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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1929.

SO-CALLED BRANDY! FRENCHMAN WITH

SWINDLE.

DILUTED SPIRITS AND COLOURED WATER,

MAN SENT TO PRISON.

Two bottles of what purported fo be Hennessy Brandy figured in case which was mentioned before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning when a Chinese was charged with attempting to defraud a woman at Yu Chow Street, Shamshuipo, by attempting to sell her the bottles, which he alleged contained good brandy.

The defendant denied that he tried to sell the bottles to the com-i plainant and said that she offered to purchase them from him for $2. He refused to sell them.

1les.

PISTOL.

FINED $25 AND ARMS CONFISCATED.

́SEQUEL TO À RAID.

MUSICAL JOTTINGS.

Segovin-The Queen's Hall Proms -The Queen's Hall Charwomen- Mid-Victorian Anecdules.

[BY "ALLEGRO."

INDIAN ALTERS

PASSPORT.

SAID. SINGAPORE WAS TOO HOT FOR HIM.

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DRASTIC PUNISHMENT FOR AN AGITATOR.

SHANGHAI PARADE.

The date of Segovia's recital at:

SENT TO PRISON. the Theatre Royal has been aller- Mr. Charles Gerer, a foreignered to Saturday, September 7th. Siri Babu, an Indian, was

Shanghai, Aug. 17. realding at No. 46, Nathan Road, instead of the date in October charged before Mr. T. M. Haz- The biter, has been bitten, Zag was summoned before Mr. T. S. mentioned provisionally, as this lerigg, at the Central Police Tso-ling, ex-chief of the Chapel Whyte Smith at the Kowloon artist is coming out vin Suez and Court this morning, with arriving investigation department of the Magistracy this morning for being is starting his Far Eastern tour in the Colony without a valid defunct Anti-Japanese Associa in possession of an automatic at Manila anl. Hongkong. I be passport,

tion, has been arrested by the pistal and 10 rounds of ammunt-lieve that this guitarist is a "one-

Association. tion.

Detective-Sergeant Whant said National Salvation man-show," being capable of en- the accused came from Bangkok. Chief Zao is to be punished. The broken English, admitted

The defendant, speaking in tertaining audiences single-hand- having in his possession an Shanghai special district Kuomin

theed for a couple of hours without emergency certifictite Issued by tang has decided that Zao will be charge and said he was not aware the nasistance of a pianist. His H.B.M.'s Minister permitting him

paraded through Nanlab and of the local regulations, as he had programme constata of three to go only to India by way of Chapel after which he will be not been here long.

groups of pieces-firstly a set of Singapore. In reply to his Worship, defen- five sales by eighteenth and early pere" had been crudely altered by Salvation Association in con- The word "Singa placed on exhibition In a large wooden cage. The National dunt said he had resided in Hong-nineteenth century

composers: the accused to rend as "long curred in the punishment. kong for 2% years,

accondly a Suite of Bach (Pre-kong," and in view of this, the His Worship asked if the defen-lade, Allemande, Fugue, Courante, police asked that a serious view, happy chieftainship have ended. Zao's days of authority and dunt did not see the notices posted Sarabande and, Gavotte), follow be taken of the case.. on ships.

To-day he will be led out from one of Public Safety at Chapel, fitted of the small cells in the Buronu negative.

out with a nice new placard and paraded through the streets of the districts over which he once held undisputed authority..

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Detective Sergeant Mendows told his Worship that the complainunt

c by a Minuet of Haydn, and Mr. Hazlerigg (to accused) was in a friend's shop in Yu Chow The defendant replied in the lastly a Sonatina in three move. Why did you alter your certificate Street yesterday afternoon when

ments, specially composed for It was made out for Sinapure and the defendant offered to sell the

Answering his Worship, Detee-Segovin by Torroba, and two two bottles of brandy which were sive Inspector Dorling, who pro- modern

altered to Hongkong.. Spanish works wrapped in a piece of newspaper. secuted, said that some of the Granedos and Albeniz. The long to Singapore. It is too

Accused: did not like to go Ile asked for for the two bot-coasters or ships which aeldom kong Musical Society has circu- there, and I always became sick. warm called in at Ifongkong had no lagised its members regarding this

Most of reeltal which is the only one that.

