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DRUNKENNESS NO DEFENCE.

BRITISH SEAMAN

SENTENCED.

RAZOR INCIDENT.

of

William Wishart, the seaman of the .. Pontyne, who was charged with Inflicting grievous bodily harm on another seaman, William Davidson, un tho morning January 1, with a razor, waw con- vieted by Mr. Franer at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning and sentenced to one month's hard Inbour.

Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, who ap-) peared for the prosecution this morning pressed very strongly for a conviction. He said serlous injuries had been inflicted Davidson. zond submitted thal

been evidence Franel given to ahow that the defen- dant did not know what he doing. After quarrelling with the com- innt he went back to hin

ht

па

and there obtained a razor with which he injured Davidson. The fact that he did this showed that he still had possession of

la mental faculties, contended Mr. Whyte-Smith, although it was not contested that he was drunk,

Dangerous Precedent.

Mr. Whyte-Smith quoted authori- ties supporting his argument that although defendant was intoxi- cated at the time, there was in-

THE HONGKONG:

TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1932.

PIRACY HERO MARRIED AT MACAO.

Oor photo was taken in Maca a recently after the wedding of Mr. Alberto de Mello, M.B.E., who figured prominently in the Haich ing piracy, and Miss Ana de Conta icno, ai

PEAK FILM FIRE SEQUEL.

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sons present. They were definitely members of the general public, ad.

mitted free.

Is Worship: Were no other members of the general publle except amahs present?

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Mr. Wolfe: There were children, six adults and a number of amuha, also two wiremen of the Hongkong Electric Company, tent. It would be dancervas, he may say that the two wiremen were enid, if drunkenness could pro-apparently there in connexion with

in the Christmas tree. vide a complete defence

of that nature, and that members of the public, and were wonkl be dangerous if his

not Invited, Worship did not conviet.

on

Mr. Dennys remarked that as was the house of the manager of the Hongkong Electric Company, it would not be unusual for two of the Company's wiremen to be there.

Mr. Wolfe:--It

NEW LINK WITH MAN,

SICKLES OF 6,000 YEARS AGO.

Bone and flint sickles made 6,000

years ago on Mount Carmel, and endowed with a glaze of which any potter might be proud, provide the clue which has led Miss D. A. E. Garrod, the achecologist, to the dis- covery of the earliest known up- pearance of agriculture.

St. Lawrence's Church,

"HOT" RHYTHM

DANCE.

CLEVER EXHIBITION AT

KING'S RESTAURANT.

FASCINATION OF THE

To many.

TANGO.

one of the most re-

it was therefore no surprise to find the King's Theatre Restaurant

Miss Garrod described her ex- cavations in the valley of the eaves, grettable omissions in public dance Mount Carmel, which were carried programmes in Hongkong, in the out for the British School of staging of exhibition dancing, and

In col- They were Archeology in Jerusalem

laboration with the American led to capacity yesterday after- School of Prehistoric Research, at the Royal Anthropological

In-noon when Mr. C. F. Vip, manager of the "C" Dancing Academy, and stitute. Defendant stated that be had

his partner, give exhibitions at the been the Pentyne for Mix

Her work, Sir Arthur Keith said tex dance which is held daily in months, during which time he had

wan of the greatest importance and the grill room. always been good friends with the

interest in the history of man.

The innovation was a

decided thel not la complainan. As far as he him-

The manager's)

***The most remarkable thing."uccess and the demonstrations of self was concerned, they were still manager's house.

in house Just below mine on said Miss Garrod

"is that these Mr. Yip and his partner were ac good friends. On New Year's

Mount Kellett. Eve, they went ashore with two

early people do not appear to have corded enthusiastic receptions by the large company of terpalchorlan other seamen and bad some drinks, returning to

Though this is often found among adherenta, the ship minutes before midnight with i His Worship: It is rather an rares with no knowledge of agri- some liquor. He only vaguely important point whether the per-culture. remembered that there was a formance in this building did or quarrel between him and David-did not constitute a public enter- son and did not remember any-tainment within the meaning of "We have found bone hairpins-straight" slow and an assortment thing except that he was struck the Ordinance. I should prefer one in the neighbourhood of a in the faer.

to hold the paint over for con-woman's skeleton-and examples of carving very different from any Referring to the remaining two thing which has yet been found in sunimonse against the Com- Europe or Egypt.

whatever.

