1933-10-26 — Page 13

THURSDAY,

EUROPEAN

OCTOBER 26, 1933.

FOUND SHOT

IN KOWLOON

Tragedy Occurs After Dinner. RETURNED TO COLONY FOUR: DAYS AGO

The dead body of Ermeny Bott.

British subject Pinquet 32, born in Marmites, stated to love been a ttner in the la Poultry Farm, Kowban

Was

discovered shorth

seven o'clock last event

YANGTZE-KIANG CONQUERED

Tze Brothers Swim From Pukow To Nanking.

20,000 WITNESS 3,000 METRES SWIM IN 22 MINS.

FAMILY QUARREL STABBLING CASE

THE CHINA MAIL.

"Done In Defence Of His Mother."

ACCUSED FINED $25

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sitting room of the farm house. in circumstances pointing to ste cide.

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A crowd of 20,000 from the cities of Nanking and Pukow witnessed the triumph of the Tze brothers who swam the River Yangtze-klong from Pukow to Nanking, a distance in 22 min. of 3,800 metres, 27.2 Beck, yesterday afternoon.

represented brothers The three

National Lisoning at the Chinese Athletic Meeting in Sanking earlier the month. The sing-peng win- There was a bullet wound in the ming the 50 and 100 Metres events, left breast, and a 28 revolver was, and Tze Hsing-lung being placed in jtle rules. The Banglu took part Ing beside the dead man

to thin the relay race.

people

6 22 171 19

are their

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who Ainners, The three It is stated that Mr Pinquet had shortly leaving Nanking for

in company home, entered the water at 3.27 p.m. just finished dinner with his wife, formerly Miss Daisy and showed no signs of fatigue when Witchell, his brother-in-law. Meiney rozeted Nanking.

R. . Witchell, and his partner. Mr. P. Archer, an Amerfiean, when the tragedy occurred

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SHA PO MURDER CHARGE.

Conclusion Of Case

For Crown.

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at Sha Po against Fok Kan. Tau Pelo, whica 4522 after the adjournment before Acting Chief Justie Mr. Wood

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Mr. J. A Fraser, Assistant Attor

NEURALIA MEETS TYPHOON,

Chor, at

To-Day's Short Story.

being at M

THE

MEMENTO

By O. Henry

LYNNETTE'From hundreds of rooms comes the

was no

Com-

Ng Young-Ho, a boatman, arrest- ISS

D'ARMANDE turned her, buzz of talk, scraps of new and old jed two days ago, after

This was songs, and the ready laugster of large since October 8, was fined back on Broadway.

Broad- the convened players. $25, in default three weeks' hard but tit for tat, because

Summer has the same

come; their Mr. Balfour ai labour by

the way had often done

disbanded, and they in their favourite take their rest Central Magistracy this morning. thing to Miss D'Armande. Still, panics have

seemed to have T'est maliciously

his the "tats" wounding uncle, Tam

Connaught for the ex-leading lady of the caravanserai, while they besiege the Road Central, near the Hoi On Reaping the Whirlwind" Com-managers for engagements for the

pany had everything to ask of coming season. Whart, during a family quarrel.

At this hour of the afternoon the said Broadway, while there Su-Inspector O'Donovan

day's work of tramping the rounds the accused, when arrested, plead- vice versa

So Miss Lynnette D'Armands of the agents' offices is over. Past as you ramble distractedly ed that he did it in defence of his mother, who was quarrelling with turned the back of her chair to her you,

a window that overlooked Broadway, through the mossy halls, flit audible and sat down to stitch in time the Pistons of houria, with veiled, starry isle-thread heel of a black silk stock-eyes, flying tag-ends of things, and The tumult and ghtter of the swish of silk. bequeathing to the Kasety an odour of g

a memory of frangipanui. roaring Broadway beneath her win- dull hallways dow had no enurm for her: what and

comedians, with young sho greatly desired was the stifling Serious air of a dressing-room on that fairy. Versatile Adam's apples, gather in an doorways and talk of Booth. Far- nf POAF and street and the kandieste valnered in that capricious teaching from somewhere comes the quarter. in the meantime those amell of ham and red cabbage, and neglected. the crash of dishes on the American įstockings musi not

Silk does wear out. so bat-after plan. all, isn't it just the only goods there IN7

uncle ver the male of

Tam Chor, the victim, identified defendant as his nephew, who, he sau, stabbed him and pushed himi

meant to strike his mother.

