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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1932.

· PIRATES STEADILY "JEALOUSY MURDER"

LOSING GRIP

Again Defeated in Double Header

TRIAL; OPENING

SCENES

two

com-

New York, Aug. 7. The remarkable losing streak of revolvers. the National leaders, Pittsburgh

finally The murder was Piraten, continues unchecked. Te-mitted on March 24th after an day they lost another double-head-

five days earlier had attempl er, this time to Boston. Piel scor

failed. ed a home run in the second game but falled to have the average. In

THE BOOKSHELF

BOOK OF CHARMING VERSE

shows

of

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KOWLOON HOUSE THEFTS

BECOMING VERY FREQUENT

RADIO BROADCAST

TO-DAYS PROGRAMME OF RECORDED MUSIC

360 metre (846 K.C.).

wavelength of

of clothing from houses in Kimber- Charged on two counts of theft ley Road, a man named Yin Sang was sentenced to a month on the days on the first charge and 14 second before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. Inspector Elston drew his Wor- ship's attention to the fact that thefts from the roof of houses in Kimberley Road were getting very

were more serious than simple larcenies, because they involved The loss Turac Ovcruce (Autr huving to go up to house-tops before they could be committed."

6-8 p.m. European Programme of Columbia records kindly supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.

6-6.23 p.m. Orchestral and Band Music. The Black Domino--Overture (Auber,

Winterbottont}

The evidence in regard to this this game, Boston were handicap-crime falls into three divisions", always the dellente und unerring frequent. He said these offence Thu Merry Urothers (Gennis). ned by the loss of Worthington, said Mr. Lindsc!!.

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"The Temple of Night" (Continued from Page 1).

and other poems, by C. E. H. Jacobs, Yun-sham and Wong Nam-sheung. is a collection of charming vorne At the time Shal had in in which the author his possesalon

Broadcast by 2.1.W. on automatic evidence of marked poetic, akill. There is a distinctly religious streak running though mout the compositions, in which the eternal verities are stressed. whether the theme be on this high plane or more fanciful in character,

light and there is

touch of the artist.

The book, which is a companion volumu to "The Vesper Hour", is published

in stiff covers by Ltd., Singapore, the Printers. author being on the staff of the School, Bukit Martajam, High Province Wellesley, Straits Settle-

Defendant had a previous con- Secondly, there is evidence of ments. Although the volume in

viction for attempted arson in the accused's deliberate desire and our hands is marked $1 nett, the

1927.

His Worship at first passed Freitas pitched a perfect gume intention to get George Fung put publishers state that the book is for Philadelphia in the second nut of the way by one means or not available for sale, but copies uentence of a month on each count Vocal Duel-The Swontent Flower That Hous

heading are being presented to the chief:

on Inspector comes the evidence of the two public libraries in Great Britain, Elston's application, changed it to the Dominions and U.S.A. The especially the latter.

one of their star hittlers, who frac tured a log in sliding to third Unse.

EVIDENCE OF MOTIVE. "rat there is the evidence of Crabtree, Grantham and Lom-motive. This will be mainly the bardi hit home runs to give Cin-evidence of Lai Ming Fai who will cinnati a win over Brooklyn, while also give evidence of the actual Ott, Moore and Hartnett hit for death of the accused. the circuit in the Glants-Cubs duels.

game of a double hender, allowing only three scattered hits and no runs.

another. Under this

B.B.C. Wireless Military, Band· DULE. Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Journe

mouth Municipal Orchestra 1821. Bir Dan Godfrey conducting the Nöörite=" Municipal Orchestra DX69. 6.23-6.65 p.m. A Concert, Mrs. Orr was one of the eom-vocal Bunt-Marigold (Dowdou ♣ Benly)

Daro Labbatte & Hubert Hodell 1157. plainants in this case.

Plano Bolo-Caprice Chinole (Scott)

ano Bolo-l'ensoso (Scott)

Cyr Scott DB41. Bong-Cobblin' (Sandersos)

Edgar Coyle (Haritono) 28995. Violin Sol-Rondina (Beethoven-Krelser). Vita Bolo-Song of India (Ilimsky-Korsakov,

concurrent,

but

and Kreisler).Yovanovitch Beaten (Peterson and Hawley)

4823.

