1931-04-28 — Page 7

TRAFFIC DAY IN STOWAWAY'S PLEA

COURT.

DANGEROUS & NEGLIGENT DRIVING.

IN COURT.

WANTS TO GET BACK TO CANADA,

A HARD WORKER.

and

men-

of

FINES ON OFFENDERS.

Instances

dangerous of negligent driving were tioned in

wwwnl The

batch traße summonses heard by Mr. Schofield at the Central Police Court this morning.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1931.

STORY OF THEFT OF DRAFTS.

RETURNED EMIGRANT LAYS COMPLAINT.

A

merchant

ALLEGED PICKPOCKET.

returned

of

MR. SNOWDEN'S BUDGET.

¿Continued from Page L.)

LOCAL RADIO.

A KO SHING THEATRE RELAY.

To-day's radio programme to be.

Pro-

penny per pound sterling on capital broadcast by Z. B. W. on a wave-

fength of 356 motres: land value.

6.00-8.00 p.m. European The House of Commons adjourn-gramme of Columbia Records kindly ed at the conclusion of Mr. Snow-applied by Messrs. Anderson Musle den's speech, after Mr. Neville Co.

Life Conserva-

4.00-6.40 p.m. Variety.

Beary Lee appeared before Mr.

from Chamberlain, for Hamilton,, at the Kowloon Magia-America, named Yung Hang-fang,tives, ind Mr. Lloyd George had Orchestral-Nights of Gladness, tracy this morning, on a charge has laid a complaint theft congratulated the Chancellor on a of having stowed away on the ..ainst another Chinese whom he great effort. Bremerhaven from Hongkong to accused of pleking his pocket an Rabaut.

the Central waterfront yesterday,

Yung states he was carrying two drafts, one for $2,000, drawn on the Bank of Canton, and the other for $7,000, on the National City Bank These documenta of New York.

"

Tory."Promise,"

Mr. Neville Chamberlain said that some of the proposals of the Budget might be worse, but others would be strenuously opposed.

Mr. Lloyd George said that one the proposed Land Value Tax.

The London Novelty Orch MR291. Humorous Song-In Great-Grandma's

Days.

Florence Oldham. D0410. Entertainment-The Isle of Hootcha

Kootcha.

Draw Another Pound Out. Entertainment-1 Had To Go And

Norman Lang. DB412. Chorun-In Yer Mammie Always

With Ye?

Sub-Inspector Elston said the Mr. R. 1. Marshall Wis Was authorities at, Kahnul would not alleged to have driven his motor allow him a land there and he had cycle No. 1140, at 35 miles an hour to be brought back to Hongkong.

Queen's along

Road East.

Lee pleaded guilty, but said that shortly after

April

he cane from Canada to Shanghai, 11. the speed being a danger to the public. The defendant and paying his parenge there. He was together with some Canadian andthing rejolved his heart, naniely. Kit Keen and Male Quartette. DB118.

working on the Canadian Pacife Railways in Canada and left at the end of Celaber last, when, with the

noun.

323

did not realise he was going

Fast

unill he was stopped.

the

A fine of $25 was imposed. When a driver of or of Hongkong Tramway buses plead-

..

N

him of driving, om Al King's i stowaway, and paid for it with

dangernes speed

United States notes and colas, were contained in a wallet which he car- ried in his pocket.

back frotna Chinese Who was seen

holding it in his, tund. At that moment, a district watchman ap

ly had saved, be wont to mongy

Walking along the Praya near Shanghai, He was there for two the Yaunati Ferry, in felt a move, montis trying to get work. andment in his pocket Bad turned ed guilty to summons accusing eventually came to Hongkong as round in time to snatch the wallet

his vehicle at a allway to the Whitfield Marker of imprisonment. He obtain it was stated that a European lasly he could not find work in Hongkong,peared.

some money from Canada, but senger on the bus intimated to and as he wanted to get back to Serge Goth that the driver had Canada or Australia. he stowed T'e alleged pickpockel been spending all the wav from

ZWWW on the Bremerhaven. On charged before Mr. Williams at the town. Just before being stopped, board he worked hard, and when Central Police Craurt this morning. by the allieer, the las had been tra-

the vessel came back to Hongkong

who Inspectie J. Murphy veling at 30 miles an our.

