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FIRST EDITION

Supreme Court

Hongkong Telegraph.

136. PER ANNUM

FOUNDED INDI

NO. 13,16)

二拜成

MADASNEG TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932.

日三廿二

AINOLE COPT 10 ORTH

FORT DUNLOP

"South Chian Moralng Post Bldg." Tal. 24384.)

CAPETOWN FLIGHT DRAMA::LOCAL PROBLEM OF TO-DAY

MOLLISON CRASHES

AT FINISH.

TERRIBLY EXHAUSTED BY RECORD TRIP.

RESCUED BY COLOURED TAXI-DRIVER.

A

RECORD SMASHED

I

Capetown, Mar. 28. the airman is sighted a hour

over the aerodrome but fails to land

of so later a taxicab worms its way through the crowd the hero of the flight scrambles out and falters a story of a crash through sheer exhaustion on a sandy beach.

This was the dramatic finish to Mr. J. A. Mollison's remarkable dash from Lympne Aerodrome to Cape- town. He landed at approximately 18.24 hours Green- wich Mean Time, having completed the journey from Lympne in 3 days, 17 hours, 19 minutes, or roughly nine hours better than the previous record, set up by Miss Peggy Salaman and Mr. Gordon Store a few months ago.

Mr. Mollison, au 'Australian air- ran, drat sprang into prominence tant your when he set a new record

hundred miles a day and went. the journey practically without. sleep.

Miss Amy Johnson was among

For an, Australia-England flight, the thousands of Easter holiday- and soon afterwards announced makers who welcomed him at the his intention of attacking the anndrome. Biglaud-Capetown record.

nt

the

An enormous crowd, which had been kept constantly informed of

progress, assembled Capetown aerodrome this evening) to greet the intrepid flier.

DRAMATIC FINISH.

Later. It is now possible to fill in the details of the dramalle finish' to He was sighted overhead at 8.24 the wonderful flight. p.m. lucal time and appeared.

elts- then

it was later learned that he had crashed on a beach and that his machine had been wrecked.

SHORTER ROUTE.

The huge crowd grew more and more naxious when Mollison's plate passed overhand and failed! to swing wound and descend expected.

at

There was a sort of hushed passe of waiting for some considerable time, and then a taxicab wormed' but its way through the crowd and a taxi-azed man stumbled out, hardly

he able to stand sa his feet.

Mollison was not injured, severely dazed. He drove by cab to the nerodrome where learned that he had broken Miss Salaman's record.

WOR

He was, taken to a small office! which was besieged by the Hin West African route roughly 6,250 miles from point to ormous crowd, which suddenly point, about eight hundred miles realised that the man was

icss than the distance covered by

Mollison.

FATAL MOTOR

Mr.

A striking picture of Mr. J. A. Mollison, bo ya urday completed

a record breaking flight from England to the Cape. His plana 'was wrecked in a dramatie termination of the uxhatiing trip.

HOME FOOTBALL.

Usual Easter Surprises.

Middlesbrough Portsmouth Wednesday West Brom

2. Blackpool

Grimsby

6

West Ham

1

Everton

LEAGUE LEADERS,

Everton Arsenal Wednesday

Wednesday's Third West Brom.

Victory.

FULHAM ORTAIN BIG LEAD.

P. W. D. L.. F. A. Pts

35 22 3 TO 104 59 47

34 1888 73 40 44

36 10 11 84 68 43

#7 18

31 16

613 60 47 42 4 13 75 01 42 Sheffield C. Huddersfield

9 68 47 41 Anton Villa--36-17--6-12-02-61-40 Newcastle 33 17 4 12 70 64 as

SECOND DIVISION.

Barnsley ¡Bradford (".

Bristol

3 Port Vale

4 Leeds

1 Burnley

1 Manchester U.

Preston N.E Bury

Oldham

Natts Forest

2 Tottenham

4 Millwall

6 Bradford

LEAGUE LEADERS.

