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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1935

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SUPREME COURT GALE HAVOC THE WEREWOLF Today's Short Story

Criminal Sessions

Cases

COUNTERFEIT COINS AND

BANISHEE RETURNS

Six cases were dealt with bri His Honour the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor. at the Criminal Sessions in the Supreme Court this morning. There were four cases of men returning from banishment before their time had; expired. and the other two cases were in connection with counter- feiting The Assistant Attorney- General. Mr. J. A. Fraser. hadi charge of the Crown case in each instance.

IN BRITAIN

TELEPHONIC

ISOLATION OF

EIGHT TOWNS

19,000 LINES OUT

OF ACTION

WAR ATMOSPHERE ABOUT · ARMY MANOEUVRES

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OF LONDON”

Decision

Outstanding Film For Queen's.

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By Archibald Couch

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POPULAR ACCORDEON

BANDS

Timer

THRILLS IN PLENTY

MBANK MOBLOCK, after aed the regimental group hanging FB1026-Back To Those Happy Days

few seconds" hesitation over the mantelpiece. Hugh, who "The Werewolf of London" is placed his forefinger firmly on had been a brother officer of Frank -which somehow made the affair bound to be a popular film. Be the bell-push. ing based on old legend, it is Samehow, taking Eve Calling-seem a degree more sordid-was MR1516-Cuca Racha made up of blended reality, fair ton out to dine in West End res-wearing a major's crown and the MR1639-Vienna in Spring Time, casy and excitement alwaysaurants, and spending hours hold-ribbon of the M.G. a fascinating combination.

jing her hand in theatres and Frank had been in love with Eve MR1658.-Accordeon Joe. famous botanist

a shade less Callington now for more than six to cinemas, seemed goes Thibet in search of a rare flower treacherous than calling on her at months. Often enough he had MRI659-Jubilee Selection that blooms in one Thibetian val- her own house when he knew that tried to string himself up to the WR1/06-Roll Along Prairie Moon London. To-day.

ley and nowhere else. A treater husband, Hugh, would be safe-point of cutting loose from the Districts throughout the coun-cherous looking valley at allly out of the way. It was the very entanglement. But little Eve of he had called at the the fufy auburn tresses and the try tell the same story of havoc events! No one has been known first time

big, melting brown eyes had held Sentence of three years hard due to the storm, the severity of to go into it and come out alive house in such circumstances.

Eut our botanist is no believer in "No sir But I'm expecting him fast. Whether she was in labour was passed on Lo Kwai, which is indicated by the fact goblins and bobgoblins, so on he her in half an hour. It's just gone love with him he simply didn't who returned from banishment on that eight towns were telephon- goes. September 4. 1935 after having cally isolated, and 19.000 lines been deported for 10 years on July 26, 1931. He pleaded guilty throughout the country put out

to the charge.

of action.-

six, and she said half-past

know. Ere was 30 oyster for In the evening he reaches the "May I come in and wait? She's concealing her innermost senti

me." Frank's vaicements flower; its lovely buds that open expecting only beneath the rays of the moon, sounded uncommonly toneless and He sighed, wearily, as he sat are blooming-but he is attacked diffident in his own ears. Wong Kwok-fai. or fei, who There is a genuine war at- and bitten by a werewolf. Не "Certainly, sir." And the maid returned from banishment on mosphere in the area of the secures the fower, however, and stood aside to make room for him. August 5, 1935, after having been army manoeuvres Camps pre-returns to his London Laboratory As Frank sat waiting in the deported for 10 years in August sent a blown and ragged 3p to make experiments in causing the cosy little drawing-room, he notice 1901, also pleaded guilty and was pearance, and the staff head-exotic flower to bloom by artificial sentenced to 10 years hard labour. quarters near Bransbury sug

ment

How fascinating it is to ac

Pleading guilty to a charge of gests that a bomb was dropped company this botanist and his having returned from deportation in the vicinity.

guests one afternoon as they wan for life on August 8.-1935. So The, winds are subsiding and

der about his garden. Strange Fook. alias Lee Tack, Was sen-help is reaching the stricken ves- tenced to three years imprison- sels. A destroyer has found the and rare plants, plants lovely and Brompton Manor in the Channel plants grotesque. We see a porous Wong Sai alias Wong Choy, and a naval tug is trying to tow looking flower plant suck down a who was deported for 10 years in her home. The Mary Kingsley.frog to make a meal of it.

the crew injured. January this year. pleaded guilty with three of to having returned from banish-is limping to Falmouth-Reuter. ment on August 13. 1935, and was sentenced to three years' imprison-

ment.