Sergt. Whant said the man was notices posted on board. the local shipping companies were will given by Segovia in this destitute, and had no money.

His Worship-In that case, it, supplied with notices, but the Colony.

is no good keeping you here too police could not say whether they

long. It is best to send him away were posted in all ships, knew, however, that all the big

soon ng possible. ships had notices displayed.

The defendant said he arrived in Hongkong on a French mail steamer.

Detective Inspector. Dorling Intimated that he knew that that particular ship had notices posted. The prosecuting officer said he had been instructed not to press for a heavy penalty, but to ask for the confiscation of the pistol and ammonition.

A week previously one of the in- mates of the shop had been victimis: ed by being sold two battles which were supposed to contain brandy and at once became suspicious, While the complainant engaged the defendant in conversations this man went for k policeman on arriving at the shop who HAW the defendant. rush out, leaving the brandy in the "shop. He was arrested by the constable.

Evidence was given by the coin- plainant and the man who called the policeman. During the can- stable's testimony the defendant intimated that the brandy was Kenuine as he himself had com- sumed the contents of one battle,

His W ship remarked, that he dit! not understand that the de fendant's defence was that the brandy was genuine.

dant's house.

He

When the parade is over Zao will be taken to a prominent place in the busiest district of Chapei and there bundled into a enge where he will spend the remainder of the day until the time comes for him to be taken to Nuntao, There the same performance will be repeated.

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The irony of the whole pro- ceedings is the fact that one of the very enges devised by Chief Zao for the punishment of Chinese Boycott Association will be used disobeying the Anti-Japanese as his prison to-day and to-morrow. Zao was known throughout the native districts is an oppressor. His high-handed, methods in dealing with Chinese enught trading in Japanese goods during the boycott movement gained him scores of enemies, Many innocent merchants, were placed

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The Queen's Hall Promenade Concert programme for the Aug

Accused was sentenced to two Sept. season reveal one or two months' imprisonment, it being teresting innovations. The num stated that arrangements would ber of evenings given over to:

be made to send him back to apecial composers. has been in- creased to such an

India immediately after he had extent that there are only nine (Saturday) completed his sentence. concerts which have varied pre-War or one with a chestnut-haired grammes." There are, as usual, eight Wagner nights and nine girl in a green coat! Those who Beethoven or Mort and Beeth-have not known that pleasure have oven nights; four for Brahms, probably already skipped over this four for Bach and Handel, three paragraph-and the others will The armas and ammunition were for Mozart and Haydn and three know what I mean. found in a wardrobe in defenfor Mozart and Schubert;

Talking of Queen's Hall, Mr. Tachaikovsky is honoured with] His Worship:-Had you in three special concerts. Finally with criticism himself from

Perey Scholes, the critic, once met farination?

all the Thursday evening, pro

an Detective Inspector Dorling-grammes are devoted to the works expected quarter. 1 suppose in cuges similar to the one to be No, not about the arms. We were af British composers,

at which nearly all his articles "hit some used for Zno's incarceration there for another purpose al-nine new compositions are to be one on the raw but in this case to-day. But now the table has THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY

heard for the first time, Natur- quite innocent remark of his been turned. The defendant remarked to his ally this specialising restricts the brought forth letter to the Zno has been found guilty of Worship that he had had the pistol opportunities of performance

Editor of The Observer. When dis- charges of bribery.