Good Character.

FI

few

His Worship said he must con- vict the defendant on the evidence of wounding. He was satisfied that the defendant bore no grudge against Davidson and that he did not consider in his own mind what he was doing at the time.

Decision Beld Over.

ekleration.

situated. The

learn how to make pottery,

80 Skeletons Found,

slow The first dance, set to a fox-trot rhythm, was a combina- tion of the advanced American "cul-rhythm". the English

of "eccentric" steps usually scen in solo work. The intricate move- ments, calling for the introduction of a very advanced style of contra movement, perfect balance and a strong sense of rhythm, were Capt. Itullock, of the Fentyne, any, Mr. Dennys said Messrs. testified to defendant's good

"They had probably no domestic cleverly interpreted by the dancera. Pathe Orient Co., under one name character. He said he had the latter's

alt of which or another, had been established animals, but lived by the unusun! Though not a dance which could be papera,

in Hongkong for over 25 years combination of hunting and agri- freely used in a ballroom, it was showed that he had received n satisfactory discharge from every firms of film distributors.

and was one of the best known culture. A number of stone spear a very fine interpretation of the

In 1928 points suggest that the bow and present day idea of "hot" rhythm. ship he had been on, Witness had

The Argentine tango, which har un trouble with defendant hey, moved into their present arrow were used, while fish hooks

premises from Queen's Road and and delicac harpoons have

also followed, was even more entertain- built a strong room which must been found. Gazelle and big wilding and way, except in a few move. have been passed by the Buildings were apparently their chief ments when the dancers became a little ragged, exceedingly well Authority. It had iron dhora, urres of meat supply,

"We have about 80 skeletons of

It was a little un- nerformed. corrugated iron walls and no-one lived on the top floor where these people, who, according to Sir fortunate that the band played at the Arthur Keith, were small, long- a tempo alightly too fast, but Mr. room

police

trended folk, apparently closely re-Yip and his partner overcame the visited the premises and were Inted to the pre-Dynastic Egypt obstacle with ease and gave a shown the strong room marked "No smoking" and "No admit-lang. Another evidence of early polished demonstration of this tance." No work was done on the date is the finding of remains of fascinating dance. premises. In the strong room was early replaced in Palestine by the spotted hyena, a species which

Both dancers pleased with some the police found 296 reels of film. the striped variety.

| beautiful footwork. and their Mr. Dennys remarked that Mr.

generally Was the "We now want to find their grain technique Landolt had only been manager of

Mr. the firm for two months, the and grinding alones," Miss Garrod source of much admiration.

added. "So far we have found Yip displayed a tendency to dance former manager now being in stone vessels, but no trace of grind insite his partner ou the half turns

the and

an inclination to drop his shoulders in the contra body move- menta. Thene, however, were but slight blemishes in an otherwise attractive demonstration.

Further exhibitions wil! bo given at the tea dance to-morrow,

demonstrations are continued in the future, Mr. Yip and his NON-CLOTHES TEST partner will give expositions of

the waltz and quick step.-S.A.G. BEFORE EXPERTS.

Paris, Dec. 12.

His Worship would bear in mind defendant's good character, but it was a serious offence. He would impose as light a sentence as he could.

POLICE SIGNALS

IGNORED.

MOTOR BOAT COXSWAIN FINED.

Fok Puk, the coxswain of the motor bout Tai Lee, was charged

- before the Hon. Comdr. Hole, at

the Marine Court this morning.

with having failed to stop his boat

Paris.

Ing. The 'Biljen glaze on

His Worship adjourned all sum- sickles is generally accepted, how motines until next week for the ever, as conclusive evidence that defence to produce, if possible, a they were used for agriculture." certificate issued in connexion! with the strong room.

BLUEBEARD TO HANG.

PLEADS FOR LIFE.

while under way in the harbour CHEWS GUM WHILE LAWYER when called upon to do so by a police officer at 9.14 p.m. on Decem- ber 29.

