1933-10-27 — Page 9

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1933.

THE EMPIRE'S

EXAMPLE TO

THE WORLD]

Peace And Democracy Maintained.

DRAMATIC SPEECH BY MR. JH. THOMAS

Landon. To-day. During his broadcast address, last night. upon the Empire in

DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE Adjournment Until

December 4.

WILL CONTINUE DESPITE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL

London, To-day. The General Commisson of the Dixarmament Conferene decided at Geneva yesterday to adjourn until

December 4.

Loputing forward a proposul to

THE CHINA MAIL.

WELL-KNOWN To-Day'a Short Story.

BURGLAR DEAD

Robin Hood” Who Led

100 Thieves.

HOW HE HELPED THE POOR

Budapest.

Willy Medvegy, young "Robin of the Budapest Under Hood" worki, has died of consumption at the age of 33.

world pohties, the Dominions Se this effect the Chairman, Mr. Ar. Willy was an almost legendary

cretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, said.

romovery

The

on

the British draft,

THE LAST STRAW

"TN my experience guys don't

By Peter Cheyney.

He fell in love with

I reform until they pay to: She was slim, and lovely and was

Rosanna

•

out

and they have to when things accretary to a banker. Sue believ gets a bit too hot for 'em-see?jed in Charles. He said nothing of

"I ain't

with the French no moralist. I been his connection paid to bump off guys an' I've crowd. He was hoping, rather des- bumped 'em off an' slept the sperately, to break away from it. He

Then French's wife found thur Henderson,

I was a kid. Still, that don't emphasised that figure here. The poor of the city same night just like I did when had a hope!

and that just "The cause of peaceful co-opera¦the Conference must continue its had good reason to know that he prove nothin'. Maybe other fell-about Rosanna,

tickled her silly. The idea of bust- to arrive at Convention. jexisted. tion between nations has just re-work

for he quietly helped ers would have kept awake.

romance looked swell to founded

"The whole thing is that any guying up a

So she bad all anonymous ceived a strong blow. It is not a

which would satisfy public opinion. large number of families that were is liable to go soft; an' if a guy her.

to Rosanna telling her knock-out. The world can and

If the Conference failed it would on the verge of starvation, and goes soft there's only one reason a note sent will recover from it."

be a disaster for the whole world. made considerable contributions to woman. But when a sap in my late that Charles was a crook. Rosanna about it and he "How best can we help towards He recalled that the Bureau fa-

charities.

profession goes soft it ain't likely tackled Charles this

askavoured an adjournment until De-

He ran away from home at an to be so good for him. See? Some-spilled the beans. He told her what "World-wide co operalar is. for cember 4 in order to give time ta

Parly age and adapted himself body is sure goin' to get him an had happened to him,

was angry. She had the mount. in great difficulties smooth out the existing divergen-

eastly to the life of the under there am't goin' to be any Victoria

out The But there is in the world a groupetes of opinion.

world, where he soon asserted him Cross issued to him after he's dead. lots of grit. She found

Boss and told her just what she of nations and peoples compris The British Under-Secretary for self at the head of gang of bur- No, Sir!

"I can tell you a story, 2ng the British Empire_enver09[Foreign Affairs, Captain Anthony glars, 100 strong.

It hap-thought of her. That wasn't a between them nor tha11 On Eden, expressed his approval of He was famous for the ease with penca in Chicago. Maybe you'll find very wise thing to do.

moral is it. Some of you writin' an surface the proposed short adjournment whien he cluded the police. Times and including nearly one quand remarked that, while it was without number he broke away guys 'd find a moral even if there nothing.

Well-nere goes." of the human race, in which en

Charles Letten was all right until operation has at only failed but quite clear that the withdrawal of from a cordon and vanished with wasn't one

the German delegation could not out a trace. Once he escaped from be without its effect on the pro-a closely guarded military prison; he linked up with Hymie Characq-- "Relation between other nationceedings of the Cuuference, the 'and how he did so is still an un-commonly known as "French." and

view of the British Government solved puzzle. Yet for all his Rosanna was all right until she link. [

with Charles. Then the was that, however much that event puzzle. Yet for at his deeds, he up

|trouble started. was sincerely deplored, it could not looked frail and delicate.

