1934-10-08 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1934

To-day's Short Story.

Inspiration

By Florence Kilpatrick

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you asked Diana's husband Meeting him for the first time, it If you hat she did not take Aubrey le fist

could not cook; in fact, he might this, and with a deference he never tell you even if you didn't ask. jexpected to feel, he began to dis- Not that he was one to grumble play his must ambitious pictures. about her inefficiency, Diaria her-

aelf was so fair to look spon, she

bat auch delicious dimples, dis-

DIA

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IANA, with heightened colour and fast-beating heart, look- tractingly pretty eyes, and pro-ed on anxiously. She knew that vocative red lips he considered Aubrey, with the curious pride that she was well worth the which seems to be the prerogative: agonies of indigestion which she of starving artists, would never al-] innocently inflicted upon him. Hej feasted his eyes on her perfec. tions, and always kept a box of bismuth tablets in his pocket.

Dianu herself was well aware of her shortcomings, and it must be said in her defence that she strove most earnestly to improve herself. Now, as she stood in the tiny kitchen of the flat that waa so inconvenient because the only

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will he "Gentlemen's Game" by. H. C. Mcade.

living room had to be given up to low her uncle to buy any of his Aubrey for his studio, her face work out of charity. But suppos

The Rev. R. W. D. Peck, the younger son 194. Lektor angst i

24 of Hankow, was married to Miss Maria Schatel at the Methodist Church, Wanchal, on Saturday. Our photograph shown the bridal group taken Rev. Frank A. after the ceremony. The Misses Maud Johnson and Olive Brown were brid comalds, 'while the White was best man." (King's Studia),

looked grave almost to apprehen- ing he showed genuine enthu-ARMED ROBBERS ARE THE DOUBLE

sion. How competely did she dis-siaam for il? To her secret sur- trust the sausages that lay on the prise he paused long before the conking board.

Unassuming they looked, yet sine knew they were only waiting their -chance to get into the frying pan to his and burst their bonds. She would scrape out the result after wards with n spoon and Aubrey would say:

"Can't you do any better than this, my dear?"

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COMETIMES she felt inclined to aug the same thing about his pictures; for it must be admitted that Aubrey was as unsue sful in selling his efforts as Diana was

foming out-burst of colour repre Isented in "Dawn" and studied it! Learnestly.

"I've only just started that," sald; Aubrey. flattered by his interest "But the idea has gripped me.... 've been working at it in a fever of enthusiasm.....

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TAXI-DRIVER ASSAULTED

FOILED BY DOG

TENTH

Attempt On Monastery CELEBRATIONS

Frustrated THROUGHOUT WORLD THIS WEDNESDAY

SERVANT'S BULLET WOUND

The barking of a dog frustrated on attempted armed robbery at Tung Ko Toi Monastery, Lo Woi} |Village, Taun Wan, in the early

hours of this morning.

Many Local Activities Planned

CANTON WAR MANOEUVRES

NULLAH MURDER

APPEAL

MERE SUSPICIONS ONLY

ASSERTS COUNSEL

MARY PINE'S EVIDENCE LOST

THAT, in the absence of Mary Pine's evidence, the case relied

PHÁT

solely on circumstantial evidence' which was not sufficient to support a conviction; and that reference to Mary Pine's evidence in the Crown's opening had created an impression on the jury,. which, although they' were' warn to disregard, could not be remov- ed the mischief already being done were among the polits stressed by Mr. R. C. H: Lim, counsel in the appeal against the death sentence passed on Ng Lob-yuen at the September Criminal Session for the murder of Michael Pine, aged 8, on June 22. ...The application for appeal was made before a Full Court sit- ting at the Supreme Court this morning, with the Puisne Judge, Mr. J: Jacks and Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden, Mr. R. C. H. Eim, coun- sel in the application, was instructed by Mr. P. T. K. Kemble. Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant Attorney-General, assisted by Mr. H. Lockhart Smith, was for the Crown.

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The appellant, Ng Loi-yuen, other than Mary Pine, the prosecu- who was charged with the mur- tion had produced no other witness der of Michael Pine by throwing who could say that they saw, the him into the nullah near the appelant throw all five children into Lower Peak Tramway Station on the nullah, be asserted.

The pro-

HEAVY SEAS DASH June 22, was first tried on Aug-secution had asked the jury to in-

RESCUE HOPES

uat 21, but owing to a disagree-fer that because Mrs. Fairburn had ment in the jury, the case was seen the Chinese throw two children re-heard on September 9, with into the nullah the appellant had the aid of a special jury." The thrown all five. The sum total of appellant was then convicted the evidence was not inconsistent and sentenced to death, a recom- with the appellant's innocence, said mendation for merey being made Mr. Lim by the jury.

granted.

