen-ny year since 1921, when the coun- nounced that no new airships tral Police Court

this morning, try suffered from the aftermath of would be built. Cardington- summoned for driving a private inflation, which left us suffering would be kept as the nucleus of scientific investigation, and the car in Bonham Road on April 29 from very severe depression.

To-day unemployment was eating! COXSWAINS FINED. without the permission of the own- 1.100 would be, retained as an er or licensee. He pleaded guilty. into the life and courage of the

Trafic Sub-Inspector Nicoll said nation. Work which was put before!

PASSENGERS IN EXCESS OF

Briton and Indlan. must be work of that, on receipt of a telephone the unemployed The Government's decision message, he went to the Govern- economic value. In the North of NUMBER ALLOWED.

"We are trying to decide on in regard to airships has met ment Civil Hospital garage, where England it was impossible to find

Because she swooped down in sume inscription to be placed at with general w/proval both he was informed by Mr. F. Anslow any way out.

Two Coxswains of steam her plane to within 20 feet of the entrance to the cemetery.! inside and outside Parliament. that his car had been taken out.

"I am your faithful friend, launches carrying pilgrims to Che-photographers to help them in tax-Again we want, without giving Nobody befriends a forward The Inspector searched till 2 a.m. To give a man money for nothing kwan for the

"Ernst Rilter von Moravic." Tin Hau (Goddess ing film pictures of her. United offence to anyone, to choose aa policy, while views advocating but found no trace of the vehicle.was to do him the greatest possible of Mercy) festival,

Major Arnold states that he has were to-day States officials have temporarily inscription that is particularly ap

no recollection of hitting anyone "Gas bags mus, go" are favours The next morning Mr. Anslow call-hurm. The present expenditure for charged before Comdr. J. B. withheld the flying licence earnel posite. ed by only a couple of news cd at the Trafic Ofice, and ex- the relief of the unemployed was Newill, in the Marine Court, with by Lady Heath, the British air- "All the headstones will be the with the butt-end of his revolver.

plained that the car had been re-devastatingly destructive to the soul carrying passengers in excess of woman, who has recently started same. papers. Reuter,

When too "done-up" There will be no difference turned.

of the nation.

His recollections are the numbers allowed by their flying again after recovering from between British and

Indian Bol- captured. Permission Given?

Social services, given with a free licences.

somewhat confused, the the accident in which she was in-diers. Defendant said that on several hand, would wreck the next Budget. charges.

jured early last year.

"As I stood looking at the rows.

Ready to be Shot. previous occasions he had been The only way the country could be

I noticed His capture occurred after he kranted Mr. Anslow's permission saved was by increasing export on board, an excess of 123, whilst written and flight tests, and had that one father had already mark- had been advancing for twelve

She had successfully passed the of white gravestones to drive the car, but on that night trade and ending dumping. Dump- the other carried 166 passengers, re-entered the machine for anothered an inscription on the grave of hours in the whippet tank which

DRAMATIST DEAD.

AUTHOR OF OVER THIRTY

STAGE SUCCESSES.

MR. DAVID BELASCO.

New York, Yesterday.

The Only Remedy.

Both admitted

One launch had 213 passengers

REVOLUTION IN AVIATION.

Successful Test Of Crude Oil

+

he telephoned Mr. Anslow but he jing made the nation look simply an excess of 85. was out, and so he (defendant) (silly in the eye of the foreigner. Toj

The Magistrate imposed fines of thought that Mr. Anslow would survive the country must have a $100 each. not mind if he took the car out. tariff system at home and power to The death is announced to-day Inspector Nicoll (to the Magia negotiate commercial treaties. of Mr. David Belasco, the Ameri-trate): He has been instructing Methods and machinery must at can theatrical producer and dra- Mr. Anslow to drive.

ance be overhauled. matist, in his seventy-second The Magistrate (to defendant): year. Reuter's American Ser- What did you use the car for? vice.

Defendant: I just went to Re- (Mr. Belasco was born in San pulse Bay for a drive. Francisco in 1859, both of his His Worship: Was the car in parents being British. His first good condition when returned?

Inspector Nicoll: There was no- production was "Lord Chumley,"

in 1887, followed by Madame thing wrong with it. Butterfly," "The Music Master,"

Replying to his Worship, Mr. "The Darling of the Gods," and Anslow said that it was a habit many other well-known plays. of his (Mr. Anslow's) to note the He himself wrote over thirty mileage of the car, and that night plays of all kinds, his latest be defendant ing "Laugh Clown, Laugh," about 29 miles, which was adapted for the film.]

MORE STOWAWAYS.

must have driven for

Prevalence of Cases. Inspector Nicoll remarked to the Bench that during the past twelve months, there had been about 30 cases where care, had Two natives of Estonia, Ernest been taken without the permission Tollman and Voldemar

Kukk, of the owners.

There had been pleaded guilty" at the Kowloon five cases" in Howloon, where the Magistracy this morning to stow owners were reluctant to pro- ing away on the 6.8. Lahn from secute. "This is the first case we Singapore.

have had in which the owner comes

Both men expressed a wish to go to Shanghai where they could see the Esthonian Consul.

Sub-Inspector. Elson asked for a week's remand in custody, which was granted.

MARINERS WARNED.

The following notice to marinera, was posted at the Harbour Office yesterday, afternoon

to Court," he concluded.”*

A fine of $20 was imposed.

