1931-10-16 — Page 7

BARBER TURNS

BURGLAR.

EMPRESS LODGE ROBBERY SEQUEL.

ANOTHER CASE ALSO.

A disturbance in the early morning of Smt. 24 at Empresa Lodge was recalled at the Kow- 1000 Magistracy this morning when a man named Chan Sing was charged, before Mr. Fraser, on two charges of housebreaking and with the larceny of a wrist watch worth $48 fram 1 house Hennessy Road, Wanchai.

Prosecuting, Sub Inspector Elston Hal

Hald at 5 am, on Sept. 24, Murphy, of Empresa Loire, was awakened by a noise made by her bedroom. She shouted out and an Indian con- stable, running to the front of the

Mr.

in

home, saw the defendant jumping

into the garden, He gave chase and

arrested the muth, When taken to the Pulice Station, dufen. dant was found to have four pawn tickets on bin, one being In

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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1931.

INTERPORT LAWN BOWLS PLAYERS AT TAIKOO.

The above group of Interport lawn bowia playera and officials was taken at Taikne on Wednes day, when Shanghai defeated Hongkong" and thus levelled up on the arios. (Photos Mea Cheung).

respect of a wrist-watch pawned! WING FALLS FROM

admitted

for $5. Defendant

having stolen this watch from house in Wanebai and he took the police to Hennessy Rom, where he pointed out where he stole it.

It appeared that the complain. ant in the second case, a poin Chinen lady, woke up at 1 a.m. on Sept. 19 and found her watch missing from her wrist. She and not, however, make a report to an puller

Defendant

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wiimistl both clarpra. He said he was a street barber by profession, but thei calling was not a profitablo one,) and he had to turn his hand tol something else to earn more munes.

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AEROPLANE.

DEAD PILOT HEIR TO BARONETCY.

Tolkestone, Sept. 18, The he to abareselez kitled that an aeroplane crash at Now in Green, Kent, 214 miles from Hythe

WAN

He was Mr. Nigel Benjamin Cohen, agedd videst son of Sir Herbert Benjamin Cohen, of

Hythe and London.

A BREEZE AT GENEVA.

GERMANY REPROVES

SWITZERLAND.

Geneva, Sept. 20,

MAN IN TRUNK HUNT BY "YARD."

After

These ined by a Chi-

CHINESE DETAINED AT GRAVESEND.

London, Sept. 21. When the British steamer Glen- A sharp and signifiennt clash took place yesterday at the Second beg, anchored off Gravesenil early League Commission for Economic yesterday morning, a motor launch Affairs between the German dele- containing Scotland Yard detec- Rute. Herr Posse, and his Swinatives put off from the shore.

After a short conversation with colleague, M. Stucki, regarding the

which the captain, the officers began a rationing of imports on ¡Switzerland has decided, mainly in search of the bins they re-

order to protect herselt against visiting one of the 3 Cohen was flying in his own This Worship remarked that in Am eruplane when it crashed an excessive Influx of goods from appeared

Germany.

dress. He was dientions

that defendant from a height of 4,000 feet la i

ashore

the In This, said the German delegate fold by the main Folkestone-Lon-

He was the only

pointedly, was a singular demons-launch to Gravesend pelice station. den a

The man had been detained at cupant of the machine and had tration of the international soli- taken of From Lyape aerodrome Swiss Foreign Minister, had plead-in connexion with the murder of darity for which M, Motta, the the request of the French police, Regarding the pawnbroker, who Following a steep five, one af accepted $5 for a watch which was the wings Frampled and fell off. ed in his Assembly speech, and heau Sinng Sung (47), a native of WIB stia- obviously

valuable one, The machine crashed immediately felt that if there were to be econo- Nanking, whose body

came and Me, Cobran was killed instantly, mic war Germany was fully rapa- sum of £160 had been stolen.

{covered in a trunk near Moracilles. Inspector Elaton and the plainant did not make a report to The plane missed falling on an innble of defending herself.

Chase Across Front. the police and no description of by a few feet,

He is being kept at Gravesend to the watch had been circulated to pawnbrokera; otherwise the police

await the arrival of French detec tives, who will accompany him back to the Continent in a day or would be

pressing 11 charg against him.

were

Partied his Hving by stealing, and sentenced him to six weeks on each charge, making three months in

Under the circumstances, said in Worship, nothing could i done against the pawnbroker.

MOSLEY SIR OSWALD

STONED BY CROWD.

CHASED FROM MEETING.

London, Sept. 21. Sir Oswald Mosley was chased by thousands of people after he had adressed a meeting on Glas Row Green yesterday afternoon.

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strapped in Cockpit.

The Swiss Iteply. The Swiss delegate rejoined, with some vigour, that Switzerianti had had nothing to do with the way

two.

fr was apparently owing to ex-or the economic conditions created cesare strain that the wing gave by the treaties that followed it.