Charlton Chesterfield London, Mar. 28. The third day of the Easter Nutts County "holiday" fontball programme pro-Plymouth duced the usual crop of surprises; Southampton INSENSIBLE IN COCKPIT. Aliss Salaman and Mr. Store. He

and heavy scores, The Liverpoo! Stuke flew over the Sahara und along the

transpired that the machine side crashed at home to Hudders-Swe Wolves West African coast, instead of following the mail route, along the had crashed on a sandy beach in field, losing three goals without Nile, and via Bulawayo and Kim-the darkness of the night, near a reply. Burnley obtained six gouls!

coloured taxi-driver, who rushed to at Bristol, Leeds went down 4-1 berley.

the wreckage and found Mollison to Bradford City, Fulham and Tor-Wolven

Leids He averaged about fourteen iying unconscious in the rockpit. quay holl obtained eight goals in

Fle shook him and brought him, the Third Divisim (South) and Stoke round, atul helped him to scramble Glasgow Hangers lost to Third Bury

Plymouth Fout

Bradford the plane, and then drove Lanark, to the aerodrome.

Perhaps the most important res

THIRD were Rending's defeat eyes were blood-their first since January 2nd Bournemouth Mollison's shot and his speech almost in Fullan's victory, as the champion Cardiff caberent. He WAN absolutely mirip may have hereby heen do-Coventry

railure exhausted

of cided. Brentford's 10 the point

to Exeter collapse.

obtain a single point during the Fulham Iu #1 short interview with holiday practically leaves the Mansfeld Fatal Injuries were received by Router's representative, he curn struggle in the hands of Reading Queen's P.1. an elderly Chinese when he got in-ed his success, and said: "By and Fulham, with the London club to the way of a Hongkong Hotel Jove! I am glad 1 hold the Colonin! nlmost certain of success.

down in records." bus and was knocked Queen's Road yesterday.

The mishap occurred near the to land on the bench because he The Wednesday have come inte Division pleture once junction of Hollywood Road. The could not face the glare of the the First

Again with three Easter victories Fulham driver of the bus made an attempt lights of the aerodrome.

MISHAP.

MAN KNOCKED DOWN

BY HOTEL BUS.

West

to avoid the pedestrian by

swerv-

ing to

skidded into a

The the left.

verandah

He explained that he attempted

and

Wednesday's Success.

6

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 35-21 8 4:39 30 60

35 20 7 4 70 45 47 36 17 11 8 42 42 46

30 20 5 11 08 49 45

36 18 8 10 88 54 44 18 7 10 02 51 43 DIVISION (SOUTH),,

2 Swindon

1 Gillingham

4 Northampton

24 Reading

Thames

6 Luton

3 Crystal Pal. 3. Clapton V. .1 Brentford

8Bristol R. 2 Brighton

Narwich

Bouthend

Torquay Watford

LEAGUE LEADERS.

PW. D. L. F. A. Pts. 30 20 07 08 54 46

SCATHING INDICTMENT NEW CRISIS

OF FAIR SEX.

MENACES TO COLONY: WHAT ARE A FEW HEALTHY BOMBS?: THE GILDED PEDESTAL: HEIGHT OF

VULGAR AUDACITY.

Judging by a remarkable letter received by the Telegraph this morning and published below, the pent- up feelings of a local resident, the male of the species, have burst through the burriers. It consists of a scathing indictment of women in general and Hongkong women in particular.

Stating the extreme view vigorously, to say the least, it reads as follows:

she agree to equality where sex relationship in concerned? No

OVERVALUATION.

Sin-A lclter recently appeared blinking fear! Chivalry must be n the local Press on two menaces maintained at all costs and the 'auggest to the Colony-serial attack and man who dares even to

Ferry, quality in this connexion lacks advertising on the Star

When she decides to marry, she

In the capacity of an unpretentions culture. male member of this little com manity, may I draw the nilention confers upon her

husband tha

of my fellow negligible quanti privilege of maintaining hor and lies to a menace that should he over-dressing her for the sole pur giving rise to infinitely more appose of attracting "boy friends prehension than the contingent providing her with the thrills of Incidence of a few healthy bombs conquest for the rest of his life. or the possible asphyxiation of one or two unhealthy ferry pan- sengers, viz., the peditory, parasi tir ascendancy of Hongkong's women-folk?

INFATUATED BOOBS.

If singledom appears the more 'profitable proposition, sho demands

IN

SHANGHAI.

FIGHTING ON ALL FRONTS.

JAPANESE TAKÉ INITIATIVE.

ACCUSATIONS BY CHINESE.

("Telegraph" Special).

Shanghai, Mar. 29, 10.18 am 【HILE PEACE TALKS

W

are in progress and Chinese and Japanese repro- sentatives are meeting at the British Consulate discussing peace terms, sporadic skir mishes, threatening to dere- lop into resumption of large scale hostilities, are re- ported to be taking place along all fronts.