Charles was all right. He was step their work.

Willy's motto was, "if you want He urged that the delegations a thing well done, do it yourself" working for a big firmu of wholesale Nations was must not waste time in the con- and he vindicated it by the success stationers, and everything was go- © Pell The sets of their Gover) įtemplation of the past, but

must of his singlehanded burglaries.ing well until he started to poke his nose into things that didn't concern ments are WINE OF than as they deal with the future, and should Reuter

171. That's when he gof 14 Parasp the daughers not he distracted from the object!

against French.

French gave him Yuthờ [1]pmonterence. The most i

quarter

of the earth's

is living and growing

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The Governmenti » British Engine mới 1 n trary, tart from the assump tion that war between them is inconceivable

where others leave of

We beeln

We can direct sur webergy.

effective method muchosen ENGLAND'S

and that was the Bureau's "tusk.

Representatives of several other nations also expressed approval of [

HISTORY

IN THE EARTH

Mr Henderson's proposal. It re- 200 Ancient Monuments

mains for the Bureau to draw up a programme of work to be followed

Scheduled This Year.

Wireless

BIG TASK FOR OFFICE OF

WORKS.

the positive end of as hueving good during the General Commission's and nat duenly to the negative endjadjoutrument.

avoiding evi An as pewalt | Service

We can afford, not merely in 1511! relations with one another, but ing our viation with the rest of the? world. to sevente ther Laun purely selfien ends

"The real orbem of this positive es operation is the inherent fav.

British

TEN WEEKS' GAOL FOR WOMAN

of personal hberty and self-gov.n Widow Who Specialised

ment in the races which make up the Empire. It is no more chance that, at a time when

Democratic

In Handbag Thefts.

CLEVER RUSE DESCRIBED

Court

London.

ק 1

enemy

She made who would stop at

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "The Sixth Shot" by Samuel A. Derieux.

The Boss

had nusband and fixed things for the

got annoyed. So she a little conversation with her

girl. Nothing would content that

the opportunity of being "Laken for tough, blonde wife of French's but ring Rosauna into a ride," night away, or joining up that she must

the gang too--and she did. with the gang

Charles didn't want to die, so he

joined up

men in

A Bad Time

on a

French

all and influence with

A year

sorts of people in Chicago, and the bad or me ago Chiengo used to be pretty bad, be police "pulled in" Charles

up by a friend of charge framed lieve me, and French was probably

Frencii's. Then Franch gova the worst of them. He was just as

Rosanna the chance of either Joln- la evil as he could be. There wasn't a

fing up and working with the crowd thing that he would boggle at. He was just as tough as hell; and there or accing Charles sent up the river stretch. Rosanna Thoke odd-looking earthworks was only one person who was a bit for a five-year

South tougher than French, and that was was in love with Charles, as I have which the walker on the

his wife-commonly known as The 8a1d, so sue chose the gang. Downs comes upon from lime

They had a bad time, those two, Boss She was good-looking, cruel,

when Charles time are to be preserved with us

was released. lund generally awful. much care as national monuments, big drive now being thanks to a made by His Majesty's Office Works to preserve

for posterity these slender traces of England's earliest history.

is a gigantie

tu

The

Boss and her husband went out of Even French was afraid of her. Charles went on working for the their respective ways to make life firm of stationers, for French liked generally awful for them, and they

succeeded. This people to have the cover of a real job. Ft Wan about three

THREE MONTHS' OLD

and Rosanna

You may wonder why they didn't try to make a getaway, but if you nad known Chicago in those days

Every bit of dirty work that had

Government is rapidly disappear-

Charles. French's The Ofce of Works this year has months after he had started in with to be done was Just another job for British ing elsewhere, within the

the gang that Charles-who. by earth- Empire it was never mure firmly!

