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ROOF THAT LEAKED.

JUDGMENT RESERVED IN "TEXACOAT" CASE.

house.

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GAZETTE.

LATEST NAVAL

APPOINTMENT.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

HOSPITAL CASUALTY.

PATIENT WHO JUMPED OVER VERANDAH.

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The Jury was.Mosrs. A. H. Carroll (foreman), R. M. Omar and E. Grosman.

"Inspector Spears represented the Polico.

SATURDAY,

COALHEAVER'S HOAX.

H.R.K. PRINCE OF THE KOEPENICKS.

FEBRUARY -19- 1927.

ELECTRIC FENCE.

during the coal

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE AGAINST COLLIERY OWNERS.

In romantle and dramatic cir-

The alleged electrocution of a pit cumstances Rhineland police re- lad through coming into contact cently captured a man who re-with the wire fence of a colliery cently carried out the most suc-power station cessful series of impostures known strike has led to a summons for to German history since the days manslaughter against the owners of the "Captain of Koepenick." and three engineers.

The hero of these adventures, _The_cane was opened at Brid who is, as is now known, a coal gend recently, the defendants be heaver, named Harry Domela, con- ing Messra, Cory Bros. and Co., of ferred upon himself the altern- Cardin, Thomas Hardee, Temple

Davies and Robert Illingworth.

Prussia," "Baron von Korff," and "Prince of Lieven."

With effect from January 14, a At the Magistracy yesterday, be- The Summary Court case in which the Texas Company sues Mr. change is made in the post of re-fore Mr. W. Schodold, an inquest Lane, an architect, for the aident naval officer in Shanghal. was held on Wong Hong, a patient value of goods received was again For two years it has been held by at the Tung Wah Hospital, who batore Mr. Justice Nihill yesterday Paymaster Commander J. M. jumped over the verandah of No.

He is to be succeeded ward on January 13 of this year, afternoon. Evidence was conclud Cusack. ed at a previous hearing and Hia by Paymaster-Commundor G. H. and died of a fractured skull.

Thomson, O.B.E., late of the air- Honour listened to legal argument craft carrier Engio, and formerly & during the hearing of the case yeaquadron leader in the Royal Air terday.

Force. Paymaster-Commander The facts of the case are that Thomson was Secretary at the Ad- plaintiffs Bupplied "Texacont"

miralty to Rear-Admiral C. L Dr. G. H. Thomas, Senior Medi-tive titles of "Prince Wilhelm of to the defendant to cover

Vaughan-Lee when Director of Aircal Officer, testified to having ad- the, leaky roof..

The defendant alleged Services during the war, and after-mitted deceased on January 10th, that the roof still leaked after the wards had considerably service and diagnosed the flinoss as mally

with R.N.A.S. units.

nant malaria. The patient had Texacont" had been put on.

Mr. Vaux, for the defendant, Rear-Admiral Oliver Backhouse chosen native treatment, so the speaking of the condition of the has been appointed Admiral Super-caso passed out of his hands.

The doctor said he visited the promises, said that nothing had intendent of Devonport Dockyard, "been hidden from Mr. Scott, defen- auccession to Rear-Admiral native-treatment wards only in a dant having given him all material L. C. S. Woollcombe, to date March supervisory capacity. His res- ponsibility ceased when a patient facts concerning the condition of 3, 1927. the roof. Mr. Lane had never used Rear-Admiral L. A. B. Donaldson took native treatment, excepting Texacoat" before and considered has been appointed Admiral Super-cases of lnfectious disease and of that the contract had not been ful- intendent at Portsmouth, in succes- medico-legal importance, In the alled. He expected the plaintiffasion to Rear-Admiral B. S. The former, he laolated the case and notified the Sanitary Department, to make a thoroughly satisfactory siger, to date May 13, 1927. fob of the roof.

and in the latter, he notified the Police, and whenever possible, sent the case to the Government Civil Hospital.

Jan. 22-Lieuta. J. de B. Walles, R. S. D. Armour, J. V. Findlay, G. Askew, C. G. Trenchan, J. H. Dale, K. W. Beard, G. C. Couper, and II. B. Hilmick, to Tamar (Jan. 24).