to the water, thinking that he i

Br

fakon to the hospital unconscious, with a wound an inch deep, but n6 complications srose

was discharged after 10.

and h

was

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The Hotel Thalia looks on Broad- way as Marathan looks ng th sea. 1 stands like a gloomy chữ ahave the whirlpool where the tides of two clusch Here great thoroughfares

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The player-bands gather at the end

The indeterminate ham of life in Thick the Thaha is enlivened by the dis. The report received through Ren their wanderings, to loosen the

reasonable and alistes from London stating that it wasbiskin and dust tne rock. continued understood inut it was not intended in the streets around it are book-jcreet popping--at

Thus punctuated, life in the into renuse the Brigadier. Col. F. S.ing-offices, theatres, agents, schools, salubrious intervals of beer-bottle

which works,

xenial hostel scans easily-the com Thackery, 1.8.0., M.C., and his staff and the lobster-palaces from Shanghai when the battalion those thorny paths lead

Wandering through the ercentriema being the favourite mark, semi- of the East Lancashures come

you seem to have found yourself in

Miss D'Armande's room I ́EN ney General, appeared for the Crown Hong Kong on November 4. has been hails of the dim and fusty Thalia, colons frowned upon, and period!

Castronfirmed here.

There was room for her C C. Fowkes. M.C. some great ark or caravan about t Captai

About the house lingers a sense of rocker between the dresser and the SM.B.), staff Captain of the Hong sail, or fix, or roll away on wheels,small one. Kong Command, this morning

plus the ex- formed the China Mail there never unrest, of expectation, of transient-washstand if it were placed long-

bension. The balls are a labyrinth, usual accoutrements. hud been any intention of removing pess, even of anxiety and appre-tudinally. On the dresser were its The staff from Shangnai.

Without a guide you wander like a leading lady's collected souvenirs of rond engagements and photographs least soul in a Sam Loyd puzzle. the

Turmag any

corner, a dressing-of ner dearest and best professional

friends. sark or a cul-de-nse may bring you

At one of these photographs she short. You met alarming tragedians stalking in bath-robes in looked twice or thrice as ane darned,

rumoured bath-rooms. and smiled friendly.

"I'd like to know where Lee is she said, half- just this minute,“ aloud.

while Mr. Loo d'Almada e tur represented the accused

The Clerk to the Court read the agod's aworn statement, in which he said that Pang Ngushing his i empanion on the night of the mur der, told him that the inculent nad nothing to do with nim and that ho Natalia, which To transport was expected to arrive here this need not be afraid

Not Expected Until

To-morrow.

afternoon, met with typhonic con-1

When Pung was hitting

the de.i

dens sesterday. facing heavy ceased he said: "She is the wife of

head seas.

ekinsman of mine.

I will kill her.") Mr. D'Almada, when called upon As a result, her progress has Jaren considerably hampered and open his case, said he was not she is now nat expocted to arrive Calling any witnesses.

until tomorrow afternoon,

H.M. TRANSPORT

NEURALIA.

To Bring Families Of East Lancashires

The transport Neuralia, after Jurning to England. will make second trip to the East during the presen trooping season, arriving in Hong Kong about February 9. 1981 bringing the wires and Families of the 2nd Battalion. East

The trial is proceeding. ROOSEVELT RETICENT ON

GOOD POLICY

1

The reason for the remival of ane battalion from Shanghai lack of accomodation.

was

RIVER GUNBOAT ROBIN.

Sections To Be Sent To Hong Kong.

WILL BE RE-ASSEMBLED AT TAIKOO DOCK.

new river

¡Continued from Page 1.

H.M.S. Robin, the Friende state that the Presiden!! tepls it impassible to elucidate the unboat which has just been com-i gold purchasing policy further pleted by Messrs. Yarrow, is to be S. C Gold Burnt out in sections to the Talkoo United Preer, per

Dockyard to be assembled.

Foreign Currencies Unaffected.

Washington, To-das-

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SUITCASE STOLEN FROM STEAMER

Man Arrested Trying To Pawn Clothing.

THREE CHINESE REMANDED

Three Chinese, two of whom

Chinese uniforms.

were

The preceedent was established wore jias year when H.MS Falcon was charged before Mr. Schofield at the assembled at the Docks from parts Central Police Court this morning

with stealing a leather laent out from England.

the

suitcase

If you had been privileged to view the photograph tnus fiattered, you would have thought at the first glance that you saw the picture of a many-petalled white flower blown) But through the air by a storm. the floral kingdom was not responsi ble for that swirl of petalous white-

iesa.

