1936-01-20 — Page 7

MARSHAL CHEN EXTRACTS FROM

ON VISIT

GAZETTE

Guard Of Honour Many Appointments

Provided

Special police precautions were taken on Saturday on the arrival 01 His Excellency Marinai Chen Chi Tang when he paid the Colony a short visit. The Hong Kong Hotel, where the Marshal is -staying, was surrounded by Police and a crowd of Chinese reporters during the day,

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The name of Dr. Wel Cheuk- sheng has been added to the list of medical practitioners.

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His Excellency the Governor nas appointed Mr. Li Tse-long to be a Member of the Board of Edu- cation for a further period of two

HONG KONG ĐÀILY PRESS MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1936.

HUNTING COUGARS NOW ON

THE MOUNTAIN LION; A.

KILLER OF LIVESTOCK

Will Attack Man

BY RICHARD L. NEURER GER

Portland, Ore.

BRAVERY AWARDS

Carnegie Hero Fund Trustees

Leados, Dea, 22 wegian motor-vessel Form on June Several awards for bravery have | 14, 1935. Five members of the crow been made by the Carnegie Hero had been cleaning the sink and r'und Trustoas.

were · ·later. - found unconscious A one-legged man who entered through inhaling the fumes of the the, ses on his rutches and then preparation they had been using. threw them away and swam to the Radcliffe „three times entered the rescue of a woman was among those tank to assist in the resius work, who have received an award from the first time without any protoc As the first snow flurries strike the Carnegie Hero Fund Trustees. tion and on the second occasion the Western ranges home-steaders

The incident occurred at Thurso wearing a badly fitting gas mask. on September 19 and the man, | An & result of his efforta ka suffered His Excellency the Governor has and ranchers all their rifles, un- appointed Mr. James Roger God-leash their hounds and trail the Alfred Houry Brennan, joiner, of from inflammation of the STS. Durness Street, Thurso, went into He was awarded an honorary oër- destroys the water in spite of a high wind, tificate and a sum of £10. frey Wyatt to be an Examiner for beast which annually

scores of their sheep and calves and when the tide was ebbing with Masters and Mates.

The time to hunt felis concolor strong undercurrent. A life-belt the cougar-is when" Its heavy had been thrown to the bather, who paws leave imprints in the soft caught it, but ne there was no life snowfalls of the early Winter. line attached she was steadily Brennan reach "Already farmers and woodsmen, carried out to sea determined to slay the potentialed her, but having only one leg, kiler of hundreds of

heads of and with only one arm free, his Lask was exceedingly difficult. The livestock, are scouring the hills of the Rockies and Cascades and Brennan then grawled shore

inscue was, however, accomplished for cougar. also known variously and was assisted home, his crutches 2.9 mountain lion, ригла and naving been washed out to 880.

Shortly after the Marshal's ar-years, rival, he called-upon His Excel-. lency the Governor at 11:30 am. at Government House, where a Quard of Honour was provided by the Royal Ulster Rifles. Marshal Chen also paid calls upon Hi Excellency the "Commander-in- It is notified that Nos. 3, 5, 5, 7 Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles and 9 puddel Street have been ap- Little, and also upon His Excel-pointed a warehouse for the stor- leney the General Officer Coming of durable liqanrs of Messrs. manding... Major-General A W. H. Ruttonjee & Bon... Bartholomew.

The Marshal was accompanied by Lieut.-General Tu L-ch'len. Lieut-Generai Lin Shih-ching and Colonel C. W. Leung.

House

The party lunched at Admiralty with the Commander-in- Chier. Return calls were paid later in the afternoon.

The Marshal and his Staff were

dinner also entertained at

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Saturday evening by His Excellency the Governor.

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Ter.dera are being invited steam heating and hot water sex vice installation at Stanley Gaol

Hospital.

