FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1933.
MORE MOTORING W. INDIES
OFFENCES
Several Europeans Summoned.
LADY FINED FOR DRIVING IN CLOSED STREET
Four motorists. Mr. J. M. Mor-; haus, of the Netherlands Trading) Society, Dr. E. C. Humphreys, of G Conduit Road, Mr. F. R. Burch, of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank,
HELD
TO DRAW
Sam Staples Bowls Well For Eastern Counties.
TOURISTS TO PLAY LAST MATCH TO-MORROW
London. To-day.
THE CHINA MAIL
PITTSBURGH BEAT To-Day's Short Story.
GIANTS 14-2
Yankees Win And Senators Lose.
U. S. BASEBALL SURPRISES
r
THAT CESAR HONFLEUR
By Barry Benefield.
--New York, To-day. was a Monday, so I started dramatist of life, and I was glad Pittsburgh Pirates indicted a smashing defeat on
out in my role as reporter of that I saw through his ground- New York
glass door a figure sitting befora The Giants to creep closer to the lend the "Crebillon Courier."
This stove. In spite of their useful total offers in the race for the National other working days of the week
League Baseball pennant yesterwere
He was leaning forward, his head for type-setting, proof-in his hands, when I opened the and Mr. N. Drummond, of Messrs. 383 the West Indies were held to a day, and New York Yankees improv Davie, Boag and Co. Ltd... were draw in their two-day
matched their position in the Americas reading, helping run the press, door, but he leaped to his feet and fined $5 each at the Central Police against the Eastern Counties
League when they beat St. Louis distributing type, bill-collecting, threw himself at me. His great Browns and the Senators
[black eyes blazed, and bis terrific Court this morning. for failing to
were and so on and on, but Monday was black eyebrows works up and down Skegness,
blanked by the white Sox. attach their license-discs to their
Their programme of 40 matches Resulta 85 cabled by Reuter sacred to the gathering of news. ferociously. Seizing my left hand will conclude to-morrow when they were:- meet R. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI in a three-day match at Scar- borough.
cara.
Lady Driver Fined. Mrs H. Owen-Hughes, of 542 Middle Gap Road, the Peak, was Aned $10 for driving through street closed to traffic. Sergeant Dambrowsky said that the car was driven from Queen's Road Central to the Dairy Farm in Lower Al-
at
The Eastern Counties totalled 217| Ghicago to which the tourists replied with
bert Road, via Wyndham Street 383, E. L. G. Hood scoring 03 and Cincinnati
Passing A Tram.
¡C. A. Wiles 112. Sam Staples, the For passing a stationary tram-Notts all-rounder had the splendid car, Mr. D. G. C. Middleburg, of the Netherlands Consulate, Was Aned $15.
|analysis of 6 for 101.
Weintraub hit a homer. Pittsburgh
14 14 Faced with the task of scoring 166 Suhr and Grace hit homers.
innings defeat, the Philadelphia Inspector Alexander said that to save the the defendant's car and another Eastern Counties scored 97 without St. Louis passed a tram standing outside the loss.--Reuter.
Royal Naval Dockyard
entrance.
A military officer. his wife and their little daughter, who was wait-i
ing to board the tram. had to step NOTTS FOREST DRAW back to avoid being knock down.
Traffic Sergeant. Clark saw the incident and stopped The defen dant's car.
MAGISTRATE ON SPEED DANGER.
Fines Insufficient : To Be Increased.
In imposing a fine of $25 on Lau
WITH MANCHESTER.
Q.P.R. Beat Swindon In Third Division.
1
And along toward the end of a in his hand putting his right arm around my shoulder, he supported lean day I climbed the dark grity me tenderly to a chair by the little E. stairs leading to the offices of old-fashioned box-stove. A crack (Malebar's Wholesale Grocery Store, in the side of it showed as a crook- The secretary of the Commercial ed red streak, at the bottom of which grey ashes dribbled down Club was out playing pool. Dr.
jupon the tin-covered base-board.
"My young friend, how filled
Petitpas would not return, a note
on his door said, until the next day: with joy I am to see you! Please be seated. It is the end of Febru
1 and I made a mental note to teleary, is it not? Yes, but the air is
phone him early in the morning to a little rouch for this garden-spot
find out whose baby had been bora. of the Sunny South. It is unprece
Never was auch a year as I turned to the office of Cesar Hon-dented.
this, Therefore this fragment of a 0 fleur, Crebillon's "most prominent fire you see.”
realtor," as the "Courier" always
Mr. Honfleur waved at the stove
'said, he being the only one in that and sat down in another straight-
o little Louisians town.
backed chair, tilting himself back Once a month Mr. Honfleur was the stove. He looked at me out of by putting his feet on the apron of
good for a story of some sort-of the corner of his eye. I waited for various cager manufacturers who him to tell me news; he only
The sun was getting low, and the
National League.
