1935-02-07 — Page 9

EAST LANCS.

PRIVATE FACES

THEFT CHARGE

Complainant Recovers

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1935

NOVELTY PICTURE

CONTEST

Lost Camera Through GRACE MOORE, FAMOUS

SINGER AND BEAUTY

Advertisement

MAN IDENTIFIED BY

MR. SALMON

Pte. E. A. Clinton, of the East

To-day's Short Story.

Travellers' Tales

By Allan Govan

ed before Mr. E. W: Hamilton at! bla star, hailed by critics everywhere as a veritable gift to the screen, of exposure to all sort of wea train every morning, and I 'invarl-

the Kowloon

Lanes. Regiment, again appear

Magletracy this morning charged with the lar ceny of, or receiving, à camera belonging to R.Q.M.S. Snaith, of the same regiment, at the Lo Wi Camp on the night of December 20. "

In outlining the case Detec- tive-Inspector Cunningham, of) the Yaumati Police Station,) stated that on the night in quen- tion the complainant left his tent at about 6 p.m. and did not| return until about 1 o'clock next| morning. Before entering the tent he noticed that the door- way had been lashed in a differ- ent way to what he had left· it, and on walking into his tent he saw that his camera was miss- ing he had left it on a packing, case near the door-way...

Thinking that it might be some of the N.C.O.'s playing a trick he did not report it until about 10a.m. next day, after he had enquired about it. He later reported the matter to the Water Police Station at 9 p.m.

Saw Advertisement -- He heard nothing more about

a

THL stout gentleman was had happened to himself or to his Grace Moore, the famous singer and atar of the Metropolitan ciaf traveller ought to be beAt that time I lived in a village what a successful commer, friends a little fellow called Light-

owler, he was. Opera House, New York, will be latreduced to Hong Kong next Thurs-tween forty-five and fifty his a few miles out of Bradford. When day, when she will be seen in her first starring film, "One Night of een Love," which comes to the Queen's Theatre. This gracious new Colum face highly coloured as a result I wasn't on my rounds I usually travelled in to town, by the same possesses every attribute required for stardom-talent, charm, and ther, his manner suggesting the ably shared a compartment with beauty.

confidence that gets interviews, two men I knew. Under the Im

He apparently had a nodding pression that we liked his company, acquaintance with one of his fellow joining us, and as he was the buyer little Lightowler always insisted on commercials. An elderly man and at a factory in Bradford where both a young fellow were in conversation Teddy and Fred (my friends) did, with him.

business, they couldn't afford to quarrel with him.

it until he was reading the Sunday Herald on January 20 and{

The composite photograph shown above, is the first of a series of saw in the advertisements for five, to be published one each day in the China Mail. One of the Mr. Salmon's swaps that strips in each contains one charming feature of the lovely new star. camera was "advertised, so the Save this photograph until all five have been published. Then your next day he went to the Central task is to try to piece together the five features of Miss Moore. When you Sales Room, No. 9b, Ice House have done this carefully and neatly, send your completed photograph Street, and identified the camera to the Contest Editor, care of the China Mail, Solutions must be in to be his own. He immediately not later than noon on Wednesday next.

Because neatness counts so much in deciding the prizes, we sug reported the matter to the Cen- tral Police Station.

gest saving two composographs dally, in the event of a, mistake in Acting on information receiv- cutting.

ed, he made a casual search of Two tickets for the Queen's Theatre will be forwarded to each of the defendant's kit but found the six persons whose correct solutions are the first to be opened.' nothing.

On making enquiries t was found that a man, whom Mr. Sal- mon recognises as the defendant, went to the Central Sales Room on January 11,' and spoke about selling an Ensign Camera, and on the fol lowing Tuesday he took the camera and exchanged it for another camera, which was a smaller Kodak.

To Be Sold For $25

NATIVE PRODUCTS OF KWANGTUNG

Exhibition Planned

Canton, to-day.

"Yes," he said loudly, "I once knew a man who was the kind of liar who tells a tale that everyone knows and tells it as if the things

KWEICHOW BANDITS

MASSING

Szechuen Thrust Not Successful

PROVINCIAL TROOPS EFFECT

JUNCTION -

...

"You know how yarns go the rounda! You hear a story for the first time and think it's not a bad tale. You hear it alx times ..... and swear that you'll murder the next man who begins it. But in: some little country town a buyer

starts off on the same old gibe, and you've got to listen with rapt. at- tention, and when he's fol-hed you've got to say convincingly, Dam" funny?'."

