1934-08-17 — Page 10

THE CHINA" MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1934,

MOTORIST CHARGES KOWLOON MAGISTRACY WITH SLACKNESS

CHINA FLOODS

FOLLOW PATH

OF DROUGHT

2,800,000 Destitute In Hupeh.

VAST AREA AFFECTED

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Hankow, Aug. 10. According to surveys just made public by the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, nearly 10,000,000 people in Hupeh have been affected by by the present flood and drought disasters, of whom 2.800,000 are destitute and living on charity..

To-day's Short Story.

HE

THE

DEVIL IN

BUDAPEST

By Eugene

Heltai

E came out of the earth near was quiet as the dead, except for the Artesian Baths. At the the church bells ringing madly and same time the whole city was despairingly, shaken by a powerful earth-

In the churches the priests pray- quake. The air was stifling and ed while the faithful knelt down, full of sulphur fumes, and the land, sobbing, wrung their hands, people of Budapest thought the As for the devil, he went and sat day of the Last Judgment had on the cupola of his palace, come. Nobody could explain It; crouching there Ilke an enormous but, everyone was struck dumb bat. He stretched his arms out as with fright, which changed into if he would seize both men and a great shout of horror as they houses, and opened his mouth as if af-saw the devil coming down An-to swallow them all.

A total area of 93,361,000 mow of cultivated land has been. feeled in varying degrees.

Then he

drassy-avenue, near the Wood. uttered a terrible and hideous Those who saw him fell on their laugh, which was heard above the Eleven districts in Hupeh have knees, hiding their faces and mut-ringing of the bells. He laughed reported flooding, and damage to tering the words of some half-for-until dawn, without a stop the amount of $18,091,320 is 08- timated to have been done to crops and, property.

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Twenty-four districts have To ported drought damage to crops, totalling $54,047,000. (Cheklat Agency).

GO-BETWEEN FOR U.S. BANKERS.

Former Federal Reserve Head's New Post,

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL. By Telegraph, Copyright. Telegra phic' Messages Ordinance, 1891. "Re- ceived August 17, 8.50 a.m.)

Mr. Eugene R. Black, who on

Company.

a liaison

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[gotten prayer. Dogs howled, horses bolted, or stopped dead with

That night no one slept. In the fright. Pigeons and sparrows fell morning, when the devil was quiet, dead in the road, and along both the citizens opened their eyes, sides of Andrassy-avenue the trees pinched themselves, and were aa- were stripped of their leaves. Flow-tonished to find they were ers in the villa gardens withered. alive. All of them felt a little Meanwhile the devil came on, in better. There were ФУЕД Home his carriage drawn by four infer-optimists who were inclined to nal couraers. In front red, green think that the devil's appearance and blue devilkins danced about, was not quite so terrible as they

'TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "The Cure," by Chiltern Marex.

had thought in their first fright.

Brave men went down into the

streets. The devil was still sit- [ting on the cupola of his palace, with his head in his hands as if he were wondering what to do with this criminal and frivolous city.

JIN.

Here is one of the last photographs of the late Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, of Austria (left), who, shortly before his death at the hands of Next Insurgents, added to his powers as dictator of the country by pusting one Cabinet and forming another in which he held four important portfolios. This photo shows Dr. Dollfuss involved in an interesting conversation with Mr. Carl Laemmle, noted American film executive, during the latter's visit" In Vienna,

LATE MR. R. G. SHEWAN

- LEAVES $768,300 ::

MR. HOSIE'S

ATTACK

Bequests Largely To Relatives WORDY BATTLE

Probate of the will and coat-" cils of the late Mr. R. G. Shewan, of Mesars. Shewan, Tomes and Co., who died on February 15 last, leaving local estate valued at $768,300, has been granted to Mr. Jan Winchester, of Messra. Shewan, Tomez and Co., and to Mr. H. R. Sturt, of China Un- derwriters, Ltd.

The bequests were largely to relatives of deceased.

