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THIRTY TINS OF OPIUM.

POSSESSION & SALE

CHARGES.

Chief Revenue Offeer Buller pro- secuted this morning in a case in which Chan Wal and Lam Cheung were charged before Mr. Fraser, at the Kowloon Magistracy, the former with possession of 141 taels of non-Government prepared uplum, end the latter with selling opium without a licence.

Mr. Sin, of Messrs. A. E. Hull and Co., appeared for the first de- fendant and Mr. J. M. Hall for the second.

HONGKONG › TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1931

THE

LATE MISS HELEN DAVIES.

MEMORIAL SERVICE ON SATURDAY.

A memorial service was held on Saturday afternoon in the School Hall of the Ying Wa Girls' School to the memory of the late Miss Helen Davies. arranged by the staff and studenta The service was

of the school and was presided over by the Head Mistresa, Misa Kutchinson.

with the

nges

EX-PASTOR ACCUSED

BY HIS WIFE.

PARLOUR MAN: GENERAL SERVANT.

RADIO BROADCAST

A LECTURE ON SAMUEL PEPY'S DIARY. Today's radio programme, from Z. B. W.

wavelength of 355 metres.

5.00-7.00 p.m.

Chinese recorded

The wife of a former Congrega. tional minister alleged at Basing- atoke Police

Court that her husband drugsed her to obtain hor signature.

William Robert Peters, the ex- minister, WILN summoned by hin wife, Ellen, for £94 arrears undur progTARDES. a maintenance order granted in June, 1930.

Mes. Peters suif she was nowe living at M House, Bramley, and

at a waste of ten shillings a week. As far as she knew, her husband lived at St. John's-rond, Redhill,

7.00-10.30 gramme.

On A

p.m.

European pro-

quotations mail

7.00 pm. Stock notice, etc.

7.05-7.30 p.m Oporatie.

C. R. O. Buller stated that while the Rev. Wayer was pffered by was employed as a general servant Mignon Overture (Thomas).

Vienna, Nov. 25. Prince Starhemberg, comman dur-in-chief of the Heimwehr (Home

Guard), WRH fince 200 schillings here to-day, with the alternative of four days' imprison- a libel nction brought by Dr. Schober, the Foreign Minister, on the ground that Prince Starlemberg

had publicly stated that he was respon- sible for the Heimwehr putsch in Styris, Upper Austria, on Septem-walking along Waterloo Road her 13.

The revolt

about 19.30 .nt, on Saturday, the was quickly crushed, that defendant was searched and the mere presence of troops best in a bag which he was carrying sufficient in disperse the Fascists. tins of non-Government prepared na the members of the Heimwehr

opium, amounting to 11 tools Police were found. When brought, to the Station defendant stated that he had bought the opium frum::

man for $1,080. He took the police to a house in Kowloon and pointed t the segund defen dant as the man who bad sold him the opium.

are

of

sometimes known. Prine Starbemberg, one of the lendy-pa the revolt, was arrested in his castle bul subsequently released.

He is not going to prison pas, for the fine imposed by the court has been quickly paid Pruter.

THIEF CAUGHT RED-HANDED.

RIFLING TRUNK ON ALCANTARA.

The service began hymn, "O God our Help In pant, and

Clayson of the Missionary Ri London

Society. After a Scripture Roading from the Revelation of St. John, Miss the many years which Mian Davies said, was at Tadley, near Basing Hutchinson outlined the story of Her husband's last church, she

pent in the service of the London Stake. A zew months after the Missionary Society's »ducational order was made her husband re- work.

turned to help her to get out of the

**

His Last Church.

Warm Tribute.

"During that time,” she said, "he Aliss Butchinson puke ut the put me to bed and dragged me to untiring energy with which Missyet ay signature for £59. It was Davies sought not only the de- all the money ↑ had and I had saved velopment of the minds of her it to put my boy in the Air Force. Mr. Hall aid of this were all

pebolars, but also that train. After that he got me into a mental ing in Christian the evidence the prosecution had,

character home and I was there for seven would enable them

10 months, but, thank God, I am now against the second defendant, then which his client was

maku their best enstilled

contribution a dia.

free charge.

