1936-08-07 — Page 7

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7. 1936.

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HUNGHUM MURDER CASE HEARING

Allegations Made By Accused

FAMILY ESTATE

QUESTIONS

Accusations that their eldest brother had always threatened to kill them, were made by two brothers, Yung Shing, black- smith, and Yung Ming, vegetable hawker, charged with the mar- der of lp Kiu, 49, gardener, when the trial was continued before Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.

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Mr. EH Williams. Assistant Attorney General, together with Detective Inspector Elston, ducted the prosecution,

The deceased met his death in a ght in a hut on the hillside at Hau Pul Loong, Hunghom, on the night of July 18.

Dr. R. S. Begble, Assistant Goy- ernment Bacteriologist. deposed vegetable that he examined 3 knife, a pole and three jackets and found traces of human blood

on all,

MORE SPURIOUS CORRESPONDENCE CLYDE AVIATION

COINS

Woman Committed For Trial

With counterfelt coins concealed

in a bamboo, on her person and even in her shoe, Tang Yuk, 52, a spinater, was arrested coming off the as. Tin Yat which had arrived in Hong Kong from Canton on July 25.

A CORRECTION

(To the Editor of "The Hong

PROGRESS

New Machine And "Aero Engine

£500 AUTOGIRO PUT ON THE MARKET

Kong, Daly Press"]' Dear Sir-We are instructed by Mr. Ho Chih Ting, who is better known by the name of Fok. Chi Ting, to write to you with re- ference to an article appearing' on paze 7 of your isaue of the 5th August under the heading. "Shum Chun must close." Our citent in-

For a number of years Messrs. forms us that at no time was he

For a number of years Messrs. one of the operators of the gamb-G. and J. Welr, Ltd. Cathcart, She appeared before Mr. S. Fung resort at Shum Chun and that, have carried out experiments on Balfour at the Central Court yes therefore, it was impossible for him autogiros, having obtained the terday charged with the possession to become indebted to the Kwang licence to build such machines of these coins which amounted to 304 ten-cent pieces, and 685 ave-tung Provincial Treasury on that from the Clerva Autogiro Com cent pieces. The case was taken account in the sum of $7,000,000 pany. Ltd., London, and as a re-

as alleged, or at all.

sult of their research they have for committal.

now evolved a new type of auto- giro and also a special sero eu- gine. The Weir autogiro, which may open up new possiblities in the use of aircraft, is being put on the market at the provisional price of £500.

Inspector M. Murphy opening the case stated that the defendant was arrested immediately after the arrival of the 5.5. Tin Yat from Canton. She was carrying a bam- boo pole and two baskets. The detective who stopped her found that the pole was rather heavy and what was more suspicious was that the pole was' stuffed at one end with a piece of cloth,

She was taken to the Central

examined. snatched #

piece

of

Our client" also informs us that it is not true that Mr. T. L. Boons has ordered him to pay the sum alleged to be in arrears, neither has he threatened to confiscate our cllent's property.

The article in the paper appears to be substantially the same as an article that appeared in the **South China Morning Post" on the 28th July under the heading "Auditing Accounta.”

With regard to that article. we wrote to the South China Morn

The Clerva autogiro introduced completely new ideas in aviation, and it is claimed that it has offer- ed a degree of safety and con- venience far in advance of any thing obtainable with ordinary

craft. The fixed-wing

Police station where, while being paper from the basket and trieding Post" requesting them to pub-is of the "direct control"

in their issue of the 1st August. lish a correction, and this was done

to chew it. The paper contained an address in Yaumati

Coins were found on her person, in the bamboo pole and in her left shoe.

Defendant said that she had got them from a man on board' who had asked her to take them ashore for him.

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Yang Wing, aged 44. market stall holder, and eldest brother of the accused, told the Court that he lived in Hau Pul Loong village but not in the same hut as his bro- thers. Before the crime, witness had no dealings with them but was on neighbourly terms with the Ip

Evidence was then taken. The family. There was no troublë in

Chinese detective told of the arrest. witness's family about the division of the family estate: There was

He was followed by the female no Hong Kong property to divide searcher who testified to the and

ing of some of the coins. Inspector but their property in the country had been divided tong ago Murphy then gave formal evidence their mother and the money was divided- among them all.

QUARREL HEARD Coming to the evening of July 18, witness stated that he returned home to his matshed. After A while he had his evening meal Inside the hut with his wife und two fokis. Witness beard B quarrel outside and shouts

save lie" coming from hut further up. It was hut No. 3. He saw the deceased, Ip Klu, outside the hut supported by his wife. The accused were inside the hut. Deceased's right arm was bleed- ing profusely.

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Witness gald to the accused, "It is only a trife matter: you have cut somebody," and

he spoke the first accused brought his right band forward with a knife and struck at witness.. The latter put up his left arm to ward off the blow and received a cut on the back of his left hand.

Questioned by the accused, wit- ness denied that he had gathered members of the Ip family to at- tack the accused, Witness also dented that he shouted to the deceased's wife that he would give $800 to $1,000 to kill the accused. Witness further denied that he was always threatening to kill the accused.