WITH BENCH IN

TRAFFIC CASE

DELAY IN ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS.

CONFLICTING EVIDENCE .

A brisk exchange of words be- tween the Kowloon Magistrate, Mr. E. 1. Wynne Jones, and the

TRAFFIC SIGN IN Secretary of the Hong Kong

ICE HOUSE ST.

Declared Not Prominent Enough.

ARMY OFFICER CAUTIONED

Major W. L. Eastwick-Field, R.

Whampoa Dock Company, Ltd., Mr. E. L. Hosie, took place at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- jing, when the latter answered a traffic summons.

Declaring that the summons - had taken nine days to reach

U.S. WHEAT ACREAGE PLAN A. Mess, Lyemoon, was cautioned him, Mr. Hosie made a swift re-

WATER METER COVERS Thief's Speciality Leads To $10 Fine.

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That the defendant had made

a practice of stealing Public

SITUATION

EXPLAINED

IN LONDON

Production Control Reviewed.

on a traffic summons by Mr. B. W. mark on the "slackness" of the Hamilton at the Central Magis department concerned in the is- tracy this morning for driving his

car in Ice House Street, between suance of the summons, Mr. Queen's Road and Des Voeux Wynne Jones. replying that ho

Road, which is closed to traffic. was "unable to do any better

The defendant was represented by than he was doing at present."

During, the hearing of the Mr. M. W. Lo, who entered a plea evidence, Mr. Wynne Jones ad- of guilty on a technical offence.

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"After all, what can happen to with the theft of such covers delegation reported that the fall the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G.{did not see the policeman.

on the

The Magistrate remarked that vised Mr. Hosie to "drive with the traffic sign was not placed in more attention in future." QUOTAS DISCUSSED. a prominent position and it was not The summons arose from an "How ugly he is!" exclaimed Works Department water meter

noticed until one was already in lee incident on July 31, when at Washington, To-day.

some; and then fled, disgusted covers and selling them to mar

London, To-day. House Street..

6.15 p.m.. it was stated that Mr. and horrified. But others, unable jine hawkers was mentioned by The American' Ambassador, Mr. |

Traffic-Inspector Nicol said that Hosie falled to stop when signall- Wednesday resigned the Governor- taking care not to tread on their to overcome. their curiosity, re- Detective-Sergeant Hemsley be Robert Bingham, presided at yes- he would look into the matter.

Ted to do so by a police officer in. ship of the Federal Reserve Board, tongues. Stout middle-aged devils, mained on the quaysides, at frat fore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfayden at terday's meeting, at the Board of

Chatham Road and failed to pro- left for Atlanta yesterday, where, dressed in green velvet embroider trembling, but peering at the devil the Central Magistracy this Trade, of the Wheat Advisory In addition to his duties as Gov-ed with silver and wearing red-as their courage returned. The morning in prosecuting an un- Committee. A communique issued

L.G.P. PROSECUTES duce his driving licence.

Mr. Hosie pleaded guilty to the ernor of the Atlanta Federal Re-cardinals' hate with two horns, crowd grew,

employed Chinese, Fong Ling later states that the United States The Inspector-General of Police, the first charge, stating that he second charge and not guilty to serve Bank, he will act a President walked on each side. Roosevelt's request as

In the carriage the King of Hell, me?" said a pedlar, and began to No. 87, Robinson Road,

from No. 15, Shelley Street and ure of this year's crops, following prosecuted in a traffic summons at between the Government and the Prince of Mammon, ant alone, driv offer opera-glasses to the gaping

as it did on the pear crop in the the Central Magistracy this mora- bankers, Firstly explaining the Ad-ing the horses himself. He looked crowd.