Described as # wonina who spe-scheduled more important

the way, was inclined to be a decent chief lieutenant- terrible fellow. the Stone Ago kad met Rosanna

a Swede named Gorltz-managed to ronted inaÐ H 1-day

cialised in stealing handlings. Leung works dating from

make life appalling for them. "Dictatorships necessarily look Lin, a widow, was sentenced to six onwards than in any previous simi-|

The work of schedu wards The nation which was yiekted week hard labour at the Centrulį lar period. up ats bboots must be kept dragged | Police

task and forling the morning. bad and the easiest drug of stealing a nundbag from Cheung though some 200 ancient munu all to administer is a strong dose of Wa-fun, o married woman, living at ments have been scheduled this

Democracy 205 Jonston Road, Sedfish admonal Enticent

year and 3.400 altogether to date. lachouter's des sach necessity

The defendant's record showed a officials have knowledge of The Ni

similar case in January kat, for of some 14,000 mites Mi Thomas expressed belef

buh she had been bound over a worthy of attention. Frupeal cooperation, explaining thef

a bond of $50. In view of this the baahat relatively to the rest of

Magistrate imposed an additional The worl The British Conimen Wealth had suffered less during therence of one month's hard labour Sub-Inspector Nollath said that jelendant's usual ruse was to

Inverht acromie ens tran had there

Batons

The it We fr ava! and nopeful agena truf the word was past, and

imst But on the pretence of en- gaging a cubicle. Her child. at 125- structions from its mother, would

Boss er wete theme signs more drop a coin, and in the search for The money the defendant would manage to pick up anything valu-

sumers than in the British Em- pire.

Hte the mprovement in em able. ployment and in trade whien had The complainant, discuvering tne) taken place in Britain and the De-loss of her handbag soon after the mandoms, and referred to the extendefendant had left the fat, ran after sion of the principle af co-operation her and had her arrested.

in cases of the recent Wheat Agree-

ment and the declaration of the

Monetary and Economic Policy.

He believed that these would lead

14 other similar measures by which

The hopeless lack of

co-ordination

consumer,

between producer and which more than any other factori had brought the world to the verge of run, might be regulated and con- trolled-British Wireless Service.

L

HIS THIRTEENTH CONVICTION.

Plea That He Stole For Sick Child.

SENTENCE OF TWO YEARS'

HARD LABOUR

2 total, which are!

Of the Sussex Downs Ditchling ; Beacon, sites near Goodwood and Cissbury Ring above Worthing an among those recently scheduled.-- Reuter.

SIEGE OF FUNING ENDED.

Bandits Surrender After

Negotiations.

Tientsin. To-day.

BABY SOLD.

Child's Origin And Name Unknown:

TWO WOMEN REMANDED

A man like you wouldn't wonder. French was a big shot, and he could pull anything he liked. If thoso two had tried to escape they would have been pulled in on something or other before they had got ten miles,

Then the funny thing happened. French's gang pulled a job. They held up a motor-car and took a Kwu Sam-shum, widows, and Lee diamond necklace off the dame that Ng-shun, married woman, were was in it. That wasn't so good, remanded by Mr. Balfour al the because the dame happened to be Central Magistracy this morning on the wife of a U.S. senator and joharges connected with the sale of there are limits to things that you mule child aged about three can do even in Chicago. The police months, name and origin unknows, began to get busy and French wom tipped off that it was an establish. Monday last. Sub-Inspector Elston said that the ed fact that his gang had pulled Attorney General had ordered the the job and that somebody had got prosecution. There was only one to get "sent up" for it, and preliv witness to be called this morning.

quick, too! Chau Fung, the purchaser of the

The Chinese police forces be-

Her Idea Then French's wife had a funny sieging the walled city of Funing child, said that she was a widow have compelled the bandits in the with one daughter only. Destring idea. She thought it would be city to surrender without further to adopt a son, she was advised to good joke to plant the necklace on go to the first defendant, who offer- Rosanna and send her off out of

reaialance.

A delegation of the bandits helded her the child for $65. a parley with the Government off-woman stated that she cials outside the city on Wednes-child's amah.

day and the day-long discussions resulted in the settlement of terms of surrender by the bandits in the same evening.

