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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930.

EXCURSION TRAIN TRAGIC DEATH IN AMBASSADOR HITS

DRAMA.

MOUNTAIN.

OUT.

TWO BOYS FALL OUT AND STUDENT WHO DIED FROM AMERICANS WHO ARE NOT

ARE KILLED.

FATHER'S HEROISM. While an excursion train from Wednesbury (Staffordshire) to Rhyl was racing at 60 miles an hour through one of the loveliest spots in England between Tattenhall Rond station and Beeston Castle, -a door flew open.

A boy fell out, bounced, off the lower part of the train on to the line and lay still.

A second later another boy pitch ed on to the track.

Then, as the train slowed down with a screaming of brakes, a man took a flying leap from the same compartment and lay on the ground in a crumpled heap.

EXHAUSTION.

BODY RECOVERED.

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REPRESENTATIVE.

PEOPLE REBUKED.-

•

Every year hundreds win, and many hundreds lose in this most exciting social race. Still, every springtime sees the entry list

to the preceding year.

CHANGES IN THE UNDERGROUND.

RECONSTRUCTION OF STATIONS

PLANNED.

MORE ESCALATORS.

The Underground Railway

don.

COCKTAIL ATTACK "BY DOCTOR.

DANGER SAID TO BE A REAL ONE

EDUCATION NEED.

When the first streaks of dawn In the United States, even

The danger of the cocktail were piercing the mists of the more so than in Great Britain, Company have obtained Parlia habit is a very real one”. Cairngorm Mountains, eight men mothers and daughters vie with montary sanction for the recons- The greatness of England is and a pony set out from the glen other mothers and daughters in truction, below the surface of not based on beer.” of Luibeg to wrest from the their desire to be presented at the several stations in central. Lon- The working-classes have to a scarred slopes of Ben Maedhui British Court.

great extent emancipated them- (4,298ft.) the body of Mr. Wil liam Graham Ellis, the 25-year-

The first of the new "sub-sur-selves from the worst aspects of old London-student, who died from

face" stations will be Leicester convivial alcoholism." square. Work will begin in about "Education, in the upper social exhaustion. while climbing the

six weeks' time, and Dover-street, circles is intensely important be- mountain,

Holborn, and the British Museum | habit.”. London School of Economica. He

In view of this fact, much stations will follow.

These were some of the pass- lived with his two sisters in Mag- dalch-road, Wandsworth Common. significance attaches to the rebuke

All these stations, where. the ages in evidence on the need of The party consisted of the three administered by General Dawes, traffic is congested, will be modell-education concerning the effect of friends who were with Mr. Ellis the American Ambassador, ined on the station at Piccadilly alcohol on human life-given by

adventure Mr. speech on behalf of the honorary circus. Each will be approached Courtney Weeks to the Licen on the tragic

sing-Commission at Broadway Frederick Mills Welsford, son of graduates at a dianer given by by a,subway, and escalators will

Fellows of be installed. Booking offices, will buildings, Westminster. Sir Robert Welsford, of Strathray the Masters and

be just below the surface of the Dr. Wecka's evidence was given gardens, N.W.S; Mr. Edward Mor-Trinity College, Cambridge.

road, and a circus of shops will on behalf of temperance organisa- ley Fletcher, a secretary: and Mr.

"Irritating."

be provided as at Piccadilly, tions. "It is the upper classes," Phillip Fred Ailday, of Holland

·General Dawes, who is known

he said, "who to-day need oduca- Piccadilly station cost £500,000, tion on the subject even road, W.14-a doctor, three ghil-

les (gamekeepers), and Constable equally well in his own country and the work of Leicester square than the great mass of the work Bell, of Braemar,

and in England for the straight-station is estimated to cost being classes." For the three young men it was forwardness of his English, said:tween £400,000 and ̈ £450,000.] I feel much more concerned How It Happened.

a task heart-breaking both in its "I have the honour to represent There will be a subway where about the public schoolboys and purpose and in the physical effort in this country the Government of Charing Cross-road is crossed by girls, and those in the upper Alfred Berry, a middle-aged lait entailed. Ahead of them lay a people of over 120 million popu- Cranbourn-street to the bourer, was the hero of this drama. hours of toiling over the mountain lation, of whom about half are of station.

new ranges of society, than about those in the so-called working- The victims were his sons Ernest,

-classés,” aged 14, a cripple from birth, and side towards the spot where they British descent. In my country, body. Aftar that therefore, there are at least 10 there was the infinitely more dif million more people of British ficult return journey to be faced. descent than live in the island of With them they took a stretcher, Britain Itself. the pony carrying their packs.