The defendunt was fined $20, a a record being taken into come

sideration.

WHER

pro

This was mentioned by Mr. Snow- den at the conclusion of his state- ment as the most important feature of the Budget.

Mr. Snowden's Plans, Ministerialists repeatedly and loudly cheered him when he said that he meant to re-introduce the Land Valuation Bill, which press | sure of business prevented him from proceeding with last year.

Me, Snowden added that experi- ence of Mr. Linyal George's scheme had showed the impracticability

the Captain id not want to promesecuted, sail that up to the pre of attempting to value and tax

sont, with the exception a The coeurrently Therefore he pro complainant, he had no witnessed that the valuation of fand of the laterny, Bu pintel but should be substantially completed that the district widehtman came in to the case only after the complain- ant, had taken the wallet Jack and had it be his hand

rute him. The Captain sent à mole to the Superintendent of Police in forming him about but the Superinterest : " in And monkt" and persiadect the Captain to prosento hi

căn a clunge of negilgent driving

Has Prok Tutum Road, near Mount, Davies Bond, the driver of a motor! I had little money with him furry was fined $25, it being stated and he wacht appreciate it if a that he put in at a bend between time was inspo as there was n two vehicles which were approach Funned eat in harbour and

ing in opposite directions, The kt try to work his passages defendant was travelling at aland Jon it back in Canada. 10 miles an hour at the time.

Failed to Report.

Sule-Tuspector Elston agreed that what the toneal sait was true, hunt the #aptahu, though he did not A Sonra driver, Plong Prasigs, want him procentes!, ilid not wan! in the employ of Dr. K. S. Shin, j to be responsible for him, and, con- appeared in a summons of falling sequently, he was ebarved sander to report an accident in which, the Varrany. Ordirance. We had eur driven by the defending won n som of 844 in his prosessinen azul involved in Arsenal Street mujalso a bank nevount of $200, The April 10.

"Pendant was remanded,

INDIAN AIR FORCË

PROPOSAL.

DISTINCT FROM INDIAN ARMY,

Tandon, Apt. 27. In the House of Commons 10-day areused wanted to Me hack to at question-Time, Mr. Wedywood Canada.

Kenny Secretary of Stale Mr Hamiltus Well that is the Indias foreshadowed the institu- barst plater he can y to. 14 is an of a new Indian Air Force thousand pities he ever left Canala.before buns.

Twe: I undertake to get back

for

Accoring to Inspector Alexander, the defendant was driving Dr. Arthor Woo in car No. 1.209 in Arsenal Street al li a.m.

nn April 10 when he knocked down a child, to Canada if I can get free of here.

Mr. Wedgwall Benn said he was who was subsequently taken 21

that i can see the Captain of the now working out the details of the Hospital for treatment of her inBlue Funnel best shoul

working proposal in versuRation, with the Juries. The

were not in-

Minister for Air and the Govern- [TD: | my way out, formed of the neeldent until that

On the application of Sub-ment of India.

When the child's father | poetur Elston, the new use was re- the matter to No. 2 Policemanded for 48 haurs in police cus- Station. Enquiries were made teady. and it was found that Dr. Woo's | enr had been the vehicle-involved, Apparently the driver haut been told by Dr. Woo that it was not necessary to report the invident, as the child had not been serioussi ly injured. A week after the ne] cident, Dr. Woo saw the pastice about the matter.

The defendant said he wins edo ployed by Dr. K. S. Shin and was merely driving De. Won's car that day. After the arcident, Mh. Who told him it was not necessary to report the matter to the police.

A fine of $5 was inquisind.

Dirty Public Car.

When the river of a pahtie car was suminoted for not maintain- ing his vehicle in a clean condi- tion, his Worship remarked that summonses of that entre did come up often

TRESPASSER FINED AT - KOWLOON.

DAMAGE TO MILITARY

1 PROPERTY.

Convicted on charges of trespinss ing on military round and damay- in two panes of glass, valued at $150,cn Chinese, Li Kwan. was fined $50 or one month's imprison ment on the test count, and $25 or three weeka' on the second, by Mr. Hamilton, nt Kowloon this morning.