The prosecution had had

community. It WILM 1 He has knocked me down on an opportunity to obtain indepe-years to see her former scholars the pulpit on Sunday and preich- constant joy to her in her later Saturday night, and then got up in dent witnesses, but so far they had failed. He subraitted that the taking their places in the ranks ed."

Lo the

police could not detain his cleat indoctors, nurses, Church definitely until they could obtain The necessary evidence,,

of those who served na teachers,

Mr. Fraser informed his

Wor-

Lishon, Nov, 25. A thief, who is said to be wanted by the pallen of two cantinents. was caught thended tostay by ship that he had the sister of the first defendant in Court, and she could prove the transaction.

the stewards Alcantara.

יןth

of the R.M.S.P

The liner was alongside the quay here when the thief was disturbed by the stewards in the act of breaking open a trank in one of the cabina.

He was quick enotah to elude capture at the moment, "hue and ery" was raised and, although he managed to get. off the ship after an exciting chase, he was caught on the wharf.) Even then, however, he was not overpowered without a fight.

Jewellery, a large sum of money and letters of credit belonging to three passengers of the Alcantara were found in his possession Reuter.

POLICE FIRE ON COMMUNISTS.

FOURTEEN KILLED AFTER ATTACKING SOLDIERS.

Prague, Nov. 26. Six communists were killed and 14 injured this morning when the police opened fire on a demonstra- tion of stone workers at Frivaldne in Silesia.

The stone-workers, a thousand in number, were hurrying on their way to a meeting when they found their progress blocked by andlers, They

attacked the soldiers with sticks, stones and other weapons and seriously wounded the over in command. Three soldiers were als wounded. The police were then compelled to fire, with the above- mentioned result, and the demou- strators, who consisted mostly f unemployed Communists, quickly dispersed-Reuter,

BURMAN REBEL TO HANG.

VICEROY CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE.

Rangoon, Nov. 26. Saya Sun, the quack doctor who was recently sentenced to death on a charge of waging war against the King, will be hanged next Saturday. according to an official announce ment made to-day.

Saya San.

His Worship fixed December 8 far the hearing of the bath cases.

TROUBLE AT SIKH

TEMPLE.

LODGER'S ALLEGED

And homemakers.

workers

MINN Davies

-וממין

Husband's Denials.

The husband, in evidence, told the mistrales he had been out of work for 15 months, and through the generosity of a lady had re- cently obtained work as a parlour mon at this, a week with board and lodging. It was untrue, he said, that he forced his wife to live with him again, ne that he had drugged her:

At this juncture Mrs. Petera took all have. My husband is all my off a shoe and exclaimed, "This le clothes, furniture and jewellery

Redhill, In a

Speaking about herself, Mips Hutchinson phasised her readiness to knowledge her indebtedness her co-workers. She was wont to Hay that she herself had done little, but abe bad always

been fortunate in her Chinese and non- Chinese colleagues. But it in none the less true that for thirty years it was her untiring energy, her faith In face of disappoint- ment, her courage in face of dini-

"My husband, his mother and sister then dragged me to Earls- culty that provided the real

inwood, and before I was the house spiration for the

Work

doctor came DISTURBANCE.

achievement of the school.

two minutes a She doctor I had not seen before and hud, also, the power and Trouble between the authorities readiness to appreciate and accept

he certified me as being insane." of the Sikh Temple, in Morrison new ideas, and so was able as she wife to sign a paper whereby he Peters denied that he got his Gap Road, and an Indian ledger, grew older to retain her sympathe-would take one-third of the proceeds led to Police court proceedings tic understanding of those younger of her house in St. John's-road, against Kehar Singh before Mr. Kenerations with whom she came Schofield this morning, defendant into contact. Her greatest regret being charged with behaving in a when the time for retirement came disorderly manner by using vi

was that she was at the end of her threatening and abusive language is thinson referred briefly towards a Priest of the Temple.