Dom Laisette & Hubert Eledel DD157. Instrumanial T-ring Bong (Mendel-

Rols and Squire)

(Brems-Squire)

Itis brilliance was needed. / Eurasians, Zimmern and Christic. edition is limited to five hundred 4 month and 14 days' consecutive.trumental Tri-Hungarian Dance No.

The Athletics crossed the pinte only

once.

Burnett (Cleveland), Averill (Cleveland), Cambell St.

Loois).

The third point is the evidence of the plot engineered by the accused's own chauffeur, ita result

copies

Babe Ruth (Yankees) and Crosetti in the murder, and the complicity have heard of Paul Linebarger,|

(Yankeen) twile, all hit home runs,

Results:-

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BENCH WARNS

of the accused.'

"Lai Ming Fai will tell you she first came to know the accused in 1928 when she came from Shanghai to Hongkong as a member of a Theatrical troupe, a troupe of which her father was manager. Per- formances were given in Canton, Hongkong and later in the Straits Settlements.

ENGAGED IN SINGAPORE. The acrased was so much taken with the girl that, he followed her to Singapore and, lived in the same house as the girl and her father. Not long afterwards he took her and another girl on a three weeks' trip up country and during that trip proposed mariage and was accepted subject to the father's consent. He gave her an engage rent ring.

On Their return to Singapore, the father agreed to the engage ment. It was agreed at the time that the marriage should not take place until the accused was, 21 years of age. In the summer of 1928 the troupe returned to Shang- hai and the herused accompanied them as far as Hongkong.

A few months later the accused went to Shanghai any stayed with the girl and her father.

on

At this time George Fung was also in Shanghai and WIS friendly terms with the necused It was fairly evident that he was not then attracted by the girl.

EXTRAORDINARY PLAN.

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FLIGHT EFFORT

FAILS

MRS. BRUCE, FORCED TO DESCEND

Orchestral

3

J. 1. Hure Celento Tria GOGR. Hong-In Old-fashioned Town (Squire) Linebarger Speeches."

Edgar Coyle (Baritone) ZHOU, 7 p.m. (Stock Quotations, etc.) Most people in the Far Enst

6.55-7.12 p.m. Operatic, Song-Sanyon and Deliah-Fair Spring 15 farmer U.S. Judge in the Philip-

Returning (Saint-Sacca) pinea, by reason of his association

Clara Serena (Centrallo) DX245.

Tonen-Prefute with Sun Yat-sen and the National

ATL Government of China. He again;

(Puccini).Milan Symphony Orch. 594. Seng-Samann-Honour And Arms (andelt

Norman Allin (Ban) DX25. comes into prominence- with book, published in

London, Aug. 6. 7.12-7.50 p.m. Variety. France, titled "The Gospel of Chung

The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce. Vocal Duet--Mr. Cinders-I'm a Ondan Girl innie Bale and Bobby Howes. Shan." This is in reality a collec- who, with her two co-pilots Flight Sour Mr. Cinders-prend a Little Happiness

Blonde Hair 6394. tion of the chief points from Sergeant McClary and Lieut.

Turner nylon (Tent). speeches made in all parts of the 4. E. W. Pugh, yesterday morning Negn Spiritual-Were You There 7

Negro Spiritual-Every Time I Feel the Spirit world by the author, these having began her attempt to establish a

Layton & Johosione ipd. been collated and arranged in new air endurance record, Was Saxophone Solo-Melodie chronological order by his Paul Myron Anthony Lineburger hours aloft, owing to a leak in Vent Buct-Lee and Kissen

son forced to descend after being 15 Saxophone Solo-Serenade-Hadine who has undertaken the task of

the main petrol tank. editing the book.

Rudy Wiedeft. 5063, Daet The Girl Across the Way

Mr. Flatsam and Mr. Jetsam 3912. Munu Nako--Sleepytime Down South Piano Solo in Junt Howl of Cherries Carroll bone and 11 Hoy Feinds 18752. Duel-Kern Comun The

Bride- Always Remerahier

the Irbis - Wigh Vural Dist--Here Come

Irw

Another contributory factor was the failure in the refuelling opera- Lions owing to the tanker, planes vrat

to discover the being unable

the amphibian whereabouts of "City of Portsmouth" in con- sequence of the dense log.

The attempt was mude off Portsmouth-Router.

Jenn Coliss and Cufford Mellisa DitID. 7.50-8 p.m.

