BUILDING PLANS LAPSE.
CHARGE FAILS ON WORDING OF SUMMONS.
WORK NOT FINISHED.
Holding that under the wording of the summons, the prosecution could not prove their case, Mr.
dismissed Lindsell to-day
the charge against Li Wan Tong of constructing concrete floors and staircase at 11 Old Balley without permission of the Building Author- ity.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
KIDNAPPED BY A YOUNG BOY,
CHILDREN ENTICED AWAY FROM THIRD STREET.
EMPLOYED BY MAN.
The kidnapping of two children, aged five and seven years, by a fourteen year old Chinose school- the Central boy was related at Magistraey this morning.
Detective Sergeant Clark said on Sunday afternoon a detective met the defendant at the Yaumati Ferry wharf, accompanied by the Mr. Gibbs, the architect, who was two children. On being question- present in court on behalf of the ed the defendant said that he came defendant, submitted that a permit over from Yaumati to Third Street was obtained from the Building with a man, who had given hint Authority for the construetion of
some cigarette pictures, and point- the concrete floors and staircase. ed out the two children who were He produced the permit.
Mr. Lindsell:-Did the plans sub-playing in Third Street. The man mitted show concrete floors?—Yes.
Mr. J. Dobson, of the P.WD said the plans were submitted on November 2, 1929 and approved on the 14th of the same month. The Building Authority allowed three months for the work to be carried out, and if not completed by that time, the original approval was re- scinded. He went along on March 11 and the work was not completed. The orginal plans had therefore lapsed.
Mr. Lindsell:Did you notify the architect to that effect---No, It is is not customary for us to do that. A New Summons.
Mr. Lindsell said that it seemed to him that the actual offence was that the work had not been car- ried out within the specified three
months.
Mr. Dobson agreed and pointed out that as a result the permit had lapsed.
Mr. Lindsell-It does not say o in this section of the Ordinance, the present I cannot convict on charge.
Mr. Dobson said that the offence was that the work had not been done with the approval of the Building Authority, the work hav. ing lapsed.
Mr. Lindsell said that as the summons stood, he did not think it could go through.
Mr. Dibson said it was their in- tention to apply for a summons 43 detailed under section 223, that the work had not been carried through
told the
DRAFTING NAVAL
TREATY.
REFERENCE TO JAPAN MAY CAUSE DELAY.
SAFEGUARD CLAUSE.
re-
London, Apr. 15. It is understood that the two dealing with the Committees drafting of the Naval Treaty hope: to complete their work to-morrow. The document will then be ferred to the various Governments concerned, and, as it is uncertain how long this process will take, especially in the ease of Japan, the final plenary session may have to be postponed until later than Tuesday of next week.
Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr. H. L. Stimson, head of the American delegation, this afternoon had a conversation at which it is under- stood they discussed the question of a safeguarding clause in the Three-Power Fact and reached an agreement in principle. British Wireless.
defendant to give the children the pictures and take them across to Yaumati to see the elephants. The young defendant agreed to this, and they all went to the Yaumati Ferry wharf, where the man gave the boy four cents
Washington, Apr. 15. and the two children two centsi each. D. S. Clark added that the
President Hoover, addressing
the American! defendant had been sent to the the Daughters of S.C.A. who advised Court proceed-Revolution, halled the London ings with the approval of the Pub naval agreement as "great and far- reaching". He said the most im- portant thing was that it had been able finally to turn the tide of the constantly increasing naval arms, D. S. Clark. Yes. He was pro-and end the period of suspicion of mised $2 for it. It appears that bad faith generated by the con- he has already enticed three stant rivalry in construction.
Mr. Hoover indicated that his other children away. * seema that they were seen in King's devotion to the World Court re- Park. They were kidnapped by mained undiminished. He did not the man who employs a woman to doubt that the take them out of the Colony. The would become defendant attends school in Yau-Court-Reuter's American Service.