Miss Evidence showed that defendant to her illness and death, and ended had lived at the Temple for the with the suggestion that while the past month and had been told to con

consciousness of the loss of su leave on account of his trouble true a friend must needs bring Home nature.

Yesterday, after Miss Davies, there should come a sorrow, yet in the remembrance of the committee had left the mises, he was alleged

sense of deep gratitude, and also a to have shouted "No one can turn me mut resolution to follow worthily the When one of the Priests went to example of a life so rich in unselfish see what the noise was about, the and ungrudging service. defendant shouted that he would After a short silence, followed by knock the man's hend of. He the singing of the hymn, "For all Inter threatened to kill him.

the saints who from their labours Subsequently defendant was rest", Miss Yung Yuk doni, on be- taken to the Police Station and half of the Old Girls' Society, spoke charged.

of the personality of Miss Davis as The hearing was adjourned an-toucher and Friend, til to-morrow for further evidence.

re-

LONDON GUNMAN

GAOLED,

SHOT AN UNARMED POLICEMAN.

London, Nov. 2b. A London gunman by the name of Charles, who killed Pulice Constable Patienden at Thames Ditton, in Surrey, was sentenced to fifteen years penal servitude at the Old Bailey to-day. Churica and interrupted by Pattenden, who was armed, while they were robbing Charles fired four shots at the con- sports pavilion at Thames Ditton.

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and an accomplice were

further

statement Mra.

Peters said her engagement ring had been taken from her and her things had been sold.

The magistrates decided that Mrs. Peters had no claim as she had lived with her husband since the order was made:

FOUR JAPANESE STOWAWAYS.

LAD OF FOURTEEN IN

THE PARTY.

Four Japanese, including a lud of 14, were charged before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning with stowing away R. L. steamer from Kobe to Hongkong on the Takada, which

The Milan Symphony Orchestra. 1759, Samson and Delilah-Fair Spring Is

Returning (Saint-Sagra).

It Barbiero Di Siviglia-If My Name

Clara Serena (Contralto). DX246. Alda-Grand March (Verdi).

Milan Symphony Orchestra. 9806.

You'd Know (Rossini),

Cristy Solari (Tenor). 178-D. 7.30-7.50 p.m. From the Studio, A Lecture by Mr. C. E. R. Clarabut on "Samuel Pepys Diary."

8.00 pm. (Local time and weather report).

70-8.23 p.m. Orchestral Summer Night on the River (Delius)

Sir Thomas Beecham and The Royal The Ruins of Athens-Turkish Morch

Philharmonic Orchestra. D1638.

(Beethoven). Willem Mengelberg and His Concert- gobrow Orchestra. LX130. Sylvin Ballot (Delibes).

The British Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oscar Fried. LX114-LX115. 823-9.18 p.m. A Concert. Violin Solo-Persian Song

(Cinko and Zimbalist), Violin Solo-Burleska (Suk).

Efrem Zimbalist. D2191. Song-A Summer Night (Marziale and

Goring Thomas). Song-My Dearest Heart (Sullivan).

Doris Vane (Soprano). DX71. Piano Solo-Mazurka Waltz (Delius). Piane Solo-Waitz; Toccata (Delius).

Evelyn Howard-Jones, D2460. Vocal Duet-Mean Enchanted

(Dowder and Bericy).

Dora Labetto and Hubert Eindell. 9895. Harp Solo-Vers La Source Dana Le

Bois (Toarnler). Harp Solo-Andaluza (Granadvo

Zighera).

Bernard Zighera D2394. Song-The Powder Monkey (Watoon) Song-The Midshipmite (Weatherley

and Adams).

'Cello Solo-Piece En Forme De

Norman Allin (Bass). DX106.

Habanera (Ravel).

'Cello Solo-Apres Un Reve (Faure

Casals).

Maurice Marechal. D2146. 9.18-9.68 p.m. Variety. Song-A Pair of Blue Eyen, Song I Feel You Near Ma,

Robert Simmons. D2176. Polly To Be Wise-Selections.