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panther."

foot-

The cougar has long been

Brennen was awarded an hon-

aurary certificate and a sum of £15,

·Florenon

Mira. CÙM WOKU, Ketteridge, of Cato Street, Saltley, Birmingham, Waa awarded £10, as reimbursement for plus financial losi. On Septembár 10 in atopping a runaway Borss attached to a coal lorry she wrenched her left shoulder and had multiple ruises and other injuries, and in consequence lost eight weeks' work

tant (unemployed), William Street Listowel, County Kerry, attempted nurse from drownnig in the sea at on August 3 to rescue a hospital

Cornelius Keane chemist'a asia-

show that the Colony's credit t-source of vexation to stockraisers, plus one guinea for replacement of Ballybunion. The water was reced-

of October was

Financial statements Just issued

lance at the end $12,712,393, compared with $12, 128.798 at the end of September.,

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Its natural prey are deer and goats. When none of these is to be found and the range does not produce enough small game, the cougar will descend upon the corrals and pastures in the valleys to

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It is notified that Mr. G. M. By vanck, Acting Consul-General. for

kill the domestic animals. the Netherlands at Hong Kong re- Often it is not content merely to sumed charge of the Netherlands satisfy its appetite, but once with Consulate-General, on January 10. a sheepfold it will stay as many hundred lambs and uwes It is hereby notified that His This propensity for destruction Excellency the Governor, under mi-} marks the cougar as one of the structions received from the Secre- most dangerous predatory beasta The following further donations,tary of State for the Colonies, has in the American West.

appointed Mr. James Smith be have been received by

Lady Chief

Mechanical Engineer Southor:-

For Hungry Babies.

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......820.00 20.00 10.00

Mr. M. Mootomali .. Mrs, M. Mootemall "Anonymous

Further donations may be sent to Lady Southom. 297 The Peak, or e/o Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Limited.

ART IN GLASGOW.

Pictures By Mr. James Kay, A.R.S.A.

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Kowloon-Canton Railway,

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His Excellency the Governor sus appointed the following officers to be his Honorary Aides-de-Camp- Captain Thomas Addis Martin, Volunteer defence Hong Kong

Corps; Lieutenant Rupert Karold Stocker, Hong Kong and Singapore Brigade, Royal Artillery.

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It is notified that the Governor in Counell has adopted wholly, as the valuation for the year com- mencing on July 1, 1936, the valua tion minde in 1935 of the tenements in these parts of the New Territor- les comprised in the urban areas London, Dec. 24. of Tal Po Market and Yuen Loug An exhibition of paintings by Mr. James Kay, A.R.S.A., R.9.W., which has just been opened in

It is hereby notified that His Besara. Connell's gallery as 75 St..

Excellency the Governor, under Vincent Street, Glasgow, again instructions received from the Se- brings before the public the art of cretary of State for the Colonies, a pointer of great power

aad has" made the following appoint. originality. Mr. Kay's work ment:-Miss Bethia Barron Me- already well-known to art patrons Pherson Fraser to be a

Nursing and visitors to the principal exhi-Sister, with effect from 9th Jan- bitions in Scotland. In the autumn

uary, 1936. of this year it also attracted much attention in London when he held

"one-man show" there.

I is notifed that a competitive examination for the Indian Civil Service, open to all qualified per-

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The collection of about 30 punt ings now no view represents the latest phase of Mr. Kay's art in sons, will be held in Loridon in Jandscape, shipping scenes, and July and August, 1936, and that const scenery.

These reveal thash copies of the regulations, ayllabus has lost nothing of his lavian of examination, and forms of ap- colour sense or his pictorial solidnyplication to be filled up by the founued on wall-provod craftsman

candidates may be seen an applica- ship. His brond technique' stri tion at the Colonial Secretariat, sometimes daring colour schem a rombine to make up sparkling and jewel-like effenta that have great

The ofices of the Supreme charm. The style which he has Court will be open daily" from 10 thus perfected is wholly his own. am to 1 p.m; during the Chinese and wholly pleasing

New Year vacation, except on ge THE CLYDE IN ALL ITS MOODS. neral and pubile holidays, when

Mr. Kay fads subject matter in.

the offices will be entirely closed, many different places, and the subject, however, to the provÍKIOLS calaction comprises pictures of section 5 of the Supreme Court the Clyde the North of France, (Vacations) Ordinance, 1898, so Belgium, and Mallorca. He ha

far as it relates to the criminal painted the Clyde in all its moods, sessions. The Chinese New Year and the poetic appeal of the vacation will commence on the scenery of its estuary and lochs is 24th instant and terminate on the iven due emphasis in such der 28th instant (both days inclusive), lightful paintings of ses, and shore રામ "Gareloch from Ciynder, "Loch Long," and "Head of Loch.