Witness added that the family property in the country had been mortgaged for $1,000 Chinese cur- Tency and with that money they had purchased several houses In Hong Kong

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which was followed by that of Lam Ful a money changer, who testified to the falseness of the coins.

The defendant was committed to stand trial at the Sessions.

SHRINERS DUE

On The Pres. Grant-

A party of 26 Shriners from the Nile Temple in Seattle, Washing-

too.

who are on their way to Manila, will arrive on the Ameri- can Mall Liner, "President Grant," which is expected to tle up at the Kowloon Dock at 11.00 a.m. to- day.

The Shrine Temples in different parts of America are the highest orders of Freemasonry, and many years of diligent study must be Bccomplished before a mason is initiated into a Shrine.

A ceremonial will be held when they are in Manila, and another one is to be held in Shanghal upon their return trip.

CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND

It is understood that at a special meeting held At the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Connaught Road Central, yesterday afternoon, it was decided to petition the Government for a piece of land for the purpose of laying out a Chil- after further testimony the hear-dren's Playground in memory of ing was adjourned to-day when His Majesty. the late King George the case will probably conclude, V., of which plans are 'being pre-

Yung Man Shing, bean sprout hawker, then gave evidence

and

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Weekly Return

In the Colony of Hong Kong Including the Island, Kowloon and the New Territories during the week ending at 8 a.m. on Satur- day, the lat. instant, there were altogether 49 tramc accidents, as the result of which 24 persons were injured.

Of the persons injured, 14 were pedestrians who were either walk- ing for running across the road and were struck by vehicles.

Two tramcar passengers and a bus passenger were injured while alighting from moving tramċara

pared.

Among those present at yester- day's meeting were the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, Hon. Dr. 8. W Tso. Han, Mr. T. N. Chau, Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo and several other prominent Chinese merchants.

840FT. WATERFALL NAMED AFTER THE KING

Discovery In British Guiana

London, July 24. A waterfall recently discovered and a moving motor bus respec in the hinterland of British Lively.

Gulana, in the Senang region by One motor cycle driver and a the Potaro river, has been named, bicycle rider were injured through with the approval of his Majesty

We shall be obliged if you will also publish a correction of these mis-statements, which oug ellent considers insulting and injurious.

Yours faithfully,

WILKINSON & GRIST. Hong Kong. August 6, 1938, [Eb. We regret that the article should have given any offence, 'but it was copied verbatim from message sent by the Kuo-Min News agency which we understand is an official organ of the Central Gov- ernment at Nanking.]

LAID TO REST

Weir type,

and in its design the autogiro system has been completely re- vised.

The main features of the modera direct-control autogiro include:-

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Ability to fly at very low speeds with perfect safety, since the machine is fully supported, by the rotor and cannot stall or spin:

Extreme simplicity of control; Safety in landing even in the

event of engine failure; and Ability to descend almost vertical

ly and land on the spot" without subsequent forward

run.

To those characteristics has now been added a most vitally im- portant advantage-that of direct

MR. STANLEY COBHAM take-off without any taxi-ing or

an

The funeral of the late Mr. Stanley Cobham,

American citizen. who died, suddenly in the Government Civil Hospital at 2. a.m. on Wednesday at the age of 53 years, while he was on a tour of the world, took place at the Colonial Cemetery. yesterday afternoon, when Rev. N. V. Hal- ward. M. C. performed the burial service at the grave-side.

Those who were present at

yesterday's funeral were only the Vice-Consul, Mr. Merritt N. Cootes of the American Consulate and a representative of the Repulse Bay Hotel.

Wreaths were sent by the Ame- rican Consulate, the Repulse Bay- Hotel and the Government Civil Hospital,

"MAN WITH ONE ARM

But Able To Steal Vegetables

RECORD OF CRIME

Ngal Fit, a young man without a left arm, who since 1932 has served. no less than

forward movement of the machine. The autogiro lifts verti- cally off the ground, and only when well clear does normal "for- ward flying commence.

AERODROMES UNNECESSARY

This "direct take-off” innovation

the

Breatly enlarges the scope of the

The owner of autogiro machine does not need to depend on large aérodromes. but can make use of any field or open space of reasonable size for land- ing and taking off. By obviating the necessity for travelling to and from aerdromes considerable re- ductions can be made in expenses. The use of flat roofs in urban districts for landing purpose has already been experimentally de- monstrated by the use of auto- giros.

The new Weir machine, which is a single-seater, has a new type of rotor system which is claimed to be inherently stable under all conditions of flight, and which provides exceptionally light and simple controls by means of a single hanging "Joystick," or con-

trol column.

HOUSE CLEANING IN CHINA

Comment On Rehabilitation In Kwangtung

MISAPPROPRIATIONS BY OFFICIALS ALLEGED

Requests have been made by the Kwangtung Labour Union, the Kwangtung Mechanics Union and other similar organizations with the Central Government to inves- tigate into the alleged misappro- priations of the Canton municipal funds and other irregularities in Kwangtung.

