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THE

GRAND TATTOO

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 12th, 1928.

FIRST MUSIC

BROADCAST.

|NAVY REVEALS A SECRET.

SINGING SIGNALMAN 21 YEARS AGO.

Details of the first concert broad, cast in English waters have just been released from the confidential

LIME WASHING.

COMPLAINTS" BY CHINESE TENANTS.

VIEWS OF THE SANITARY BOARD.

A few months ago, it will be remembered, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce received letters of

KEEPING HONG KONG

CLEAN.

AMOUNT OF REFUSE,

COST OF COLLECTION AND

REMOVAL.

Approximately 323 tons of refuse were recelyed daily during 1927 at the refuse depots from the City of

files of the Admiralty. It took place complaint from Chinese bouse Victoria, Hill District, Shaukiwao, in 1907, when speech by wireless holders regarding the

considered almost an

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im

possibility,

The concert was the result of ex- periments by Captain "Q. C. A. Craufurd, R.N., gd was broadcast from the warship Andromeda to the Channel Fleet, then lying at Chatham. In those days valves were not used, the system depending on the magnetic detector which regis tered the dots and dashes of the Morse code.

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Captain Craufard was convinced that a modification of this system would enable speech to be broad-) east as well, and to test the new invention the Admiralty allowed him to broadcast a surprise 'cou- cert. Those on board many vessels listened-in, among them the crews of the warships Ocean, Bulwark, Goliath, Canopis and Jupiter.

The First Song. Captain Craufurd said to a Daily Mail reporter:

I had several signalmen helping me, and we chose the most musical of them to sing the first song: "God Save the King" This was the first song ever broadcast. We followed this up by Rule, Britannia," Trafalgar Day," * On the Mississippi Shore,"

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There is a Tavern in our Town," "Three Blind Mice," and others.

The Admiralty did not want the "general public to know of the invention. I was not allowed to say a word about it. They thought it could be adapted with great profit for use in submarines. The range of the broadcast was about three miles.

Captain Cranford, who lives at North View, Lydd, Kent, would be glad if naval ratings who assisted in the experimental work would write to him.

TONS OF

CEILING

COLLAPSE.

BOY KILLED AND SEVEN INJURED.

AT CENTRAL HALL WEST. MINSTER.

LONDON, June 14th. One boy was killed and seven other people injured by the col lapse of part of the ceiling at the Central Hall, Westminster, yester- day afternoon.

The boy, who died from his in- juries in Westminster Hospital,

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CHARLES WHITIno, aged 14, of Vinery Cottage, Sipson," near Uxbridge.

Seven people were injured and taken to hospital.

The Congo Jubilee Exhibition, organised by the Baptist Mission ary Society, was being held at the hall, and many people were coming downstairs into the entrance hall when the ceiling collapsed.

It is estimated that 240 square feet of plaster, about three inches thick and weighing about three inches thick and weighing about two tons, fell on the heads of the people, The plaster broke into lumps which in some cases were us large as paving stones

Those caught by the debris were thrown to the ground.

Dozens of people rushed to their assistance and pulled away the plaster and dragged out the injur ed.

Further confusion was caused by about 20 people, mostly women, who fainted,

methods Quarry Bay and Kowloon Penin sula. About 3 tons daily were col lected from Kowloon City and dumped on waste ground.

adopted by the Sanitary Board in limewashing their premises. It was arged that the limewashing could be done more satisfactorily by the householders themselves and that the employees of the Sanitary Board did unnecessary damage.

This subject is dealt with in the report of the Sanitary Board for 1997 which has just beeg issued.

The Board ny the report.

There were 15 refuse-lorries in use, 11 being used in Hong Kong and 4 a Kowloon.

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Outlying villages of Stanley and Taitam, and Aberdeen and Aph chau were scavenged by contract at a yearly charge of $350 for the first two and $150 for latter two.

abandoned the practice, which Scavenging by contract, however, had prevailed for several years, of employing a contractor to carry proved unsatisfactory and as from out any timewashing which might January 1st, 1998, the work has be necessary or which the Board been done by the Sanitary Board. had been asked to do on behalf.