Evidence for the past eight years.

cussing Holst's "The Planets" he shows that during his position as works which come under no special category and among pop-stated that on the first rehearsal of Chief of the Preventative Depari- hur ones which are missing this Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, "the ment he accepted bribes for pass- year are the frieg, and Rachmani- Queen's Hall charwomen were, ing Japanese goods. He has buen noff Piano Concerts. The five brooms and buckets, and

found to have put down their

ordered to undergo the same to be Beethoven, two Brahms, Liszt,

dancing in the corridors." As to some of his victims.

punishment previously meted out Schamann and Tschaikovsky Con- Mr. Scholes wrote "afterwards, certos appear as usual, also three May Venus, the Bringer of of Mozarts and two of Bach's Old Peace, henceforth guide my pen,"

WAR BOOK SEIZED. Promenade favourites appear for here is the condemnation bis CHICAGO AND "ALL QUIET ON soloists, among the pianists being remarka brought: Harald Craxton, Harriet Cohen, Myra Hess, Jolianne Stockmarr, Katharine Goodson, Irene Scharrer,

Mr. 11. A. Taylor, Government Monopoly Analyst, stated, ju evid-together, ence, that the bottles contained Biluted spirits and water coloured to represent brandy.

His Worship: That is there is alcohol?

Mr. Taylor: Yes.

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In reply to his Worship witness Haid that the quid was not sweetened. Witness said that it might be palatable to Chinese.

The bottles, continued witness, i were all sealed but not with Hen- nessy stais. One of the holltes had a Martel cork. The strength was slightly wenker than brandy. Asked if the liquid in the battlds would have harmful effects wil- | ness replied that he could not any, but a person expecting it to be brandy might be upset by the thi

Defendant said he could not say if the brandy was genuine or not, but he had been given three hot Qes by . friend and he himselfi had drunk the contents of one) bottle.

His Worship registered a ron- viction. The defendant had a pre-

A fine of $25 was imposed, the pistol and ammunition being Fordered to be confiscated.

K.O.S.B. DESERTERS ·

ON TRIAL.

of

(Continued from Page 1) Lieni, Welch then indjeated that his next witness would be the ac- emner Private Smith, who was ne-and Solomon. Lamond plays the cordingly called.

O'Donnell's aetatements.

QUEEN'S HALL,

18/11/20.

"

THE WESTERN ́ FRONT,"

New York, July 14. Editor,

The Chiengo customs collector I think It I pity.Mr. Percy A. has seized all copies of "All Quiet "Emperor concerts; he has done Scholes did not keep his criticism on the Western Front," which were Smith, in answer to questions this often enough at the Symphony to music and left the Charwomen printed in London, containing pag- from Lieut. Welch hore out Concerts, but I do not remember

him as a Prom Botoist. Amongs he calls them out, for he might sages which were expurgated in the

have got them discharged. The American edition. In answer to the President of the violinists are Isolde Menges. Charwomen are a body of women, The seizure was made on the the Court, O'Donnell said that Maric Hall, Jelly d'Arany, Albert hard worked, turning up at all grounds that the British edition in- risk he was raining in wearing he did not think of the Summons and Catterall.

times to sull the public, Sundays fringes the copyright obtained by: And of what use is any of this included. You will see the the American publishers, according civilian clothes. He realised that

Women have no time to dance, us

to the collector. When the Ameri- it would have been far better for information to us who are maroon-it may yet make trouble, so I ask can edition appeared last May the ined in Hongkong and cannot enjoy Mr. Perey Scholes to keep to music local publishers announced they been found

com- any of the musical items

In future and leave

The Queen's Hall- Lieut. Scott-Elliott then read mented upon? Well, most of us

Dustic Fairies Alone.

FAIRPLAY.

him to have uniform.

vious conviction, for larceny in out the accused's record of ser- have at same time or other spent) vice. He had been absent without a pre-War ahilling or a post-War leave three times during the last two-bob and enjoyed every minute 12 months, and four times since of a Henry Wood concert, and it enlistment. He had been guilty needs now only the mention of Salomon playing the Tschaikow- of desertion once sinee

1926 when he was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour,

His Worship said it was a seri- ous offence because a lot of people purchased brandy for medicinal purposes and if they got a hottie

of this rubbish" palmed on to

enllat-

had made certain deletions of "robust" passages which were in- cluded in the London translation,

too much of: because they were the old free and ensy Anglo-Saxon

A few years ago Scholes had order," occasion to refer to the blo-j graphies of "Frederick Arthur discovered several anecdotes re- ment. He had been sentenced aky or Miriam Licette singing Gore Ouseley, Buronet, M.A. Doc-garding this worthy, who was a to 112 days imprisonment by a Mozart Aria to conjure up memotor and Professor of Music in the well-known gentleman in the mid-

ries of some of those happy deer-

them it was rather a serious mal-District Court Martial on Decem-ions-perhaps an evening with University of Oxford" and there' dle of last century. It is recorded i

ter.