The defendant, it was stated, previous year, had greatly modling against a Chinese, E. K. Kwan

Driver Ignores Signal Soon whole row of ministration's banking and monet gloomily serene. For this moment opera-glasses were turned

was arrested by a fok! at No. 87. fled the reasons which had led the for driving private car No. 3018, said that he was on duty at the Sergeant Pennell, giving evidence, ary polices to the bankers and he had waited three hundred years. devil. His gestures were carefully Robinson Road, on July 25 in the United States Administration to which had not been newly licensed, Junction of Chatham and Gascoigne Secondly, explaining the bankers' Now he was master of the town watched: What would happen? caped while on the way to the adopt acreage reduction the de

act of stealing a cover, but es

Defendant pleaded guilty and Roads when he noticed private car troubles to the Administration. and its citizens. With a sneeze he What would he decide to do? But police station. A circular was to improve the position of the was fined $5, by the Magistrate, Mr. No. 2184 coming from Hung Hom United Press, per S. E. Levy and could sweep away the whole city the devil did not move: he seemed issued to all police stations, and American wheat farmer.

E. W. Hamilton. and scatter these puny creatures to be racking his brains.

and going in the direction of the to the four winds of heaven..

yesterday a Sanitary Depart- The United States Government,. It

Another Chinese, Seong Ho Lung, Star Ferry. When it was about 50 With majestic slowness he went move on the quays. People piled defendant actually

There was no longer room to ment's foreman came across the stated, was, however, prepared to was fined $5 for falling to renew his yards away he signalled it to stop, down Andrassy-avenue, through up on top of one another to watch break a water meter cover in the area sown to wheat from rising

trying to take the necessary steps to prevent driving license.

but it drew level with him without Furdo-street, across the suspen-the devil.

showing any sign of slowing down. sion bridge to Buda, and up to the

Stanton Street, and arrested above the level to which it had been

He thereupon shouted to the driver "It can't be the devil," said some him. top of Mount Gellert. There, in of them. "He'd have carried us off

reduced this year, provided other

to stop, and the latter looked round, Many of the old covers were countries were ready to continue the a twinkling, his followers erected a long ago if he had beon. Or at traced to a marine hawkers store, general effort to adjust the wheat magnificent palace, dark

and least, he'd have done something. but as the covers fiad been production to the demand re-bling city from its great height.

threatening, overlooking the trem- It's a conjurer's trick, or else some broken up they could not be iden-

propaganda stunt. You see, he'll tified as Government property. of the Reconstuction Finance Corbewildered inhabitants ran hither hair cream or toothpaste...

For the whole city trembled. Its be throwing us advertisements for A fine of $10, in default two poration to return to business.

weeks' hard labour, was imposed. and thither, or, seized with fright, President Roosevelt praised his

Some people got tired of waiting inside and went

double-locked and went home. Let come what service. United Press, per S. E.

their doors. Shops lowered their might. Shops opened, and Levy and Company.

the shutters; the theatres closed; all cafes acon filed up. Everywhere traffic stopped. The whole town the queation was warmly discuss

ed. Every man had his opinion, and every man's opinion was dif- ferent from the opinion of every- one else. The majority, however, agreed that the devil was on his

Mr. Harvey Couch Resigns From R.F.C.

PRAISED BY PRESIDENT

SPECIAL TO SUNDAY HERALU,

Washington, To-day. Mr. Harvey C. Couch has signed from the board of directors

MEMORIAL SERVICE

Colony's Tribute To Frontiersman.

AT UNINON-CHURCH TO-MORROW

A Memorial Service to the late Colonel D. P. Driscoll C. M. G.,

D. S. O., Commandant General Le- gion of Frontiersmen who raised

MAXIMUM FINE FOR WOMAN

$5,000 Imposed For 250 Taels Of Opium

R.O. GRIMMITT'S HAUL

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way elsewhere. The pessimists continued to maintain that, the

AMERICAN COTTON EXPORTS.

July Figures Show Big Decline.

BUT VALUE INCREASES

SPECIAL TO, CHINA MAIL

RESISTS ARREST

wha

Car Driver Fined For Kicking And Screaming.

slowed down to about six milles per

jhour, and then accelerated again. There was no other car in sight at the time.