Jie Prosecutor.
Mr. Lindsell (The Magistrate): He was really employed by this man to do this?
mati and his father is employed
as
enolie at Kowloon City. The defendant's mother is in Court.
Thrashing Ordered.
United States
a member of the
ARMED ROBBERY
SEQUEL.
On her being called forward. Mr. Lindsell said to the mother: What sort of a son is this you have THE POLICE MAKE ANOTHER Kot? He spends his time in entie ing away children.
The Mother:-1 did not know what he was doing.
Mr. Lindsell: Can't your hasland keep a better eye on him than this?
The Mother:--He is employed at Kowloon City.
ARREST.
The arrest of another man was effected by the police yesterday in connexion with the armed robbery which took place in a matshed at Ngai Chin-wai village, Kowloon City district, on Friday night, ac- companied by the stabbing and pre-wounding of the victim, who is a
The arrested
is named Heunk Tung, the charge against him being that he instigated the rabbery and carried out an un- provoked assault with a knife on the victim while engaged on the enterprise with two other men.
Mr. Lindsel:Are You with the approval of the Buildingpared to go security for his future vegetable gardener,
failed, to
behaviour? Yes. Authority, and if that
school.
make application for another sum mons that the work had not been done to the satisfaction of the B.A He had seen the work which was very bad.
Mr. Lindsell said he could cer- tainly apply, for a new summons, but the existing one could not stand.
CINEMA NOTES.
He goes to
Mr. Lindsell--But he uses his spare time in worse ways.
D. S. Clark said that Mr. Somer set Fitzroy, the Public Prosecutor, had suggested that the defendant might be well thrashed with a
round dozen."
Mr. Lindsell sentenced the lay to receive 12 strokes and placed him under a personal bond of $50) and his mother under a security of $a for his future behaviour. The Magistrate added:--You will not only be thrashed next time. but you will go to prison for a year.
WIDOW ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE.
TRIED TO JUMP INTO THE
TYPHOON SHELTER.
man
With Heung Tung's arrest, the capture has been achieved by the police of all the persons alleged to have been implicated in the affair.
CANADIAN TAKEN BY BANDITS.
MR. BRIDGMAN LATEST VICTIM.
A
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1930.
SHARE PRICES.
TO DAY'S
QUOTATIONS,
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-diny:
Banka. Hongkong Bank, $1400 9. Chartered Bank, 18 b. Mercantile
H., £30 n. East Asia $109 b.
Insurances, Canton I, 315 b.. Union Ins., $44 North China, Ins., Tis. 160 b Yangtaze Ins. $50 0. Chias Underwriters, $1.50 b China Fires, $355 b. H. K. Fire Ins., $900 b.
6.
b.
Shipping. Douglaser, $22), n H. K. Steam oats, $261. 6. Indo-Chinas, (Def.) $60 Union Waterboats $261
Mining. Benguets, $6 70 h. Kailans, 60- 8 Langkat, l. 13 60 m. S'hai Explorations. Tls. 1.30 Raube, $23 b Tronahs, 21/- n.
Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharves, $151 b. Whampoa Docks, $38 b. Chins Provident $525 8. Jongkews, Tis 245 n. New Engineerings. Tle, 8 Shanghai Docks Tls. 128 n. Cottons.
b.
Ewo Cottons, Tis..13. b S'hai Cottons. Tle, 8 told) a. Lands, Hotels, etc. H. and S. Hotel 812 50
b. H. K Lands, $72
8.
S'hai ande Tls 245
b.
Humphreys, $14.
Realtios, $8.75 h
Chinese Estates $98
8.
.
Public Utilities. Tramway- $21. M Peak Trams fald $1165 a. Star Ferrios, $72 b. China Lights, (Old) $23. b. HK. Electrics, $72 b. Macao Electrics, $23 b. Telophones $131 b. China Buses, Tis 19. b. Singapor Tractions. 10/- *.