"Being a buyer, Lightowler heard them all, but he kept them locked up in his little bosom until he got time to think out the names of the people he was going to say that the things had happened to. Belleve me! little Lightowler WAS the

Canton, To-day." The Communist bandits in world's champion tale-twister. north Kwelchow, who attempted,

"He was making his way to our

to make a thrust into Szechnen, compartment one morning, when are now massing in the area of quite suddenly, without warning, Chihshiu after meeting with sdt Fred's patience gave way, and he resistance from the Szechuen burst out: 'Oh, hang Lightowler's footling orders why should we have to stick him??

units.

The Kwelchow troops, under Generals Pah Fal-chang and Ngai Yu-kwong, have reached. Chung- hum and effected a juncture with the Szechuan forces. General Wang Chah-lich, Chairman of the Kwel- concurrently Commander of the 88th chow Provincial Government and:

Army Corps, is now directing opera- tions In Ma-ti-tong, according to information issued by the Canton.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be

by Strawson Fletcher. "Range And Disarrange,"

"So when in due course Light

CANTON-HANKOW ofce of the Kwelchow 25th Ainy owlor trotted out one In his very

-RAILWAY

Whampoa Extension Now Being Surveyed

Canton, to-day.

With a view to stimulating in- terest in native products, the City The Ensign, which was valued at Chamber of Commerce is planning

More than half the work of sur- about 18 guineas, was up for sale to hold a native goods trade-mark veying the line which is to link up at $28, while the other camera was exhibition, - valued at $20.

The exhibition will be open at On January 25 an identification firat for 10 consecutive days and parade was held at the Sham Shut after that twice a week. Preli- Po camp, in the presence of Mr.minaries are now being arranged. Thompson, the Assistant-Superin-Central Press. tendant of Police, Kowloon, Mr. Salmon and Insp. Cunningham, during which the defendant was picked out by Mr. Salmon. Ho was charged. in the Yaumati Police Station the next day,

In answer to the charges the de- fendant stated, (a) "I have nothing

HYMNS SUNG BY WAITING PARENTS

The

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M.

Russian `guard, Thrivohoff, in attempting to keep

Corps. Central Press.

GOVERNMENT SETBACK

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best style, Teddy gave Fred a wink and remarked that he had met the hero of the tale in town yesterday. 'Met him opposite the Exchange, Teddy asserted he's looking very fit and prosperous, these dayk.” ( .."And from that moment little Lightowler ceased to be a bore,

"In the course of the next few

Whampoa and the south end of the ernment, not because of the Labour days Teddy and Fred got quite u Canton Hankow Railway has been victory, which was clearly due to number of Ideas. If Lightowler completed."

the split vote, but because of the told a yarn Teddy would say: extended will start at Saichaen, Randolph Churchill, to which the about that same man only the other It is learned that the line to be unexpectedly high poll for Mr. Funny thing! I heard another yarn pass through Yustshou Hill, White most pessimistic government sup- day and he'd reel off an abso- Cloud Hill, Lung-yen-tung, and Chabai, terminating at Whampoa 8,000 votes.

porters did not concede more than lutely unbelievable tale. Or Fred would wonder: 'Is that chap mar- Central Press.

ried now?' and Teddy would snap Mr. Churchill, a clever and very him up: Married! he's been mar- forceful speaker, young and good- TEACHING WEAVING tion to the India Bill, but castigated dren, And thun Teddy wouldn't be looking, did not confine his oppost-ried for yeara. He's got five chil- the whole range of the Government's sure whether the man had two girls policy.

and three boys or two boys and

IN KWEILIN

to say, I know nothing about the the pirates at bay was shot six Factory For Apprentices An interesting feature was that three girls, and he would argue the

case", and (b) "I know nothing

times in the back, while an en- gineer of the vessel, Mr.

about it and have nothing to, say until I have received advice."

R.Q.M.S. H. H. Snaith was then Macdonald, is now lying in hospital called to the witness box and stated in Hong Kong suffering from gun- that he left his tent at 6 pm on]

shot wounds sustained during the December 20, and, after having atruggle. dianer, went to see a boxing contest The Tungchow left Hong Kong after which he went to the Pollce Jon Sunday afternoon for Shanghai with the children and their teachers on board.

To Be Opened

he is said to have decided to stand question out with himself. And in of his own accord, without consultstead of boredom, joy would reign ing his father or the India Defence on tlie 8.14. Canton, to-day, League.

