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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1929.

LOST PLANE FOUND WELLINGTON'S DUEL. THE LEUNG KWONG A WIFE AT BRIDGE.

OFF DUTCH COAST.

PRACTICE FLIGHT ENDS 150 MILES AWAY!

PILOT MISSING.

London, Mar. ll.

A light plane which ascended

AN INCIDENT OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.

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On March 21, 1829, the London world was stirred to its depths by the astonishing news that, at sight o'clock that morning, the Duke of Wellington-then Prime Minister had fought a duel with Lord Win- chilsea.

COLLISION.

PROVISIONAL DATES FOR PILOT'S TRIAL.

LENGTHY HEARING.

NOVEL DIVORÇE ACTION IN

BUDAPEST.

A divorce case based on the grounds of excessive bridge-play- ing has come before the Budapest Tribunal.

The Very Idea!

Seven hundred guests recently partook of a wedding breakfast at Mezuzsat Boshad, in Hungary, when the son of the district judge married the daughter of a rich peasant farmer, says Router's Vienna correspondent.

The feasting fasted continuous-

A certain Mr. and Mrs. K. R. were well known in society as ex- Provisional dates have been fix-pert bridge players, and were in- The Catholic Relief Bill, intro-ed for the hearing of the charge variably placed at the anme table for three days, during which from Hucknall Aerodrome, Not-duced by Peel a fortnight before, of manslaughter against Lo Tai, by their hosts until the advent of time five pigs, 200, fat ducks, 600 tingham, on Saturday for a short was having a stormy passage. The pilot of the s.8. Anjou, who was a certain Mr. G. B., who turned head of other poultry, 400 fish, practice fight has been picked up. Duke was determined to see the again before Mr. T. S. Whyte out to be an oven finer player 2,000 eggs, and bewt of flour were in the North Sea off the Dutch business through, and the Tory Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy than the K. R.'s. The table part-consumed. Four gipay orchestras coast-150 miles from its starting Party as a whole was prepared to this morning on an indictment norship of Mrs. K. R. and Mr. G. B. played for forty-eight houré. point.

follow its idol to the most distaste alleging that he caused the death became so usual in the circles in A Budapest restaurant proprio- The pilot, Mr. A. C. Peacey, of ful lengths. But there was a good of F. E. A. Martin and others on which they moved that their tor, Matthias Woldhut, hit on an Derby, was missing. When ha an- deal of sullen dissent, and some board the s.b. Leung Kwong which hosts and hostesses began to in- original idea to celebrate the cended, Mr. Peacey was told not open rehellion, which found a more collided with the Moonshine in vite them together at the expense twenty-fifth anniversary of the to lanve the vicinity of the Acro- than adequate mouthpiece in the the Capsuimun Pass in May, 1927. of Mr K. R. Gossip aroused the opening of his restaurant, Ho drome. How he came to be over Earl of Winchilsen. This young. Sub-Inspector Andrew applied, jealousy of Mr. K. R., who forbade announced that on that day the the North Sen is unknown. Peer he was then only thirtyon behalf of the Assistant Crown his wife to play bridge in society prices of menia would be the same

The wreckage of the aeroplane eight-was a descendant of the Solicitor, Mr. L. R. Andrewes, for with Mr. G. D. The lady's passion as twenty-five years ago. was brought into Hull yesterday great Mansfield. His character, the hearing to be fixed for Friday, for bridge, however, was so great by a German steamer.

however, furnished little evidence

that she continued to play with of this ancestry, for he had neither

her partner in the public bridge wisdom nor timidity in his cum-

salons,, and when she was die- covered one evening by her hus- pusition. Inteniperate, and utterly

band a scene was made, which sincere, he had been a formidable

resulted in his filing a petition for thors in the Duke's side from the

divorce. moment Protestant principles acem. d to be in danger; and when there was no longer any question of the Duke's intentions, Winchilsen's out.

aged conscience boiled over.

Told not to Leave.