R. H.
Boston
1
3
Wally Berger hit a homer.
2 Chuck Hartnett hit a homer. Brooklyn
2 11
0 5
0
Bech pitched. New York
2 10
1
1 7 10
2
14
Medwick hit n homer.
American League.
Chicago Washington
1
3
0
8
Jones pitched. Cleveland
0
$
I
Marcun pitched. Philadelphia
6 9
0
Cramer hit a homer. St. Louis
Reynolds hit a homer. New York
12 15 Lou Gehrig hit a homer.
8 -13
3 sums of ¡"*among
| never
TABLES TO DATE-
National League.
W. L.
78 49
.014 Crebillon, via New Orleans,
73 50
.565 whose ships never actually
72
61
.641
68
60
.431
rived; of
70 61
54 72
49 74 51 80
American League.
84 46
76 52
71 64
526
65 62 .611
London, To-day. Notts Forest secured their third point from Manchester United when they shared (wo goale in their home fixture yesterday. The forest beat the United by a goal to Inft in the first encounter.
New York Queen's Park Rangers avenged Pittsburgh Ping-piu, driver of private car Notheir former defeat at the bands Chicago 3247. for dangerous driving by of Swindon when they won their Boston speeding through a controlled urea home game yesterday by the only St. Louis at Whitfield, Mr. Schofield al the
goal scored.
This was the Ran-Brooklyn Central Police Court this morning gers' second home win in as many Philadelphia remarked that in future the fine for games, and Swindon's first defeat Cincinnati speeding cases would be increased. of the season. Swindon won the
There were loo many Cases of jearlier encounter by 3 goals to 1. Washington speeding and too many fatni meci-¡ dents of late, he said and the fine of $25
not enough WEB
deler Notts F. 10 motorists from breaking the law..
LORRY FATALITY ATİ
WEST POINT.
Driver Remanded On Bail.
The fatal motor-lorry accident which occured on Wednesday when aged Chinese hawker WES
监门
Joad.
who
Taffic-Inspector Baunders prosecuted, aaked for a week's
with bail in the sum of $500.
Resulte a cabled by Reuter:
Second Division.
! Manchester U. Third Division (South), Queen's P. R. 1 Swindon
NEW RECORD FOR AMATEUR T.T.
Norton Motor-Cycles Win Thrilling Race.
SPEED BATTLE OVER MOUNTAINS
London, To-day.
New York Cleveland IPhiladelphia
Detroit
• Chicago Boston
St. Loula
were negotiating for attes in Cre-watched me suspiciously.
3 billon and woud bring in huge dingy office was dark and glooms money for distribution but he did not offer to pull down our people," only they the coal-oil lamp that hung on sild
ing chains from the centra of the' of came;
large colonies i
ceiling. of fine agricultural people "Well, Mr. Honfleur. what" poor Hol-sucker have you been selling pores
fron France, Spain, or
Per. land who were about to sail fer of sand to now? When does he ar
rive to but under the spell of your gilded Bee what he has bought
alterature?"
•
some one in the town "The Schirmers! How can you 534 who had bought a lot and would know of them? Tell me. My 428 Immediately "erect a handsome and conscience stabs me here." Mr. 698 palatial residence," which
Bonfleur thumped his right fist on .383
his chest above his heart, and I A saw a small cloud of dust puff out
times really did
Rom-
eventuate
646 small six-room cottage. But Mr. from his black coat. "The man of plymes, a Schirmers, they are the reason why
693 Honfleur was a
64 67 .489
60
70
457 CONVICTS CAPTURE
66 77 .421 48 26 .358
SUICIDE FROM STAR FERRY. Wanchai Woman Leaps Overboard.
FERRIES AND MOTOR-BOATS IN FUTILE SEARCH.
PRISON
Used Warder's Clothes
To Escape.
MURDERER'S SECOND BREAK
Belgrade,
I sit by the fire here like an old woman. They are the reason why I bend over here listening to the
mies buzz and whir over there at
the window. Bahl I am getting old. Damn de damn, I am getting' weak."