Industrials.
China Sugars. 8 cts. b. Malabons, $27
7.
B.
D.
Cald: Macg. Ord: Tis. 10 n. Canton Ices, $2.50 . Coments (Comb, $15.80 BA. Ropes $7.35 b. 4. United Asbestos $5 b.
Stores, etc. Dairy Farms, $23 Watsons, $10.80 Der A. Wings, 80 b. Lane Crawfords, $3.
88. Mackintoshs, $18 b. Sinceres. $12 n.
Miscellaneous, Amusements, $3 b. Constructions, $1.20 sz. B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 62% 8. H. K. G. Loan 7% Prem. *.
SOME RAIN.
o.
HOW JOAN BENNETT WAS GROOMED FOR PART.
Because of United Artists' rule eqpcerning accuracy of details, a prominent California woman artist was engaged to act as technical adviser to Joan Bennett, who has the role of a young artist in "Three Live Ghosts", sensational all-talk- ing comedy-drama, now the feature attraction at the Queen's Theatre. A woman, named Fung Kiu, was is the taken to the Bay View Police Sta- who Miss Bennett, daughter of Richard Bennett, tion yesterday afternoon where the famous actor, was
instatement was made that she had educated Paris and in Rome, where she learn- been contemplating suicide. ed to paint in oils. Miss Bennett's Passers-by who saw her on the training had nut included the paint-point of throwing herself into the has made representations to the came to China in 1912-Reuter. ing of chinaware, so when it came typhoon shelter basin at Causeway time for her to do a scene in which Bay, succeeded in restraining her she is seen painting decorations on and took her to the police. a vase, she admitted her lack of ex- perience.
The Royal Observatory reports that the Japanese depression has Peking, Apr. 15. Bandits have captured
passed into the Pacific. The anti- Canadian, Mr. C. A. Bridgman, of yelone remains central over the the United Church of Canada, and Lower Yangtsze Valley. The Chinese pastor at Changchow, local forecast is: East winds: sixty miles below Chungking, and generally overcast; some rain. have retired sixty miles inland with their raptives. They are de-
The situation was quickly re- medied, however, when Thornton Freeland, the director, engaged Miss Bess Schubert, artist and in- structor in painting chinaware. Within an hour, Miss Bennett had the "feel" of the work at hand and was prepared to do the scene.
Accuracy of detail is revealed throughout "Three Live Ghosts". the locale of which is laid in Lon- dou.
Probably no, all-dialogue and all- sound production has featured such a galaxy of stars as does, "Three Lly Ghosts", which Max Marcin adapted from the famous New York
The would-be suicide is described as being a widow in straitened cir- rumstances. She lived in a hovel on the hillside above the village of Taibang. Causeway Bay.
Algiers, then switches to the vast Sahara desert, where treacherous tribal chieftains will do to death anyone who interferes with their plots. "Beau Sabreur" is des eribed as a melodramatic romance, filled to the brim with heart interest as only Wren could write it.
Gary Cooper is in the title role, that of Major Henri de Reanjolala, the beautiful swordsman, a, dasli- ing, virile and handsome officer in The all-star cast includes Beryl the French army. The girl, Mary
and London stage success.
Vanbrugh, an American visiting;
Mercer, Charles McNaughton, Joan her military uncle in Zaguig, on Bennett, Robert Montgomery. the Saharara, is played by Evelyn Claud Allister, Hilda Vaughn, Shayle Gardner, Harry Stubbs, Jocelyn Lee, Jack Cooper, Nancy Price and Tenen Holtz.
Brent.
On
three occasions, Cooper saves the life of the girl, then she is given the opportunity to reciprocate, saving him from a certain death. The girl and boy get through a series of spectacular adventures, including battles with! fierce Touaregs and combats with|
leadors. Al-
"Beau Sabreur" at the Majestic.