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The Arst episode of this air and sea mystery began just after Mr. Petery had made a test flight, lasting about half an hour, with the Nottingham Aero Club's in structor, Mr, K. K. Brown'

Mr. Poncey decided to ascend again alone to practice landing.

He was told not to leave the vicinity of the aerodrome, and not to retain the machine for long, as it was wanted by another member of the club.

Mr. Peacey made two successful landings, and then flew off in the direction of Nottingham. He had sufficient petrol for a light of about 21⁄2 hours,

Offeine Alurm. An hour and a quarter passed and, as there was no sign of his reappearance, club lleials be came anxious and communicated with other. aerodromes, the Air Ministry and the pulice.

No trace of the machine could, however, he found, and to solution of the plane's disappearance was forthcoming Ull yesterday.

Then the German steaner Mar- get (632 tons) arrived at full from Harlingen Holland) with

Deliberately and ostentatiously he proceeded to withdraw his name from the list of subegribers to that favourite child of the Establishment in London, the building of King's College; and simultaneously wrote to the newspapera explaining why he had done so, the reason given being that the Duke was also a sup porter-tlaat Duke who "under the cloak of some coloured show of zeal for the Protestant religion, carries on an insidious design for the in fringement of our liberties and the introduction of Popery into every department of the State."

As far as the London world could see, Wellington took it mildly. "The wisest thing Winchilsea ever did," he told Greville. "He's got his money back. I wish I could find some such pretext to get back mine!"

GOING ON LEAVE.

H.E. Senhor Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa, Governor of Macan, who la proceeding on Home, leave to-morrow. Je is being entertained at a re- ception at the Club Lusitano- this afternoon.

The judge in the case has post- poned the trial, declaring that as he himself is not yet- a bridge Player, he is not in a position to judge whether excessive bridge playing in

n violation of the matrimonial duties of a wife or not.

י.

The bill of fare showed: Soup, 'Id.

Bpiled beef, with horseradish.

5d.

Roast veal, with rice, 8d. " Baked carp, 40,

Roast pork and cabbage, 8d. Beer, 3d a pint.

At eleven o'clock in the morning every sent in the restaurant was occupied, and at noon it was necessary to summon the police to prevent a further inroad of

eustomers.

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Inspection Invited.

The publication of schoolboy STAR THEATRE

"howlers" invariably causes

CORONER BLAMES GIRL amusement to the general reader

DRIVER.

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AIREDALE BY HER SIDE.

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It was stated at a Deptford inquest that, Jane Manning, aged 73, of Ringstead-rond, Catford, S.b., had just left the past oflee at Rushey Green, Catford, Friday, after drawing her okt age pension, when sho

was knocked down by a motor-car driven by a girl, who had a dog beside her..

The jury returned a verdict of April 12, or, should that date notAccidental causes," and added be convenient to his Worship, to rider that the driver of the car another werk,

and to publle school meh in par- ticular, In the last Issue of "Ovérsega" there appears a num- ber of schoolgirl "howlers," which have been assembled by a writer under the initials of "F.C.Y." Tere Kro some of them:-The masculine of vixen is vicar;-a fissure is a man who sells fish; Mussolini is a kind of cloth; person who looks on the bright side of things is called an optimist, but a pianist looks on the dark.

the wreckage of the plane on to pump; Greville was completely remand the defendant formally for Ada Mury Thompson, aged 21, of Australian girl was invited by the

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side. In one examination a sweet young girl was asked, "What is an herbaceous border?". She re- &plied: "An herbaceous boarder is one who will not eat ment." An

Plough-lane, Wallington, Surrey, examiner to add an adjective to should have exercised more

each noun in the following sen- tence. She disposed of the dif The Coroner (Dr. W. H. White cally thus: "The adjectiva man asked house), said he understood that dog on her near side, which ho Miss Thompson had an Airedalnguve his adjective horse an ad-

fective drink." Precisely! considered was very wrong for a motorist. Ha also felt sure that she had lost her head in the

But the Duke was a 'difficult man deceived; and, in fact, only four board.