Long and Arrochar." The indus- trial aspect of the river is also presented in two notable pictures of the great

Cunard-White Star, liner Queen Mary in the Clydebank shipyard. One is an impressive "view of the white, hull of the venus

on the stocks, while the other is a remarkably vivid impression of the launch, showing the huge ship as she moves down the launching ways, into the waters of the Clyde, where a number of tugi await to talos her in tow. With fine mastery of colour and crispness of handling the artist has given life ardmore- ment to a greal occasion,

Mr. Kay's versatility is revended

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His Excellency the Governor has approved of the promotion in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps of Lieutenant Henry West- inke, D.CM., Lieutenant Hubert Gladstone Williams, and Lieuten- ant Lindsay Tasman Ride, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., MR.CS, LR.C.F.

VETERAN FREEMASON.

DIES

London, Dec 29

'A' DANGEROUS SPORT

rutches

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ing, with big wave and a terrific undercurrent and it was the worst tide known 10 the locality for toy-twenty-five

Keane years awarded an honorary certificate and a sum of £15.

Patrick C. O'Hara, musician, of Bathedmond, Sligo, was award- ed an honorary certificate and £10 for rescuing & woman bather from drowning in the ses at Strandhill, County Sligo, on July 31. The place is a dangerous one owing to currents, and at the time there was a strong ses running."

BOY'S DEATH AFTER SAVING “ FAMILY Charles Harold Ball 16, maker's packer, Newtown Row, Birmingham, who lost his life in October after warning his parents, brother, and sisters of an outbreak of fire in their home. They caped, but the rescuer himself, after mounting the stairs to the attic, collapsed and died from asphyxiation and turning injuries

His parents were awarded namorial certificate and a sum of

£50

RESCUE FROM OIL TANK George James Radcliffe, crane Many sportsmer join the ran driver, Burman Road, Garston, Liverpool, suffered physically as a chers in trailing the mountain result of assisting in the rescue of men who had been overcome by fumes in the oil tank of the Nor

ilon,

The cougar can

run the

swiftest Duck & desperate chase there is always the added and peril that the particular panther being pursued may be one of the rare members of its specles which will attack man. Ordinarily the cougar flees when it scents # human being. But there · have been exceptions and it is the these occasional appearance of outlaws which give to cougar

danger, hunting its rest. and Within the past few weeks' a farm hand in Polk County, Ore.. was "Juraped" by an unprovoked puma as he cleaned his tractor,

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World Navies.

THE NEW GERMAN BATTLESHIPS.

London, Dec. 23 The recently issued "Fleets. The British Cominonwealth of Nations and Foreign Countries" (Cmd. 5038. H.M. Stationery Office, 1s. 6d. net, 18. 8d. posu free), givea particulars of the Navies of all the principal Naval Powers on January 1, 1936. with the exception of the Japanese and Russian, which are corrected to September 30 and February 1.

Almost every year persona in outlying settlements are mauled or killed by marauding panthers. Ten years ago a small boy was slain by a cougar in the State of Washington The animal found to be an old and emaciated | 1935, respectively. cat, too feeble to stalk" natural

prey.

was

Menzies Robertson (18), mill worker, of Strathgarry Cottage į, Main Street, Pitlochry, rescued a bor aged 13 from drowning at a point of the River Tammel known a Stewart's Pool, near Pitlochry on July, 25

Boberton was awarded an inscribed silver watch.

HAUPTMANN'S ALLEGED

CONFESSION

Took Ransom Money. But Did Not Kidnap Lindbergh Baby

London, Dec 24.

On the day when the order for his execution, to take place in the week starting Monday, January 13, was signed, a sensational story was circulated in New York, concern- ing an alleged confession by | Bruno Hauptmann, who is under sentence of death for the kidnap- ping of the Lindbergh baby.

This annual return, published some two months earlier than A few months later a back-usual because of the Naval Con- woodsman in Coos County, Oregon, ference, shows, in their overal

It alleged that while Hauptmann barely escaped with his life after classes, all types of fighting vessels still denied being involved in the being mauled and lacerated by a bulls and building, together with didnapping, he had confessed that half-starved mountain lion An- their tonnage, armament, speed, he and Isidor Fisch became con- other cougar in the same district and types of machinery, and discerned after the abduction and. attacked three men and finally tinguishing those which are "over that they had extorted the ran- ' age." The following lengths of was driven away with a long- handled axe. In Tillamook County ufe are assumed: All battleships, several years ago a farmer was battle-cruisers, and aircraft car "Jumped" by a puma as he walk- riers, with cruisers laid down after ed along a forest trail with his December 31, 1919, twenty years; small daughter.. Hls Hie older cruisers, with destroyers laid spared when the Uttle girl seized down since December 31, 1920, six- his fallen rifle and fired a shot into the beast.