Private. Robert McBurney, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders sale that about 3.30 pm, yesterday round R bungalow in the Sham he saw the defendant hancing -

sluipo Camp. Being suspicious of Inspector Alexander informed the man, whom he had caught on his Worship that public vehicles April 24 on the same spot and who' were examined weekly and if found bad broken away from him, he ar to be dirty or

wrong rested him. Damage anything

te a klass with them the owners were noti-pane was done on April 24, when fied to have them clenned. In the he had heard the smashing of glass present ease the owner was informe and had even the defendant pulling ,ed but he took no notice of the out thus fittings from the window.

warning from the police,

breaking the glass in the process. He found at serow driver on the de- fendant,

The defendand was fined $5.

.

NEW GOVERNOR OF FALKLANDS.

FORMER LAROUR MP, FOR THE POST.

London, Apr. 27. Captain Sir James O'Grady, K.C.M.G.. former Governor of Tasmanin, has been appointed Governor of the Palkland Islands, in succession to Mr. Arnold W. Hed- son, C. M. G., who was recently ap pointed Governor of Sierra Leone,

-Reuter.

The defendant said he was play- ing with another man; and some- how or her the tune was smashed, He did not do it intentionally.

Crown Sergeant Madgwick said the defendant ind formerly been emplayed as a "ny" in the camp.

"JOSS" BUSINESS DEPRESSED.

RESORT TO TELLING OF FORTUNES.

The new Air Force would be dis Linet from

Army. the India Kanters

PRINCES FLY TO PARIS.

SPECIAL JOURNEY OF AIR LINER.

Paris. Apr. 27.

Song-He's Been A Long Time Gorn.

Kit Keen (Baritone). Organ Solo-My Sunshine Came

On. A Rainy Day.

Torance Casey. DB428. Humorous Song-There Beant No

Files on We. Humorous Song-Geoseberry Tart.

Bille Richardson-West Country Hamorist. M1294. Voral Duel-Makin' Wicky-Wacky

Down In Waikiki, Vocal Duet Bathing In The Sunshine, Layton and Jchnstone. DB429. 6.40-7 p.m. Ortels. Perpetuum Mobile (Webor

Arr. Crooke).

Valer Caprice (Rubenstein

arr. Crooke), Chant Sans Parole (Tschaikowski

Arr. Spar).

An Irish Love Song (Squire). An Old Church Legend (Trinoen).

are beginning to levy the fax. J. 11. Squire Céleste Oetet, 9287, D608 l DB42. The tax, therefore, would unt

Stock Quotations, 3.00 p.tri operate this year. He expected

7.#2-7.27 p.m. Band Selections. valuation to be concluded within The Nightingale and The Frogs Two yells of the passing of the

(Eilenberg) Pianer Bill,- British Wireless and | The Parade Of The Tin Soldiers Rentor,

(url). The Band of H. M. Royal Airforce. M.R.290. Hyde Park Suile-Sunday Morning

Church Parade-Rotten Row-On The Serpentine-Around The Bandstand (Lułowicz),

LAST YEAR'S HEAVY

DEFICIT.

Revenue £13,000,000 Short

of the Estimates.

The National Revenue for the year ended March 31, totalled £775,894,975,

Expenditure come to £799,- 170,946.

The deficit was £23,275,971, the biggest adverse balance in the national accounts since the financial year 1926-27. Mr. Snowden budgeted for a surplus of over £2,000,000.

The redeeming point in the deuren is that there was a saving of about $11,430,000 in interest charges on the Debt, which means that this amount has gone on to the Sinking Fund, an that, as against the Deficit, may be get the fact that the actual Sinking Fund for the

year was £66.830,541 against the "fixed" amount £55,100,000. There has also bern a "saving" of about £3,000,000 on

"The Imperial Airways liner final estimate of Supply Ser-

"ity of Glasgow." which was sent vives.

Pointe to specially Cross London

No less than £36.44000K) was Grave, landed at Le Bourget Aeru-expended to meet deficiencies un Unemployment Insurance drome to-day at 6.30 pm. with the the Prince of Wales and Prince George | Fand. abonerd. Router.

AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND.

KINGSFORD SMITH TAKES '

OFF WITH MAILS.

Increases and Decreases.

Estimate

The Regimental Band of 11. M. Grenadier Guards, DX221.

Regimental March Medley.

The Retinental Band of II, M

Greandier Guards. 9684, 7.27-8.00 pm: A Concert. Dueton. To My First Love (Hamilton

and Lohr) 1. You'd Better Ark Me (Love and Lehr).

Dust-The Little Irish Girl

(Teschemacher and Lohr). Dora Labbett and Hubert Eisdell D.R.431. Plano Sala-Wiegeulled (Schubert

and Godowsky).

Jose Echaniz. D2358. Song-Song of The Highway (May). Raymond Newell (Baritone), DB130. Violin Sale-Roumanian Folk Dances

Partok-Szekely),

Joseph Szigeti. 2293, Durt-In An Old-Fashioned Town

Harris and Squire). Joan Foster and Peter Marrendy. MR292. Pinne Solo-Paraphrase on Rigoletta

Quartet (Verdi-Liszt).

Irene Scharrer. ·2395. 8.00 p. Local Time, Weather Remort, etc.

8.05-11.30 p.m.

Ko Shing Theatre

11.30 pan. Close Down.

Relay.

COURT REMAINS AT WINDSOR.

BAD WEATHER KEEPING KING INDOORS.

London, April 27.

As regards the Revenue itself. the total has fallen short of Their Majesties have cancelled the Chancellor's

by their proposed visit to Aldershot £13,550,000, and the following for the Tattoo on May 14, and the fable shows, in the first columnCourt's return to London [rom the estimated increase or Windsor has now been postponed fixer! drerense in the various items of from May 4, which was Revenue, while the outer column Port Darwitt, Apr. 27.

gives the actual increase Kingsford Smith has taken off | decrense: for Koepang with the first Aus- train-England air mail. From Custome Koepang he will fly to Sourabaya, Singapore, Victoria Pict Rangoon, ----Reyter.

Excite

Fatimated

,,61,11041 Motor Veh. Duties and

Exchequer Share j 30,000 Estate Duties ..... 3,230,000 {Sta7010

AIR LINERS TO SPAN TWO OCEANS.

(Continued from Page 0.)

over France, the wind took him off This course into the ocean. With a porket Bashlight he gave the SOS in Morse code to a passing

(Lund Taz, etc. ........ Incom Thx.....

1.530.000

or

yesterday.

The recent bad weather having kept the King indoors, the Court will not return till-His Majesty 13.000 has been able to enjoy some sun- shine at Windsor-Reuter.

Artual ľ

... 3.500,009

4,473

- 6,020,10

- F0,000

60.000 22.674,000 -4-18,031,000 11.140.009

Hartax ..........................+8,110,000 Karons Profile Dat

and Corph. 1'rulita

Tax

Post Ofre

Crown La

From Sundry Loune -- Miscellaneous .....

Appropriation from

560,000 V26,000 10,000

360,000 --

-- 1,566,000

Itate Relief Fin+16.000,032

7

750,000

100,000

LATEST BASEBALL

RESULTS.

10.000 WASHINGTON & NEW YORK

280,NOS

- 2,031,150

-F-16,000,000

TUSSLE.

New York, Apr. 27. To-day's matches in the major

resulted Itevenue-65.256.000 +44706.227 Baseball Leagues

Taral Urdinary

den overshot the mark in his

In several directions Mr. Snow. follows:

Estimates a year ago,

Sun Hats

for

Naval, Military and Civilian Wear.

We have now received a full selection of Sun ̧· Helmets suitable for all occasions. They are of reliable manufacture, including Hawkes', and guaranteed Sun Proof as well as Rainproof. Prices $10.75, $12.75, $18.50, to $35.00 Grey, Single and Double Terais, Straw Hats and Panamas.

Inspection Invited,

Wm. Powell, Ltd.

Specialists in Gentlemen's Wear. 10, Ice House Street,

ARTS & CRAFTS

Manufacturers & Ensemblers of Modern Style Interior Decorations in

Ornamental Plaster Decorative Glass Electro-Plated Cast‹ & Wrought Metals.