Nell Gwyn Dance (German)

Reg. Band of H.M. Gregador Canede

4071/AUTO.

8 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.

Of more interest than the actual Speeches is the preface, giving an account of how Judge Linebarger came to interest himself in Chi- nese politics and in particular in the revolutionary movement begun by Sun Yat-sen. Whilst there can be no questioning the sincerity or enthusiasm of the author, the speeches unfortunately reflect a rather unbalanced attitude. In particular. many of them are dis- tinetly anti-British in character. whether the author is dealing with with Chinese problems or

while issues of the Great War, the address which he gave in Washington on June 3rd, int which he "vizualised" what he is pleased to term the

A project for banking and Massacre, can only be described cotton-mill interests to form either as a product of the imagina- ninety million dollar syndicate to tion or an utterance based on buy three million bales of cotton. 7.30

Canton

TO SAVE COTTON

HUGE SYNDICATE TO BUY UNDISPOSED SURPLUS

New York, Aug. 7.

a most amazingly distorted ver-controlled directly or indirectly by sion of the Shakee incident,

8.3-10.30 programme.

recorded

p.m. Chinese 10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press NewH.

10.35 p.m. Close Down.

KZRM PROGRAMME,

5.00 p.m. Studio Music.

but

p.m. Spanbh Information

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the Federal Farm Bourd, in order The book contains numerous "to remove this incubus of prices,' portraits, including one of Judge is reported under consideration Linebarger and his son in Chinese according to the New York Times. About February of 1930 the morning costume at a ritual ser-

It is emphasised that this cotton girl's father left for Peking and Vice in memory of the Father of will not be resold, but will be con- agreed to the extraordinary the Republic. Copies may be obsumed by the mills over a period

Lained from the Committee of the of years. arrangement of leaving his CONSIDERED NOT FIT daughter in care of the accused. General Executive of the They set up house and lived to- mintung in Europe, with

quarters in Paris. gether for some time.

EUROPEAN

TO PLEAD

"The girl will say," continued "Why do the police always pick | Mr. Lindsell, "and she will be on me, your Worship; I have never supported by the evidence of men abused them," remarked Thomas who heard the accused say so him Gibbison at the Kowloon Magis-self, that no intimacy took place tracy before Mr. Fraser this mor- between the pair either in Shang ning, when he was charged with

hai or at any subsequent date in being drunk and disorderly in Hongkong. Salisbury Road on Saturday night.

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Кио- It is felt that such a move will hend-eliminate the "depressing cloud of

English Idioms, "English Idioms," by A. J. Worrall, O.A., (Messrs. Longmans, Green and Co., two shillings) is a simple book of Ltd., London;

everyday English, designed for the use of foreign students.

As the author says; too many

undisposed surplus," now hanging over the cotton market and textile industry.-Reuter.

GAS EXPLOSION AT COAL MINE.

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7.15 p.. Lux Soup Program-Lax triss

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IL DUCE PULLED UP, FOR SPEEDING.

MILITIA HOLDS UP CAR FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING

Rome, Aug. 7.

con-

A street patrol of militia, which pulled up a car speeding along by Flaminia, for dangerous driving, had a shock when they discovered the occupant was Mussolini,

They profusely apologised and Il Duce good humouredly

upon their gratulated the men zent. Tokyo, Aug. 6. Finding they were war veterans, Fifty-seven miners were killed he chatted cordially with them, then autographed their she threatened to leave him and he not intended to take the place of to-day in the Sorachi coal-mine at and

the text-book, but rather to supple- | Hokkaido, due to gas explosion.identity cards before proceeding. ment it. It gives a large number Only eight of the entire workers-Reuter's Special Service. of idioms, classified and simply in the mine at the time of the ex- explained; phrases which replosion survived.

"The two seem to have lived students learn "book English;" GHASTLY JAPANESE TRAGEDY His Worship: Mr. Gibbison, do fairly happily except fora few too few learn to use the current quarrels over the accused's asso- phrases which are common in you plead guilty or not guilty?

Once daily speech. This little book is Defendant:- plead not guilty.cialien with other women." His Worship: Do you really think he is in a fit condition to plead, Inspector Elston?

Inspector

Worship.

Elston:-No.

your

His Worship:-I don't think so. I will adjourn the case unliį to- morrow morning.

DEFENDANT WARNED. Defendant:Can I ask you a question, your Worship?