The position of a man who, after taking a vow never to look at a woman and to devote his life to military missions for France, met and fell in love with a beautiful desperate tribe
girl while performing one of though he tries hard not to love these duties, forms the basis of her, the boy is finally conquered, the story of "Beau Sabreur," and the devotion for France and which will have its first local his devotion for the girl go hand showing at the Majestic Theatre, in hand; until the closing scene. Kowloon today. and which
The cast of 1,500 includes Nouh Paramount has adapted from Beery Joan Standing, William Percival Christopher Wren's Powell, 'Mitchell Lewis, Roscoe sequel to "Beau Geste."
Karns, Arnold. Kent Frank" Rei- Wren's story is laid in the cher, Reoul Raoli, and Oscar quarters of the Foreign Legion at Smith.
manding $200,400 as ransom for authorities to secure the speedy their rel ase.
release of the captives.
The British Consul at Ichang
TO-DAY'S WANTS.
25 WORDS
-
$1.00,
* ($1.50 If Not Prepaid) The following replies have been received:--
544, 545, 547, 550, 556, 566, 593, 595, 598, 618; 691, 698, 639, 612, 650.
AGENCIES WANTED.
AGENCIES WANTED—A well sa- tablished Chinese export and import FIRM in Macao, wishes to represent any kind of agency for Chung Shan District. Best references and no Apply question about guaranty.
B. C. care of Macro Times, Macao.
SITUATION VACANT.
POSITION VACANT—A vacancy will occur on the 1st May for a lady Steno-typist for correspondence and Allag duties. Apply in writing to Box No. 650, "Hongkong Telegraph."
: WANTED.
WANTED-Wanted to rent long period, large garage near Magazine Gap. Write Box No. 660, "Hongkong | Tolegraph,”
Furnished FLAT wanted from 1st June, 3 or4 rooms, flush system, Kow- loon. Particulars to Box No. 662, "Hongkong Telegraph."
MATSHED WANTED-At Repoise Bay for the coming season. Please write Box No. 646, "Hongkong Tele-
Taph."
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-AUSTIN SEVEN, 1029 modol, in good mechanical con- dition. Price $900.000 or near. offer. Write Box No. 665 care of "Hongkong Telegraph."
FOR SALE.-14.40 H.P. M. G. Sports Saloon-excellent condition. Apply Duro Garage, Nathan Road, Kowloon.
LOST.
LOST.-Bundle of LETTERS, pro- bably between Gough Hill and top Peak tram station. Finder please re- turn to Box No. 661, "Hongkong Telegraph."
PREMISES TO LET..
TO LET-From 1st June, One Room and bath. Quiet locality in Kowloon. Three minutes from Ferry. Write Box No. 664, "Hongkong Telegraph."
TO LET Office Rooms, Hengkeng and Shanghai Bank Building. Apply to Sang Kee,, same Building.
A GODOWN at Whitfield Road con. sisting about 2,500 sq. ft. next to Kwong Sang Hong Glass Factory. Please apply to Kwong Sang Hong rtd.
AMERICAN STOCKS.
CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM NEW YORK.
The following quotations have been received from their correspondents Messrs. Hayden. Stone and Co., of New-York, by Messrs. Swan, Culbert- son and Fritz, Sassoon House Shang- hai, (cable address: "Swanstock," Shanghai), who are not responsible for cable mutilations.
New York, Apr. 15. Tone of Market.--Irregular. No. of Shares dane.-4,000,000. American Smelting
Call Money.-4. Anaconda Copper.. Baltimore & Ohio Borg Warner Chrysler
Service Common Curtis Wright Common Eastman Kodak Electric Bond & Share Erie Railroad
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BAKER NOT DRIVING KAYE DON'S CAR.
New York, Apr. 15. · Kaye Don states that the report yesterday that Baker would drive the "Silver Bullet" is absurdly ridiculous.
Don with the "Silver Bullet" is proceeding homeward on Wednes- day.Reuter's. American Service.
[A New York message
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