Suffolk Lifeboats Fail To Reach Stricken Vessel TUGBOAT FORCED BACK

In his application for leave to Mr. Lim, in his arguments, also uppeal Mr. Lim, at the outset of The heavy weather prevailing in attacked the evidence produced by proceedings, said that the appeal

the Crown as amounting, at the the vicinity of Pratus Island yes.

was being made on the question of terday prevented all the attempts very most, to mere suspicion. law and of fact. He was given to of the lifeboats from H.M.S. Suf. Theories put by, both the prosecu understand that the appeal would folk, which was rushed to the tion and defence in regard to the be treated as final, so that if any stranded Bank line steamer City of actual crime at the nullah were one or more or his points were ac- Awakened by the barking of a

Cambridge, to get alongside the submitted to be equally consistent cepted, leave to appeal would be dog at 1.45 a.m. Mau Fung, a 34-1

On Wednesday Chinese through-ship, -7,

and that the jury were not entitiel year-old monk, stated to the police;

The Taikoo tugboat, which left to accept one or the other theory that he went to the window and out the world will celebrate the

Mr. Lim also asked leave to filo further notice of additional saw several men in the grounde be-"Double Tenth", the 23rd an-Hong Kong on Saturday to render under such circumstances. If they in cooking meals. There seemed every probability that this aminble

low, declaring that there were at niversary of the establishment of assistance, had to turn back owing did, their decision was one-based a

to the bad weather. With the im-on suspicion and the Court could grounds for appeal, mentioning and delightful young couple would "SAW TOO MANY PICTURES" least six. Hearing a cry of "Save the Chinese Republic, when a gen-provement in the weather, how not convict on suspicion, asserted that the Registrar had refused to

Life," he dashed downstairs blow-eral holiday will be declared ever, she again left for the scene counsel.

accept them as there was no pro- eventually starve to death.

vision in the laws of the Colony on Diana sigheel. A blue smoke The case of an assault on a taxing a police whistle as be ran throughout China.

"A Great Gap"

that point. rose up like incense from a sacer-driver was heard before Mr. E. 1. When he arrived in the grounds the

H.M.S. Suffolk arrived at Pratas There was a great gap between Social and sporting activities Wynne Jones at the Kowloon men had fled leaving Wong Ching-

will feature the day, while tri-at noon yesterday and found the the crime and the appellant, and. "Must we hare sausages so often, Magistracy this morning when Ins-wong, a servant, suffering from a dearest?" demanded Aubrey fifteen pector Post, of the Kowloon City bullet wound in the left hand and butes to men such as Sun Yat-blg freighter still hard and fast on

head injuries....

sen, Huang Hsiang, Chen Chi-ja reef. The only feasible means of minutes later,

Police Station, prosecuted Lee Wah-| "They're the easiest 10 cook, yiu, a 22-year-old unemployed, for

No property was stolen, and the mei, Chi Hsieh yuan, La Jung-getting to the freighter will men are reported to have escaped lin, Yuan Shil-kai and others, from a lagoon, but so far boats! WOMAN STEALS: time, but neglected to do so. tarling, and so very cheap. You assaulting Cheung So, a 35-year- In the direction of Shing Mun Road, who played a prominent part in from the Suffolk, have been

dotal altar.

Defendant Denies Everything

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know we have to consider that."[old taxi-driver, in Cumberland She paused and regarded him cau-Road at about 9.20 p.m. on Friday tiously from under her lashes. "If night,

tactlessly.

JOSS PAPER BURNING STARTS FIRE

Minor Blaze Quickly

Under Control

this morning.

1

bel

2 able

building up the Chinese Republic, to get through the passage. will be paid in many centres.

A reception commemorating the CHINESE

day when General Huang Hslang

led his successful revolution in Hankow. which eventually.caused

LOCAL. ACTIVITIES

:

OF JUSTICE

Dr. Io's Successor

Mr. Fraser said that the draft was never offered to the Registrar, and that counsel was open to the tain a direction of the Judge at the

Mr. Lim said that leave on this point should be granted if the pro- secution was not opposed to it.

WRIST WATCH Stanley School Mistress Mr. Fraser said that he did not

Victimised

oppose it, and leave was accordingly granted by the Court.

