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ABSENT COUNSEL

EMBEZLLEMENT CASE MISUNDERSTANDING

NEW DEVELOPMENT

PAWNED THEIR

TROUSERS

THREE FIREMEN BEFORE COURT

Charges of legally pawning Ding to a m'understanding, uniform trousers belonging to the Mr. H'n-shine Le Counsel for the Hongkong Government defence In the Chan Sik-nin em- brought against three bezzlement rate, was not present when the chae came up on remand Aremen of the Central Fire bofore Mr. Schoflold at the Central Brigade, on their appearance be Court this morning.

for Mr. Wynne-Jonos at the Central Police Court this morning.

Mr. Peter Bin,, who is briefing Counsel in the proceedings, asked that to-morrow morning be not aside for the hearing, in view of the surrender of an important witness for the prosecution: but this was strenuously opposed by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, "Sur. prossed for an early start this afternoon.

who

After several attempts to get into touch with Mr. Lo had failed, Mr. Schofield decided in favour of Mr. D'Almada, and set the case for hearing at 2.30 this afternoon.

were

Chinese

Mr. J. C. Fitz-lfenry, Acting Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, said that a surprise In- spoction of the men's uniforms was carried out yesterday morn ing and the three defendants were each found to be short of a pair of men rough surge trousers. The gave the excuse that the garments were being wusned but having reason to disbeeve their story, 13r. Fitz-Henry had the men in his 10.nce and they finaty admitted that tilo trousers had been pawned.

The defendant Chan Sik-nin, a woll-known merchant of Hongkong and a former member of the Directorate of the Tung Wah! Mr. Fitz-Henry said that Chan Hospital, a accused of embezzling Sing, firat defendant, had a bad of over $100,000 from the King Fuk-wo, and of having secured the contral and management of the firm with a torged power of attorney.

rocard, He had two larcenies against him, one being depart mental, while he was arrested and charged at the Kowloon M gistracy in September for bring- ing discredit, on the Bridgade by demanding moncy from a female in Temple Street. lle was dia charged owing to lack of evidence, lie joined the Brigade in August

OFFICIAL SURRENDERS. An interesting development to the case has been the surrealer of another official of the firm, Chant Hang Po, who until two years 1931. ago, had been the manager,

Chang Hang Po is being charg ed with the misappropriation of $7,000, and in detailing his con- nexion with the Chan Sik-nin case Mr. Peter Sin, who is appearing, for his defence, said:

The second defendant, Lo Fuk, joined in February 1931 and had nine serious offences including one of inciting men to slop work, in June 1932,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1932.

"MOON": ROCKET EXPLODES

21 FEET INSTEAD OF 23,000 FEET

INVENTOR IN TEARS I have just been an eye-witness of the catastrophic end of the giant rocket that was meant to link up the earth and the moon, writes a special correspondent.

The rockel-which Dr. Johann-a Winkler, a German engineer, took .15 years to co.struct-exploded on the const near Unu during nu experiment which: optimista thought might result in stellar space being reached..

Dr. Winkler himself predicted that the 6ft. long machine would mount about 23,300 feet, but to the dismay of the inventor and of, the prominent Czecho-Slovakina business man who as nanced the experiment, it exploded whiz only

21 fect up.

AIRMAN'S CRASH ON BIRTHDAY

CHILDREN IN PATH OF DIVING PLANE

Children in

Boundary-road, Irtam, Manchester, scattered as an neroplane dived towards them.

The machine clubrod

a house, hearing alates from the roof, and fell in a vegetable garden. It nished up between two clothes lines and in the centre of a circle of five clothes props, with its 1050 buried deep in the ground.

In the plane were:

Mrs. Olga Homewood, aged 25,

who was killed: Mr. Lestle Homewood, aged 29 or 30, a civil engineer, who waa injured.

Mr. and Mrs. Homewood ware married only recently. Mr. Horde. wood is the sono. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Spencer Homewood, of The Drive, Fulham-road, 9. W.

Mr. Homewood was taken to the Davyhulme Hospital, where it was stated that, although suffering from multiple injuries, his condi then was not regarded as unduly

Puring fragments fall near serious. group of cinema operators and Press photographers,

SPECTATORS' PANIC.

glare, and the dense fumes occa- The noise of the explosion, the sioned a momentary panie ameng the onlooker.

When the tumult had subsided Dr, Winkler, who had been con-¡ cealed in a trench 15 yards to the rear of the starting point of the rocket, from which he fired it off with an electric fuse, uttered a try of anguish, and, with his Czecho Slovakian backer, began a frantic, search for what remained of the rocket.

