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When the nervous system gets run-down one of the commonest manifestations of, the nervous

WATER PIPES CUT.

OWNERS' PLEA ON BEHALF-

7. OF TENANTS.

An interesting "water" case come up before Mt. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday, when fiva Chinuse, debility which results is an including three women, were aching back. When the blood. is charged with damaging ten water impoverished it not infrequent-pipes in a scavenging lane at the ly happens that the back muscles rear of houses in Walching Street, second charge of become afflicted with those There was a rheumatic pains known as lumb-wasting water. ngo. Many women suffer back- The first defondant, an elderly ache nt periodical intervals man, said that he had removed a screw and then allowed the water to run out from the pipe. The other defendants denied the first but admitted that they charge were drawing from pipes from

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through reasons other than those named above.

As a remedy for anaemia, or weak watery blood, and for rheumatic conditions arising from a vitiated

which they found water flowing to Sub-Inspector Fender told his Worship that the pipes from which the defendants were draw- ing water were outside the houses in the scavenging lane, behind heen gut, but nobody had seen them being damaged. They had probably bean cut during the night.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, - MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1929,

TO GO ABROAD?

YEN ĦSI-SHAN REACHES A DECISION.

SERIOUS ASSAULT.

́EXPLOSIVE PLACED UNDER.

MAN'S BED.

Hankow, June 15.

A dastardly act, which to, all According to the latest informa- outward algus was nothing but an tion obtainable here Yen Hsi-shan attempt to murder a mon by has finally and definitely decided placing a stick of dynamite under to go abroad, and aftor handing his bed while he was asleep in over the command of his foreca. to front of his house, was mentioned his subordinates stated that he is before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at proceeding to Japan, via Tientsin, the Kowloon Magistracy on and from there will go to America Saturday when, the alleged an- and Europe.

sallant appeared before His Wor- ship on two charges arising out of the incident.

It is additionally reported that he has sent further ropresonta- tives to Feng Yu-halang to make a final appeal to the latter to a company him on his travels.

ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

MOTOR MISHAPS.

FRENCH FLIERS CROSS.IN

FAMOUS AMERICAN DRIVER KILLED.

The accident was due to a car hitting the railing. Three other cars crashed into the wreckage. Keech was rushed to the hospital with his lega crushed and died

LOCAL RADIO.

TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.

31 HOURS.

PROGRAMME

London, June 15.

Altoona, Penn, June 16. Broadcast by 2.3,W, on 350 metres. It is noteworthy that the "Yellow The motor meer. Ray Keech, the 5.30-6.30p.m.

Programme of Chi Bird'a” fight across the Atlantic former holder of the world's mitonese Music, (Records supplied through. coincides with the tenth analver speed record, was killed when his the courtesy of Messrs. Tin Shot mary of the first non-stop trans-car crashed during a two hundred

Tong). Atlantic night made by Sir A mile race.

7:48 p.m. Evening Weather Report. Whitten Brown and the late Sir

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8 p.m. Evohlig Programma, (Vie John Alcock.

through the courtesy of Messrs. S Montrio and Co.). "Egmont Beethoven). Overture,

Victor Symphony Orchestra. The Teomen of the Guard," (Sullivan) Selection,

The Band of H. M. Coldstream

Guards. "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,"

Care of You," "God Will Take Care

Soprano, Marlon Talley. "Prelude in C sharp miner," "Pastorale" (Kemare),

"Loroles,"

Good Time. .

Paria, June 10. The "Yellow Bird's" time was 31 hours--Reuter.

Mysterious Weight.

Paris, June 15.

The "Yellow Bird's" landing in Spain instead of at its goal in France is largely attributed to the fact that the airmen found them-

soon after admission.

Another.woll known racer, Clif Woodbury, was seriously injured.-- Router's American Service,

Prize Money for Widow.

Altoona, June 16. Ray Keech's willow, who witnessed the tragedy, will be given 2000, a the officials have decided to award the prizes according to the portions when

The arrested man, who was stated to be a stone breaker, was arraigned before the Maglatrate It is believed that Feng Yu-on a charge of assaulting Tang halang is favourably disposed Pui of No. 166, Tainam Street, and toward the project, provided that causing him actual bodily harm." ample guarantees for his personal The defendant was also charged safety and the payment of his with being in possession of a

can be given by the stick of dynamite without selves unable to rise to the require the race ended, and Keech was then troops National Government. The pro- permit. of a peaceful settlement

ed height after the start owing trading-Reuter's American Service. The defendant pleaded guilty to to a mysterious extra weight.

The Tourist Trophy. Douglas (Isle of Man), June 15. more serious charge, stated that of the petrol supplies. Later it the complainant had run nway won dincovered that the extra

D. Lamb, one of four Tourist with his (dofondant's) wife. He weight was due to the presence of Trophy riders who crashed at the Shanghai, June 15. had only intended to frighten him the 22-year-old stowaway.

same spot has died from a frac-". The Kuo Min News Agency when he put the dynamite near his learns that Marshal Yen Hal-shanbed.

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His Worship: It was a case of cutting the pipea?

Sub-Inspector Fender: your Worship.