His Worship replied that he had people in London, including the, She reported that on Saturday afternoon, when about 60 miles Duke himself, knew that he had al-another case for Friday and would reasonable care. west of the island of Terschelling, ready demanded an apology, and grant a week's rensand.

was preparing to carry the mutter off the Dutch coast, the look-out its uttermost extremity if the saw wreckage floating on the

negotiations between himself, and water:

Winchlisen broke down. In a few When the Margot approached,days the negotiations did breakt she foun, the wreckage to be down. An apology was refused, that of the missing aeroplane. and the uttermost extremity be

Inevitable. The The sea was calm and there was petrol in the tank, but there was passers-by, pausing to watch the no sign of the pilot.

four cloaked figures an Battersea Fields next morning, would have then was the Prime Minister of been anized to learn that one of

The wreckage was hoisted on board, and the voyage continued.

Experienced Flier.

cante

England.

carious

Sub-Inspector Andrew that provisional dates be fixed."

His Worship: How long will it take?

Sub-Inspector Andrew: It shouldn't take long. Probably four or five afternoons,

His Worship:-As many thut?

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Ills Worship remarked that he was booked up till Thursday the Tuesday the 23rd and Wednesday 18th but would fix Friday the 19th the 24th.

Mr. Peacey, a married man with

The Duke fired first and missed- one child, lived in St. Thomas's--whether intentionally or not seems was

uncertain. Winehilsen thereupon week. street, Derby,

emptied his pistol into the air. The duel was over.

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He was ex-officer of the Royal Air Force with about 800 hours' flying experience, and was about to qualify for his civilian pilot's license.

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THE WRITER'S ART.

Immediately, a paper containing written apology was produced; but the Duke shook his head; it wouldn't do it lacked the essential word--"apology." "We are not came to quibble about words," said Lord Winchilsea's second. The was quickly necessary addition

made, and the Duke was satisfied. He wanted his horse, touched his hat, and with a cool "Good nurning, my lords," rode away. ciden:

emergency.

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was

Miss Thompson said she driving at ten or twelve miles an hour. She saw the old woman crossing the road and sounded was looking into her purse her horn. The woman, however,

parently counting money and took

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Clerk at Kingston-Did you go to this place alone. Man-No, sir. I was in a car.

"Tottenham mother-My son has no wings, but I know he never missed church.

Glasgow woman-My husband He's a regular encyclopaedin-I reckons be knows everything.

don't think.

Evidence at Penge In a motor car case-1 did not see the car

coming. It came from nowhere ut umpteen miles an hour,

In the meantime the defendanto notice. She (witness) could remanded formally for one not draw to the near side to pass behind her as she would most likely have killed or injured about ten people in doing so.

George Arthur Jarrold said that Man at Glasgow-I've been in the ear in his opinion was travel-business for ten years and I've; ling at nearly 36 miles an hour,never made a halfpenny of profit. and the old woman Want about How's that for luck? sixty yards ahead when she first stepped off the kerb.

YOUNG SOLDIER

ELECTROCUTED.

TOUCHED A CABLE WHILE WINDOW CLEANING.

An 18-year-old soldier, Private tact with the cable which supplies (Continued from Page 8

Harold Brown, King's Shropshire the electric lighting. Light Infantry, was electrocuted A sergeant inside saw what had tensity and beauty never to be far

while leaning a window at the happened and as he pushed the gotten, and this effect it could not The London world took the inomheers' mess at Aldershot on window up he heard Brown shout, have won but for the perfect unity

"Catch me quickly. I am of its subject-matter, the, line pro portions in which movement and passion, in all their fervour, are subtly and harmoniously combia-

ed.

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In the same manner, through the organic continuity of them, Mrs.