The bulk of the refuse from the of a landlord and instituted de- partmental limewashing. Lime City of Victoria and Kowloon was washing, when done by the de-taken by barges and dumped at partment is done with a spray

Some 15,543 tons were dump and not with a brush. There sea were several complaints towards ed at Cheung Sha Wan where a the end of the year of damage reclamation 逃 being gradually done by the lime coming into

formed. contact with tenants' effects. Additional wrappers to cover up

The cost of refuse collection in furniture, etc., were therefore, Hong Kong during 1927 issued.

$103,560.61 and in

The contract system failed

mainly on account of the poor $31,220.13. ime used and the scamping of The cost of

POPULATION OF HONG KONG

BIRTH AND DEATH RATES.

INFANT MORTALITY 31,6 PER CENT.

follows:

The estimated population of the Colony, at the end of 1927 was so

Non-Chinese civil

population 10,500; Chinese population 001,400; total civil population 977,800.

The Chinese population was dis tributed as follows:

City of Victoria (înclad-

ing Peak)

****** 500,000 Villages of Hong Kong 37,500 Kowloon and New Kow-

Roon New Territories (land) Population affost mai 94,000 Since 1918 the population in the area under the jurisdiction of the

$40,000 87,500

Sanitary Board has increased by more than 100 per cent. The Bri- dish and Foreign community has increased from 13,500 in. 1817 16,500 in 1997. *

During 1927 the exchange of people between Hong Kong and neighbouring Chinese territory by river steamships and railway shows a balance at $3,780 in favour of emigrants, the figures being impl grants 331,117, emigrants" 600,253.

BIRTH RATE... :

The birth rate in 1927 was about was double that of 1826,-8.4 per 1,000 In Kowloon compared with 4.5 per 1,000.

dealing with birth statistics - Hong Kong, however, it is essential to remember that registration of births is largely evaded by the Chinese especially in regard to foreca

refuse removal,

the work by sub-contractors. In salaries of bargemen, etc., several cases the limewashing bad

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to be done five or six times by $22,953.80 for Hong Kong. and the contractor before it could be 8833.92 for Kowloos. passed as satisfactory. When the work is done by the department with the spray there is undoubt. past two year are edly greater initial dislocation

The comparative figures for the

1923.

1927.

but the work is better and more City quickly done and tenants have Scavenging $101,843.05 $105,560.64 expressed their appreciation that Kowloon the necessary upheaval is

'Scavenging 46,798.30 $1.220.13 brief.

Removal... 58,602,87 50,770.29

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EDITOR SHOT DEAD IN A LAW COURT.

REVOLVER DRAMA IN A LIBEL SUIT."

Public Baths.

It would appear from the figures given by the Sanitary Board that washing at the public bath houses was not so popular in 1997 as "in 1920, at any rate among the adult population. There was a very large VIENNA, June 19th. Herr Bruno Holl, a former editor increase in the number of children washed however. They were- pos- of the "Neues Wiper Journal, was dramatically shot dead this sibly sent by their parents to do morning while he was giving evid-duty for the family. enee at the bearing of a sensational

The figures were libel action in which he was the defendant.

His assailant it is stated, was Herr Oskar Poeff, a dismissed journalist, who had brought the suit against him for defamation of character and illegal dismissal.

There was a lull in the proceed- ings of the court, and the judge. was just preparing to continue his questions, when suddenly Herr Poem rose to his feet.

"Now," he cried in a hoarse voice, advanced two paces towards Herr Wolf, drew his pistol, and fired five shots.

Herr Wolf, who was seated in the witness-box, sprang to his feet after the first shot, tottered, forward with both hands clasped over his chest, and collapsed across the rail of the box.

ALLEGED SUICIDE PACT.

GIRL OF 18 COMMITTED ON

MURDER CHARGE.

Men

WANCHAI BATH HOUSE.

The births registered during 1927, numbered 7,500-7,178 Chinese and 394 non-Chiness, The figures for the past two years are:

1926. 1997. Chinese boys

......... 2,022 4,128 Chinese girle

1,202 3,048 Non-Chinese boys... 163 163 Non-Chinese girls... 134 · 181 The following table shows the birth rate calculated from the regis tered births for the last 10 years: Non-Chinese. Chinese.