Counterfeit Coins

Pleading guilty to a charge of importing 996 counterfeit Hong Kong 10-cent pieces into

of imprisonment, with hard labour, of four years.

A jury comprising Messrs. 7. Hoare (Foreman), A. W. Heywood. H: Dallah. J. A. Guterres, Fung Shin-tsoi, Tam Woon-tong, and Tse Kong-yin was empanelled to try "the case

to sea

93 MILES PER HOUR

from over.

(Continued on Page 103.

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE

(Continued from Page 1)-

73.

He kept fighting so I hit himt |again.”

The Terrible Curse

But the botanist, who has allow ed himself this one afternoon's |

Thrilling Drama

INACCURATE LIST OF PASSENGERS

Shipping Agents Fined

PLEA OF GUILTY.

Messrs. Butterfield and Swire,

down” again and searched for his cigarette case. "He felt he would never be able to look old Hugh straight in those keen grey eyes of his again without giving away his secret. Best to cut adrift right! away Go to South America or somewhere, right out of reach of Eve. Try to forget her.

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At the sound of a key grating in the lock he leapt lightly to his feet. a look of expectancy in his. hazel jeyes. He heard the door" banged

to, noisily. But surely those feet! which went clumping ponderously down the passage were not a ̈wo- man's? Whose, then? Hugh was away. Hugh had crossed over tol

Frank he was going.

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An earlier message stated that respite from his almost feverish agents for the ss. Mainan, were France that very afternoon a fierce gale, reaching a velocity work, is confronted by a strange this morning fined $15 by Mr. Wbusiness. Eve herself had told of 93 miles per hour, at the Sellly and very foreign-looking visitor. Schofield at the Central Magis- Isles, had lashed Britain all night The werewolf of Thibet again be tracy for failing to forward

Inland, the gusts reached

The room door was fung open comes man and now in London! the Police a proper passenger list and Hugh breezed in. At sight of miles per hour.

And he warns the. botanist; he too of the ship when she sailed for Frank he halted momentarily, a the Wind force of 30 miles an hour has been bitten by a werewolf and Singapore on August 29.

quizzical smile breaking gradually Colony on August. 28, 1935, Leung was recorded on the South Coast has received the terrible curse: on Mr. H. N. Chau. of Messrs

over his dark, clean-shaven, rug- Chung, way sentenced to a term where unprecedented seas. swept the three nights of the full moon Johnson. Stokes and Master,

in, washing many beach huts out he too will become werewolf, pleaded guilty and said that inged face. Then he came forward

with outstretched hand**. taking on the most satanic quali- accordance with regular office Around the coast many ships ties of man and wolf; he too will routine a list of passengers

“Thought you must be dead. A plea of nos guilty was enter ed by Chin Man, however, when he were in parious plight, fighting murder on each

three board the vessel had been for-Frank?" he boomed heartily. "Not of the was arraigned on two alternative mountainous seas in their struggles nights and instinctively seek to warded to the Police after the seen you for donkey's years."

The gale was kill the one he loves best!

"Er-10." Frank took the other It is ship sailed. After the list had counts of having imported 155 to reach sheltër. counterfeit 10-cent pieces into the still raging, and their ordeal far only the open blooms of this rare been prepared and shortly before man's hand in a limp grasp. He Colony on August 28, 1935, and of

flower that can save the victim the ship sailed, a Russian, named felt as uncomfortable as a teetotal

fanatic who has accidentally stray-į having counterfeit coins in his

ane bloom for one evening. There Borovski, produced a passage

the precious order from their Shanghai Office. For the life of him he could, for ed into a distillers' convention. possession

are three buds to plant and two men about to be calling for a passage to Singa the moment, think of nothing to come, the dreaded werewolf for pore and the company had for- three. nights.

gotten to advise the Police of this say

"Cocktail? Or would you rather. passenger-

have whisky?"′′ Imagine then how aboost in-}- Important Matter He finally collapsed intolerably exciting the story be- Detective

"Er-whisky, thanks." Sergeant Mottram comes. Transformation from man said that the Police attached great pected back, Maisie Hugh ask- "What time is the mistress ex- It is pointed out that air pilots, to beast; baffling murders; the importance to the accuracies

air captains.

ofed the maid as she came in with alternative unlike was an

not danger of the botanist's lovely these returns. It was only from tray and glasses. one, the first one being for im- legally empowered to ase violence young wife as the being he loves the fact that the passenger had porting the coins, and the second to subdue an unruly passenger best. No need to describe all that been to the police a few days be six, she said."