Lients. (Flying Officers, R.A.F.). J. W. M. Healing, N. R. Cour- threpa Monroe, ANR. Keene, and

Mr. Armstrong, for the plaintiff firm, said the defendant was hazy about his methods of mentioning the defects of the roof to Mr. Scott and submitted that he had with- held certain material particulars which should have been put within plaintiffs' knowledge. Defendant J. W. Hawkins, to Tamar and forcensed felt cold in the mornings had written to the Texas Co. stat-442 Flight (Jan. 24); J. H. I. Wood,, Ing that water was not coming to Tamar for 443 Flight; T. 0. through in so great a quantity and Bullteel, A. M. Pilling, and J. F. M. apparently he had found that Robertson, to Tamar for 401 Flight

Toxacoat was of some benefit. Mr. (Jan. 24). Armstrong submitted that plain-. tiffs were entitled to recover on the work already done,

Judgment was reserved.

PROPERTY SALE.

CHUNG KWOK RESTAURANT

SITE WITHDRAWN.

At the China Auction Rooms yesterday, Mr. E. V. M. R. de Sousa put up Sub-section 2 of Section B of Inland Lot No. 834, together with the premises thereon intend- ed to be occupied by the Chung Kwok Restaurant. The property

They are also, summoned for "setting or causing to be set a In the first of these impersona-man-trap or other engine calen- tions he toured the former princi-lated to destroy human life or in- nality of Thueringen, and was reflet grievous bodily harm." ceived and duly honoured in The hearing was adjourned until "Court" circles as the eldest son

this morning, when, it was said, of the ex-Crown Prince,

Sir Bernard Spilsbury will be called by the prosecution. Ogmore Vale, and the youth who

was Brynmer Edward John.

et his death there on August 24

The Gotha Theatre gave a spe- cial performance in his honour. He occupied the Royal box, and after the performance presented the leading actresses with boxes of chocolates inscribed: "From Prince Wilhelm of Prussia."

The fence was at a colliery at

"Preventing Escape."

נ'

"State" Banquet,

Mr. Artemis Jones, K.C., who Local aristocrats entertained Prosecuted, observed:-

I think the justices will be satis- Dr. Tang Yatting (the native physician who had attended the de him at a "State" banquet, and on fed that the fence is more ac- and the ward boy both succeeding days there was a series curately described as a barbarens ceased), gave evidence, stating that the de- of shooting parties and luncheons, device for catching intruders and

preventing their escape. to which personalities whesu still figure in

When'defendant Hardee'went on. and hot and sometimes deliricus names and titles in the evening.

the Almanach de Gotha were in duty on August 24, he said, and Mr. Schofield, in gumming, up, vited to meet "His Royal High-turned to the log book to read his stated that there was no question ness." of manslaughter. He asked the

Requests for payment of botel daily Intructions, he found, jury to decide whether there was bills were lightly waived aside Temple Davies's writing, a minute

which read:- any negligence shown, and to make and Prince Wilhelm' vanished.

recoinmendations.

Between 5 pr. and 7 a.m. the Other successful coups Includ-engineer on shift is instructed to ed his admission, as

make live the lines at the rear Lieven, a cavalry lieutenant from of the coal bunkers for the pur- Potsdam, to the Students' Corpa at Heidelbery University.

they

Jan. 24.-Comme.-V. E. Ward, to Yarmouth (on commg. for troop

what ing trip), and to Vindictive. (on arrival on station). Lieut.Com-thought fit. mr.F. B. Hanson, to Vietory. The verdict was.-Accidental or Shikari, in command (Dec. 31, death with no blane attached to 1926), and C.M. Faube, to Haw any one. Recommended that all kina add, for disposal and as In-Verandahs should be safeguarded terpreter In Chinese (Jan. 21). by iron bars to prevent feverish pa- Lieut. St. J. Chonyn, to Yarmouth tients from falling over. fon commg. for trooping trip), and

to Bee (on arrival on station); J. N. K. Kaight, to Victory, for Shilkai (Dec. 31, 1926),

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Payr. Sub-Lieut.-E. A May, appt. to Frobisher cancelled.

Commd. Gunner.-E. S. Moore and O, N. A. Smith, to Frobisher (Jan. 31),

Gunner (T)H. M. Mould, to

GREAT FILM DIRECTOR"

MR. E. A. DUPONT'S SALARY."

Film finance seems to be of un- failing interest to the world in

Prince of

. Counted Out... At Weimar the coalheaver, once more Prince of Prussia, sought

pose of protecting the bunkers against pilfering. The engineer on night shift will see the lines. are made dead at 7 o'clock cach morning, warn all workmen before the switch is inserted and when the lines are cleared."

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contains an area of 14,652 square Victory, for Shikari (Dec. 31, 1920): general, but it is a long time since and found his dupes among Byco-away, John making a dash for the

feet at an annual Crown rent of $37.16 for a term of 986 years.

There were only a few. persons present when the sale opened at $460,000. No bids being received

the property was withdrawn.

Sale Postponed.

