1934-10-23 — Page 9

SCOTT ON LAST HOP

(Continued From Page 1) Americans Challenge

Dutchmen

Darwin, To-day,

With scant hope of catching up with the speedy British plans piloted by Scott and. Campbell Black, the Dutch airmen in their Douglas D.C.2. ure pushing on with all haste to avoid being overtaken by the American flyers, Co- lonel Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, who are making a des- perate bid for second place.

The latter pair left Singa pure at 3.27 p.m. G.M.T. at, tempting a non-stop flight to Darwin,

The Flying Dutchmen, however, are well in the lead, having landed here at 11 o'clock G.M.T. and de- parted again after quick re-fuck- ling. They left Koepang and Rampbang, D.EL.. at 3.57 p.m. and 7.50 p.m., respectively-Reuter.

Perilous Timor Sea Crossing

London. To-day

Austra- The first landing on lian soil of competitors in the England to Melbourne air, race was. made yesterday by Charles Scott and Campbell Black in their British de Havilland Comet, who, after an eventful record-break- ing flight.. reached Darwin' at 11.8 am. G.M.T... having flown) the 9,147 miles in 2 days 4 hours

8 minutes.

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934

While Reichleader Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany, was launching his return the Sanr to Germany" campaign at Coblenz recently, 80,000 Communists and Socialists gathered in a forest near Saarbrucken and conducted an anti-litter meeting. picture shows a portion of the vast throng, armed Hitler posters and banners.

SCOTT REGAINS

LOST LAURELS IN

LATTER STAGES

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The above! with anti

INDIAN TO BE

DEPORTED

False Declaration Regarding Passport

INVESTITURE

AT GOVERNMENT

HOUSE TO-DAY

(Continued from Page 1) Martin M.-B. E. and Mr. F. J. de Rome M. B. E.; C. 5. M. GT. Pad-

gett by Captain L. G. Gates M., B.

E,

Today's Short Story.

MURDER

one can have

By Storm Jameson

E. and C. 1. M. R. J. Everest M. B. N the murder of de regretted Severn's majestic house. And there

ago.

JAPANESE FOUND

GUILTY OF LIBEL

AGAINST POLICE

Sentenced On Three Counts

CHIEF JUSTICE REMARKS ON LACK OF REGRET

by Captain H. S. Cresswell, N. A. o.was not the sort of man one re- He owned the land on which his C., and Lieutenant F. J. Saunders, grets: He was rich, dirty, and' il-wretched hovel stood. The hovel literate. He was very rich had leaned close to the side wail of

Found guilty on all three charges N. A. O. C.

The of publishing false and demafatory Before investing the recipients how rich no one knew until his the lodge since the lodge was built- with the appropriate medals His sudden end, when the sum of two hundred years Excellency addressed them aa fof fifty-nine thousand pounds was original owner of Severn Hall had bele against the Hong Kong Po- discovered in the bread pannikin. no objected, nor had any of his lice Force in the form of letters The rest, a trifle of thrt thou-descendants, until it came into the addressed to the Hon. Colonial sand, was the bank. This money possession of a very distant Severn, Secretary, the Hon. Secretary for had all been made out of pigs. to whom Blaber and his hovel were Chinese Affairs, and the Hon. Ins. pector-General of Police. Goro He did not keep them; he bought sheerly maddening.. George Robert Holloway-It is a and sold them. He also bought great pleasure to me to. present to and sold old horses.

low-

.30 Years' Service In Colony

Sir Thomas was a bachelor, of Kurata, an unemployed Japanese wide and exquisite culture. He photographer, was this, morning you to-day the Imperial Service He hyed in a shabby, Insanitary, collected glass and Dutch pictures. sentenced to 9 months' hard labour Medal which has been graciously tumbledown cottage of two rooms Under the warmth of his taste and on each count by the Chief Justice, awarded to you by His Majesty The at the very gate of Sir Thomas his income the Hall and the gardens Mr. A. D. A. MacGregor, at the King in recognition of your meri Severn's drive, and when the Income flowered into an unfamiliar love Criminal Sessions, Supreme Court. torious. services.