“Any time now, sir Half-past for actually possessing them. Reuter.

happens and the many breath-fore and from the Hotel passenger TALE OF DRINKING taking moments you will want to list giving his departure by the fifteen He

“Well, we won't wait after seven- An earlier message stated that see it all for yourself, And you Muinan, was his departure dis-You'll stay and gnaw a bone, of

turned to Frank the well-known American base won't be disappointed. Henry covered. baller. Len Koenecke, outfielder Hall, Warner Olaod and Valerie

course?" This was the second time the On August 28 2

Chinese for the Brooklyn Dodgers, was Hobson combine their efforts to Company had been summoned for gether at seven-twenty. Eve had The two of them sat down to Revenue officer was on duty at the killed in a grim battle, waged in make an outstanding film.

the same offence. Ping On wharf searching the the darkness, in an aeroplane fy-

There is a good accompanying Leting thousands of feet high over programme, too. passengers leaving the m.v.

One of the Hong (from Canton). The officer Toronto suburbs at the time.

shorts is composed of song and asked the defendant to show him

Apparently Koenecke, who hired dance numbers by various artists- the contents of a purse he was;

the machine, was struck on the You'll enjoy that-

L--Phyllis Juby. head with a fire extinguisher. carrying on his belt. The officer found the coins wrapped up and *saw that they were tad- He took

the prisoner to the office of European officer, who looked the coins and then took the accus- ed to Sub-Inspector O'Donovan-į An analysis showed that they mid-air all the time. were composed of antimony, tin and copper-

In putting his case to the jury, a heap. Mr. Fraser said at the outset that! each count.

The facts he stated were as fol- lows:

Coins In Parse

3

at

Accused's Statement

When charged the accused had stated that he had been asked to carry the money ashore by a fel low passenger, and had been pro- mised a dollar for his labours.

of

are

Koenecke, according to the story which the pilot was alleged to have told to the police. had been drinking heavily, and started the fight which lasted 15 minutes, the plane rocking dangerously in

The police detained two mem- Ders of the crew when the machine landed.

"MAGIC CARPET” OF HONG KONG

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NOTED SCHOLAR

PASSES

Dr. Giles, Master Of Emmanuel

not retumed. The conversation was mainly of sport, interlarded

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HONG KONG.

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

The 4.3. Alipore left Shanghai this morning and is due in the Colony at noon next Saturday.

The sa. Ranpura left Shanghai yesterday afternoon and will rive here next Friday morning.

Mr. A. C. Jeffreys, of the Hong Kong Telephone Co., reports that while driving car No. 577 in Lai- Chi-kok Road yesterday, and when near Nam Cheung Street, a boy named Yuen Wing, aged 13, ran into it and was knocked down, receiving slight injuries to his chest and legs. He was tak

Leung Kwai Chuen, a cook, em-en to the Kowloon Hospital.

It was not until they had retired was bitten yesterday by a chow

with a few Army reminiscences. ployed at No. 6 Peace Avenue, A Chinese wỘTIÁN and two

to Hugh's sanggery that Eve's dog owned by Mr. Osmund of No children were admitted to the 1 Liberty Avenue. The Chinese Kowloon Hospital yesterday suf- 'name' was mentioned.

was treated at the Kowloon Hosfering from injuries: received to when a signboard at Nathan Road. pital and the dog was sent Mautaukok for observation.

near Prince Edward Load,........ was dislodged by the wind and fell upon them.

"Eve's late," remarked Hugh glancing at his wrist-watch.

"Yes." Frank took a gulp at his whisky His own wrist-watch London, to-day-The well-showed the time to be eight-fifteen known, philologist and classical

At 7.15 p.m. yesterday Kowk Suddenly Hagh jerked himself Sai-keng, driver of private carl The usual fortnightly whist scholar Dr. Peter Giles, Master of abruptly out of his low leather No. 2861, parked his car in Condrive and tombola under the ans- Emmanuel College, Cambridge, chair and went over to a cupboard naught Road Central near the since 1911 and doyen of the heads set in a corner of the room.

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held at Wellington Barracks, in the open air, on Monday next, at 8:30

DEMANDS WITH MENACES

Gangster Element In Colony

Star Ferry. He returned five pices of the Royal Engineers Oki of the Cambridge Colleges, died "You've not seen these, have minutes later, and found it in the Comrades Association is to be TWO UNEMPLOYED SENTENCED Yesterday at the age of 74-Bri- you?” Opening a case, he reveal harbour

tish Wireless Service.

ed to Frank's astonished gaze a The late Dr. GBes, who was a Lát pair of silver pistols of somewhat The two unemployed. Chan D. of Cambridge and an Hon LL.D.