Mr. Honfleur rose to his Teet again, dragged' down the jangling Imp, lit it, and slid it up violently as far as it would go. Then he began pacing up and down across the short room by the window.
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BIG SEIZURE OF HEROIN PILLS.
Accused Remanded.
A charge of possession of 80,000 heroin pills was brought against a Chinese, Fa Fong, living at. 74 Queen's Road West, at the Central Magistracy, this morning.
Revenus Office Grimmitt said that a raid was carried out on the
':
His feet turned in sightly, and he RESOLUTIONS. AT knocked down at the Junction of
Three convicts captured a goal always gave the impression of Queen's Road West and Pokfulum
at Pozharevntz, Yugo-Slavia, clawing at the ground with his toes Road, had a sequel at the Central
stripped the warders, locked as he walked. Now he seemed to Police Court this morning when
them up and then escaped.
claw with a desperate passion. the driver, Li Wing, was charged The Manx Senior Grand Prix
The ringleader before Mr. Schofield, with danger- Motor Cycle Race held yesterday man, of 49 Johnston Road, Wan- in another prison.
was awaiting Mr. Honfleur was American-born,| Pun Shu, a Chinese married wo-trial for the murder of a warder and
Finance Ministry. so was his father, and he our driving, having Ineffective over the Tourist Trophy course in chal jumped overboard from the escaped in the dead
He had would often say that no one could] brakes and carrying an excessive the Isle of Man, was
man's suspect him of French blood, so
PROMOTION FOR SOONG ? won at the Star Ferry "Night Star" at 11.35 clothes, but had fastest speed ever reached in The defendant pleaded not guil-amateur road race, by H. L from Hong Kong to Kowloon.
been caught entirely American was his manner an p.m. last night while on the journey again.
and his tongue; but his grand-
Shanghai, To-day. ty to the first charge but admitted Daniell, on a Norton machine, at
With two other prisoners, this France, and Southern France was the Kuling Conference yesterday, premises yesterday afternoon and father had come from Southern The resolutions discussed at the other two.
76.98 miles per hour.
The boat was stopped and in man overpowered two warders. in Mr. Honfleur's little fat brown included the expansion of the as a result of information given spite of a 15-minute search with Then the convicta captured the per hour, and J. Muir, third, at
J. Swanston, second at 15.0 miles the aid of two other Star ferry only other two warders by means head and waved frantically as he function of the Central Econo-by the accused a further raid was
hands, which be rrised above Hin formal remand, which was granted, 75.11 miles per hour, also rode steamers and two motor boats, no of the guns they had seized, and paced more and more rapidly un mic Council in order to exercise made at 71 Queen's Road West,
Nortone.
trace of the woman could be found.took command of the gaol. Speeds of over
A handbag was, however, left in At the gun's point, the four and down the room.
control of, and supervision over seized, but it was found that the where a quantity of property, was 100 ml be her seat and it was from the con-warders were forced to strip and Honfleur? I never hear of them the financial and economic de man in charge of the premises had hour were reached, but the riders tent of this that the police were were locked in the cells. Then
the Schirmers, Mr. could only negotiate some of hair-able to discover her identity. pin corners at 10 miles per hour.
the convicts dressed in the blazing eyes at me, working his
He stopped, and levelled his velopments in China.
absconded. The race was contested over
A European
gave the alarm, warders' clothes, took the best thick eyebrows up and down as if the existing Finance Ministry can tion.
The resolution suggests that ME IT, Prior beld a watching mountain course of 226 miles.
Informing the coxswain.
rifles, plenty of ammunition and he were having dificulty focusing be dispensed with, or reduced to a A week's formal remand
brief on behalf of the man'in quen-" Until yesterday the amateur record and turned back to look for the They have not been heard of
The ferry was at once stopped food and fled. "The duty of the police la to pro- for the course was 71.9 miles per
"Hal" Ask me. tect the people and not to assault hour.-British Wireless Service.
bureau with Umited powers over granted, the defendant being given since.—Reuter...
not how I know it all, but I do. What would financial matter.
bail in the sum of $2,500,- you? Have I thought of anything The Chinese press forecasts a elsa day and night, for a week? change in a number of posts in Have I not put this small thing the Central Government, altais with that small thing word, learned the possibility of Mr. lock, an accent-until it is all as Wang Ching-wel being given the clear to me as the morning sun-Chairmanship of the National light? Attend, then! I, Cesar Government, leaving the Pre Honfleur, ama villain! 1, Cesar sidency of the Executive Yuen to Hondeur, am beast!?. Squ
CYCLIST FINED. Indignant Outburst In Court.
them and make false accusations,”
said a Chinese, Chow Ming-hong, |
who was fined $10 at the Central
Police Court this morning for rid
ing his bicycle in a dangerous man- ner by turning circles in Percival Street.