Tax collector called on him with a liness. Only Blaber's hovel marred The sentences are to be concurrent. Remarking that it was a very You joined the Army Ordinance request for six hundred pounds he the pattern. Department at Woolwich in the produced the amount, in notes, from

Sir Thomas tried persuasion, proper verdict, the Chief Justice year 1887 and were promoted. to his pocket, and threw it sulkily on

Blaber did not sold that one could not overlook threats, money. the grade of Assistant. Foreman in the table. He objected strongly to understand the first, and the threats such a malicious statement against 1894, which appointment you held paying away money for which he

produced a contemptuous chuckle. such an important branch of public until your arrival in this Colony in could see no return. When it was As for money-well, what could activity, as that force which was December 1899, when you were ad represented to him that he was, in

He good order and peace in the Colony. vanced to Foreman. After five fact, supporting the British Empire, money mean to a man who kept charged with the maintainence of

notes in the bread pannikin? years. In Hong Kong you served he showed a deplorable indifference didn't want money. He wanted his "You do not seem to have come to your senses and property appreciate Nor have again for over a year at Woolwich to his privileges. And he could

two warm, dirty, familiar rooms. Arsenal returning here in Septem-jot sign his name."

Sir Thomas took to driving your position as yet. ber 1908. Being an leave at the In addition, he was

through his gates with his face you, although you have had many outbreak of the Great War, you did squalid object in Dorset.

If, drawn by a dreadful opportunities during the trial, laverted. temporary duty with the Army Or-never been washed slice his second fascination, he glanced to the right made any expression of regret or dinance Department at Portsmouth, birthday, when his mother gave up

most tho

He had

returning here in December 1915. her perfunctory attempts on him he was almost sure to see the grotes sorrow, for the offence. If you had que, leering face of J. Blaber seen fit to do so I should have re- Since that date you-have served con- The windows of bis cottage were watching him with an air of furtive, garded the act as a foolish exhibi- tinuously with the Royal Army stuffed with old rags. The outside

It was almost too tion of bad temper. Under the cir Ordnance Depot in this Colony, ex-was unspeakably filthy and decayed, much for a sensitive-minded man. cumstances I cannot do so and cept for two periods of leave. You Taken together, he and his cottage Sir Thomas began to think of going must treat it as a serious offence",

were promoted to be Chief Fore ruined the entrance to Sir Thomas' man in this Department in Decem Surun Singh, an unemployed In-ber 1918, and retired in May 1984.

You have a fine record of service! dian, was charged before Mr. E.

W. Hamilton at the Central Magis having been associated with the tracy this morning with entering Army Ordnance Department for the Colony without a passport in

nearly 47 years of which 30 years was spent in Hong Kong and I congratulate you on the recognition which your service has received.

Impressive Volunteer

Detective-Sergeant Mottram

MILITARY OFFICER FINED IN KOWLOON

Allowed Dog To Go Unmuzzled

→

amusement.

abroad.

said the Chief Justice. So that though no doubt he was!

Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant At-

(Continued from Page 1.) The Comet landed with only one of her engines fuetioning, the

Scott, himself, haa, held the second having faded out while!

shocked and startled he was not torney tieneral, prosecuted, and very sorry to hear that J. Blaber defendant was not legally repre- over the perilous Timor Sea, and cord on earlier flights, of which this

had been found dead in the back, sented.

The jury empanelled comprised for 2 hours the airmen had a is his third over the same route.

room of his cottage, shot through

No of Messrs. J. H. Hunt (Foreman), hard fight to maintain height above A temporary disappointment was

the heart with his own gun, heavy rain clouds:

caused when the news was flashed January this year.

one was very sorry. J. Blaber had. F. Azevedo, D. A. Goodwin, H. The co-operation of the pear-

no friends. For a long time the Rumjahn, Yu Yam, P. Kingston ling luggers plying their calling in from Darwin that the great airman

having stated that defendant said that he

police could not find that he had, Kwok and F. P. Pereira.

The letters, which referred to the Timor Sea was sought by the and his companion were

had had a passport through, a

Lt. Fira Bux, of the Hong Kong any relatives. Centenary Air Race Committee to trouble with one of their engines. lawyer in Hong Kong prior to his

In the meantime enquiries were bribery as having been practised Record make the 480-mile sea crossing Fears that repairs would involve a coming to the Colony, but had lost

Mule Corps, Whitfield Barracks, from Koepang to Darwin less long delay were, however, soon it in Macao. Investigation reveal-

in Wanchai George Thomas Padgett-1 have was fined $10 by Mr. E. I. Wynne begun into the manner of his death. by members of the Force in con- hazardous. The luggers were afterwards dispelled.

ed the fact that no passport had

great pleasure in investing you to Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy It was at first assumed that he had nection, it was alleged, with sly spaced at 10-mile intervals..