92,0*

3.6 1919 ............... 20.8

3.8 1020........ 19.78

1918

3.98

1921 1022

25.88

5.68

22.84

6.25

1923

23.03

6.37

1924

19.8

325i.. 1920 1927

5.47 20. 4.23

19.21

4.18 19.0

......... 8.2

For the non-Chinese community the rates of male to female chud- ren for the year 1827 was 101 males to 100 females.

DEATH RATE. A

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BOGUS MAJOR TRICKS TOWN.

DAZZLING STORIES OF WEALTH.

VANISHES WITH BANK MONEY.

The mystery of the disappearANCE from Great Yarmouth of Major Francis Dexter has been solved.. by the police, who have identified the man as a consummate trickster.

For many months. the man cast a spell over the district by his' engag.. ing manners and pretence of wealth.

A brilliant conversationalist, al- The total number of deaths regis-wave immaculately dressed, he tered in the Colony during 1927 was looked the Army officer of fiction. 14,761 as compared with 12,518 in

1927.

1996. " 215,096 151,531 162,649

· 1926.

1987

216.101

200,412

Women

Children

80.555

61,720

SECOND STREET BATH HOUSE.

80,804 370,339

Men Women.

Children

1920. *942,600 ***...... 105,700 ...... 193,356 -PAKHOI STREET BATH

HOUSE.

1926.

1927,

39,001

48,397

17,925

17.997

16,838 98,317

Men

Women Childrea

POUND LANE ́PATH, HOUSE,

1990. 192*. Men

167.298 147.755 Women

42,008 69,070 Children....... 15,058 20,318 The Pakhoi bath house was not in use for a month during 1928 owing to water restrictione.

SPANNER AND HAMMER.

A Chinese employee of the Hong

An alleged suicide pact had a sequel at Yarmouth, when Edith Alston, aged 10, of Hobart-street, Burnley, Lancashire, was changed with the murder of Tom Greenhalgh TEMPT GARAGE EMPLOYEE Sutcliffe, aged 34, shoe repairer, of Albert-street, Burnley, by drowning him in the River Tare on May 30th. She was also charged with attempt-Kong Hotel Garage succumbed to ed suicide.

According to police evidence, the temptation induced by the sight Alston is alleged to have admitted of a spanner and a hammer. The that Sytdlife and he agreed to go man did time at the Victoria Gaol into the river together and tied last year owing to his fondness for handkerchiefs to the buttonholes of their coats. The girl was rescued other people's property but on his from the river at Yarmouth. Sut release he made up his mind to go cliffe's body was picked up ten days

straight.

The general civil death rate was 16.5 per 1,000 compared with 15.9 1926. The Chinese death rate

was 16.8 per 1,000.

Non-Chinese deaths numbered 236, including 18 from the Navy and Army,

The

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Dexter, who is known to the police under many. aliases, rented bungalow in the guise of a senior. officer of the Australian Air Force, with a large private income.

He was once a company secretary, and his knowledge of company law procedure stood him in good stead.

He told the owner of the property non-Chinese death Tote

where his bungalow was situated a (civil population) 13.2 per story of investments in Australia 1,000 compared with 10,9 in 1996.

and suggested formation of £ The death rate was highest limited company for the develop during the months of June, July, ment of the estate. August and September.

He said he was prepared to in-

vest 212,500.

.....

During the last ten years the death rate has steadily declined

£30,000-A-Year Story, from 24.40 (Chinese 21.50, non- Chinese 18.50) in 1918 to 16.4. Dexter's next step was to gain en (Chinese 16.6, non-Chinese 13.9). introduction to the manager of a The highest figures were 25.16 local bank. He said he had an ac-. in 1922 and 25.88 in 1923, since count with a Somerset branch of a when the decrease has been very bank and wished to transfer it to

Yarmouth. satisfactory.

INFANT MORTALITY, The infant mortality (children under one year) was 4,660 (com- pared with 3.424 in 1926) of which 4.637 were Chinese and 32 non

Chinese.

The rate of infant mortality was a1.6 per cent. for Chinese and 13.2 per cent, for non-Chinese.