Defence Prejudiced

In his first grounds for appeal

fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the against the sentence, Mr. Lim said Central Magistracy this morning that there was a miscarriage of Shanghal, To-day. for the theft of a gold wrist watch, justice in that the statement of No decision has yet been reached the property of Miss Fok Hau-Mary Pine's evidence, mentioned in Wen-kan,, who resigned from thelley Girls Doll said th regarding a successor to Dr. Loching, a school teacher of the Stan- the Crown's opening, had seriously

prejudiced the defence.

only you could-er-would paint] The inspector stated that the pictures that were more popular so defendant and another Chinese that they would sell..." "Sell" he who was not in custody, hired the

Wong Lai-ching, a 19-year-okl interrupted bitterly, "The public taxi, No. 736, at the Star Ferry and

the dethronement of the Manchu No Decision Regarding married woman, was charged be do not recognise my originality, my told the driver to go to Kowloon

Dynasty, 28 years ago. will be conception of art. Is it possible Tong. When reaching Cumberland

held at the Chinese Merchants' now that even you expect me to Road, at the end of Lincoln Road,

Club, China Building. Foreign turn out pictures mechanically like the defendant told the driver to

consular officials, it is stated, have -like" his eye fell on the dish stop. As the taxi came to a stand-

A fire broke out last night, on been invited to attend the func2 before him-"like the pork butcher still the driver was seized by the Lane and is stated to have been H. Kotewall and Dr. S. W. Ten will the verandah of No. 9 Stone Nullah tion. Sir Shou-gon Chow, Dr. R. turns out his sausages?"

neck by the defendant, while the caused by the burning of joes be in charge. "Well, at least he knows that other occupant struck him on the

post of Chinese Minister of Justice Sergeant Dall said that defendant Mr. Lim referred to the evidence they will sell;" commented Dinna head with an Indian club, which on the scene immediately. and had There will also be a general Chu Cheng, President of the Judi- complainant to

paper. The Fire Brigade arrived

on October 4, according to an an. went to the complainant's house, in of Master Eric Davis and Mrs. nouncement made yesterday by Mr. Stanley, on Saturday, and asked Fairburn, showing that neither had write a letter for seen the appellant throw Michael Aubrey sprang to his feet. "You

the defendant carried in a basket. the fire under control in a few holiday in the Colony, Governcial Yuan, who arrived here from her, and it was then that the watch Pine into the nullah. There was no have no faith in me now, I know. Cumberland Road, and the other, verandah was charred.

along minutes. Only a small part of the ment offices, the Chinese Maritima but one day you will live to see me the defendant, along Lincoln Road.

Shanghai yesterday morning.was stolen. The watch was later direct evidence to implicate the Customs, the 'Courts at the Cen-!

recovered from a watchmaker's appellant. There was no evidence famous, I am working on my mas-A police whistle was blown by the

tral Magistracy and Kowloon all terpiece. I feel inspired. Look at driver, who had managed to pull

Mr. Lo Wen-kan resigned in view shop.

to show what he did to the other that." He swung round the easel himself together, but the men were

being closed.

of the decision of the Central Polf Defendant said that she picked children or what he did to any of before which he had been working too far away for him to give chase

Preparations are now being tical Council to place the Ministry up the watch after the children; the other children. The evidence all the morning and waved his arm on foot so he started off in his taxi..

made by the Colony's Chinese under the jurisdiction, of the Judi- who had been playing with it, had was merely circumstantial. The child- girls schools, under the leader-cial Yuan..

left it, and took it to the watch, ren had been down the nullah by the at the canvas with dramatic ges-

European Joins Chase

ship of the Chinese Young Wo- ture. "I shall call it "Dawn"...

It was understood that Mr. Hsieh maker to be fixed.

steps before, a fact not mentioned men's Christian Association.. to Kwan-Ben, Secretary-General to the

Sentence of one month's impri- before, and which, if Mary Fine báð celebrate the day by a hiking tour Judicial Yuan, was likely to succeed sonment was imposed. to Shatia. A flag-raising cere Mr. Lo Wen-kan, but meanwhile,

Both men then ran, one

'the embodiment of hope...the pro- The whistle was heard by Mr. L. mise of achievement...Look!" Jack, of No. 6 Lincoln Road, who Diana looked. What she saw was rushed out of his house and chased

The defendant denied

PREMEDITATED CRIME

Looking For Man To Stab

Reuter,

OBITUARY

"I was looking for Chinese mony will be performed at the As the Vice-Minister of Justice, Mr. a violent blending of colour in a the defendant, and Lee was finally called Lin Chan-chaw to stab him, Bociation's building, *Bonham sprawling untidy design; what her arrested by a Indian policeman in because we had had an argument", Road, and it is expected that, hun-Cheng. Tien-hai is officiating. mind calculated was that another Waterloo Road,

stated Chan Bun, who pleaded drèds of girls, will gather at the twelve shilling canvas had been

every-guilty to a charge, of being in pos-Kowloon-Canton Railway Station. spoiled and would shortly join the thing, stating that he was walking session of an instrument fit for an where they will start their outfog rest of Aubrey's inspirations that along Waterloo Road when he was unlawful purpose; when he appear at 11:30 a.m.

ed before Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones, at were stacked, face to the wall, arrested by a policeman.