The 2,200 miles stage of their been issued to defendant. The airmen, having responded 103

journey from Singapore to Darwin, An expulsion order was made today with the Insignia of a member this morning for allowing his dog shot himself-perhaps by accident Japanese brothels

without a muzzle at 9.15 am. on seen himself. But the local doctor, these heads are best friends of the the enthusiastic welcome from

British Empire. (Military Division) September 29,

after long cogitations over the body, Police Department and under the

and enuffing influence of bribery. great crowd, assembled on the of which practically all of it is over send defendant. back to India on of the Most Excellent Order of the to wander in Kimberley Road-perhaps because he had suddenly each contained the sentence "Al

which was graciously conferred upon He was abo summoned for hey walking, crawling,

Accused's Evidence- Herodrome, Immediately set three-more than equal in risk to Thursday,

you by the King on the occasion of

ing no license for the dog, but as round-it-in-a-professionally_un_ mechanics to work on repaire, and crossing the Atlantic with only mechanics to work our the esine one engine in action for a consider

His Majesty's last birthday in re-ins was able to produce the license pleasant way, gave it as his opiston cognition of the services rendered by you in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.

was firing again.

ONLY BRIEF STAY

Jable part of the hop must have proved a particularly anxious time for the exhausted airmen.--British|

. At 11.05 p.m. local time (1.35 Wireless Service. p.m. G.M.T.) the Comet took off

again on the 1,389 miles, stage for

Charleville, which is 787 miles fron Melbourno.

Scott's Comet leads the field by

a handsome margin. Following ini

CATHCART JONES LEAVES ALLHABAD

[Continued from-Page 1)

Mr. H. L.

its wake is the big Dutch Airliner, The British flyer,

COWARDLY ATTACK ON TAXI DRIVER

Two Chinese Sentenced To 3 Years' Hard

$8 STOLEN AFTER USE - OF PEPPER.

After serving two years,

from

he was dismissed on that court. at the inquest that the wound had

31r. A.. A. Alves of No. 149 not been 'self-inflicted/ Waterloo Road, was fined $10 by

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Accused gave evidence and said that the letters were typed by a Chinese named Ah Chong at his

1917 to 1919, in the Royal West Joon Magistracy this morning for As soon as the news spread he Police Department to acquaint

Kent Territorial Regiment you

Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones at the Kow-10 someone had murdered Blaber, request and were intended for the allowing his dog to wander un ceased to be the object of mild them of alleged misconduct in came out to this Colony and joined muzzled in Waterloo Road at 9:30 speculation and became the centre Wanchal. He had not asked for

p.m. on September 80.

the Volunteer Defence Corps in No- vember 1922. You were promoted

to bà Lance-Corporal in February With a criminal record showing 1924 and Corporal in August of that year. You were appointed Sergeant Douglas D.C.2, piloted by Parmen- Brook, piloting his own entry, a conviction, with sentence of five

LOCAL RESIDENT HONOURED

of a positive maelstrom of talk, letters to be sent to the other de clues, mystery and terror. They partments and considered that this said that the Vicar had been very was done by the Chinese' of his

accord.. queer in his manner ever since, at

Easter, he was suddenly confronted Cross-examined by Mr. Fraser by Miss Edith Snow in magenta be admitted that he did know that

They were the Miles, Hawk machine, entered ployed Chinese was convicted. on a You have been in the Corps, there- Names To Be Used For satin and kid boots. They said that other letters were typed, but did

The other New Zealand en try, piloted by J. D. Hewett and C. E. Kay, left Baghdad yesterday afternoon,

and sentenced five years hard labour.

Playgrounds

Miss Snow herself wasn't herself think the letters were true. when she saw a man-and J. Blaber

Chinese Does Typing

was a man, after all. The village

tier and Moll. They left Singa-Miles Falcon machine, arrived at years' hard labour, for a similar of in March 1925 and Company Ser pore at 7.34

a.m. G.M.T., eight Rome at 11.10 p.m. yesterday, while fence in 1924, Tsang Fuk, an unemgeant Major In September 1928. hours behind Scott. reported three hours later at Koc-by the Manawatu Aero Club, and charge of robbing by two or more, fore, for almost 12 years and have pang, and Darwin was still 1,000 piloted by Squadron Leader Mal- by Mr. Justice P. Jacks, at the a very good record of service. Ori- colm MacGregor and Henry Walk- Criminal Sessions, Supreme Court, ginally in the Engineer Company,

The Executive Committee of let itself go for the first time since Yome Abe, the sister of "Nagasa miles distant.