The police officer thon mounted his motor-cycle and chased the car, fovertaking it opposite Harbour View

Hotel

When asked why he did not stop,

ACREAGE REDUCTION FIGURE The United States delegation add- ed that the reduction in acreage brought about in the United States CAUTIONED ON THREE" of America had been of sufficient |

OTHER CHARGES magnitude to represent, at average yields over the past ten yeara, some

Prosecuting Wo Kwan wing, Mr. Hosle, who was the driver of |100,000,000 bushels of wheat.

driver of private car No. 997, for

the cary retorted, "Why do you want Statements were made by the resisting arrest, Traffic-Inspector to stop me?" He was then asked various delegations as to the policies Nicol, at the Central Magistracy for his driving licence, but was of their Governments in regard to this morning, told the Magis: In defence, this morning, Mr.

unable to produce It.. the control of the wheat production. trate, Mr. E. W. Hamilton, that

storm

WES

Late yesterday afternoon the com- the defendant lay on the ground. Hosie pleaded that a mittee turned to the consideration kicked, and screamed when Traf-blowing up at the time and he was of the re-allocation of the quotas fle Sergeant Youe tried to ar-in a hurry to get to his hotel. He for the 1934 to 1935 period. The rest him.

ladded that he did not see the ser whole town, including themselves, • (My Telegraph, Copyright, Telegre Committee will meet again to-day

The incident took place on the geant at the road junction, would disappear. The devil con-phic Messages. Ordinance, 1891, R«- British Wireless Service.

morning of August 7 in Kennedy tinued to sit still. In the evening colved August 17; 868 mm)

"Difficult To Believe" Road during the special service at

Washington, To-day:

he began to laugh again, .......

The United States Department of "He's in a good temper," re- marked a commercial traveller in Commerce states that raw cotton

The maximum fine of $5,000, in default one year's hard labour, Scouts and Commanded priscoll's could was imposed on a Chinese boat a cafe's gambling-room. Disturb exports in July were 306,000 bales SWEDEN LEADING woman, Cheung Kee-mul, by Mr. ed as they were, his companions valued at U.S.$19,882,000, as-com- pared with 692,000 bales valued at Commanded the Legion of Fron W. Hamilton at the Central could not help smiling, tiersmen in the Great War,will

The dreadful laugh echoed all U.8-889,455,000 for the correspond be held at 4 pm. to-morrow at the Magistracy, yesterday for being in

possession of 250 taels of raw listened than the night before.

that night, but far fewer people ing period of last year. Union Church. Kowloon,

opium.

The Rev. H. C. Davies, M.C., C.F. will officiate.

South African veterans and other ex-service men are cordially

invited.

. For the year ending July, exports A further fine of $4,000, in de- Most of the citizens slept quietly, dropped 10.5 per cent. while the fault 12 months' hard labour, - WAS

Next morning all the papers value Increased by 28 per cent also imposed for possession of were full of the devil. Even the United Press, per 8. E. Levy And 220 taels of preparred opium, the leading articles were about him. Company,

What had he come for? What did sentence of imprisonment, how he want? Respectful, but digni- fever, to be concurrent

Revenue Officer Grimmitt said fied, the Press put these questions to him. He was invited to let the

At 1 p.m. the same day repre- sentatives of the Local Legion of Frontiersmen will lay a wreath in that the woman's campan memory of their leader at Cenotaph,

DISTRICT COURT MARTIAL.

Was

the raided in Yaumati Typhoon She people of Budapest know his plans

tower

PEGGING PRICE OF U.S. COTTON.

Bankhead.

' SPECIAL 10,CHINA MAILL

ter yesterday and the contraband and Intentions, sincerely and A.A.A. Expert Supports found on board. She claimed that frankly, so that they might know it had been given to her by a man

what to do. There followed long for safe keeping.

and detalled accounts of the devil's "An order for

arrival and setting-up house. N the confiscation

(By: Telegraph, Copyright, Telegrs of the sampan was also made. on

But the newspapers did not stop phic Messages Ordinance, 1884 S.W.B. Private Charged the application of the prosecution at that. From early morning an erived August 17, 3.56 m.)