Mr. Ellis was a student at the swelled enormously in proportion Hyde Park-corner, Knightsbridge cause of the" increasing cocktail

As soon as the swaying train cama to a halt in twice its length, doors flew open, and startled pas sengers flocked out and followed the guard to where the boys lay quarter of a mile away.

the other was One was dead; dying, the man had a fractured knee cap.

Ronald aged five.

Ernest, the first to fall, was kill- ed outright, his injuries suggesting that he had struck wheel. Ronald died in Chester Infirmary several hours after the accident in the presence of his father and mother.

had left the

Heart Failure,

Britons

and

Holborn Improvement.

+

"Straight to the Brain.”

more

The British Museum station óf the Central London Railway, and The cocktail," he added, is a Holborn station (Piccadilly Tube highly spirituous liquor; it con Railway) are not connected, the tains Vermouth, which contains reason being that for some time essential oil, and this oil is very they belonged to rival concerns, diffusable, and heightens the effect

Mr. Berry, his wife, daughter and with the body late in the after-Americans who are continual pur-One station is now to be made to of the other alcohol, tending to

the two boys were on a half day excursion to RhyL

Apparently the boys were near the left hand door when it opened

"As American Ambassador come frequently into contact, with The party returned to Bracmar certain travelled

footsore and veyors of the trival and irritating serve both lines. The work will produce gastric disturbance." noon. They were

not involve interference with the relationship.

Other points in the evidence of They do not seem to have sensed working of either line. It is pro- Dr Weeks were: the inevitable consequence of an hall for both near Holborn, and upper part of the brain, interferes posed to build a circus booking- Alcohol goes straight to the

weary.

in

to

After motoring ten mijos Derry Lodge they had set out on

international

auddenly, and to the horror of the foot to the place among the moun-existing the of blood upon the to give access to it by a subway with inhibition, and inflames what

い

two large boulders. The going

by Ronald.

The father sprang for the com-gradually became so bad that the munication cord and obeying a blind pony had to be left behind before was instinct to do something to help the the 11-mile journey on foot

completed. boys jumped on to the line.

The detor examined the body and found that death was due to heart failure following extreme

exhaustion.

The train had then reduced speed to not less than 30 miles an hour, but he hit the ground violently and lay unable to move.

On the return journey, the mem- Officials from Tattenhall-roadbers of the party took it in turns Station who saw the express pull to carry the stretcher bearing the up concluded that something ser- body. On arrival at Braemar the ous Was afoot, and immediately body was placed on a bier in West summoned Dr. W. Cummings, Church Hall. local practitioner. He was on the scene within 20 minutes, and treat- ed Ronald's injuries.

Mr. Berry was able with assist ance to limp to the train, which con- veyed him and his injured son to Chester, where both were taken to the infirmary. The father was not detained. Mrs. Berry, after watch- ing with her husband the last mo- ments of Ronald, left by train for Wednesbury,

4

Pressed On Door.

Mr. Berry said: "I was sitting in a corner of the carriage," he

How He Died.

permanent and at titude of the two peoples."

The Ambassadog proceeded to administer the rebuke which was very apparent to those who heard

It. He said:

A man is "under the influence of drink" within ten minutes of

British Museum station and by! several other subways.

Park-corner station will be start-than a short man. It is hoped that work at Hyde taking any alcohol.

A tall man can stand more drink ed this year. There will be ani London a body of American travel- other opposite the Artilley Memo- tion of alcohol.

I believe the country would be "But we have recently had in entrance from the Park and an-better with a restricted consump lers representing a section of the rial. Dover-street and Knights suggestion that beer has made I contest the American people representing bridge stations will be similarly for the greatness of England. the heart and soul of the American reconstruted. This was forecast people, the bone and sinew of the in the Morning Post some months American people, and the proud ago, attitude of the American people

Marble Arch and Chancery-in-te influences which led him to be- Dr. Weeks said that among the a body of travellers not self- are other stations marked for con- invited, with their minds occupied version.

come a teetotaller were the facts that a doctor whose practice he

Leasons.

by thoughts of Society reporters Since the opening of the new bought died from drink, and that or fashionable dressmakers, but mothers invited by the Govern-

Piccadilly-circus station traffic doctor who called him to a con- ment of the United States to wake has increased by 20 per cent. This sultation was under the influence fact has induced the Underground of drink while "upstairs in a bed-

of approach, and Company to construct more ar- room was a tragedy." "Directly I became 'cade, or circus, stations, more easy

a testotal- to provideler," he added. "I became a bet- ter cricketer; I was a'safer catch." escalators...

their first and last visit to the

Before leaving Luibeg, one of the party told the distressing story of Mr. Ellie's death, rested overnight at the Shelter who fell fighting under British They climbed Ben Macdhui and graves of their sons in France Stone hut, 500 feet from the aum-command by the side of their mit. On the following day they comrades of the British Army. set out to climb Cairngorn,

About two miles from the sum- mit Ellis began to show signs of fatigue, and, becoming alarmed, the Shelter Stone. his friends decided to return to

When 1,000 feet from their de-

CHESHIRE, ENGLAND,said, and Earnest, who was opstination Ellis became exhausted posite me, crossed over to sit in the and was given brandy to revive other corner on my side.

