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THE HONGKONG

COURT MARTIAL.

NAVAL LIEUTENANT REPRIMANDED.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 18, 1931.

TELEGRAPH,

MUSIC FROM THE-

ETHER.

UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVEN HERE,

pro-

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.

WILH. WILHELMSEN,

THE NORWEGIAN AFRICA & AUSTRALIA LINE.

The motership,

....

"TAIWAN"

Plonding guilty to charges of re- maining of ship for one night

An entertainment which without sanction, and being absent mises to be unique and fascinat. having arrived from Norway sin for two houra without leave, Lieut. ing is in store for musle lovers of ports on the 12th Februnry consignees William Guy Drury Blakoney, R.N., Hongkong, Mr. Podoli, impre of cargo are hereby notified that all of H.M.S. Bridgewater, was severo-sario for Prof. Maurice Martenot,ls are being landed at their risk ly reprimanded by a uval-court-Inventor of Mule

the non-hazardous, hazardous Trom the and/or extra hazardous godowns of martial, conducted on board 11.M. Ether," an electrical device, an- the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & 5. Medway, on Monday,

nounces that his principai will || Godown "Co., Ltd., whence delivery appear in the Colony for a short may be obtained. Goods not cleared 10th February will be engagement at the ond of Marcit after the

subject to rent. Heralded throughou! Europe and America as a scientific wizard, packages are to be left in the godown All broken, chafed and damaged Monsieur Martonot will bring to where they will be examined on the the Colony the discovery which 16th February at 10 a.. by our Sur- has been called the most signi- | veyora, Mesars. Anderson & Ashe, ficant of our time.

On a third charge of negligent performance of duty for failure to insert corrections in certain books, the accused was acquitted on grounds of an unproved prosecu- tion.

The Court was-presided over by Capt. L. F. Potter (H.MS. Cum- berland), and wis composed of: Capt. W.P.3. Wardlow (ILMS. Bruce), Capt. C. Cantlle, D.S.C.. (M.S. Medway). Commander E. G. Morris. (H.M.S. Tamár). Com mander P.S.E. Maxwell (H.M.S. Herald), with Paymaster Capt. L.C.E. Ayre, O.B.E., (Secretary to the Commander in Chief) us Judge Advocate.

No claims will be admitted unless paratus, releasing the vibrations after landing of the goods, or in any He simply stands before his ap-notified and/or spplication for survey ninde in writing within seven days with his left hand, while with his case before the gonds are taken de right he carries the high- Frequency waves through a gamut

livery of of seven ortaves. A diversity of timbers are produced which seem to Indiente Indefinite possibilities in this feld.

The quality of the Hound sug- gests a combination of voice and The prosecutor was Commander violin, and, as modulated by the C.B. Moore L.M.S, Bridgewater of nolite enchantment. By very Inventor-artist. produces an effect and accused was represented by light pressure with the left hand, Paymaster Lieut.-Commander the instrument is put in vibration. Wheeler (H.M.S. Medway).

The first charge was that Lieut. W.G.D. Blakeney. R.N., then be lenging 1 H.M.S. Bridgewater. and now belonging to II.MS. Med- way, was a person found, subject to the Naval Discipline Act, to be guilty of an art to the prejudice of good order and naval discipline, in remaining out of the said ship for one night between February 5 and 6, without the previous sanction of the Commanding Of

cer.

The second comat was that of being absent without leave for two hours on February 10, and

the third charge, for the negligent performance of duty in not - serting corrections in certain con- fidential books.

The Defence.

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while the movements of the right regulate the intensity, pitch and volume from the lightest pinnis simo to the most ponderous for- Visalme. He is able at times to produce an effect as if the music comes from behind the stage or from same distant point in the auditorhura.

There can be no queation that M. Martenot, working along some- what similar lines to that of M. Theremis has gone much further towards produring perfect musi cal tones from what is colloquially described as "ether waves,

Claims will not be recoverable unless complete accounts are sent in within fourteen days of final discharge of veusel.

Na Fire Insurance will be effected. by us in any ense whatever.

Bill of Lading will be enuntersign- ed by-

THORESEN & CO., LTD., Hongkong. 12th February, 1931.

INDUSTRIES FAIR IN ENGLAND.

HUGE DISPLAY OF GOODS OF BRITISH-MAKE.

London, Feb, 16, The British Industries Fair, the largest national trade exhibition in the world, opens to-day la London and Birmingham. It is estimated that £10,000,000 worth of British products are being displayed. M. Martenot, after having de- Over 2,300 manufacturers the President of the French Re-eighty countries will attend. monstrated his invention before participating, and buyers from

appear in

are

public, started on his world tour in The stalls at the London Fair at November 1930, visiting the Uni-Olympia cover 300,000 square feet: ted States where he had a wor- To the first two, accused plead;derful success,

with a frontage of eight miles, He then ed guilty, but he declined to plead Canada from where he came to the exhibits, while Newfoundland and visited Caruda and India will have separate on the third charge.

Far East. He is to Japan and Shanghai, and after Ceylon will be new comers in the his short stay in Hongkong M.the "Empire's Main Street."

Empire Marketing Board's section, Evidence was submitted on the|| Martrust will continus his trip to third count, and accused, testify | Manila. Saigon. Singapore, Java, Simultaneously the cotton trade in the White ing on his own behalf, said the Sumatra. India. Egypt and then exhibition will open reasons why he did not correct return la Paris.

City, which will be decorated with certain books

over a militon yards of cotton were beenuse he was under a strong impression

fabric, and an artificial silk exhibiti- that the books were loaned to theed, and he submitted that he hat tion will be opened at Albert Hall. wireless office, who were respon- neted as a reasonable person, or sible for all books on loan to theni, whilst in another instance he turned them over to the Leading Signalman who was responsible for the correction of books in uge on the bridge, at the same time informing him that he would re-

as one of his seniors would have done, under the same circums tances. He maintained that the prosecution had entirely failed to prove their case.

The Findings. quire the order returned to him. Court found accused guilty on the After a short adjournment, the In reply to his representative, twn admitted accused sald, that. assuming the guilty on the third count. He was charges, and not prosecutor's contention that a cernerordingly acquitted from iin confidential book was not on

third charge. loan when it should have been corrected. his explanation was that he was under a strong pression that it was on loan to the wireless room.

In addressing the Court on be half of accused. Lt.-Comdr. Whee ler said that accused was charged with negligent duty, and the most that had been said against him was that he failed to correct three confidential books. They had heard accused's explanation as to why those books were not correct

to

the

Evidence was given show that accused held an excellent character, several testimonies be- ing given us to his zeal and effi- ciency.

An extract was also read from the log-book of the Bridgewater. which stated that accused had been absent on shore without per- mission at Shanghai, on Septem- her 3, 1930.

The Court ordered that accused should be severely reprimanded on the first two charges.

Illustrating how widely repre- sentative the fair will be it may be mentioned that the products repre- sented include such novelties as the first British invention showing "Talkies" in the home, clocks as big as men, penny-in-the-alot machines delivering lighted cigarettes, and a scople umbrella:-Reuter. woman'a handbag containing a tele.

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