The city gates have were

(

The Chicago accompanied by Charles. Was the Then the police could be tipped off

and the pair of them arrested.

unemployed Meanwhile, the process of dis- NEURALIA DELAYED

sentenced arming the bandits is in progress.

senator's

She paid $5 deposit and brought Everybody would then be happy, the child away, agreeing to pay the thought The Bona. The balance of $60 as soon as a signed wife would have her necklace back; agreement, wES drawn up, The Charles and Rosanna would go “up money was handed over to the second the river; the police would be defendant, who was holding the latisfied and French's gang would FREE STATE DELEGATE

opened yesterday morning, setting child. The accused were remanded be well rid of a pair of puling-in- FOR DANZIG

With twelve previous convictions, free the inhabitants inside the till 11 am on Tuesday next, [mine of walch were for "larceny city:

fants whose hearta had never been Continued from Page 1).

from the person", an

in their "work," anyway, "and who, she thought, were Chinese, Wong Cheng, recorded his

a pair of Alek headaches. Continuing, the British Foreign thirteenth when he was

BY TYPHOON. Secretary paid a tribute to Mr.to-day by a Full Court, with Mr.

A nice woman, The Bosa French thought it was a great Lester's remarkable courage, inde Schofield and Mr. Balfour as Magis-

Expected To-morrow. idea and sent for Goritz. Gorliz pendence and tact since his anno rates, to two years' hard labour for clation with the League' in tackling stealing a purse containing 412

suggested that. Charles and RosaNDA refugee questions. He concluded from Tang Kwal on the Taiping

The troopship Neuralla, which en should be sent to New York on by testifying to the respect and ad- Junk Wharf, West Point, yesterday.

countered typhonic conditions on pretended job that the necklace mirution the League Council felt

Wednesday, is now expected to ar should be slipped into Rosanna's for him.

rive at daybreak to-morrow, and will dressing-case while it was bolig sail for Shanghai, with the 2nd taken to the railroad station, and Battalion the Worcestershire Regis that when they had started, some body could telephone the detective ment, about noon be

M. Paul-Boncour (France) persuaded the Poles to with draw their objections, apen which Mr. Lester withdrew his

desire the appointment in such circumstances."UNN

His obfactions, however, were finally overcome British Wireless Services,

|

Sub-Inspector Hourihan said that |the defendant was chased by an In-

dfan constable and a hard struggle: took place on the stairway of an ad- Jacent house, both men falling down the stairs. 10

sick child, min

---Central News Agency.

TYPHOON NOW OFF ANNAM

To-day's Weather Forecast.

7

The typhoon is situated about, 100. The football match with the Lin-bureau who could then "wipe-up" coins arranged for to-day has been Charles and Rossina at the station. postponed until tomorrow morning. After a bit be decided that he didn't Colonel G. B Rowan-Hamilton, like the dressing-case idea and DSO, MO, who is to relieve Bri-would think up something a bit

la better. gadier B. B. Cousens,, D.8.0., Among the passengers,

The defendant said that he was miles east of Tourand, Annam, mov forced to steal to provide for his ing Westward.

Cloudly, with probably some driz Mr. Schoßeld ordered the child to us, and fresh north-easterly winds. be handed over to the Society for is the forecast issued by the Royal the Protection of Children,

Observatory, to-d

(Continued on Page 101.

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NAVY DAY.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28th.

The Dockyard will be open to visitors between 1.30 p.m. and 6.00 p.m.

Ships will be cleared of visitors at 6.45 p.m. and the Dockyard closed at 7.00 p.m.

ADMISSION - $1.00 (ONE DOLLAR).

The following will be admitted at half price: ― British soldiers, Airmen and police in uniform. All children under twelve.

Wives, and families, of British soldiers and airmen on production of a pass signed by their Commanding Officers.

PLACES

OF ADMISSION - Dockyard Main Gate, Queen's Road. Prince of Wales' Gate, Murray Road. Holders of pink tickets by small gate,

Murray Road.

Soldiers and airmen in uniform with their families should apply for half price tickets at the R.A.S.C. Depot opposite the Main Gate, Queen's Road.

CAR PARK.-

1

No cars will be allowed in the Dockyard.

Cars may be parked on the Murray Parade Ground, Garden Road,

Cars

$1.00

Motor cycles & Combinations $0.50 Cts.

CAMERAS

CAMERAS MAY NOT BE TAKEN

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