The two boys were near the hia waning strength. It was of door. Ernest pressed against it no avail.

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"They brought no social, intro- ductions. The credentials which each carried were but the photo- graph of a son and a few withered flowers from a garden at home to needed no more. lay on a grave in France. They

"I shall ever remember it, for therein the strength of the tie be- tween the English-speaking peo ples could be measured in its full and lasting strength."

WANTS £30,000 TAX BACK.

and lie door flew open. He fell out His companions then raised him and his brother followed. A few on their shoulders and for a time seconds later, when the train was struggled on. Worn out by their moderating its speed, I jumped out efforts the three men halted on a after the boys, but crumpled up as rocky path, and two of them hurri- soon as I fell. I was with Ronalded on to the shelter for dry cloth- at the last, but he never said aing. When they returned word."

minutes later Ellis was dead,

Huddled Round.

For a time the three men sat huddled round their dead.com- panion on the hillside, then over- come by cold, were compelled to Walter Cockerline, the Hull ship- A tax appeal brought by Sir go to the shelter hut

BANKRUPTCY AS A

CURE..

SIR JOSIAH STAMP ON

OUR SLUMP.

"A few healthy bankruptcies are needed, according to Sir Josiah Stamp, the English magnate and economist, to jolt the conserva tism of North of England indus trialists."

SIR W. COCKERLINE'S

APPEAL

After a night's sleep they set owner, in the King's Bench Divi- out for Luibeg with the tragic sion, raised the point whether Sir news. They were anxious to re-Walter's agreement to pay £67,076 turn that night for the body but duty without any assessment being project until morning. were persuaded to postpone the him with no further right of made closed the matter and left

appeal.

Strange stories are told about the Cairngorm mountains, among Revenue authorities complained Counsel said that in 1925 the which several climbers have lost that Sir Walter had not paid In- He expressed this view. when people tell stories of giant figures Super Tax. After an investiga-

their lives in recent years. Local

come Tax, Excess. Profits Tax and addfessing the. New York Bond Club on the main industrial pro-weird and ghostly voices.

seen stalking through the mist, oftion it was agreed that £67.076 blems facing Britain.

Excess Profite Duty was payable. That and other sums for Income Tax and Super Tax were paid off by instalments. Later other ac- countants considered he had paid far too much, but the Inland Re- venue Commissioners served a notice that all questions relating to the matter had been finally de- termined,

Dealing with the proposals made to rationalise cotton, steel, coal and transport, Sir Josiah said: "The obstacles in the way are very great.

"You have got the natural con- Hervatism of the most practical and hard-headed Northern Indus- trialist who lives on the thought

of what his training was. In most

MYSTERY OF £500 IN SILVER.

SOMEWHERE IN

GOODS TRAIN.

A box containing £500 in silver

of these industries the disposition | disappeared during transit by rail

of the men running them is un- from a York bank to a branch at changed, and there is no dominant Goole.

Mr. Greene said it might be found that Sir Walter had paid £30,000 too much, and if the mat- ter was finally determined how could be get repayment?

personality who can knock their The box was sent by goods heads together and say they have train from York and the police A few days before the last in- got to come in [the rationalisation are satisfied that it arrived safely stalment was paid, counsel con- movement] until they hit bottom, at Hull where it was transferred tinned, a prosecution was launch- "Many of them have got. banks to another goåds train for Goole. ed against Sir Walter under the [behind them. I cannot say the A similar box consigned at the Perjury Act of 1911. This was banking system is working well in same time to the Hull branch of not proceeded with, on account of this respect.

the bank was safely delivered... his health, but he paid £300,000 in

It is not known whether the penalties. A

"What is wanted in many of these industries is for banks to missing box was in the tran when The Attorney-General (Sir Wil- waive their particular obligations It left Hull. The railway official liam Jowitt) argued that by the and to allow a fow healthy bank-stated that possibly the box was agreement to pay duty the appel- ruptcies to happen, as a way of put into the wrong train, and that Jant waived the right to have an cleaning through financial it may be found in some other assessment... action."

part of the country.

His lordship reserved judgment.

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