Finally they found its twisted metal frume.

By this time the inventor was

The third defendant, Nam Chol; 'joined in October 1930 but his in tears.

record was not bad. It was con- |

Mr. Homewood had been staying at the Manchester Airport Hotel for about five months superintand ing work at the Lancashire Steel',

don to spend the week-end with Corporation premises.

His wife travelled up from Lon- her husband. The accident occur red on Mr. Homewood's birthday.

They decided to fly to Hooton Aerodrome, Cheshire, and return in time for ten. Mrs. Homewood occupied

the front seat of the plane, a De Havilland Moth, and her husband was at the controls in the rear seat.

SEEN FROM THE AIR. They had risen to a hefuht of 800 feet and were half a mile from the aerodrome when the engine On December 19, 1929 a warrant

stalled and turned its nose to the was issued for the arrest of Chang

ground. It then turned into a Hang Po, on a charge of embez sidered that as he was implicated comprehensible to

"This disaster is absolutely in-8pin and foll to the ground, zelment. Accordingly he was ar

on the same charge as the other claimed. "I was convinced that two airmen

mo," he ex- The accident was witnessed by rested and ball fixed in the sum two he should be brought before the rocket would travel

in a following ma- of $2,000, My client was an ex, the Court as well.

to the chine. They flew back to the air- height of Mont Blanc. In my 15 port with news of the crash. tremely foolish man. and being

In the case afraid of legal proceedings, (not i

of the first two years' reparations for that he was guilty of any charge) defendants, who would be dis- periment I have left nothing to jumped bail. On my advice he charged from the Brigade,

chance; to compound the most has now surrendered himself to prosecuting officer asked that his suitable liquid fuel for the flight thin Court to meet this present. Worship Inflict

I have.carried through no fewer ♫ puntaliment

than 120 laboratory experiments." case, this being essential owing to which would act as a deterrent to the fact that he will be an impor- others.

Ironista among the crowd asked tant witness to the prosecution in the Chan Sik-nin gase.

him whether he really imagined

the moon this afternoon,

the

this ex-

The machine crashed practically under the window of the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dixon, of the Crescent, Irlum.

Mr. Dixon said: "There was n roar and an explosion. We dush- fed out into the garden and saw the machine burning. There was al- pul Mr. Homewood from the wreckage."

RADIO BROADCAST

TWO STUDIO ITEMS FOR TO-NIGHT

From Z.B.W. on wave-length of 355 metres (845 k/c).

5-7 pm. Chinese Programme. 0-6.30 p.m. Children's Concert,

7-10.30 p.m. European Programme, 7-8 p.. Variety Programme of Brunswick records.

Fox Trot-Tea for Two. Fox Trot- Got Rhythm.

Don Redman and His Orch. 0054. Vocal Tri-Old Yazoo. Vocal Trio-Wo Just Couldn't Say

Good-bye. Walz-Moonlight on the River. Waltz-While We Danced at the

Mardi Gras Victor Young and His Orchestra 6301. Saxophone Solo-Oodles of Noodles. Saxophone Solo-Beebe.

Jimmy Dorsey 6352. Song-Some of these Days. Song-Love me To-night.

Bing Crosby 0361. Fox Trot-Good-bye to Love. Fox Trot-Same Old Moon,

Bennie Krueger and His Orch. 6359. Vocal-Bugle Call Rog. Vocal-The Old Men of the Mountain.

Fox Trot Blue Jazz.

Mills Brothers $357. Fox Trot-Don't Tell n Soul,

Plano Salo-Fast and Furious.

Casa Loma Orchestra 6358.

Plano Solo-Swampy River.

The Boswell Sister: 6360,

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Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 6365.

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8.3.8.20 p.m. Vocal Gems récorded by "Victor."

Hold Everything. Follow Thur.

Victor Light Opera Group 3597u. Rio Rita.

My Maryland.

Victor Light Opera Company 35810.

8.20-9 p.m.

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Orchestral Programme of Columbin Bow Bells-Selection (Sullivan).

Jack Payne and His B.B.C. Dance Orchestra DB780. Rose of Seville (Mora and Marin). Lain (Collazo), Geraldo's Gaucho Tango Orch CB494. Three Dances from Nell Gwyn

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Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra DB905/6. Chanson Triste (Tschaikowsky).

Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra

Mr. Sin naked for winui bail given six weeks' hard labour cach that the rocket would have reached ready a crowd round trying to Soldiers in the Park (Hopwood

for Chang Hang Po, the this was axed at $600, and a week's formal remand granted.