Percival Mackey and His Band, DX219. Song-How Long Has That Train

Been Gone. Song-So Sorry.

Roy Evann. D2267. Organ Solo-Rustiques. Organ Solo-The Policeman's

Holiday. Song-I Love You So Much. Song Must Be Love.

D2178.

Eddie Walters. D2232. The Columbia records in the above. European programmes are kindly sup piled by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.

9.66.10.30 p.m.

Chopin's Concerto in F Minor play. arrived here yesterday.

Sub-Inspector Elston, who pro-ed by Marguerite Long and the Parin

Conservatoire Orchestra.

A memorial hyma, specially writ-secuted, said the defendants were ten for the occasion, was sling by found in the hold of the ship after the present giris; and memorial she had left Kobe. They stated tributes were read from Mr. Cheng they were fruit-sellers and had no Yan-po. the Old Girls Association, intention of stowing away. the Present Scholars and the School being searched, nothing was found branch of the Y.W.C.A.

on them. The passage cost 20 yen.,

His Worship intimated that he did not wish to send the boy to prison, but, instead, to send him back to Japan.

The

Rev. Cheng Chuk-ling closed the service with an inspiring address in which he sought to bring home the challenge of the sacrificial and service of Miss Davies, spired by personai devotion of Jesus Christ, to the students of the present day.

SUCCESS OR FAILURE?

Continued from Page 1)

appealed to the stable, who fell to the ground dead.] guards should not be of such a

of

High Court, the Governor Huma, and the Viceroy of India,

character as to swallow responst-

it in stated that at Charlea' rooms the police found plans of post offices, bility or in any way materially to money exchange bureaux, but without success, in each caseway stations in London and

and rail.

reduce the substance of self- his sentence being confirmed.

the government provinces.

or responsibility. The condemned man starlod a

Passing sentence, the judge reminimise the humiliation

While expressing a desire not to rebllion in the Tharawaddy dia.

and continue going about unarmed the

to settle the minorities least that could be done for them

trict of Burma last December. He marked that if the police had to regret all Indians felt at not being

had great influence among the na- tives, who believed him to have aupernatural powers, but the revolt was crushed and its instigator taken into custody,--Rouler.

RHINELAND HIT BY NEW DUTIES.

WEAVING FIRM DISCHARGES MANY OPERATIVES.

Cologne, Nov. 26. The British anti-dumping duties are seriously affecting textile in-. dustries in the Rhineland,

was that they should be protected also convince themselves, he wa

Charles was

A

that these difcal-

Inspector

Elston stated that li the Company were to take the boy back, he would have to wait in the

(This Suite has been kindly loaned by Mr. A. M. Bowes-Smith).

10.30 p.m. Rugby mid-day pres

10.33 p..

Close down.

"SCRAGGY:" A FIFE CHARACTER.

(Continued from Page 6.) hang-on, and-" he grinned im pudently "I've hung on for nearly

half a shift."

Colony for about a month. Later the officer said one of the Com-

"Wecl," said the forman rimly, pany's ships was sailing for Japan "ye can hang on the dole for a wee this week, and the boy could be whil noo." sent back by this vessel if matters could be arranged in time,

His Worship imposed a fine of $50 or one month on the first three defendants, and the case of the boy was remanded for 48 hours for inquiries.

The next morning, however, found "Scraggy" at his work as usuni.

#thought I sacked ye?" cried the foreman.

“Aye," was the unswer; "but my mither ways ye have'nne tne dne In another case, twa Chinese it again. The next time it happens were fined $25 or two weeks for she la gaun tac come along and stowing away from Swatow to warm yer lug." Ifongkon on the s.a. Kwangtung.

POLICE FORCE

PROMOTIONS.

MR. REYNOLDS BECOMES C.D.I.

Wherent the formuan burst into a hearty laugh, and sent him off to his work.