Flaed for Speeding. Prosecuting the Chinese driver of a public vehicle for speeding.. Inspector Nicoll said that he drove from the Chinese bathing sheds at Shaukiwan, to the east gate of the

| Taikoo Dooks at a speed of about

STOP PRESS

London, To-day. A Conservative amend- ment has been tabled for the rejection of the Finance Bill when it comes up for a second reading in the House" of Commons on May 19, prin- elpally based on opposition to land tax proposals.

London, To-day. Feeling is running high in Nelson, Lancashire, in con- nection with the weaving em- ployers' resolve to increase the looms per man to eight. The Weavers' Association last night organised a de- monstration of 20,000 work- ers, in which the Mayor of Nelson and several Council- lora participated. Reuter. Batavia, To-day. The British Tobacco Com- pany has decided drastically to economise in its Java. factories. The Sourabaya factory will be closed, re Fulting in the dismissal of

30 miles an hour. Defendant's | == "2,000 natives, and the con-

vehicle passed another motor car and a tramcar.

His Worship Imposed a fine of

Märiners' and others are warned, that the end of the breakwater re- $20.

cently constructed At Chenngtha For carrying geven, passengers →→ wan will not be marked by day or in excess, the Chinese conductor lighted by night.

of an Aberdeen bus was fined $8.

struction of the Semarang factory will be stopped. The Batavia distribution branch will remain changed. Beuter.

un-

Moter.

Berila, April 22. An epoch-making discovery, as a verit- which experts describe able revolution in aviation, WAS tried out. by Junkers to-day, Wednesday, on the Tempelhof air- drome, Berlin, It consists of a crude-all mator named "Juno Four." The tests were brilliantly success- ful. With an equal weight of fuel an airplane fitted out with the new motor. Eeee Its radius of action increased by 47 per cent. The fuel costs are decreased by 65 per rent. The danger of fire in case the crashes is practically elimi- Plane nated, which leads to a substantial reduction in the insurance rate be- ing made possible. The veteran of aviation, Professor Junkers, person- ally presented this latest wonder of German technical. achievement to an assembly comprising representa- tives of the authorities, of the aviation companies, scientists, en- gineers, and the Press.

A

**Hamburg; April 23. The first flight, made with 'plans fitted out with A "Juno | Four""" motor-the crude oil motor tested on Wednesday, was made on Thursday between Berlin and Hamburg, and proved complete- ly successful.** The flight wAS accomplished In less thin two hours, only necessitating the use of 80 litres of fuel as against the |150. normallý used.

J

as he was

he commanded. Nine reserve flight while waiting for her licence his boy:-

"These are they that came out cans of petrol outside had been to be issued,

of great tribulation

perforated by machine-gun fire, Inspector O. P. Harwood told

"And you will choose that?" and these caught on fire, sending her that such flying was danger- Sir Fabian was asked.

a cascade of flaming liquid ous and foolish.

Lady Heath

will be granted licence and will then be "ground- ed" for 15 days.

FINE TO SHOWERY.

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:-

The northern depression has deepened and is moving east- ward toward Korea,

The southern depression now extends from Yunnan to the N.E. of Formosa.

Forecast-Variable winds; moderate; fine to showery,

Rainfall.

Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed at 10 a.m. to-day-0.82 inch. Total since

1- January, 16.84 inches against an aver- age of

16.16 inches surplus 0.18 inch.

Temperature. The temperature at certain ...specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock wasn

Hong Kong

'76 77

anao

Pratas Island Maulls: Foochow Amoy Chefoo

Shangha

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over

the rear door. The fumes nearly

"I cannot say yet," he answer ed. "It is worth taking some time overpowered the Major and his to decide...

two companions, and when two` ex- "This is the first time I have plosions brought the tank to 2 inspected the war graves in Meso- standstill, they, with their cloth- potamia," Sir Fabian continued. ing on fire, dashed from the door. "Do you know that, after France. The grass at their feat was the our greatest-casualties were there ablaze, and they rolled on -60,000 dead?

A ground to put out the flames.

aro

"I have never felt as proud of wing of German infantry was ad- the work that my commissioners vancing on them, firing from the

in doing as Mesopotamia hip. One of Major Arnold's com- among allen peoples.

panions fell dead.

As the Ger "Nothing has a greater political mane rushed forward. Major significance than the respect, care, Arnold rose to his knees and re- and love with which the British ceived a bayonet thrust in the are tending their dead. I have hand. He then fell unconscious He seen Arabs and Turks and Indians from a clubbed rifle blow. peering through the gates of the can recall being Inld later against cemeteries and marvelling!.. a bank presumably to be shot, "We have made for our dead when a bearded German came on the scene with outstretched arms little oases in the desert. .

"I am enormously impressed, and took Major Arnold and his too, by the work of our soldiers companion in charge, conducting and civilians on the Indian fron- them to divisional headquarters. tier. It is beyond all praise. It is what one would call 'pure Kip- [ling, but it seems to me that every student of practical politics in India should begin his studios on' the frontier."

KAYE" DON.

FALSE ACCOUNTS?

ALLEGATION AGAINST FORMER

AUDITOR.

London, Yesterday. Two summonses have been serv- Rugby, Yesterdayed on the former auditor of the In a satisfactory trial run on Royal Mail Steam Packet Com- Lake Garda last night, Kays Don pány, Harold John Morland, who in his speedboat Miss England is charged with aiding and shet- travelled over a hundred miles anting Lord Kylsant in issuing a hour.

false statement of accounts in the ́He will 'probably attempt to im- | years 1928–7, - prove on his world's record to Morland has declined to discuso morrow. British Wireless Service. I the matter.-Reuter.