Chinese reports, from a variety of sources, declare that Japanção sentries have attempted to cross the Soochow Creek, and have fred a number of shots into the Chinese line defended by Chinese police.

The fire, it is stated, was return- a man's wage for effeminizing aned and for some time there was The valuation of any market-office nimosphere and with the sang

of a reptile ordains that some|

Bangja furious exchange of rifle.fire. froit able commodity is determined by

HOUR'S BATTLE. mute, young the law of supply and demand, infatuated boob of and where a scarcity of any cum-old or middle-aged, should squander The Chinese newspapers this modity happens to exist, there is his hard-earned money upon enter morning all report another serious invariably a tendency towards talument for her In which she outbreak near Taicheng, where, it over-valuation, c., its price in shares equally, and for which she is stated, machine-guns wore relation to other commoditics is probably in a better position to brought into action by both sides grows out of all proportion to its pay thon he.

But by for the worst feature of intrinsic worth, e.g., diamonda.

her bid for supremacy is the lagrant renunciation of the func tion for which she was given life

CHRONIC SHORTAGE.

Man's demand for woman finds By devil-instigated contraceptive

for more than an hour.

According to the Chinese papers, more than a thousand Japanese soldiers have been seen digging trenches at Taicheng and prepar-

its origin in that inane, calamitous devices she now avoids procreation ing beds for guns." instinct known

NA sex-Impulse, and

in

The situation in critical. The re-

thus freeing herself from All normal men are unfortunately the greatest natural handicap in porta have not yet been denied by filleted with a measure of it, and the sex race, ske in well on the way aon at the moment, to doubt their the Japanese and there is 'no rco- Hongkong's greatest perll to-day towards the frustration of human

truth-Reuter- lea in the fact that there is a evolution. chronic shortage of the sax com. Conditions in Hongkong are very modity, within ita boundaries.much in her favour and men both

The female of the species is married and single, are exploited to CHILE OFF GOLD ridiculously over-valued out here the limit. Salaries aro dissipated

and from the moment of her arwantonly, careers wrecked, lives

0! rival, when she first becomes con- embittered, drunkarile turned out scious of that over-valuation, she on mass production scale to satisfy

STANDARD.

deliberately, and with milice her ruthless, insensate just for NEW INCONVERTIBLE aforethought, sets out to take the power and sensation, and strong. 2 fullest possible advantage of it, men are on their knees craving for

Physically, mentally and moral-displays in the nude. ly, woman is indubitably inferior

GOVERNMENT'S AID.

to man. She was, after all, one

of

Nature's

after-thoughts-a

PAPER MONEY. (Router's Special Servica).

Santiago, Mar. 28.

The Chilean Government's Bill And what are we doing by Way for the reform of the currency and mere instrument of propagation of amelioration? Prohibition of foreign exchange regulations, pro and get here we are to-day devot cabareta and the closing down of viding for the definite abandon- ing our lives to the heightening houses where women have at least ment of the gold standard and the of the gilled pedestat upon which heen playing the sex game honestly establishment of an inconvertiblo we have mounted her, side-track-deliberately lowering the supply paper-money, has been passed by ing evolution itself with our in-of the sex commodity. The Gov- both Houses of Parliament,

senente idolatry-apotheosisingernment's adumantive attitude

an incubator into a divinity.

.

ARTS OF SEDUCTION.

tre- The position has been 2mendously aggravated during the last two decades in that woman. the world over, has been permitted to practice arts of seduction which 1a few centuries back would have morited burning at the stake. Consciousness of inferiority has Impelled hor to extremes of, de- celt and subtlety. Eve's apple

leaves no alternative but a single man's boycott of the sex-reduced demand to lower the price of ac- quisition and, more important stiil, the cost of retention.

This is not misogamy-emancipa- tion of man front the deplorable contemptible bondage of artificial feminine allurement is the idea.

Youra etc.,

HOMO.

36 18 9 9 80 63 45 was, after all, a genuine product STRIKING RISE IN

30 18 8 10 48 51 44 of Nature, but the modern woman 3017 8 10 69-42 4 42

ensnares her victim with her fruit:

30 18 6 12 89 60 42made resplendent by Ignoble ar-

ROUND.