The sale by public auction of Nos. 11 and 12 Poace Avenue, Homuntin, which was to have taken place in Messrs. Lammert Bros., room yesterday, was post- poned till next Wednesday at 8 p.m.

LIBERIAN RUBBER.

we have had a sensation compar phants of the former Court.

year.

baker. The worthy

Hardee,

The students' suspicions were aroused when the "Prince" bor- rowed money right and left, so they set a little trap from him, and made him drunk, hoping that' perhaps he would betray himself.

John and another lad, who wert. The coatheaver, however, did notatting with some companions, folt get as drunk as the "Prince," so lowed their dogs through the the plot failed...

fence, and were on the colliery premises when they heard whistle, which appeared to come from the power house.

Seeing Ilardee, the two lads ran

electric wire. Just as able to that arising out of the These included the former Court who was chasing him, got near, statement, that Mr. E. A. Dupont baker, who, with his savings, had John slipped on a cerrugated iron was being paid by British Na-purchased the title of Count Arno. sheet near the fence, and fell for- tional Pictures, a directorial salary at the rate

hugely of £42,000 a pleased at this "Royal" recogni- with his right hand.

ward, grabbing one of the wires

tion, entertained the "Prince" for says a Home

several days. and n a special mark of favour was allowed to clean with his own hands the shock, then to struggle, and finally princely boots each morning.

to collapse on the fence. Exposure of these and other exploits set the police in motion his coat, and, although he did not Hardee tried to pick up John by all over the country. Only re-touch the boy's body, he received

a slight shock. ful, and only just in time.

George John, the dead boy's bio- Domela, true to his adventurousther, who gave evidence, was ask- temperament, had enlisted in the ed by Sir Edward Marshall Hall French Foreign Legion, having (defending) whether his father joined up at one of the regimental died of heart disease.-Witness. headquarters of the French Army I don't know. of Occupation in the Rhineland. The Cologne police laid the adven-down dead at his work?-Yea

Had you a cousin who dropped. turer by the heels just as he was about to get into the train that don't know.

Was that also that disease?—I

was to take him and other Foreign

Did one of your uncles die of Legion recruits to Metz.

heart failure?I don't know.

cently was their pursuit succuss-

People near by saw that when John grabbed the wire he appear- ed to be driven back with the

Opportunity is being taken of the passage of the Royal Marine Battalion to China in the s.8. Zeeland, which leaves this week, to send out to the Far East a draft of naval officers and men. These are reliefs for personnel in various ships and not an addition to the forces. on the station. The draft I am informed, will proceed under the charge of Lieutenant-Commander Henry writer, that Mr. Dupont has been IIamilton, who, on arrival, will engaged to supervise productio take command of the gunboat Cri- generally at the Elstree. Studios, cket, last reported at Ichang, to give advice on the further The two-year period of Lieutenant- equipment of these studios, al Commander G. N. W. Boyes in this ready the best in the world; to vessel will expire about March 5. train the Elatree staff in the use Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton is the son of Admiral Sir Frederick of the Scheufftan process by Tower Hamilton, who died during which production cost can be re the war as Commander-in-Chief at duced from 20 to 30 per con; to Rosyth. The son entered Osborne supply his own original story and WILL BREAK "MONOPOLY" IN in 1905, became sub-lieutenant in scenario for the film"Moulir. 1913, and lieutenant in 1925; and Rouge" and to direct that picture A DECADE..

during the war served in the bat-personally before April 15. tleship Collingwood, as second-in- For the period from the end of Washington, Feb. 18. command of the destroyer Torrent, December to April Mr. Dupont. i Mr. Harvey Firestone, after a and in command of patrol-boat P to be paid £12,000, which, in all luncheon with Mr. Coolidge, told 76. His last service allont was in the Press that he believed the pre- the Iron Duke in the Mediter- the circumstances is a reasonable seat British "monopoly" in crude ranean.

figure, since Mr. Dupont is one of rubber could be broken in a decade

the three best directors in the as a result of planting, a million

world, and will undoubtedly be when arrested. He admitted all Lieutenant-Colonel George Car-able to show that pictures of the his impostures and boasted with acres in Liberia. He did not ad- vocate an increase of the area in penter who commands the Marines finest quality can be made in Eng-special pride of his reception as the Philippines unless the Philip for China, has of late been serving

a Hohenzollern Prince in Gotha, pine Legislature permitted foreign at the Royal Marine Depot at Deui.