Yes,

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is were inserted in the cut pipes and the water drawn out,

His Worship: Now the first de-

ho screwed something, but you say that was not the damage that was done? You say the pipo was cut?

un-

Sub-Inspector Fender: Pro- bably he undid ong of the werewą, but most of the pipes were cut.

The defendant, when asked. denied that he had cut the pipes.

Peculiar Water Position.

Is Fong Willing?

the Kuominchun leader expressce

in in receipt of a telegram from His Worship: So you, admit Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang in which trying to blow him up with

leave the dynamite. his willingness to country, shortly.

:

A Serious Cone

The altmen also encountered bad wenther for at least two-thirds of the way. They, battled through a severo gale for four hours. Th 31 hours crossing is equivalent to 112 miles an hour. Nevertheless

SOCCER TESTS.

SOUTH AFRICÁ,

Durban, June 10, The first of the three soccer Test

It is the fastest hitherto and un-INTERNATIONAL MATCHES IN An understanding was reached

In reply to his Worship, Sub-expected. at the recent conferenco at Tairuanfu in regard to the retire-Inspector Hoare produced for ment of Marshal Feng Yu-helang and the laposal of his troops

Reuter.

Mission. Fails.

ed.

A Reporter.

Organ Solo, Arthur Meala

Does My Sweetla Care For Me?" "A Dream of Youth,"

Baritone, Noel Coward.

"Don't Criticino,"

Kamorous, Leslie Barony. "Bird Songs at Eventide," "The Little Silver Ring

Tenor, John

McCormack.

M. S. Pinafore," (Sullivan), Selection,

The Band of H. M. Coldstream

Gaarde. "Alda-Grand March and Finale," "Alda-Introduction and Moorish

Ballet, (Verdi) Creatoro's Band.

"A Run with the Darktown Hunt,”

(Vernon), Talking,

Scott and Whaley. "Der Rosenkavaller? (R. Strauta),

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“Mother Machree," "I lear

# Freal petrol supplies, also inspection a charge of dynamite "starter" which also had to be the defendant. It was stated that enable the machine to start again team and the South Africans was which was subsequently found on jettisoned, are avilable and will matches between the touring English the charge consisted of a stick of for Paris before to-morrow-Reu- played horo, to-day, resulting in a dynamite with a detonator attach- | ter.

victory for the visitors by three goals

You Calling 316," to two-Reuter.

Tenor, John McCormack. "Just Got off the Chain," "The Pirates," Cleveland, Ohio, June 10. New York, June 15..

Baritone, Sir Harry Lauder. Mr. Owen Young was present at Madame Butterfly Puccini, The "Yellow Bird's" stowaway. the wedding of his son Charles, to Fantasic, Schreiber, now claims to be a news-Miss Esther Christensen, the paper reporter-Reuter's Ameri-beautiful daughter of the Danish can Service.

Consul here.-Reuter's American] Service..

His Worship: What happened to the man who was blown up?

Peking, June 16. Ho Cheng-chun, Tang Seng-chi and Liu Chon-hun returned here from Talyuanfu this afternoon. It was stated that the complain- They remain eminously silent, batant was present in Court although it is learned reliably from Tat- he was still under medical treat yuan that the mission resulted in ment. complete fallure.

His Worship asked if the case should be disposed of by him. Was it not rather a serious caso?

Warm. Congratulations.

London, June 15.

A representative of the long kong Estate Agency, the owners of the hmisen, which the defen- dants occupy la Walching Street, anid that the position about water

Liu Chen-hua's secretary, telu- which was supplied to the houses in which the defendants lived was graphing from Taiyuan on the

at Minizan at 8.30, owing to lack Sub-Inspector Hoaro drew ́hts peculiar, in that although the mission's departure, states there

The newspapers warmly congra-of petrol-Reuter. BOUNCE were connected with the is now no probability of Feng Worship's attention to a camp bed tulate the three French airmen, rider mains, no water was obtain-going abroad, while it is learned which was produced in Court and who after crossing, the Atlantic from from other sources that Yen Hai- which showed ample testimony of United States In the monoplane, In view of this inadequate pres-shau la obdurate and is determined the severity of the incident. At Yellow Bird, landed at Santan- neutrality. Local the head of the bed was a larger, Spain, last evening.-British sure tenunis of the houses had to maintain gone to the pipes in the lane and, military sources report the receipt hole while a blanket which was Wireless, digging about ten inches Into the of intelligence from Honan in-used as a pillow was badly torn. ground, had cut the pipe.

dicating that the Kuominchun It was explained that to have Of course, continued the repre- troops are going southward to caused so much damage the charge sentative of the Hongkong Estate warda Lachoko, and Feng has sent must have been placed immediate. Agency, they intended to take up oficers to Khigtse Pass, where ly under the bed, although the the matter with the Water Honan, Shensi and Hupoh meet to

able by the orcupants.

Paris Tokyo Flight.

Rangoon, June 16. and Rignot. have left here for The French airmen, Arrachart

Bangkok.Reuter.

Victor Symphony Orchestra. "Song of the Viking Guest," “Prince Igor-How Does it Prince?"