She glanced Cheung So, the taxi driver, then the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- around the studio. apprehensively, too, at his paint gave evidence stating that two mening.

engaged his taxi at the ferry and

Detective Sergeant Kennedy "It certainly has atmosphere," went out to Kowloon Tong where stated that the defendant was yeen she commented, to please him. they assaulted him. He identified in a scavenging lane behind Tung She had learnt that you must never the defendant as being one of the Choi Street, at 3 am. on October 7

littered patetis.

insult a modera artist by saying men.

.

When approached by a constable he

was a screw-driver.

his picture is pretty, pleasing, O Evidence of Indentification was dropped the instrument, which charming. "I wonder what uncle Also given by Mr. L. Jack.

will think of your work," she went "Schoolboy Excapade”

on. "He's coming to see us to-day.

we can

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CANTON PLANNING

NAVAL EXERCISES

Captain Grunberg At Age Of 61

SUMMONS WITHDRAWN AGAINST. MISS FAIR

been available for cross-examina- tion, would have been brought out in support of the defence, said Mr. Lim

Mr. Fraser said that he failed to see the point. **

The summons against Miss Bery! Mr. Lim replied that the Crown Fair, driver of private car No. 2034, in its opening had only given the for speeding along Whitfield Road part which was helpful to the pro on September 21 was withdrawn on secution and not to the defence. the application of Traffic-Inspector Had Mary Pine come to Court other Alexander before Mr. E. W. Hamll-facts would have gone before the ton at the Central Magistracy this jury. Mary Plne had said that the morning. Mr. O. E. C. Marton ap appellant was with them on the The death of Captain Peter peared for Miss Fair.

[bridge'' while^ "they were playing. [Grunberg, of No. 4 United Terrace,

{thers, and Eric Davis had said that Homuntin, Kowloon, occurred at the

· APPENDICITIS VICTIM

IN RIVER DELTA Kowloon Hospital yesterday even COLONY WATER CONSUMPTION no one else was there,

Ing.

* Bruise, Mark Reference Mr. Lim also referred to the re- (Continued, From Page 1) Captain, Grunberg, who was 61 Consumption of water in the City Inspector Post: "I think that it; The marriage between Mias Alico

years of age, and who died from of Victoria and Hill Districts for ference by the Crown to the broise He has so much money, and if only was a school-boy escapade. Thoy Agnes Leung, the fourth daughter

The Chao Ho is commanded by appendicitis, was a native of Latvia, the month of September, was 431.20 marks on Mary Pine's neck, which, decided to go for a ride, but they of the late Mr. Leung, Yung-kwong Captain, Yang Chao-lur, who is a He went to sen at the age of 14 and million gallone, as against: 263.35 he claimed, the Crown had inferred "I don't intend to pander to your had no money, so they assaulted and Mrs. Leung, and Mr. Jack veteran gunnery officer and na- later went to England where he was million gallons for the same period to the jury were caused by the uncle," said Aubrey moodily. "In the driver." A any case, he hasn't forgiven you Mr. Wynne Jones: "I don't think and Mrs. Min Young- kono wanvigator. She was built in. Ger- employed by a British shopping to in Kowloon for the same perfid her to throw her into the munis

Francis Mi, the eldest son of Germployed firm of last year, while the consumption appellant when he caught hold of for marrying me, and I don't sup- you can call it a school-boy escar solemnised on Saturday at St. was used as a training ship in Latvia and later to Vladivostock was 229.89 million gallons,

Mr Jim also referred to the sum- "pose he knows

the least thing about ade, as the defendant, is 22 years Joseph's Church, Kowloon Tong. the early days of the Republic - where he work

of age."

art."

On this point, however, Aubrey Inspector Post: The defendant mistaken. Like a great many is one who has spent a good des!

*ople who possess the artistic tempf bis time at the pictures, and not the taxi drive

to

Had pulled him

for Ru ian Bgainst 206.29 million gallons for ming up by the Chief Justice to the According to the vernacular Company. After the revoli

Jury in which he said he made cerë. Lain mention, directly or indirectly, press, the three, cruisers are soon went to Shanghai

"part in the tumn! Honz tranoeuvres on the Loper sens,

September, 1939

Sentence

the hard for Marine, which was given in

probab off the

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was of consider

not Canton River" "No date has trouble. been anno

perament, he was inclined to be only gets these silly ideas from the to the taxl contemptuous of those who have theatres but also takes his names. amassed, much money in business. His names are Lee Wah-ylu, allas use the taxi or cat Mr. Henry Forbes Randall had LChing-pong: Donald Ricardo Leo, and yet the driver struck you over dron le und spent enormous sums in acquiring and David Lee."

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good pictures, and he knew, his fee then stated that he had had A fine of $100, ing de aubject?

nothing to do with the affair, but, weeks' hard labour tras

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12 strokes of the birch, the Crown's opening.

and to stop theré not fair to the” fence, and

rown should have gone on

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proceeding

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