The demonstration of that fnet corporations to secure longterm He recently completed 30 years'

alone more than justifies his en-

Red Cross Swindle. leases of land.-Reuter's American service with the corps. He was Service.

awarded the D.S.C. for services wagement, and would make one-

Domela, who is 22, was born in during landing operations in the hope that, following the complo

An assistant in a shop at Persian Gulf in 1915. Colonel Car- tion of "Moulin Rouge," he may

Esthonia of good family his penter has seer service in China; make further films in this country. father having been in the Diplo-more Vale said that in the shop on August 13 he heard Illingworth from 1905 to 1907 he was musketry His engagement by British Namatic Service. instructor at Hongkong,

say to Temple Davies and another tional has done more than any other event to impress on Ameri

man, “I will switch the juice on and let some of these have it in en the determination of this coun- try to compete seriously in the world's film markets.

CROWN COLONIES.

CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS TO BE HELD.

London, Feb. 18. The Daily Telegraph says that during the presence in London this summer of a number of Colonial Governors, a formal conference at the Colonial Office for the discus-

Military.

ROYAL TOUR.

DUKE OF YORK PRESENTED

WITH WHALE TOOTH.

London, Feb. 18.

land.

SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT,

The Governor of Fij! and the SIR SAMUEL HOARE RETURNS

sion of various questions affecting local officials formally welcomed the Crown Colonies will be held the Duke and Duchess of York on A proposal for holding the con- their arrival yesterday, and later ference of the Colonial Governors

TO LONDON.

London, Feb. 18.. After a 5,500 miles air trip to

The London last night: Fog prevent-

was made early in the year follow-the Royal visitors attended a spec- India, Sir Samuel Hoare reached ing the Imperial conference which tacular native reception.

will be discussed-British Wire-Presentation of a tooth of a apcrmed the fight from Paris and the Leta.

NICARAGUA.

MORE AMERICAN MARINES SENT.

Washington, Fob. 18.

The Navy Department has de- cided to reinforce the Marines in Nicaragua in order to make a total

Domela did not turn

a hair:

While quite a

youth (says a Central News Cologne wire) he was known to the police for vari- ous petty thefts, but he commen- ced his career as large scale swindler, it is alleged, two years ago, when he posed in Berlin ag the representative of the Baltic Red Cross.

Shop Assistant's Stery. William Parkhouse, the lnd whis went with John through the fence, denied that, they went there for coal, but he agreed that they did not cuteh any rats.

the neck."

Sir Edward Marshall Hall: I rest the story about this con- verantien is a lie?-I say it is the truth.

Dr. W. Grant, of Ogmore Vale, He collected considerable sums, said death was due to arrest of but was eventually arrested and the heart's action and possibly of received a short term of ir-respiration caused by an electric current pausing through the body. I prisonment.

"Have you ever known a current or 60 volts kill anybody 2-asked- Sir Edward. "No," was the reply

NEW WORLDS.

WATCHERS OF THE MILKY

WAY.

(so to speak) of new worlds is whale by the nominal Chiefs of the Channel was crossed by steamer.

most frequent and continuous, Fijians was followed by native Apart from this alteration of women's ceremonial of welcome.plans and despite "vicissitudes of

because of the presence of gaseour British Wircless.

nebule and because of the fre- weather, including dust, snow and rain atorms, fog and desert head- Five. British umateur astrono-quent collisions of solid bodies winds, the schedule of flight had mers are to co-operate with 300 resulting in the formation of now been kept without having a forced colleagues all over the globe; in celestial bodies. landing, delay or breakdown and discovering and locating new Immediately any of the 300 with no need to use a single spare worlds, or suns, as they make watchers of the skies make an ob- part of any sort for the repair of their appearance in the Milky, servation Indicating the probabil- the aeroplane or any of its three way, says a Berlin message to theity of a new world to come into engines.

being, he will cable to Dr. Archen- Daily Chronicle.

This is a part of a scheme de hold, the Berlin Observatory bear-

U. S. TORNADO.

HOUSES DESTROYED IN 20

MILE AREA..

Shreveport, La., Feb. 18. of 1,600 men on duty there. A A tornado has swept Paris and transport has been ordered to leave Sabine. Ton people were idlled

Sir Samuel Hoare paid a warm

tribute to the pilot and navigator He added that he had always ro- garded the setting up of an air to pick up the reinforcements at and 20 injured. Houses and barns route to India as a stage on the various points.--Renter's American were wrecked in a 20 milo area. route to Australia and New Zen-

Hand-British-Wireless. Reutere-American-Service- Service.

vined by Doctor Archenhold, of ing the costs.

Each of the 300 observers, who the Berlin Observatory,

Dr. Archonhold argues that the are scattered throughout the Milky Way in the part of the visi- world, has a specific part of the ble heayeng where the creation Milky Way allotted for his watch.

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