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various

ways-Mrs. March 12.

elee-

Arbuthnot serenely, Lady Jersey in As he was reaching from a high trecuted." Before assistance could a sort of mild hysteria, the King abutment at the top of a building, reach him Brown fell dead on the

with entire approval. Sensible men remonstrated with the Duke-u man in his position, notwithstand- ing the precedent of Pitt, ought not to have exposed himself-and Ro on. He met every view of the ques- tion with the same grave simplicity

Woolf leaves the reader of could not have done otherwise, "Orlando" Batisfied at the end. could 1?"

The imagination which has con-

ceived a gifted person and her

ancestors as a single personality

living on young and vivid, through LEE STACK INDEMNITY.

the centuries, could never have gratified the authetic sense as it does but for the antllor's power of weld. ing so many paris into a whole. And why is it that we are begin- ning to recognize that Thomas Hardy stands high when other, Vic-

£500,000 FUND FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN THE

SOUDAN,

The report of the surpervisory

torian novelists are falling off in committee appointed by

our

tho our esteem? There are many renoudan Government, to administer sone, no doubt, but one is that he the fund, composed of the in- was a master in the handling of demnity of £500,000 imposed by plat. And

chief complaint the British Government against him is just in respect of one Egyptian Government 4 one of element in which his plots word defective, that he left too much to the penalties for the murder in lis bellef in a ruthless fate,

OD the

Cario in 1925 of Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General. of the Soudan and Sirdar of the Exyptian Ariny, in published for, 1927. It shows that the money in being devoted to the improvement of the Soudan in respect of health and educa- Llon,

In many books we may be de- lighted, at this point and that, by passages of description, or intel- lectually impressed by thought, or moved, here and there, as by piece of lyrical poetry. But, the novelist who would leave us with A medicul laboratory in being the sense of something added to the built, and a travelling railway. harmony and beauty of human ex-laboratory la already in use. perience can achieve it only by an Dispensaries have been erected excellent plot, or a well-proportion and sume allotted for various ed theme. A. S-J. in the hospitals, and new buildings for Christian Science Monitor,

lepers have been built and open- ed at Omdurman.

Funds have been furnished for What is claimed to be a record | building schools and hondquarters passage from England to New for teaching staffs, and to pro- Zealand, has been made by the vide a library and muscam at motor vessel Zealandic, which made Khartoum. Almshouses for, the the voyage from Falmouth to Bluff blind and indigent have been in 82 days 13 hours.

constructed at Omdurman.

one of his hands came into con- coping.

© 1923, WY NEA SERTACK, Ma

PUCIL, U, BL. PAT. INT-

"Yes, I'm just workin' here for experience; my old man would set me up in business any time I ask him."

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[The return of the "bustle" is mentioned by a fashion writer as indicating a new “feminisation” of women's dress.]

Dearest, though I (mere man!)

might roar

My approbation

Of Modes recalling days before

Emancipation,

It somehow seema but yester-

day

That first you had

That urge to share man's work

and play

More lightly elud!

Surely, since

found hustle

in your new-

Such joy you find, you

Will not be keen to put the

bustlo

So soon--behind you?

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When the speaker had proved to his own satisfaction that England was just about as bad as it would be, a grimfaced man arose.

"What you seem to want, friend, is a place where every one has to he good by law."

"That's it." agreed the reformer, "Where smoking is not allowed and such a thing as drink is un known. Where no one need worry about food and clothes. Where every one has to go to church, and keep regular hours."

"Oh, to find such a place," suid

the improver of mankind.

"Easily found," replied 'the grim man I've just done twelve months in one,"

"I see you have two wireless acis. Your husband must be very enthusiastic."

..

"Yes, it's his enthusiasm that is the trouble, Wo have been forced. Lo have the two sets one for the family to listen-in with, so that he may have the other to tinker with."

Among the passungera sailing for London to-day on the 8.8. Hakusan Maru is Mr. A. S. Abbott, manager of Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. During his absence Mr., 8; 0. Gregory will be in charge.

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