I remember "Scraggy" once had a job at the coal-face. The first as far as the courts were concerned. tics would soon be overcome. He

morning he started, the miner defended by

handed him a bunch of pins. "When woman barrister, who urged in his helloved it would be impossible to The Intest list of promotions in ye get a' the awa"," he anid, "ye defence that ho did not intend to Federation at once, and the contains the name of Mr. A. N. Roy-

bring all the States into the the Hongkeng l'olice Force con- can gang awa' hame." kill the policeman, but only

Now, a pin is a numbered disc, frighten him.-Router,

tostitution should contain a Clause solda as Chief Detective Inspector. and one has to be tied on each hutch

enabling some to come in later;

A highly respected and very to show the check-weigh-man en Responsibility at Centre.

popular officer. Mr. Reynolds, who the pit-head to whom the hutch be- is only 43 years of age, joined the longs to.

"Scraggy" filled one hutch, then Sir Manubhai Mehta expressed Force in 1910 and rose by graded "I'll get awa' hame noo," he said. the view that Provincial Autonomy steps to be full Inspector on with centralised control had no November 27, 1920. The follow meaning. If the Federation were ing year he was promoted to the

AUSTRALIAN XMAS MAIL CRASHES. DISASTER OVERTAKES PLANE IN P.M.S.

Singapore, Nov. 26.

concern.

The monoplane Southern Sun, Mobility

the

the

TYRK

acoured

"What!"

"The pins are a' nwa', and ye

He had tied all the pins on the

first hutchi

One morning he WO feeling

to be postponed and the Provinces post of Acting Chief Detective In- sald I could gang hamo when that made automanus,

States would spector, which position he had held, wis done." not agree to transfer

their

except for a short break, until his One of the largest wearing firma The first attempt made to carry finances to the Provinces or to take recent confirmation in the substan- in the Gummersdach district to-day Christmas mall from New Zealand their declaions on questions of tive rank. With the elevation of

and his ready wit got him a discharged the majority of its and Australia to England by air Federation

There could not be Mr. T. Murphy

to commissioned tired, unloss

holiday. After he put on his pit there operatives and la expected shortly has falled.

Mr. Reynolds runk,

clothes he went to the door, and at

Centro. promotion. the communal which was carrying the

dimculty mall, would also play, perhaps, even of Sub-Inspectors R. Shannon and He returned to his bod.

Other promotions include those "What is that yo say, Jim? The pit's Idio the day? What a pooty!" crashed when it was leaving Alor Star, Malay States, to-day

greater part. with

Provincial M. H. Hourihan to full Inspector A schemar was "Seraggy," but a and Autonomy, while if the communal rank, Police was completely wrocked.

Sergeants A. V. question, was solved where, he Baker and A. L. Hopkins to Sub-man-a real man. He was killed The pilots were uninjured, but asked, was the diacuity of giving Inspector and Lance Sergeant J. F. by a runaway hutch, and he got it is reported that the monoplane responsibility at the is beyond repair-Reuter.

centre Kennedy and S. G. Smith to Police in its path by saying another "Brink Wielèss."

-miner's life.--- Sergeant.

to close altogether, as practically the whole of its output was former ly exported to England.

Until recently the firm was work- ing at full-spoed to execute excep- tionally heavy orders for England before the anti-dumping duties be came Jaw.Reuter...

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HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.

OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE

The market

firm средод morning with boyers predominating for a fair number of stocks.

Balce,

Wharves, $1552. Telephones (part paid), 32014. Dairy Farms, $29. Lands, $81.

Icon, $4.

Constructions (old), 15.90.

Buyers

H.K. Steamboats, $24. Providents (new). 82%. Ewos, Tla. 18.

this

Team, $21.

Star Ferries, $95. Telephones (part paid), $28. Cements (combined), $18.00,

H.K. Amusements, $191⁄2, H.K. Government

premium.

Loka,

Shanghai Explorations, Tis, 2.40.

Hotels (old), $14%.

Hotela (now), $144.

Peak Trama (old), $14.

H.K. Electries, $77.

Canton Icos, $4. H.K. Ropes, $18. Construction (new), 18.05.

Bellers.

Raube, $48, Providenta (old), $5. 81.0.Enterprises, $10. Venesuelan Goldfields, Trams, 821.30.