1935-09-13 — Page 9

POSSESSION OF A DAGGER

Unemployed "Tailor Sentenced

WORDS EXCHANGED WITH

FATHER-IN-LAW

Tsoi Sai-ling, aged 27. an un- employed tailor, was this morn-. ing sentenced to six months": hard labour by Mr. W. Scho-! field at the Central Magistracy when charged with the unlaw- ful possession of a dagger.

Detective-sergeant Kinnear. said that defendant arrived by : the morning train on Wednes day from Canton. He went to the shop of his father-in-law, a blacksmith, in Chung On Lane There he produced the dagger | and said that he had been look- ing for him for some time.

Ran Out Of Shop

Words were exchanged, and when a foki intervened the de-i ferdant threw the dagger on the counter and ran out of the shop.. He was chased into Queen's Road Central by the foki and was arrested by a Shantung constable.

It appeared that the defen- dant's wife had left him in the country and had come to Hong Kong He had come down to see his father-in-law knew of her thereabouts, but he did not

Defendant had brought the dagger from Canton and had bidden it in his socks.

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

The US.S. Mindanao left here yesterday for an unknown destina- tion.

Two cases of typhoid fever were reported in the Colony during the

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Tigers Stage Comeback Against Yankees

ULS. BASEBALL RESULTS

New York To-day.

In the only double-header played in the American Base- ball League yesterday the. Ath- letics beat the White Sox in both clashes. Jimmy Foxx strik- [ing his 29th and 30th four- baggers in the home rum par- [ade during the first clash, while Pinkie Higgins made bis 21st circuit-clout.

The Tigers staged a comeback yesterday when they beat the Yankees by an 8 to 5 margin, White hitting his second four-bag- ger of the season, while Goose Goslin recorded his eighth in the home-run parade.

The Chicago Cubs continued in winning vein yesterday in the Na- tional League when they over whelmed the Dodgers by a 13 to 3 margin, Galan hitting his eighth homer of the season, while the Pir- ates swamped the Phillies by 11 | clear runs, Weaver blanking Phila-

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National Guardsmen and Regular Army units from New York, New Jersey, Delaware, New England and Pennsylvania, were converging on Pine Camp. New York, and three other points on August 17, for the greatest manoeuvres of the Army since 1978, Maj. Gen. Dezais E. Nolan (right), commander of the First Army, directed the war exercises. Units are seen on the road.

To-day's Short Story.

Dictator And Double

By Sidney Denham

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COLONY'S BUDGET FOR 1936

Making Provision For Uncertain Future

SALARY CUTS AND HIGHER TAXATION PROBABLE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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Philadelphia

Weaver pitched Pittsburgh

Boston Cincinnatti

Brooklyn Chicago

Galan hit a homer

New York St. Louis

T. Moore hit a homer.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago Philadelphia

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2 5 11 13 Jimmy Foxx (2) and Pinkie Hig-

gins hit homers.

HE_world was divided in its occasionally at a reception, when

opinion of the Dictator.

he must stand on a platform and 24 hours ended last Wednesday. One half regarded him as shake hands

thousand times.: speaking but a dozen words dur- -The French river gunboat Argus menace to civilisation. the other.ing the afternoon... It would

A realisation of the present de- will be carrying out exercises in as little short of a superman. not have been work to most men, pression in the Colony's trade and waters adjacent to the harbour

The world on the other hand but to Redevsky all things but cautions outlook for the future during this week and next

formed the keynote of the Budget Chicago held до opinions at all about eating, drinking, and card-playing

speech, lasting some 40 minutes, Philadelphia The Japanese gunboat Saga was reason that it had never heard of

Nicholas Redevsky, for the simple were work.

Trie. be was well paid, not so delivered at yesterday's meeting of due to arrive in the Colony rester him. Only five men knew of the much because of the work he did the Legislative Council by the Hon day from Canton, but up to a late existence of Redevsky, and they as because no other man could do:Ar. N L. Smith. Acting Colonia! New York hour this morning had not arrived. were all trusted followers of the No other man in the world so

Secretary. Dictator."