The defendunt was sentenced to three months' hard labour,

Defendant: Can I pay a fine- His Worship (emphatically); No.

ker 12, 1926, for desertim, but another fellow since killed in the bad been released after ser ang one month.

Bath accused were not acquit- ted, and sentence will be promul- rated in due course,

MR. JUSTICE McCARDIE DAUGHTER'S

ON STERILISATION.

OUTSPOKEN COMMENT IN

COURT.

Birmingham, July 14.

ORDEAL.

FINDS STREET ACCIDENT VICTIM TO BE HER MOTHER.

. A story of a mother being run over when going to visit her son's grave was told at an inquest at Lewisham, S.E, on Mrs. Ellen Mr. Justice MneCardie, at Pinnock, aged 61, of Mornington- Birmingham Assizes. to-day, com- road, Deptford, who was run over mented earnestly upon the qucation and killed in Lewisham High-road, of mental defectives, after a wo- New Cross, by a brewere motor man, alleged to be so afflicted, and lorry.

who had heal ight legitimate Miss Maud Elizabeth Pinnock children, had been brought before said that her mother had lost two, lim.

sons in eight months, and had left

In passing sentence on the wo home to go to Kensal Rise cemetery man of six months' imprisonment to visit the grave of one,

in the second division, the Judge She followed, and was looking for Buid: "The children as they grow her mother near an omnibus stop- up may become the parents of other ping place when she saw a crowd, illegitimate and feeble-minded and heard someone say," some poor children, and so increase the ap- devil has been run over." palling figures that are known to Miss Pinnock continued, "I those who study these anbjects." thought it was a man, but then Following the appearative before found it was 'a woman and at last him of an alleged feeble-minded realised it was my mother." youth, the Judge said: "I have Miss Pinnock brake down, and long come to the conclusion that the had to be led out of Court, poople should face, and face at once, The jury, returning a verdict of the need for the introduction into accidental death. said that while this country of a system of sterillsathe driver did what he considered tion. I know It is said that to be right, his judgment was not speakors refrain from dealing with the best in the circumstances. this subject, first because the pablle la unprepared for it, secondly be cause the speakers are too medesi to deal with it in adequate fashion; but in my view, sterilisation should be introduced into this country,”

Major Whitehouse, the Coroner, told the driver that he would be wiser In future to stop in similar circumstances, even if he smashed- his lorry or was late in his de- livery.

(Continued on Next Column.}

"National Edj'enahun S'ciety tawking"

of him that, as a child, when suffering the greatest pains from teething, an air on the pianoforte was sure to stop his crying; and a year or two later he would re- mark that It thundered

G. or the wind whistled in D, or the clock chimed in D minor. When he was five, he accusioned much merriment to two young ladies owing to his remark about his father's cold: "Only think, papa blows his nose in G."

The biographies told among other

double-bass things of a player who excused himself from rehearsal because he had "mis told his instrument;" of a choir! singer who, charged with spoiling the service, replied: "No, it was the organ, Sir Frederick, that play- ed out of tune" of a lady who, having heard Quseley play the overture to "Esther," thanked him for that beautiful chorus of Handel's" and, being corrected, replied: "Indeed, I think I ought to know, considering my great- Aunt once heard Handel play on the organ." I like the sound of an after-dinner entertainment pro- vided for Ouseley, consisting of the "Hallelujah Chorus" arranged for three flutes; but it was pro-) bably eclipsed by the musical wel! come at a vicarage where he was greeted by six musical boxes all playing at once,

If you want to know anything further about Ouseley and his) Inusical experiences, Blackwell's book-store at Oxford, will supply books by Joyce and Havergal which abound in anecdotes of the type quoted. Although they are elghty years or so old, many of the remarks might easily have been made by so-called "musical people" of the present day.

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