You saw the filmy, brief skirt of Miss Rosalie Ray as she made a heels-over-head turn in complete

her wiatura-entwined awing, far out from the stage, high above the

You HAW heads of the audience. the camera's inadequate representa- Lion of the graceful strong kick with which ahe at this exciting moment!

Mr. W. R. Latham, brother of the 'and 25 pieces of clothing from Rev. H. Latham of Hong Kong, will berth on board the .. Wing Les

0. at Jardine's

Point wharl, West England by the P. and Kanashires, and, after proceeding His lasted an excellent authority leave

yesterday. to Shanghai, will leate Hong Kong that Presdem Roosevelt has no "Chitral" to supervise the work,

On the application of Sub-In-sent flying high and far the yellow silk garter that each evening spun out again on February 23 with details mediate intention of carrying.

Hourihan

accused ¡spector BANK PRESIDENT RESIGNS for the United Kingdom

the second phase of the guld pinn.)

were remanded for one week for her agile mb and descended upon

the delighted audience below. namely, the buying and selling

the return of the complainant, Forty weeks of the best circuits Continued From Column 1) YVONNE PRINTEMPS gold abroad to influenre foreign curd

was caused at the Wong Tak King, a married woman, this act had brought Miss Rosalie A sensation rencies.

Ray for each of two years. the price For the present.

xt opening stages of the investigation to the Colony,

accused. Tsai Wan other tninge during her which the Reconstruction Finance when it was revealed that Mr. Wig The first Corporation will purchase gold, will gin received bonuses from the Bank Chung, was arrested while trying minutes-a song and dance, imita- exceeding U. 8. $100,000 annually to pawn some of the stolen clothing tions of two or three actors who are be announced each morning

changed in addition to his salary of $200,- and gave information to the polleo but imitations of themselves, and a The quotation may not datly if circumstances dictate that 000 a year, despite the Bank's ser- which resulted in the arrest of the

jather two men. ious losses in recent years. no change is advisable.-Reuter,

FOR LONDON,

New Coward Play In Two Languages.

Paris, Mr. Noel Coward is writing a new play, partly in French. and partly in English, for Madem- oiselle Yvonne Printemps.

"It will be a light play withị music." Mr. Coward told Reuteri "but you

must not ask me too

as the

plot is

many questions still only in embryo. The pre- miere will be given in London in Frebruary.

"I am delighted to have the opportunity of writing a play for the charming Yvonne Printemps, whose gifts an actress and singer have endeared her as much to London as they have to her own Paris."

For years the only plays in which Yvonne Printemps appear- ed were those specially written for her by her husband, Sacha Gultry.Reuter.

FORESHORE AND SEABED ORDINANCE.

Continued from Page 1) Philip Cunliffe-Lister, said that he was certain that the Hong Kong Government had no intention of using the Bill for any revolution- ary: purpose,

..

The BI for General Powers, he said, was subject to very specjal conditions regarding compensa tion,

After Post's "Winnie Mae" Came to Grief

The famous Flame, AWISHA MAA", on which WENT I TH

Mer, on a barn storming bour, Kzmantot ko, take off from the Quincy, flying Post (inset) Beg, around the world in record.timas war shown, badly damaged after the crash at Quincy, Ille field, wants the plan nowed over, Post sustained a

was injured, painfully but not seriously, i broken shoulder and a seriess scalp wound.

She did twelve

a step-ladder balancing feat with and feather-duster; bui 'when the blossom-decked swing was let down from the flies

Rosalic and Miss sprang smiling into the seat, with the golden circlet conspicuous in the place whence it was soon to slide and become a soaring and coveted guer- don-then it was that the audience rose in its seat as a single man-or presumably so and endorsed the speciality that made Miss Ray'a name a favourite in the booking. offices.

At the end of the two years Mies Ray suddenly arinounced to her dear friend, Miss D'Armande, that she was going to spend the summer at an antediluvian village on the north shore of Long Island, and that the stage would see her no more.

Seventeen minutes after Mice Lynnette D'Armando had expressed her wish to know the whereabouta of her old chum there were sharp raps at her door,

Doubl not that it was Rosalie Hey. At the shrill command to enter she did so; with something of a tired flutter, and dropped a heavy handbag on the floor. Upon my word, it was Rosalie, in a loose. travel-stained automobileless cost, closely tied brown well, with yard- long flying ends, grey walking-auit, and tan Oxfords with lavender over- gaiters

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