Detroit

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White and Goose Goslim hit homers.

$ 9 Saltzgaver hit a homer- closely resembled the Dictator. The position, the Hon. Mr. The decomposed body of a Chinese

The height, the build, the colour-Smith stated, had not improved St. Louis femalé, aged 25. was found in the When he was not working Re-ing. the features, were identical during the past twelve months and Boston Sea near

the China Light and devsky lived, hidden from all eyes. Some freak of Nature had ordain-there were few, if any, signs of Power installation. Tai Wan. in a small room high up in the ed that the son of a soldier born recovery for the future.

Cleveland Despite yesterday.

great palace. An electric service in Lyons and the son of a peasant revised reduced estimates for next Washington

Whitehill, pitched. lift carried up his meals from the born two years later a thousand year, a revenue deficit of one and A Chinese boy, Chueng Kung-ki, great kitchens. Half-an-hour later miles away should be identical in a half million dollars was antici- aged 11, died soon after admission the lift returned with the empty appearance.

pated

NOTE OF WARNING

hours ending at 10 am to-day was 0.42 inch. The total since Janu- ary has been 6184 inches? against/

TABLES TO DATE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

P W L Perc

128 87 41 .619

132 86 46651

13080 50 615

137 75 62: 547

136 61 75 *.448

132 59 73. 446 |

131. 55-76 419

130 31 99 1233

AMERICAN LEAGUE

136 89 47 654

595

to the Kowloon Hospital as the dishes. That was all the hundred- The son of the soldier grew up result of a fall from the verandah odd servants at, the palace knew to become a Dictator of a nation

It was well he said, that a note of No. 8. Laichikok Road.

of Redevsky. Those who troubled of some 50.000.000 souls. The son of warning should be given now, to inquire came to understand that of the peasant cursed his way, an that increased taxation and a tem- St. Louis

Chicago Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 he was a political prisoner.. unwilling conscript, through the porary levy on all Government New York War, to become a unit in the jetsam salaries might be necessary if the Pittsburgh thrown up by it, untrained to any state of the public finances in 1936 Cincinnati work, without ability, or any ambi-should show serious deterioration. Brooklyn tion beyond securing his next meal The Secretary of State had already

Philadelphia and a night's lodging.

given his sanction to action Colonel Verte. the Dictator's these lines. right-hand man, had seen Redevsky

A balanced Budget would be begging in the streets of Paris-achieved, however, if the dollar Detroit Redevsky had begged in the steets rate averaged about 1/102d. dur-New York, of many towns of many countries, ing 1936. The Government had Boston with varying success. Sometimes authority from the Secretary of Chicago

an average of 71.64 inches.

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Mr. LE Lammert, the well- known local auctioneer, has just returned by the s.s. Suiyang from a trip to Foochow. The last time Mr. Lammert visited Foochow was! in 1884.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "We Were Sitting By The River." by G. H. C. Askew.

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They shrugged their shoulders,it was a blow, sometimes a coinState to use half a million dollars St Louis

E. Shuster, of 58 Canton Road, The Dictator had made top floor, was fined $25 by Mr. prisoners. It was not their busi when the Colonel, suddenly in real "rainy day. Thomson, at Kowloon Magistracy ness... they would not have been

He had anticipated the blow rather from the 1925 Trade Loan fund, Washington reanry than the coin from Colonel Verte but it proposed leaving this for a Failadelphia

yesterday when he pleaded guilty surprised if one day a coffin came spired with a solution for his

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to a summVMOYES for allowing his down from that little room, to be greatest problem, had beckoned to the Government, staff retrench main on the temporary staff until brown dog at large anmuzzled and buried in some corner of the palace him, pushed him into his great carments and a policy of abolishing future needs were unleashed in Canton Road on Sep-gardens.

and driven him to the Palace, be vacancies when they made no known tember 5. The Magistrate re

feared worse..... marked that fines for dog offences Redevsky's incarceration

The Dictator had looked at Rehe work concerned, would be and the Government House and serious defect in the efficiency of Meanwhile the new Lepers Home had been raised owing to the pre-voluntary, although it is probable devsky and smiled: "I don't like it, valence of rabies.

that the moment he showed signs Verte, he had said, "but I sup pursued in effecting very consider-City Development Scheme would be of wishing to be, free, the coffin pose it's necessary. An assassin's able curtailments of Government left in abeyance until better times. Leung Cheurk, who was charged would have come down the stairs. bullet in my body might plunge No large new Public Works un-bope that Hong Kong would be

expenditure.