His Worship:-You can't ask any questions now, Mr. Gibbison; I am sorry.

Defendant-Surely I have right to-

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His Worship: warn you, Mr. Gibblson, against making a dis-! turbance here.

Defendant: am not making a disturbance.

threatened to shoot her.

The trial is proceeding.

GOVERNOR RESIGNS.

UNIFICATION OF JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION

colloquial and others which should The dead include six training SIR CECIL CLEMENTI.

not be used in the drawing-room students of the Yubari Techno- are indicated. Opinions may logical School.-Renter. differ regarding the inclusion of certain popular phrases under the latter head, but the student, if he follows this gulde, will at least be AL- Tokyo, Aug. G. erring on the safe side.

together ith admirably-compiled ; Mantesoka Yamaoka, the Gover-

be of un- tendered book, which should

to the foreign nor of Kwantung, has his resignation to the Minister doubted value

for Overseas Affairs, as the four heads of the Japanese administra- tion in Manchuria have now been unified under one head.--Reuter,

Hayashi Leaving,

Tokyo, Aug. 7. Count rotaro Hayashi, new FIRST JOB FOR YEARS. President of the S. M. R. left Tokyo this morning for Dairen. He Inspector Elston anid defendant will embark at Kobe on Tuesday at

was on bail of $25. His mother noon-Reuter. went to the Police Station and

bailed him out. The police officer went on to say that defendant

ARREST, TRIAL AND DEATH WITHIN 24 HOURS

should have joined his ship last A REBEL EXECUTED. night, but he had missed it. It as the defendant's first job for about. thrco years. The police did not know anything about that; otherwise they would have tried to do something in the matter.. His Worship:Mr. Gibbison, you are remanded until to-morrow. Bail as before..

When his Worship was trying other cases later defendant, who was still in court asked: "Your Worship, can I speak to you 7"*

His Worship: You can't; you may see me in Chumbors later,

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student,

WATER LEVELS.

WEST NORTH AND EAST RIVERS

The following table issued by the Light Fiction.

Kwangtung River Conservancy Com- Those who like a real thriller mission shows the height of water will be glad to read Paul Trent's in English feet on the dates named latest "The Golden Rat," which in the West, North and East Rivors:

Ilghest on Lowest Aug. record. a record. G is included in Messrs. Ward, Lock. and Company's Colonial Library West River at

Shinline-41.7 The Golden Rat was a Nurth River at

Shlubing. 4-417 series. select night club, patronised by

Sambut 1-27.3 the wealthy, but it was something

Fat liver at

Sheklung. +10.5

much more than that-the headquarters of a notorious rascal who did not stop at abducting anyone from whom money might

North River at

Aug-

4

33.3

34.1

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16.0

15.0

--6.3

2LR

22

10.8

10.6

be extracted. The story deals with One of the features is n Court trial the carrying off of some of these in which the hero figures, the story people and of the exciting events, here working up to a most exciting including the chase of steam climax. A really stirring novel, yacht by à destroyer, which follow, written in the direct style which There is also LE charming love has characterised the author's other Peiping, Aug. 7.

episode. Quite a good bit of fiction, storien.

Elle A. Rowlands given us Short shrift given Liu written in the author's well-known

typical story in "A Loyal Defence,' such-ku, the alleged leader of style. the rebel movement in Tientsin

"Snow Upon the Desert," by J. another of Ward, Lock and Com. Russell Warren, another of the pany's Colonial Library series. It

series, Colonial Library

also is a simple story of a girl who, in inat November.

Ilo was arrested at Tientsin,coining its full share of ox-spite of untoward events in her brought here yesterday, tried by citement. It is

an admirably-life, triumphs in the end. Thore a military court, found guilty,

Rot. along is romance, as well, as a most sur- und thrills cleverly Interwoven, tertaining, and, wholesome novel,

story, writton

and executed early this morning the Persian frontler, with romance prising denouement. Qui un an-

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Sir

the

London, Aug. 7. Cecil Clementi, Governor of Malayn, and former Governor of long- kong, is mentioned in to-day's Reynold's News as possibly the next Minister to China,

Sir Miles Lampson, presont British Minister to Chins, was recently reported in dip- Jamatic circles as being un- likely to return after his six months leave, it being said that he would be offered Am- bassadorial rank before the end of 1982-Router.

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