Washington, To-day. army of reporters beseiged Mount With Theft of Towel.

Gellert They wanted nothing less Mr. Oscar Johnson, manager of Justment Ad- Private Richard John Ken Major E. H. Impey (Lincolns) than an interview with the devil the Agricultural, -nedy, of the South Wales Bor-was President, and other-mem- Falling that they would be satis ministration cotton pool, derers, was arraigned before a bers of the Court were Capted with a talk with his Minister, dorsed Senator Bank District Court Martial at Murray L. G. Gates (Lincolns) and Lieut. Or

that, with hie Janitor. tions Barracks yesterday on a charge J. G. Moon (South Wales Border of stealing a towel from the era) Capt. HM. (Davis (South China Fleet Club on August 4 Wales Borderers): prosecuted; crowns,

Accused was found not guilty and Capf. V. J.F. Popham (South on the charge but gality on the Wales Borderers) defended alternative count of bein Im Accused pleaded not gulity properly in possession of the both charges

hey succeeded in questioning thre

called Moria,

Oria¬told them thi

was going:

IRELAND QUALIFYING DAVIS CUP ROUND.

ROGERS ONLY SUCCESSFUL IRISHMAN

Stockholm, Today. Winning two of the three opening encounters, Sweden are in a very sound post-

tion to beat Ireland in the

Qualifying Round of the

·1935- Davis Cup Lawn Ten- nis contest.

Union Church.

The defendant'a Mr. Wynne Jones replied that It

car was parked outside St. Joseph's was difficult to believe that he had College, and when told to more, the driven pust-a-police officer who was

car, as it was obstructing traffic, he standing in the middle of the road refused to move, nor would be show with his arm outstretched, without his license when asked by the police seeing him. officer, said Inspector Nicol.

Mr Hosie then said that a small Three other summonses, failing to boy was running across the road at produce his license, causing obstructhe time, and this occupied his at- tion, and failing to obey directions tention. and signals promptly, were also pre- Sergeant Pennell, when question- ferred against the defendant, who ed by Mr. Wynne Jones, said that pleaded guilty in each case. bas he saw no boy run across the road. The Magistrate imposed a fine of Imposing a fine of $5 for the 325, in default one month's hard offence, Mr. Wynne Jones said, "T think you ought to drive with more labour, on the first count and cau- tioned the defendant on the three attention in future," A similar fine others.

was also imposed on the second count

(Continued from previous: Column.)

Slackness Charged

"When we put up the new Kow- At the conclusion of the hearing

G. Lyttleton Rogers, the giant loon Magistracy and have two Mr. Haste commented on the fact Irishman, was fully extended to Magistrates we shall be quicker, that it had taken nine days to issue beat Oestberg 6-1, 1-6, 6-8, 7-5, but until then I cannot do any bet the fumazione,

LICENSES NOT-RENEWED

He has taken part in many ter than I am doing now." tournaments in both England and the South of France, and has ac counted for many well-known players, including Henri Cochet Ellsworth Vines, and the late

and Baron Morpu cabled by Reuter were gers (Ireland) best Best

"Sapposing I had left the Colony, what would you do with the sum- mons?" he asked. "We would walt for your return,” replied Mr. Wynne Jonas.

Mr. Hosie: "And, if I had died?" Mr. Wynne Jones: "We would then cancel it

For failing to have his driver's license renewed, Flight-Lientenant WFMurray, of No: 5. Lyeemoon Buildings, was fined $5.

VP B. G. Clarke, of White Mr. Hosle then made a (Sweden), beat Meveagh House, “Shatin, was fined $5, for about slackness, to which

und-Oo-thirg

and "McGuire

not having his cy

cycle, license re- Wynne Jones replied: newed, and $5 for not having his (Continued at foot of preceding driver's license renewed,

Columi)