Designs & Photographs Free.

Showrooms

A Des Vreux tond, Central

Telephone 94173

FELIX HAT SHOP

Next to Moutrios.

York Building.

QUITE OUT Of the ordiNARY.

Dainty Organdie Evening Gowns.

Just right for the hot weather.

It's times like these you need-

дд

EXIT

National League.

8 Brooklyn

ត

0 Boston

2

&

Ile reckoned that from Excise New York

an Philadelphia Fre Revenue there would increase of

£2,000,000, St. Louis

over

There

3 Pittsburg

American League.

Washington

0 New York

8

The last-named match took twelve innings to complete.- Renter's American Service.

of

Estate Duties

aleamer which got the message und took him up.

But with the dirigible, be points out, such emergency

FO Joss business at the Tin Hau iaudings fre necessary. "Your Sir James O'Grady, who was born Temple must have been very sinck ship has a cruising range of 5,500 whereas there has been an actual

expected in 1860.

The Chancellor was a member of the to have ladseed the folk there to miles and you only nak it to do shrinkage of £3,500,000. Bristol Town Council from 1897 resort to a bit of commerce, stated 3.300. And if you slow down, the

they abip will travel more than 0.000 further increase of over £1,000,000 to 1890, Labour M. P. for East the police to-day when Leeds in 1906 and for South-East brought into Court two Chinese miles on is capacity of fuel. Even from the Stamp Revenue. Leeds from 1918 to 1924.

whom they charged with distribut, if the ship runs out of fuel and has been a decline of £5,020,000. He was services in various then- ing leaflets that had not been its motors atop it does not have On the other hand, the increase

to come down, for the heliumin surtax (including arrears 'tron of war from 1915 to 1918, submitted to or passed by the

Secretariat for Chinese Alfairs. gas holds it up."

super tax), greatly exceeded expec- and in 1917 was sent by the Govern

The leaflets were in the nature

Descended from a line of Newtationa, while Income Tax receipts ment on a special mission to Rus-

of advertisements. containing

Excess Profits Duty and Bill In 1919, he negotiated with

Corporation Profits Tax the Soviet Government for the ex-nothing beyond announcing that England clipper ship builders and short of the official estimates by Stamps.....

sex captains, Mr. Litchfield seems ourly £1,000,000,

Estate Dutles, notwithstanding Land Tax, &c. change of British prisoners of war fortune tellers were avaliable

And an outlet for its native and the repatriation of British the Temple.

talents in this enterprise. Him- windfalls in the shape of mil-Customa civilians, Ho

arrested appointed Was

enthusiastic air travel, he lionaire estates, have only yielded Excise be- Governor of Tasmania in 1924,

whon,

the in convinced that hundreds of an increase of £2,840,000, whereas Motor Vehicles Duty- Exchequer shard ..... ing knighted the same year, and pamphlets, they ventured to knock other business men will quickly Mr. Snowden hoped for a gain of

Post Office-net 'receipt the post.. at the door of a tenant at Tung be won over to this style of trans-3,230,000.

Crown. Landa only recently gave up

Formerly, he was Secretary Street,

tenant became portation. In fact, he thinks new

Rovenue Details,

Receipts from Sundry the National Federation of General suspicious when he saw one of the ocean travellers will be won, just

Loans Workers, and in 1808 was President man standing on the landing and as far more people now tour in Following aro detalle of the Miscellaneous Receipts of the Trades Congress, Bristol, the other at the bottom of the automobiles than ever thought of Revenue Receipts:

Appropriation from Rat- He blow a police owning horse and buggy.

Inconio Tax ..........

£250,047,000 1 füg Relief Suspenso staircase. whistle, and attracted the Police. So-all up for Partai

67,930,000 Super Tax

Account

of

In 1918, he was allocated for ape- cial recruiting work in Ireland.

The two

men

were

in

distributing

This

self un

82,010,000 20,050,000

3,000,000 880,000 121,401,000 124,000,000

4,026,041 10,100,000 1,280,000

32,808,401 34,380,533

A round on the King's Miniature Golf Course,-

Roof Garden, Kisge's Theatre.

10,000,000