The third position in the race sjer, is reported in at Jodhpur.

to imprisonment of you were transferred to the Corps the Children's Playgrounds As-Mr. ffoliott zan off with the jockey,ki Jee," the owner of the restaur held by the Americans, Turner und

Signal Section, when this was first sociation, being unanimously of leaving a note between her hus- ant in Wanchal, where defendant had borrowed the typewriter, said Another Chinese, Lai Cheung, formed, and there is no doubt that the opinion that in view of the band's teeth in the bathroom. Pangborne, in their Boeing trans-

was also found guilty for the same your keenness and efficiency in the important part taken by the

A detective came down to assist that the accused came with a port plane. They arrived at Singa- pore at 2.5 p.m. G.M.T., seven hours

offence and received a similar sen- various ranks in which you have President, the Hon. Sir Thomas the local police. He put up at the Chinese on two occasions before the served have entitled you to this re- Southern, C.M.G., and by the village Inn, where the only other end of August and used the ma- after the Dutch airliner, and were off in pursuit after staying only 15 with R. Parer and G. E. Hemsworth| The charge arose out of an attack cognition. I offer you my sincero Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. L. Mc- guest was a young Mr. Eliot, known chine. The Chinese did the typing,

at the controls, has returned to Leon a taxi-cab driver on the night of congratulations.*** Bourget aerodrome and has with August 29. The taxi was hired in have drawn from the race. The pilots Jordan Road by the two defendants yet been reported at the controls made 3 forced landing near Bou-and driven to Shamshuipo where they attacked the driver and stole beyond Allahabad, where the Molli-logne on the first day-Reuter.

$8 in money. sons in their Comet are held up by

minutes.

·MOLLISONS LIKELY OUT No other competitors

a broken all pipe, which will pro-

bably put them out of the rate.

The third Comet, piloted by Cath- cart Jones and Waller, however.! which arrived at Allahabad at 8.82 a.m. G. M. T. left at 238 p.m. after repairing the propellor.

The sole entry from New Guinea, tence.

:

BRITISH FLYERS CAPTURE $50,000 PRIZE

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Pherson, in its formation and in to be courting Miss Catherine the accused standing beside him. Retirement Regretted its work, it would be desirable Severn, Sir Thomas's niece. Every This evidence was also corrobor In Education Dept. that the playgrounds under the thing else about him was equally ated by another Japanese woman, control of the Association should well known. He was poor, not liked Susuki Tarata, Accused's wife said Arthur Robert Sutherland-1be. permanently identified with by Sir Thomas, and he worked in that the Chinese, on another occa- gives me very great pleasure to in-the names of both, has decided the Foreign Office. This last sion, had brought the typewriter to Mr. W. J. Lockhart Smith, Assis-vest you to-day with the badge of a that the Wanchal Playground be implied that he was some sort of the house and used it while her

The husband played mah jongg. tant Crown Solicitor, who prosecut Companion of the Imperial Service named "The Southorn Play-alien himself, próbably, a spy.

a Chinese ed said that the first defendant was Order, which was graciously con ground," and the Shantung fact that he had leek black hair, All three witnesses for the ac- regarded by the police as an ex-ferred upon you by the King on the Street Playground be named an olive skin, and a languid voice cused were pointed out (Continued from Page 1)

and occasion of His Majesty's last birth The McPherson Playground."

made the last practically certain. in Court, but each deposed that it tremely dangerous character

Before the detective had been in was bot the Chinese Ah Chong, who' Other prizes donated by the mag-well-known to the Force. The of-day in recognition of your outstand: The Government has intimated

fence was a cowardly one of throwing services in the Education De that there is no objection to the the village.an hour five persons had accompanied the accused. Inato are:

above so far as the Government is come to him independently to say in his suming up to the Jury the You were first appointed to that concerned...

that on the morning of J. Blaber's Chief Justice said that the saue The New Zealanders, MacGregor U.S.$7,500 for the second plane ing pepper and His Lordship was partment of this Colony.

empowered to inflict á flogging. and Walker, piloting a Moth Hawk, to arrive, !