His detention followed the chuse way, and the uncontrollable aero- He recognised that Germany was of three Chinese plane fell to the ground at a great being forced to export. but Swit from Marseilles to Antwerp. Twe across France zerland had to have some regard were arrested at the Belgian port. Thor who roshed to the tangled to her trade balances, and he and the third is alleged to be the of wreckage found Mr. Cohen sented deeply the auggestion that man who booked a passage on the trapped in the cockpit, dead, with his country was making a branch Glenleg for London.

in International solidarity. his neck broken.

The interchange has caused a considerable local stir.

It pro-

MR. K. Brown, instructor to: the Cinque Ports Flying Club, saw the accident from the aerodrome, vides, of course, one more illustra- Head that after Mr. Cohen, who tion of the hopeless economic con. had had a year's flying experience, | fusion existing in the world. hand put his machine inte the dis, it began to spin. Just after-1 was he heard the crash.

Aaaher eye-witness said that the crumpling wing was caught by

He made a dash for his motort eller which cut through

ene, which, by reason of the fact it. that it was decorated with faga, fal became an eney largel for the czowił

nding out pieces of fart

Paren a wreckage: were found

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GUNMEN'S CRIME IN A YACHT.

NEW ATTEMPT ON ALTITUDE RECORD. PROFESSOR PICCARD'S PLANS

Brussels, Sept. 20, Professor August Piccard, who mace a memorable balloon ascent in May last, beating the world altitude record, has declared his intention to prepare a new ascent. but one in which he and his nasiet- unt, Paul Kipfer, will not take part. "I am searching for an expert He was chased across a field, over a consaferable area, and one

Belgian balloonist and and sticks and stones were thrown Put a bus, but no one was hurt

good The broken wing was found 300

Belgian physicist," at him. One atane struck him on.

states Pro- the head, but did not cause serious yards from the spot

plune reacted the earth, and the Long Island Sound at midnight check the observations made by "and I want thera fo go in the stratasphere in order injury.

Sir Onwald managed to trick his other wing, which also fell off last Thursday, has been partly self in the month of May. The pursuers by getting into another spam towards the ground, cleared up by the discovery of his

fell into a fielt 100 yards away.

platform

car and driving rapidly away.

One member of the party had his hand cut by a razor, and two others had their clothes slashed.

Bartholomew'n

Where the

OWNER'S BODY FOUND.

New York, Oct. 17. The riddle of the disappearance of Mr. Benjamin F. Colling, the wealthy owner of the yuelit Pen- quin, from aboard that vessel in

fessor Piccard,

to

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body on the bench near Hunting-Hame fabric and the same instru- ments will be used, but it will be A "Bart's Student. ton, Long Island, to-day.

The

widow's story of how to aluminium gondola, as the old one necessary to build 4 new Experts are of the opinion that gunmen, carrying a wounded man, Mr. Coben tried to get the crippled bearded the yacht, bound up her has remained on the Gurgl glacier, The gathering was one of the plane under control just before it husband and threw him overboard, where we landed. With the ex- largest ever held 01: Glasgow began to descend.

carried her off to an unoccupied perience derived from our ascent Green, the attendance being esti- Mr. Cohen was a medical student vessel miles away and abandoned we shall be able to construct a still mated at nearly 60,000. Socialists at St.

Hospital.her little daughter Barbara in the lighter and stronger cabin, which and Communists's were present in | In1993.

drifting Pengain, received ean-will enable the balloon, to climb to full force.

Sir Herbert Benjamin Cohen is firmation to the extent that Mr.more than ten miles.

Professor Piccard, explaining Sir Oswald's supporters includ-a harrister. He is a major, (re-Collings's body was tied hand and

his desire for a Belgian passenger, ed Kid Lewis, the boxer, a Rugby tired of the 4th Battalion Went foot. international, and a large number Kent Regiment, and was an сла- The local district attorney, who said that it was his sincere wish of Glasgow University students. barkation ofleer from 1916 to 1919. had expressed disbelief of Mes. that Belgium should possess

"will Sections of the crowd singing

Collluga's version, is now investi-new altitude record which The internationale" and "Tho

gating a report that two men who certainly be made when the ballon escape from a mental institution.makes its ascent bext apring at

were seen on the beach of which the Penguin was found drifting.

Red Flag, almost without cean-SIX-TON METEORITE one of whom had been a sailor, Augsberg." tion, prevented Sir Oswald from

He being ward.

assailed with cries of "Traitor?" and free fghts were numerous.

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21 YEARS AGO.

SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE "TELEGRAPH" FILES.

The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended October 15th, 1918

The rate of the dollar on de- wanded was la. 10. 6/16d.