Southand He had seen all bis Instruments with a goal record of 11-2. Arsonal Rending vehicle in duplicate in the last two days and Everton are still running neck rentford

both having Exeter neck, however, owing to nerve strain.

won one and drawn two games. Crystal Pal. -34 10 9 10 66 30 41 tincial means. She dressen in

Liverpool failed to obtain a sin Norwich 36.15 10 10 69 44 40 fotching multi-coloured raiment; SEVEN PENCE HIGHER

point while Huddersfield got

DIVISION (NORTH).

receiving the impact on the

SHERWOOD FORESTERS WIN AGAIN.

Ron,

נלוגי

umid

Hull

4 Hartlepools” A Darlington

Bouthport

10 "Cheater!: York

by her Urásalers, silk-stockings

IN NEW YORK. and things called "undies," 1 bo liave, she rendere physical mal-

A sensational jump in the Lon- formations and discolourations at-don-New York cross-rate is the

The

cross-rate, which

WBB

It is expected to become law this week.

DERBY WINNER

DEAD.

CAPTAIN CUTTLE HAS FATAL FALL.

(Renter's Special Service).

Rome, Mar. 29. Captain Cuttle, the winner of the 1922 Derby, has died at the Marfori stud as the result of a fall,

This famous horse was 18 years old and

Was Bold by Lord Woolavington five years ago to an Italian breeder for $40,000.

IN SHIPPING***

OFFICERS AS DECK HANDS

tractive to the over the lura of main factor in the drop of a half. UNEMPLOYMENT mystery is made the most of in penny in the Hongkong dollar re- her sordid campaign; she even corded to-day, the quotation being appeals to the nasal organ by the 1-844. diffusion of fragrant perfumce from her person, and achieves the quoted at 3.58% before the heli- height of vulgar audacity with a days, has now jumped to 3.82. 21 28 -4,7 89:27 50. 35 217 7 83 14 40 mask of paint and powder, arti which makes the pound starling 31 10 8 10 88 85 44 ficially twisted and tinted hair, now worth about 18/11, the high-

tail eyebrows and dyed, over- est since October. 88 317-1040 64·44 44: rai's 30.17 0.10.98 64 43 manicured talons.

2 Stockport LEAQUE LEADERS.

AMY'S GREETING. side of ita radiator, the right side striking the pedestrian and in-

Amy MAR

Johnson,

THIRD four. four out of flicting serious head injuries

In the Second Division, Charlton Harrow from which the man died shortly thunderous, cheers, greeted Molli- anying: "You wonderful after being taken to hospital.

surprised the critics by obtaining Gateshead hera

six points, and Chesterfield, alas Doncaster Mollison then asked by how lowly placed, won five. Oldham Halifax much he had beaten the record and Notts County wont completely Rochdale ARMY CUP FINAL. and when told said: "Excellent."

Wolverhampton Wan Itotherham pointlers. He added that he had thought

throo points Wrexham championship, bein ho would be able to do it but he derors are now well sol for the m did not know on the previous ahead of Leeds

vastly night whether he would be able to super

superior goal average

Lincoln He felt very ill at some the Third Division (North) Gateshead

ไม่ Barrow. won agaiu, completing A Crewe London, Mar. 28. The Mayor of Capetown con- triplo success, while Hall City, Southport

The silver market was closed A Darlington and Hartlepools lost Traumors The Army Cap was won at Alder-gratulated Mollison.

Barrow

in London-yesterday, but Thurs shot to-day by the First Batta-cheering crowd carried to a car all three matches played.

The results cabled by Reuter of Chester

day's rate of 17,18/16- represented llon, Sharwood Foresters (Shorn- which drove him off to his hotel.

3:17 17 12 65 64 61. Her devilish ingenuity is paral-a drop of a farthing compu cliffe) in a rousing game.

-Rexter.

today's games, together with the York Leading League positions, follow

SCOTTISH LEAGUE They defeated the First Batto

lelled, only by her. Insatiable ) with the previous clarda Third Lanork Rangerá j Hon, Duke of Wellington's (Alder- A. event-old. 'Chinese #ri was'ndi

FIRST DIVISION."

avarice and deliberath suppres The Hongkong marke Partick

Farkston of all conception of equity, tain with very l shot) by three goals to one, and mitted to the Kwong Wah Hospital

Celtic venterday, her hands and legs warlotis- Aston Villa 2-Bunderland thereby set a record for the comburnt when a spirit stove overturn lackburn

She has howlod and clawed for doing. The tendere BUREL LEAGUE LEADERS,A 1 Bhemeld -U. petition, having won the coveteded set fire to her clothing while she Derbyri

Arsenal

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-"DEVILISH INGENUITY.