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It is strange that these great cats, powerful enough to fell cat-

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teen years; older foulla leaders and destroyers, twelve years, and submarines thirteen years. ages are reckoned from the dates tle, may be chased by small dogs. tleships, twenty-two cruisers, and

or completon Triree British bat A massive panther measuring nine 110 notilla-leaders and destroyers feet from nose to tail will soury are shown as having reached their

up the highest tree to escape from a fox terrier weighing 10 or 15 hounds. It is the dog's barking which terrifies the beast.

age Halte..

noted as heing prepared for sale Among the three flotilla-leaders

is the well-known Abdiel This the cougar and its various habits ed by Commander now Vlep

For many years the ferocity of vessel, a minelayer, was command- have been the subjects of debate. Admiral) Berwick Curtis, at Jut woodsmen and naturalists disagres land, where her mines laid" near as to whether a panther ever the Vyl lightshin after dark were screams. Scientists, in the ram, responsible for the damage to the contend it does not. General Frederick Funston, famous The Abdiel afterwards did 800

However, Germän battleship Ostfriesland.

soldier and frontiersman, said he service as leader of the Twentieth ance witnessed a puma screaming Destroyer Bouilla, which laid many within the rays of his campfire. minefields in enemy waters during He likened its outcry to the scream the last year of the war. ⠀⠀ of a woman

• WORD in fear, or agony,

·GERMAN ́ FLEST

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"The "confession" is stated tợ have been to the effect that a few days after the kidnapping Fisch hinted to Hauptmann that be know something about the crime; that a day or so later Fluch de- clared he knew the kidnapper who, however, was afraid to col lect the ransom because something had happened to the baby..

Later Fisch suggested to Haupt- man that they should try to col- leer some of the ransom muner, and Hauptatuan agreed.

after collecting the ransom, it was agreed that Hauptmann should act as treasurer.

The "confession” continued that

He gave Flach 200,000 dollars (4000) from his brokerage ac- count. In November, 1933, so that

Fisch could go to Germany, where

he died.

ed the kidnappers' names, Haupt- Adding that he had never leam-

and is reported to have declared, on my baby I swear I. bad no- thing to do with the kidnapping. I cannge name any acomplica be- cause I had nothing to do with

The reason given for Haupt-

longstan

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Keen-scented bounds, hunting Particular interait urtaches to in packs, are the most practical | Germany's new ships laid down in way to track the cougar. The 1934-35, which are tabulated om- mann not telling this story at hia: dogs are taken to a gorge or pass cially for the first time. They | trial is that he feared it would: known to be frequented by the include two 28,000 ton battleships increase the chances of a convie- beasts. Once they pick up a trail, farmed with nine 11 in, guns and Mr. Euvard Monson, one of the the hounds pursue their prey until twelve 5:98; two 10,000 cruisers, in his treatment of subjects of an cidest Freemasons in the country, the cougar takes refuse on a carrying eight 8 in. weapons; one sey and Colonel Mark Kimberting, entirely different natura, no for and Graad Superintendent of rocky ledge or in the branches of aircraft carrier (projected); air- chief warden of the New Jersey example in capturing the effe of Works (England), has died in a tree. Then the men, coming up feen new destroyers of 1,025 tons, State Prison, in which Hauptmanu brilliant unshide in a view of cton Hospital, aged 88. He was behind afoot or an horseback, can armed with five 5 in uns and is detained, have each categori Monte Carlo, of Borrente in Italy, architect

shoot the killer as it maris and 'eight torpedo tubes, and twenty- Ically denied the story, though the or of street ones in Dieppe,

He celebrated his diamond jubilee spits at its pursuers. In this might submarines, large and small. former admits he received a lettes Rouen, and Havre, while there are a Freemason last year. Haner the actual or potential slayers Further details of most of these from Hauptmann on December 9 also in the collection renderings founder and Past Master of several of imposing buildings in France lodges, and be also held high' pro- of scores of sheep and calves are vessel are given in the latest the contents of which he refuses Cand elsewhere!

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