LOCAL MEDICAL WEDDING
The defendant was fined a further Dr. K. H. Uttley And
$8 for using indecent' language to Inspector Dick, who Arrested him.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN HARBOUR,
Chinese Seaman's Plucky Rescue.
Miss H. M. Mahy.
mont:
woman.
H.M.S. CORNWALL GOES HOME,
Rousing Naval Send-Off:
WATER RETURNS FOR AUGUST.
Rainfall Two-Thirds Of Last Year's)
ma.
"Who are
CATHEDRAL FUND. Donations Now Total $1,470
LOCAL ESTATE.
Canton Merchant's $12,500,
WRA
North Canton City,, who died-out- February 1938, loff local estate valued at $12,500,
Probate has been granted to Lo
Kang-lun, merchant.
CYCLED 1,250 MILES
be filled by Mr. T. V. Soong, has To Mul-shek, alias, Le Tik-sheung, The plump little man leaned his been discussed at the Kuling alles Lo, (or Low) Mow-sik mor Amidst a storm of cheering and. The monthly water returns head against the side of the win-Conference. Central morning at St. John's Cathedral of Merrie England" by the band of the partment for August show that a full light of the lamp, spot of
The wedding took place this the playing of Rolling Home, to insued by the Waterworks De- dow, his clean shaven profile in the Agency.
News chant, late of, 2 Hau Fook Street, Dr. Kenneth II. Uttley, M.A.. South Wales Borderers the cruiser total of 2,156.26 million gallons angry red upon his visible check M.R.C.S., LLC.P., etc., Deputy Be Cornwall, fiying the paying-off pen-of water remained in the Island"Consider this New York then, gistrar of Birth and Deathe to Miss nant, left her anchorage this morn-and Mainland reservoirs at the my young friend. I speak of the Helen M. Mahy, both of the Hong ing and proceeded on the first stage end of the month, as against sity. One thousand, two thousand Kong Government Medical Depart of her fourney to England, for re- 2,976,66 million gallons on Crebillons all pushed together in A Chinese woman, Lam Sik-man, The bride was given away by Mr. This is the first time that a hip 1,494.29 million gallons were in two rivers and out Into that green
fitting and re-commissioning,
August 81, 1982, Of this total one place. Sprawling all across aged 43, jumped overboard from the Basil H. Church, MC, while Mrs, of His Majesty's Navy has been the Island reservoirs, only Atlantic Ocean. Jammed together, Yaumati ferryboat. "Man Chung," Beryl Church was Matron of given the traditional naval sand-off). A total consumption of 630,98 so tight that their houses are push while.crossing from Hong Kong to Honour. Yaumati yesterday at 12.15 p.m., The Rev. E. C. IL. Tribbeck acted The North Arm of the Naval ing "August, of which 408.78 and high up in the
In Hong Kong:
million gallons was recorded durød deep down, under the gro 'and was rescued by a seaman named as best man,,'p Chung Fang, who dived in the water After the wedding" a small recop companies of all H.M. ships in the Island, including: 7242 million have seen lij fa
Dockyard was lined with the ships' million gallons was used on the mous, monstrous and held her until they were picked tion was held at the residence of harbours up by the ferryboat.
gallons from the mainland... plemánita of the Mr. and Mrs, Church, the happy The Band of the fat Battalion, the The total rainfall for this year trung in the o The woman was taken to the couple leaving later, in the morting South Wales & Borderers, rendered on August 81 was 40,51 Inches have comprakande Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, for Magao where the honeymood, is slections prior to the anip's deputy an agaidat 62.88 inches for the City, where her case is being investigated, being spent
same period in 1982. -
Amsterdam:
The following additional dona- A young Dutchman, han bereled w to St. John's Cathedral Rea- more than 1,250 miles within sights tion Fund have been féoat
*-* days in a desperate attempt to get"
Job,
ligj
Alm J WYBucknell
$10 10
He cycled from his native plačo, Den Bosch, In the South of Holland,
Mr E E Dockitt Previously sek
10
340:
· $1,470
to Basel, In Switzerland-bit said.
not find work. Bo be crcled back. 5. He in mill without m
Reuter,
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