The

accused admitted

the

THE GOLD-MAKER. and it is to be hoped that if the

A scientifle "gold rush" will be Clarksburg (W. Yirginia), Dec. 11, seen in the next few days in one of Despite ati impassioned plea by the laboratories of Paris Univer- charge, but said when he heard his counsel, Harry Powers, the sity the first sigunt given by the police, American "Bluebeard," was sen- launch he thought it was meant tenced to death here to-day. for another boat. On hearing the He showed lite emotion OR second signal, he stopped, and on hearing his fate. hearing the third he turned round Powers was convicted of the mur- der of Mra. Dorothy Lemke, one of the women whom he was alleged to

and went alongside the police

accus-

and

Under the eyes of threa experts. a young Russian professor, strip ped of his clothes, will manipulate a strange apparatus by means of which he believes he can produce

SURGEON PRAISES HIGH HEELS.

WHY WOMEN WEAR

THEM.

High-heeled shoes are harmless, Mr. P. H. Roth save so. and he

pure gold.

He in Professor Jean de Habdank Dunikowski, of the University of should know. for he is orthopaedie Lwow, who possesses the diplomas Surgeon to the Miller General Hos

pital. of 10 scientific bodles.

Jaunch.

Sergeant Hill said there were have met through a matrimonial about eight passengers in

agency and lured to her death in a ed's boat which was proceeding mysterious cellar under the garage The apparatus he has invented In a paper rend to a section of the towards the Yaumati junk an of his house.

omits radioactive currents, which, Royal Society of Medicine, and chorage. The accused did not stop his counsel, Powers, for whose rock and earth, he declares, extract atates that more than two-thirds of in strange contrast to the emotion when applied to mineral-bearing printed in the "Lancet," Mr. Roth at the first two algnals, but stopped at the third, inside the junk an life he was fighting, reninined enim from them minerals to a greater the civilised women of the world chorage. Altogether, five signals and unmoved, chewing gum were given by the police launch. unconcernedly watching he law extent than has hitherto been pos- wore high-heeled shoes,

Bible.

Asked why they wore them, he Two were flash lights when theyer's tears,

From rocks taken from the sea off Bays, most women replied that high accused passed the launch. There

Monaco he has, under the control heels looked smart, were fashion- was a possibility that the accused might have thought the signals turbed while the assistant prosecu-

Ho had remained equally unper- of the Oceanographic Institute, itable, made the foot look smaller, in stated, extracted blue, green and and wore much more comfortable than flat heels, especially in stand- Remarking that accused should tor, in a velement outburst, strode pink metals hitherto unknown.

"From matter from which up to ing. have stopped and neon for whom up and down the stage of the Open now It has been possible only to ex- Mr. Roth stated that he could the signals were meant, the Magis-House, where the trial has been trato imposed a fine of $10 or one taking place, shaking his finger tract 5 grammes of gold," the pro-give no credence to the suggestion

fessor declares,

"I believe

I can of objectors that a high heel caused week's imprisonment.

in Powers face, and calling upon

uiterations In the spine and the jury to sentence him to death. produce 376 grammes of gold."

To exploit his discovery, Pro-

abdominal viscara. For walking, a was again The Opera House

were meant for another boat.

Unperturbed.

Last week's health return shows 7 crowded to the doors with specta.fessor Dunikowski entered into an hoel of about two inches was more

arrangement with a

imported, with two fatalities. There drama unfolded. were also three cases of typhoid (one As the jury did not bring in anv fatal), and one non-fatal case each recommendations

apinal fever.

for

mercy,

of small-pox (Imported) and cerebro Powers, in accordance with the Thirty-thros deaths laws of the State, will go to the from pulmonary, tuberculosis were mallows.—Router, reported.

as disagreements arose he refused vided the ground was fairly smooth. to hand over his secret.

He was unable to find evidence of He was arrested on a chargo of

fraud, but has been released by the any harm resulting from high- examfaing magistrato so that he can carry out the official and scion- tifically controlled experiment.

beoled shoes.

A more likely, cause was badly- fitting footwear.

RADIO BROADCAST

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME OF RECORDED MUSIC.

From Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 365 metres.

6.00-7.00 p.m. Chinese programme, 6.00-6.30 p.m. Chinese children's programme,

7.00-10.30 p.me European pro、 gramme of Victor recorda.

7.00 p.m. Mail notice.

7.03-7.25 p.m. Hawalian Music, Lope Ulaula. Palola-Hula.

Sam-Ku-Went Nurmony Boys. 21419. Waonabele. Kaola.