When I got back after doing The City Government of Kwellin, The result may not only stimulate one of my rounds that took about Kwangsi, is contemplating the esta- the opponents of the India bill, but a fortnight I found that my friends blishment of a factory for training envisages the possibility of Indepen-had gone a step further. They let people in cloth weaving.

dent Conservative intervention in Lightowler get well away with one It is learned that $36,000 has further bye-elections,

of his yarns, then drew him up by been raised for expenses. Fifty The Daily Telegraph in a leading saying he'd told them that one be apprentices will be enlisted and article observes: "never was fore. Then they'd point out that Possibility Of "Blind” dentified the defendant as the trained for 8 months. After gradu- avowed purpose of stiffening the he told the tale in a different way man who came to his shop to ex-ation, they will be required to serve Government more clearly and com-last time, and they'd hint, very In answer to Mr. Hamilton's change the camera, which he also in the factory, for one year--Cen-pletely thwarted in its result. gently, that his memory wasn't questions, he' added) that anyone recognised.

tral Press.

tent and talked about the boxing, returning to his tent about 1 a.m. next day.

could have been: at his tent while. He added that on Friday, Jan-

he was away, but only a few of his uary 11, the defendant came to

Reuter.

staff lashed a tent in that peculiar his shop at about 5 p.m. and talk Home Interest Shown In

manner,

ed about selling a camera, and on "It is possible that someone lashed the following Tuesday he brought

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CITROEN WORKS REOPENED

what it used to be. From that, it "I've never mentioned this to was an easy stage to the general you before, Lightowler and you're suggestion that Lightowler's brain not to take offence-but you must was beginning to go back on him. admit you've said some very

"By this time it was plain that strange things to Fred and me late-4,000 Men Taken Back It that way as a blind, and not on the camera and asked if he could

the little man hardly knew what to ly. When I said you weren't what make of it himself. He began to you what you used to be, Fred Four thousand workers went purpose," remarked Mr. Hamilton., sell it, but Mr. Salmon refused to The Hon. Treasurer wishes to Dear Mira: Edwards,

ba The defendant then asked him to buy it, stating that it was an old acknowledge with sincere and grate- I am sending herewith a choque end Teddy would ask eagerly, Sarn or two, and Fred had to admit motor car factory in the first

afraid to tell yarns at all; he wouldn't belleve me. To prove 1 had to be egged on Then, at the was right, we got you to spin us a

back to their posts in the Citroen recall the time that he (the defen ensign and was practically useful thanks the donation (per Dr. A for £3.3.0. Will you be good And what happened? When Light that you mentioned the names of week at this year. Another 10 dant), spoke to him about the less to him as the model was out Woo) of three guineas from Fredk camera, mentioning that it would be of date. He, however, agreed to Gandy Bag, Stockton Health, Eng. cal Benevolent Branch (et. tried to explain the joke, they had your own imagination. If that's the other 100,000 men employed enough to send this to the Mediowler, spluttering and stuttering, people who don't exist except in days, however, elapsed, before. very dificult for anyone to get rid exchange it for the Kodak camera, land, daca ar fo of it as it was about the only one of its kind in the Colony. The wit Kodak camera, belonging to Pte. come of a circular letter from a lady At the identification parade The subscription was the out-

John's) near Hong Kong men- lovely-time.

indah not hallucination, I don't know prior to the declaration of the tioned in your letter dated 6th "I was away for several weeks, what is.. ness admitted hearing something Waple, of the East Lancs, who in England who had lived for 40"China's Greatest Needs" trio I realised at once that Light wife last week, Fred reminded

Judicial liquidation were rer November, 1984, circular No. 116 and next time I travelled with the like that.

And you talked about "the

absorbed. Mr. W. P. Thompson, the Assised but Mr. Salmon stated deanite-month publishes a letter to hor for the people of Chios

was another suspect, was produc years in China, and who once. With best wishes for your work owler was now in a very funny Lightowler.

The 2,000 members of Citroen's tant Superintendant, of Police, ly that it was not the camers friends about anairs in China

Yours faithfully,

clerical staff were given notice state indeed. Kowloon, then stated that the in which he had exchanged. Dr. Woo, whilst In England, FRED GRANDY,

"Teddy Informed me that Light: ¡ittle fellow, who was a confirm

"But that was too much for the stood that their salaries will now before Christmas. It is under dentification parado was held and At the conclusion of the evi-visited the Chinese Stude that the defendant was recognia, dence Mr. Hamilton remanded the tian

awlar hadn't been feeling very well ChrisThe work of the Bt. John Ambu

bachelor.

be lowered. head had been troubl resume lance New Territories Medi

volent Bran

ed by Mr. Salmon, defendant till Monday morning,

Man And Camera Identifled saying that he insisted on him

Mr. A. Salmon, the proprietor going into Military custody and

No ab that he should appear in cou

the Central Sales Rop

Ice House Street, was then called next day as he had ap

and stated that he in the Indentification, na

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