Three European residents, Mr. Lin and Mak Chik-to, who were of Aberdeen and Harvard,

old-fashioned make: "Dueling AH Roberts, of No. 98 Bobin-1 remained on Monday when they educated at

Frank, he remarked son Road, Mr. E. E. Pegg, No. Mr. C. S. Bosselet, of No. 11. Aberdeen University, pistols, were charged with having de Cains College, Cambridge and the quietly, with a grin which appear-534, The Peak, and Mr. E. Lewis, Kansa Street, was fined $5 by This mysterious person had, how- It is expected that the film will manded $50 with menaces from Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau ed to Frank rather sinister No. 520 the Peak, were fined $5 Mr. W. M. Thomson at the Kow- ever, made good his escape while be ready some time. in December Chau Tong, a bricklayer fore and Leipzig. After a brilliant Uni-Italian things I picked them up each by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen loon Police Court. this morning versity career he became a Fellow of accused was being arrested.

The and it is more than likely that it man, were this morning sen- Cains College in 18837, Fellow and cheap at a sale recently. I keep at the Central Police Court for for removing three printing Crown. Mr. Fraser continued, say will be shown locally in the the Central Magistracy to four in 1890 and had been University

tenced by Mr. W. Schofield at Classical Lecturer, Emmanuel College them loaded "

allowing their -dogs abroad on presses from No.- 5. Woosung that this is not true, as the pri Christmas week

"Er-beautiful, aren't they different dates without either Street without the permission of months and six months hard Reader in Comparative Philology Frank gulped uncomfortably. soner made no mention

muzzle or lead. this one of the local theatres.

the Inspector General of Police. labour, respectively.

since 1891

"Sit down, Frank he ordered person at the time be was arrest- The Travel Association is to be ed

When he was charged with congratulated on its enterprise in said that the first defendant notes the numbers of which

Detective. Sergeant Fitches

hes had with him two $10 bank in a tone of quiet command.

After replacing the pistols in Sze Ma-chneng, aged 30, unem- possessing the coins he admitted having arranged this form of the charge.

publicity for the Colony, as there plainant. On September 10 the There the detectives saw defen-cupboard, Hagh resumed his sent. 550, in default one month's hard]

a clansman of the com- had been taken by the Police their case and the case in the ployed, was Mr. Jackson, the Government is no doubt that it will be a power complainant was approached by dants sitting at a table with passed the decanter to his visitor Labour, by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfad-| Analyst, the Chinese Bevenue ful means of making the attrac the first defendant and several several others where complain and swallowed what remained in /yen at the Central Police Court

known others. He was told by the ant later joined them The his own glass

for the possession of 100 – dyna- first defendant, who acted as defendants were seen threaten-

"Are you fond enough of her, mite fuses on the Wing Lok spokesman, that as he was in ing the complainant, who then Frank," he said in a hissing Wharf yesterday without a per- good circumstances he should His Lordsip: "What broke, the l give $50 to their society. Com gave them the two notes. The whisper, "to try your luck with his defence from the witness box coin or his teeth?

second defendant put the notes them? He nodded towards the refused and reported plainant

Appear in his pocket. The detectives corner cupboard.

rezmand and said in reply

the matter to the police

then arrested them but the Frank leapt upright with chok-Mr. Thomson the Set Upom

*omers got aWBY – degang gasp., & Good God, m

rday Leung Kam, On his way home he was set Sergeant Fitches added that [Continued on Page 103 140, married woman, and Chan call on a friend or friends. To minutes, and returned with aupon by two or three

but the seco defendant was 1 the charge of possession, he an verdict of guilty on the first be managed to get awa

Nigor, 34, coolie, were bound-over

swered that a man had asked him count

in the sum of $25 period of 12 months

chai depositing the

Officer, Revenue Officer Ellis, Sub- tions of Hong Kong Insp. O'Donovan, and Lam Po, a throughout the world.

money changer, all gave formal evidence.

The prisoner decided to make

of importing them

teeth, which broke

charge Prisoner: His teeth.

he His Lordship then sumuned up came to Hong Kong in order to and the jury retired for a few

to take the coins ashore.

was

and

again reported the matter to the

In passing sentence of three Police. The prisoner then stated that years hard labour His-Lordship

the Chinese had

coins and had

Saturday

the said that

d to stamp out went to a tea-house with his things of this kind.

tectives had also been sent.

an unlawful society

Hong Kong rainfall first, had only just hours ending at 10

was 0-10 Inch Th

mit.

Saturday Inst

this morning fired

TO-MORROW

THE MAJESTIC

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

BRIGHT EYES

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