The speech also referred to the WOMAN ATTACKED before Mr. W. Schofield at the

my country again into the horrors

ON DOORSTEP Central Magistracy with breach of should escape.

But there was no reason why he of civil war from which, by the initiated and officers engaged on before the end of the year and that Found Semi-Conscious

dertakings he said, would be linked with Imperial Air Services the Deportation Ordinance was had grown up in an atmospaere it... bullet in this poor fellow's Redevsky, who help of God, I was able to rescue sentenced to eight months hard of starvation and dirt, now fed

the present schemes would not gola station to provide meteorological labour. Defendant,

ou to the permanent staff, as usual, reports on flying conditions would body banished for 10 years in July, said in a room which, though it was sequences whatever," said Colonel

madon fine food in unlimited quantities, "Would have no political con- at their completion but would re-be established that he returned to the Colony to a prison, was comfortably furnish-Verte stiffy. collect some money which was due ed.

who

Redevsky, whose commun

"All right. I leave it to you. Hej

Greek Plebiscite To Be

to him as wages: His late master state had been one of complete must be well paid...* was in court and admitted owing poverty, was paid a handsome Verte had instructed Redevsky defendant $10

salary.

in his work. The instruction had

With Head-Wound

London

WELSH BILL”-

·FOUND

Battersea Shooting Affair Sequel

Newport

A woman found semi-conscions

John George Lewis, other- with a wound on the side of the wise known as "Welsh Bill" head at. Tutshill, near Chepstow whose evidence was required in Monmouth, afterwards described] connection with a fatal shoot- how she had been attacked by aing affair at Battersea, walked

Begun On October 27 man who had called at the house into Newport police station and

Four months" hard labour, with True, he could not spend it, but been prolonged. A beggar may 12 strokes of the birch, if found it gave him satisfaction to think resemble a Dictator in appearance Athens, To-day-The plebiscite commander of the 1st army corps, She was Mrs Nott, of The could give evidence. He will for a glass of water said that he was the man who unfit to serve an additional two of the rising pile of notes he kept never so closely, but to deceive on the question of the restoration as well as the resignation of Bungalow, Sedbury lane, Tutshill, appear at the adjourned in- months' imprisonment was impos. under his mattress. Sometimes he 10,000 enthusiastic followers of the monarchy has been fixed for Geceral Kondylis, and there seems wife of Mr. Henry Nott, a New-quest ed on 24-year old asemplared, would take some of his money to or a single assassin-he must have October 27

every probability of a Government port tradesman. Kau, by Mr. W. M Thomson at play cards with one of the Dicta- the same gestures, the same jat Though the announcement of afersie the Kowloon Police Court this tor's men, but not often, for they ting-out of the chin, the same ex definite date has somewhat cleared The Republicans are already pre-

Struck On Head Mrs Nott said the morning for the theft of a hand-were busy men, who visited him pression of supreme confidence, the the atmosp bay from a married woman, Chung as a rule only when they required same gli

paring a great campaign in sup- turned to get the port of a repablic, in of the water be struck

the of the head with plebiscite

ng with M Yeni-

A coal ham flater found nearby..

When the wo found that the money handbag had gone.

Sau-chun, while she was walking

along Nathan Road near the Oriental Tobacco Company's "tory at about 11.30 am

his services.

tion and

acquired the gestures, even the Took

never mina

dylis

of the eyes

the tilt of the And these services? A ride info cons

open motortar, perhaps two or

get the glint in his hree times a week

vildly Colonel Verte decided to risk

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cheering crowds

the

At the opening of the inquest on Thomas Broom the man she who was shot it was stated that "Welsh Bill at a yard în Clapham on August 1 produced a revolver, which he said he had as found..

found

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