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The airmen left Paris on May

London, June 10. 25. They had a forced landing In Bordeaux, June 16.

The Royal Empire Society's gold... Bagdad street, They have no de-modal for 1020 has been awarded to Tho neroplane "Yellow Bird," finite destination but expect to Sir Hesketh Bell for his book.

Authority to see what alleviation arrange for transportation facilf defendant had claimed that he had which left for Paria from Santar- travel tó China and Japan, return "Foreign Colonial Administration

nut the dynamite some yards dor at 6:45 this morning, landed) ing vin Siberia and Germany. |in the Far Enat,”—Reuter, away from the complainant.

could be granted the tenants, tius,

The owners, however, deprecated Well-informed quarters predict

the actions of thóir tenants be- that Aghting is inevitable.- cause of the damage caused to | Reuter,

their property, but he thought 'a warning to the defendants would sumice,

Very Bad Pressure,

The pressure, the representative understood, was very bad. Even on the ground floor the tenanta could not get enough water. Finding that they had been de- prived of what they deserved, the tenants had carried out theff ex- periment and found water several Inches under ground.

His Worship: It seems to me, in way, It is more serious, than the other cases, I have not had a ense where the pipo has been de- Iberately cut,

To substantiate his argument that the pressure was such that little water could bo obtained, the representative sald, that the tenants had to employ kerosene pumps to get the water from the cut pipes.

Sub-Inspector Fender intimate that when the full supply was turned on water would then run (10 waste.

No Less Serious. Sergeant Gibblin told his Wor- ship that when he visited the place

hé found several tins full of water

in the yards of the houses,

His

An'argument over raising dust lasts long because it's hard to settle 'it

His Worship: You are not. alleging that he was trying to murder him?

Sub-Inspector Hoare: No, your Worship. We have no evidence to support that

IIa Worship: But you think he was trying to do something more than give him a fright?

Sub-Inspector Hoare: There is always the danger of injuring the man, although, as the defendant said, he only laid it a few feet away. No one actually saw him do it.

What Might Have Been,

His Worship (to the defendant): Surely you must have knowit you were taking a risk of hurting him more than frightening him?

Dufendant: I did not want to infure him or kill him. If I had any intentions of killing him I would have put the dynamite on his chest, but I put it about four or five foot away.

In reply to his Worship, Sub- Inspector Hoare said that there was no indication on the ground- of the (distance of the charge from the bed.

Ila Worship: I think it looks nå if he tried to do more than frighten him.

Sub-Inspector Hoare intimated

that the defendant like a

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infer from that?

Sergeant Glublin: They must have been doing it for quite a while. They must have been get ting water and selling It.

His Worship (to the landlord's representative): I don't see how what you say makes this a less Perlous case than the usual one. You say that the renson is that these people are ontitled to have water but are not getting it, but the usual case that comes before me is where people are entitled to zet water from the street' foun: tains but are not getting it. Do you think, looking at it from that point of view, that those people In this case should he treated more lenlently? Some of them have done a good deal of damage to the pipes,

Private Pipės,

The Representative: Allow me to point out that the pipes that wore cut are not Government pipes.

Sub-Inspector Fender: fire private 'property, Worahin,

They your

expedient because of the lack of agreed.

Continuing the ofleer,

pressure of water. The Sergeant remarked that the defendant, how- had stated thoro was a possibility ever, must have known that the that the tenants were selling the charge was, p, very high explosive. water, but he would submit that as he was a man 37 years old and the supply being so small this had been working in a quarry possibility was very remote, from an early age,

Addressing Sub-Inspector Fen- der, his Worship said that the re- presentative had stated that this was not a serious cone, He had stated that the pressure was so low that there was no

His Worship (to defendant): If this man had been killed, as he fight easily have Been, you would have been tried for murder.

Defendant: No, no. He would waste.not have been killed because I put} Was that not his Worship 'äsked. it far away from him. I only

A Very Serious Matter. Sub-Inspector Fendor replied that at the time the pressure was low, but when the full pressuro was turned on water would run to waste. The water was off at the time,

wanted to frighten him.

His Worship imposed sentenco of six months' hard labour, on the first charge and a fine of $25 or three weeks on the second,

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His Worship said that he would take into consideration that this was the first case of its kind. He thought that people, hnd had suffelent warning about taking CHANGE IN OFFICIAL water from hydrants. If there

APPOINTMENTS, was another similar cano his Worship' said that he would treat

London, June 15. the offendera more seriously. Ife

Mr. Macnaghton, Vice-Chairman considered cutting the pipes as a of Overnen Settlement Department, very serious matter.

The first defendant was fined has been selected for the appoint $5 or eight days in default and thement of Administrator of the Presi- dency of Brint, Christopher and, remainder $8 each. On the sug Novis, Leeward Islands, to sucose gestion of the representative of Colonel Saint Johnston, who bea The representative replied that the owners, his Worship Issued a become Governor of the Leoward. he was merely trying to convey to general warning to the tenants Lalands.British Wireless. his Worship the tenants point, against a repetition of the offences

His Worship: I don't consider the seriousness from that point of view. I look upon it from this point of view, that water is wasted.

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