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Among the alleged cases in the petition to the Government were the following:

The theft in the Canton muni- cipal treaiury;

The theft of $7,000,000 munici- pal bank notes which have not as yet been recorded;

Misappropriations of the $4,000,- 000 treasury bonds;

The commission on mine" pro- ducts:

The smuggling und sales of im- ported cement;

The smuggling and monopoly on Imported sugar; and

The manufacture of counterfelt notes.

Commenting on the rehabilita - tion measures being enforced in Kwangtung by the Government appointees, the Shun Pao' said the extreme poverty which China is facing to-day has been caused chiefly by corrupt officials and militarists in the past. While a | chorough "house-cleaning" Bas now been launched in Kwangtung, similar steps should be taken in nearly all of the other provinces.

CAPITALISTS IN CHINA The fallure of her Chen C tang, the paper sald, is entirely due to the corruption, which he and his colleagues, permitted in their administration. "It is the general conception that officials aim to get two things: power and money. Although Gen. Chen bai lost his power over the

south- west, he has certainly succeeded money in getting away with the

Moreover his which he wanted.. adherents helped themselves to the funds us the provincial treasury and other Government offices."

the

Continuing the paper said this is nothing new as history knows of many officials who have enriched- themselves before being austed from the political arena. After pointing out that many retired militarists and officials are chiet shareholders of various banks and big concerns in the country add are therefore capitalista, the paper sald much of the nation's humiliations were caused by this corruption.

The Central Government au- thorities have realized the neces sity or a clean administration," the paper concluded. We hope that the proposed house-cleaning" will not be limited to Kwangtung alone but will be carried out in every province in the country."

THE WEIR AEBO ENGINE

This rotor system has an addi- tional advantage by its ability to "spill and lift" under the control of the pilot for landing in high winds of very confined' spaces.

Experience has shown that com- deal of research and practical plete failure of the engine need flying has been done. ten prison cause no excitement, since, un- terms appeared yesterday before like the Axed wing machines, the M. Macfadyen at the Kowloon autogiro will then merely sink Magistracy when

pleaded slowly, to the ground The rotor guilty to the theft of vegetables, blades are not driven by the en- valued at one dollar, from $ gine (except for take-off .pur- garden of Ma Tau Wel Road. poses).. and will continué

Det.-Sub-Insp. R. Cunningham | rotate and to support the atated the vegetables were stolen | machine. 'during the night.

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A special 4-cylinder in line air- cooled inverted type aero engine has been designed and built by Messrs. Weir for use in the new autogiro. The engine is known as pukka altcraft power unit, de- signed and constructed in ac- cordance with Air Ministry re-

quirements. The main particulars stroke. 100mm capacity, about of the engine are:-Bore, 80min.;

2,000 cc.; normal bhp at 2,550

r.p.m.

After the initial mechanical The Magistrate (reading defen- start-up by the engine the rotor dant's criminal record): It is blades are free to revolve without obvious that short sentences are interference of any kind, and they of no use in your case.

continue in motion the whole time Denfendant: I have a licence to the machinne is off the ground. hawk but have no money to buy The engine may be cut out at any

The main components of the goods, I am lame.

engine are conveniently arranged. dime without affecting the landing Dual ignition is employed, with speed,, the vertical descent being automatic advance. The cRI- fixed by the speed rotation of the buretter, which is of the Amal blades.

type, is fully balanced and fitted

altitude control. with easy starting mechaniam and

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S. I Cunningham: "He is not ¡ame. He has only one arm. Everything has been done that can be done to help this man but he simply does not pay attention wings. It has neither ailerons, The Weir autogiro has no fixed at all. He is under police super-evators, nor rudder. Fixed ver- vision until 1938.

The experimental engines have Sentence of six months' hard tical and horizontal ans are fitted, passed the equivalent Air Ministry labour was passed.

and the movements 01 the type tests, but units now going machine" are directly and entirely through the Cathcart works will controlled by tilting the axia of be passed out as series engines the rotor hub. This is effected by after a full type test, now being a hanging joystick" suitably prepared, has been completed. coupled to the rotor hub through, The provisional price of this tomted rods Climbing, turning, aero engine is £110. The whole descending, and all movements of unit has been designed for long the machine are simply carried runs between overhauls, and at- out by, the, single control.

falling from their vehicles whilst ! "King Edward VIIL” In motion.

The discovery was made by a Three Chinese girls, playing on member of a geological survey

CHILD DROWNED the footpath, were injured by a party. The fall; is one of 8401t. Totor lorry mounting the pave- with a width of 50ft.; but the drop rent

Is not vertical...'.

"The body" of a three-year-old Three bleycle riders were injur Two other falls in British Chinese girl was found floating in ed as the result of collisions be-Gulana are, with the consent of the harbour yesterday morning tween vehicles

the King. to be officially 'know near a wharf of the west wall of Of the 49 accidents, 18 were col- as King George V and "King the Kowloon Docks. The child Halons between vehicles; 19 were Edward VIL" Pictures of the had apparently fallen from a junk collisions between vehicles and three falls are to be sent to the or sampan it is believed. The body pedestrians; and 12 accidents were King By the Government of the was removed to the Kowloon 'due to other causes.

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