The jury empanelled comprised Department in October 1906 to the It is hoped that with the kind death they had seen Mr. Ellot during the long hearing had nar- arrived at Karachi at 11.40 .. U.S.$2,500 for the third plane to Messrs. W. N. Fleming (foreman), post of Junior Assistant Master assistance of the Government, walking away from the cottage into rowed down, so that matters, which He had were no gravely contended at the arrive.

U.S.$15,000 for handicap prizes. B. A. Proulx, F. C. Clemo, R. C. de Queen's College. You were promot- the two playgrounds above men- the plantation behind. Handicap prizes, the winners of Silva, W. S. Smith, B. S. Valikiled to be Senior Assistant Master in tioned may in time be converted seemed vexed or excited, waving his outset, were now common ground. .

that College in December 1912, and into nice gardens, with a nice arms and muttering; sobbing, one

Four Factors which will be calculated on the and J. M. Walker:

the following year you were ap-flowering hedge, and a triple row woman said.

There were four main factors The detective his name WAR pointed Headmaster of the Victoria of trees all round the grounds, British School. You offered your leaving ample playground space Orme, and be had been educated at which the Jury would need to find. services to your country during the in the centre. When this is done, Rugby and Ballol was not unused (A) That the contents of the let War, and were in military service the two grounds will then be to the manis of suspicion which ters were defamatory (B) Did the from October 1914 to February named respectively "The South banks like a cloud of fles, over, most sccused publish the libel. In other 1920, holding the post of First Lien-orn Garden" and "The McPher villages. But, in spite of himself, words did he cause it to get into tenant, R. G. A. On your return son Gardeu."

G. M. T, and left 50 minutes later for Jaipur on their way to Allaha bad.

NEW ZEALANDERS AT JASK basis of best performance having Four competing machines reached regard to wing ares, pay load and Baghdad yesterday, and others are horsepower, are $10,000 for first reported on their way to that city place, and $5,000 for second: The New Zealanders, Hewett, and Kay-in-a-D.-H. Dragon, landed at — Baghdad at 6.28 a.m. at G. 1. T.|

and left two hours later, reaching, which he recently established the Jask at 2.51 p.m. G. M. T. The next Australian-England solo flight re arrival, at 9.5 a.m. G. M. T., was the cord, landed on the Baghdad aero- Danish entry, a de Soutter 11, pl.drome.

EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE

Shroff Alleged To Have Victimised Jardine's

you became Headmaster of the EL

he was impressed by the unanimity the hands of a third person, (C)

of the testimony. Then, when he was it maliciously published, and On the application of Sub-lu He Kadoorle Indian School and act out your duties both in the office and caught his first glimpse of Michael finally (D) that he published them spector Cunningham, the case ed as Inspector of English Schools in the schools to the great Bat

Eliot, disappearing recognised him knowing the bel to be untrue.

He warned the Jury however, Wong Yau-shek, 55, in 1825 and 1828 You were pro- faction of your superior offic

as a man whom he had known, a loted by Lieut M. Hansen. It re- Competitors, in five aeroplanes against

little and disliked a great deal at that a verdict of not guilty under no consideration meant a condem rat sament mained only 40 minutes in the con-have definitely abandoned the race, years, shroff, who was charged moted to be Senior Master in June You have rendered most val

Oxford. In those days Eliot

nation of the Police Force, and that but of these Stack and Turner, in with the embezzlement of $313 from 1928, and, after acting Inspector of service, and yo trol. .....

Squadron Leader Stodart and the British airspeed Viceroy, sta Mesare. Jardine, Matheson and Schools from March of that year, 1 understand

you were appointed to be Inspector year will leave a rap

gentleman, given to black cloaks and the accused was to be given the full summer of this K. G. Btodart, In the British air continuing the journey to Mel-Company, in the

difficult to fill Your Hou lof Schools In 1930,

Milles. He burnt Incense In his benent itled speed Courler A.8.5, arrived at beurne, and were last reported at year, was remanded 48 hours,

rooms and wrote poetry in French. font which It Baghdad at 10.6. am, and two Athens. All other competitors are Mr. M. H. Lo, compradore, of The latter post is in effect that of and enclent hours later the Australian C. J still in the earlier stages, British No 62 Condult Road, appeared as Assistant Director of Education in you to this rece the complainant.:

the Colony and you have carried heartily congratulate you. Melrose, in the D. H. Moth in Wireless Service

been a languid, sinuon you

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the doubt

After a short retirement the Jury returned and gave their verdict as