He instructed a chartered ac countant to prepare an income-tax return and submitted figures which showed his supposed income as £30,000 a year. He claimed to bave £16,000 on deposit at an Australian bank and said he had a pension: of £72. a month from the Australian Government.

This, he said, was about to ceaso on the payment of a gratuity of between £800 and £900 which was on its way and was to be paid into his Somerset sccount.

Doctors were summoned from Westminster Hospital, a few yards way, and while the seriously in ured were being removed there, those who had tainted received treatanent in the ball.

Women pushed about frantically

When he entered a Yarmouth in their efforts to learn whether

bank and said," My cheque from any of their friends were among

Australia has arrived," he was be the injured.

Charles Whiting, the boy fatally Mr. R. P. Epshley, prosecuting, The spanner belonged to Mr. H.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice lieved. He handed in a cheque for £863 to open an account and was injured, was one of à party of 22 nd Alston and Sutcliffe disappear. L. Decker and when he missed it, Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals allowed ip draw a cheque for £480. from the Sipson Baptist Sundayed from Burnley and nothing more he told another foki to make a begs to acknowledge with thanks

Meny Hazek School. They were under the was heard of them until the girl

later.

charge of Mr. Thomas Wild, jun., was rescued. A day later a regis search for it. The jab was done

ALICE MEMORIAL AND AFFILIATED HOSPITALS.

one of the teachers at the school tered letter way delivered at Burn- thoroughly and after looking Alice Memorial Hospital Building. He was handed four £100 notes

An official who was standing in the vestibule when the accident happened said:

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Miss Maud Woodidge, who is ley, signed Dad, enclosing through the belongings of other among the injured, celebrated her with the message, God be with

fokie, he found among defendant s 15th birthday yesterday. She was you till we meet again." with a party of children from Har- Mr. Sutcliffe identified this effects a newn ticket relating to the lington Sunday School under the ether as being in her husband's missing articles. charge of Miss Hood, who narrow- handwriting. The girl was his ly cacaped being struck.

The Police was fuformed and the apprentice. She noticed they be came very friendly, and she ordered man was brought before Mr. R. E. Alston out of the house three times Landeulf at the Central Magis in one day, but she returned next

tracy yesterday morning. The great mass of plaster came

two Defendent said that he did not down with a crash. Many of the day afte

She found in her house two poor little children were struck letter, one from her husband to steal the tools and did not know down beneath piles of plaster Alston and the other from Alston how the pawn ticket had go into and grown-up people were bleed- to him. He addressed the girl as ing from cuts on their heade as My own darling Edith, and his belongings The Police dis

staggered out in a cloud of Alaton's letter to her husband be credited his statement by producing gua, My darling. my own his former record. Sentence of sweetheart.

they

I heard someone shouting fo those who were still on the stair- case to go back, and then I went in to help the little ones out,

Alston, who pleaded not guilty, twelve weeks hard labour was im was committed for trial.

posed

$100

100

100

for furniture and fittings of the new the following donations to the fund

Per Mr. Lo Chung Kue:

Mr. Lo Chung Kue... Mr. Foo Yik Pang Mr. Woo Hay Tong..... Mr. Chan Kam Yung Mr. Wong Ping Sun Mr. P. K. Kwok Mr. Là Kit Cho

Mr. Chan Sin Hing ~... Mr. Leung Yan Po Messrs. Wo Fat Bing S Hong Kong and Taumati

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Mr. Au Lim Chuca Mr. Au Chịu Cho Mr Au Long Hin ..... Mr. Leung But Tu Messrs. C. Ah Ying & Co.

Total

"50"

50

82222222 *******

$825

and eight 21o notes, which" he changed for Treasury notes at an other local bank. He returned to the bungalow and was last seen driving away in a motor-car ob- tained from a local garage oa hire-purchase system.”

Dozens of Yarmouth people now told the police of the methods "victimised by which the Major them and

Dexter has been identified as a man who has swindled many people in various parts of the country as James Reginald Goode, James Goode, Arthur Talbot, Bidney Re ginald Edmunds, William Deacon. Richard Henry Edwards, and Henry Vernon Carlton. He is 37 years of age and a native of Wal- Ball, Staffordshire, and was deport ed from South Afries in 1920,