Hoyal Hawaiian Trio. 20281. Honolulu March. Kohala March.

Frank Ferera and John K. Paaluhi. 20017. 8.00 p.m. (Local time and wea- ther report).

7.26-8.15 p.m. A Concert, Piano Solo-Albumn Loat (Greig). Capriccio in B Minor (Brahms).

Harold Bauer. 1413.

Song-Dobrynla Nikititch. Song-a. Bercouso b. Snowdrop.

Nina Koshetz (Soprano). 7111. Violin Solo-By The Waters Of

Minnetonka (Liourance). Violin Solo-Under The Leaves

(Thome).

Rene Chemet. 1228. Vocal Duet-The Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above (Benedict).

Royal Dadmun and Lambert Murphy. 4085. Vocal Duct-3 Know A Bank Whereon

The Wild Thyme Grows (Horn). Olive Kline and Elsia Enker. 408. Piano Solo-La Campanells (Paganini-Liszt).

Plano Solo-Nocturne In F Sharp

Minor (Chopin).

Ignace Jan Paderewski. 6325. Song-The Two Grenadiers

(Schumann). Song-Midnight Review (Glinka),

Feodor Challapin (Base). 6610. Violin Solo-Caprico Antiqua (Balogh-Kreisler).

Violin Sole-Legend of the Canyon

(C. W. Cadman).

Fritz Kreisler. 1093, 8.15-8.12 p.m. Operatic. Song-Faust-Flower Song (Gounod)

(Verdi). Song-Don Carlos-Oh Fatni Gift,

Margarete Matzenauer (Contralto).

B018.

Cello Solo-Meistersinger-Prize Song

(Wagner-Wilhelm). Cello Solo-Tanhauser-Evening Star

(Wagner).

Pablo Casals. 6020. (This record is by special request). Song-Aida-Heavenly Aida (Verdi). Song-Boheme-Rudolph's 'Narrative

(Puccini).

Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor). 8595. 8.42-8.50 p.m. Negro Spirituals. " Stand By. Leave It There.

Pace Jubilco Singers and Hattie Parker. 21551. You Gonna Reap Just What You Sow, Everybody Got To Walk This

Lonesome Valley.

Pace Jubilee Singers. 20310. 8.66-9.25 p.m. Humorous Num- bera,

I'd Do Anything For You. Ilo's So Unusual,

Heleno Kane. 22080, Moonlight and Skles.

Jimmie Rogers with Guitar. Jamie Rogera Visits the Carter

- Family.

Jimmie Rogers. 23574, Fourth of July At A Country Fair. Going To Ride That Midnight Train.

Georgia Yellow Hammers, 20549. How's Your Folks and My Folka?

The Happiness Boys. I Married The Bootlegger's

Daughter

Frank Crumit. 19730, 9.25.10.05 p.m. Orchestral. Liebesteld (Krelelor),

a. Serenade (Muszkówski) b. Aubade

(Auber),

San Francisco Symphony Orch. 0802. Country Dance No. 1.

Pastoral Dance No. 2 The Merry

Makers Dance No. 3 from "Nell Gwyn" (German),

St. Loula Symphony Orch., 2009. L'Arlesienno (Bizat). Royal Opera Orchestra Covent Garden conducted by Eugene Goossens. 0112-0113.

10.00-10.27 p.m. Songs by the Revelers Male Quartet. Raquel-Bye and Bye Sweetheart 21001, Nola-Among My Souvenirs Comin' Home-Evenin

10.27 p.m. Rugby mid-day press

21100.

21807.

nows.

10.30 p.m. Close down,

(All records in the above two Euro- pean programmes are kindly supplied by Messrs. Tsang Fook Plano Co.).

FRENCH FLIGHT.

AIRMEN TAKE off FROM MARSEILLES.

Marseilles, Jan. 5. The French airmen Codos and Robida, who are flying to Hanoi, took off this morning on route to -Athens, Aleppo, Baarah, Karachi, Allahabad and Rangoon,-Reutor. Australian Air Mail.

London. Jan. Air Commodore Kingsford Smith will Icavo Humble drome for Southampton to-morrow In the aeroplane Southern Star, with the air mail for Australia.

The start was originally fixed for December 21, but a mishap dismantling the necessitated machine and delaying the de- parture. British Wireitas,

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