Dr. Karl Juatl, well-known Ger- man medico of Hongkong, WAS honoured by the King of Portugal with a knighthood of the Order of

Concoleno.

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Mr. Ho Yun-sik was admitted as a solicitor at the Supreme Court

Mr. Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., was honoured by Portugal with the decoration of Commander of the Order of Christ.

News of the proclaiming of the Republic of Portugal was received In Hongkong...

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DISCOVERY IN FRANCE|

ROBBERY CHARGE.

KOWLOON POLICE COURT EVIDENCE.

The

the

expedition will be financed by the Belgian national fund for scientific research.

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Professor Piccard in May ached an altitude of ten miles, or two-thirds of a mile higher than the previous record.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris, Sept. 17. Fragments of a meteorite, which probably weighed about six tons) before it burst on striking the ground, were discovered to-day on farmland near Vitry le Francois, Further evidence was heard yes- in the Marne Department.

terday afternoon by Mr. Fraser at The fragments cover five acres the Kowloon Magistracy in the ant lie so thickly that about ten case in which a man named Wong ounces per square yard have been Wah s

arined charged with picked up by investigators.

robbery, with others not in custody, Helsingfors. .192 The stones are black and ex-at No. 567 Nathan Road on Sep- Athens...... .800 tremely hard. Thoir exact com- tember 17. Two other men and Buenos Aires...32% position has not yet been detern woman were also in dock on the Shanghai .1/7 mined.

New York. .8.874 The gate which raged in this in connexion with the same

meteorite's fall.

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Orchestral-1 Faw Down an' Go Boom. Orchestral-A Dicky Bird Told Me So. Jack Payne and the B. B. C. Dance Orchestra. 5300.

Song-Sweet Suzanne.

Song Just Like Darby and Joan. Norah Blaney and the Ramblers. 4862. Instrumental Quartel-Kawaihau, Instrumental Quartet-Honolulu, Howallan Silver String Quartet, G481. Vocal Duet The Girl Across the Way. Vocal Duct-Love and Kissos.

Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam. 6012. Yodel-9'Malebo (Miking). Yodel-Saanen (Skimming),

Edolweins Yodlers. 5043. Flumerous Song-Tell me More

About Love. Humorous Song-I'm Perfectly

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Florence Oldham. 5513. Octet-My Inspiration is You, Octet-A Kiss Before the Dawn,

J. H. Squiro Celeste Octot. 5123. Vocal Duct-All By Yourself in tho

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Vocal Duet-Louisiana.

Layton and Johnstona. 6238. 8.00 p.m.

(Local time and weather

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- 7.45-8.10 p.m. Organ Bolon.

Flower of Love (Axt and Mendoza). Excerpt from "Sulibi Kazib"

(Lowe and Gower-Brown).

Quentin Maclean. 6352. Scherzo (Commotte),

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Highland Military Band. 4761. Song-1 Belong to Glasgow (Fyfe). Song-I'm 94 To-day (Fyffe),

Will Fyffe (Comedian). 9928. Band-Dutch Dance (Wooden Shoes).

Highland Military Band. 4762. 8.33-8.51 p.m. Orchestral. Nell Gwyn Dunces-No. 1 Country

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Nell Gwyn Dances-No. 2 Pastoral

Dance (Gorman), Regimental Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards. 4971. William Tell Overture (Rossini)- (n)-Dawn (b) The Storm (e) Tha Calin (d) Finale.

Sir Henry Wood conducting the Now Queen's Hall Orchestra, 6058-5059. 9.51-9.35 p.m. Operatic. Orchestral-La Boheme-Fantasia

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DB70,

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La Senin Chorus of Milan. 4801. Organ Solo-Proderica-O Maiden, My

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Organ Solo-Frederica-Waysido Rose

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Quentin M. Maclean. DB277. Orchestral-Mignon-Selection

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La Scala Chorus of Milan. 4800,- 0.86-9.49

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Wonderful; (b) Funny Face. Funny Face-My One and Only

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George Gershwin. 102. Fire Crackers (Thorne). Spring Feelin' (Thorne),

Donald Thorne. 5155. 9.49-10.30 p.m. A Contort. Vocal Duet-Marigold (Dowdon

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Vocal Duet-The Sweelest Flower That

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DBIGT. Instrumental Quartet-Allegro Glasto

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Instrumental Quartet-Minuetto (From Quartet Op. 27 No. 2) (Boccherini). Quartetto Veneziano Del Vittoriale. 5273.

Male Quartet-Valse (Vognly.

Malo Quartet-Two Russian Folk Dance Songs (s) Allegretto (Redroff) (b) Allegro Allegro Molta (Gret- chaninoff

The Kedroff Male Quartet. 480. Piano Solo-Concert Etude in F Minor

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