STRICTER RULES AT CAMBRIDGE

AND CERTIFICATES OF

DILIGENCE

Nearly 5,000 undergraduates and Bucholors of Arts have taken up residence to complete their Cam- bridge course.

It is understood

that, despite trade depression, there is no fall- ing off in the number of freshmen entered.

The explanation is that, although many parents would have liked to send their sons who finished school Inst July straight into business, there are no openings for them.

These wise fathers are accord- ingly sending their Buns to the university rather than have them kicking their hecls at home.

In

LIVING IN COLLEGE. Recently the Lord Chancellor, opening new Bambridge

ballding commented on the value

The first two defendants were while the third was fined $20 or one month,

KOWLOON CHESS.

Club Teams Play Interesting Match.

"I made no such claims for to day's experiment," Dr. Winkler re- piled, hotly.

"And your rocket post America?" asked another lunker.

Mrs. Homewood was killed out- right, having been apparently ta struck by the full force of the en- on-rine, Mr. Homewood was lying un- der the wreckage with the hot ex- "That is another proposition al-haust pipe of the machine across together," replied Dr. Winkler. bis shoulder. "And not the less feasible because Dr. A. Walker, of Moorhent of to-day's fianco. Pioneers must Lodge. Liverpool-road, Irlam, said steel themselves against disap-that Homewood recovered con- There was n strong turn out of pointment. I still hope to see the setousners shortly after he was members at the Kowlcon Chess Club day when letters will be carried taken from the machine. "He put last night when an intra-club match from Berlin to New York by rocket his hands up to his head and kent was played between trams ealained In 25 minutes,"

calling for his wife." he said. "We lev f. M. Senneira and A. Hanson,

told him that Mrs. Homewood was All right. He was, suffering from severe concussion and cuts and abrasions to the face."

the latter's side winning by six points| WORK OF YEARS DESTROYED. to three.

The detailed results were: Sequeira's Site. Henson's Side.

. M. Senueira A. Henon

P. T. Rezario

R. D. Evans

R. J. Ellint

H. H. Bunk

A. Preto

A. I. Recha A. Kurrik J. Brown

The experiment took place in the presence of high Government omelals, including representativen of the German Post Office, who are

rocket, and

A. C. Ridlington interested in the letter transport PRISONER CLIMBS A

- B. Stan

A. J. Biriakoff

1

possibilities of the

many men of science.

Matthews 1 The rocket, which when empty

Dr. D.

M. Culetti

...J. Buston

1 T. E Parry

-A. Relchurt

TARIFF WARS.

weighed 2011.. was propelled by a

40 FT. WALL

I mixture of 361b. of liquid oxygen ROPE MADE FROM

and methyl,

Π

of residing in college rather than, SPANISH MINERS & GROWERS,

Jn lodgings in the town.

The polley of Cambridge seems

to be on these lines. Since the

AT LOGGERHEADS

London, Nov, 15.

ernment's norfulfilmeat of its pro.

mise to protect the industry against British competition.

Before entering the trench to set of the electric fuse. Dr. Winkler carefully attached to the rocket the recording instrument which he expected to return to earth with valuable records from an immense height.

Of this instrument, which re- not a traze was to be found after 'quired several years to constract,

the explosion.

With the debris of the Dr. Winkler left for Berlin.

SURGERY

MAILBAGS

An intensive search Is in pro

In press

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire for John Arthur Philpot, who made a daring escape from Leicester Prison by climbing a 40ft, wall.

Philpot effected his release by

anwing through the bars of his cell with rocket smuggled into the prison. He then a file which he had

ran to the engineers' shon and took a ladder, by which he climbed to the top of the prison wall, le

constructed of mailbags. This he tied to a spike in the wall, and lowered himself down into the strect.

war Clare, Sidney, Jesus, King's Ten thousand miners are affected Pembroke. St. Cathurino's and by a general strike to the coal mini Trinity Hall, are among the col- ing districts throughout Asturias, DOCTOR ARRESTED IN had provided himself with a rope leges which have extended their Spain, in protest against the Gov- internal accommodation.

The Lord Chancellor niso opened the first Downing College exten- elon, when will accommodate two fellows and 44 undergraduates, and the new Magdalena College building, which finds rooms for one fellow and 28 undergraduates, hun bion occupied.

The chango of policy is bad for Cambridge townspeople, who have come to look upon the letting of rooms to undergraduates as a go- ful sideline.

HARDER EXAMS. Academically, the chief change this year is that those who are taking the ordinary, or pass, de- gree are to be made to work much harder than formerely,

On the contrary, the Government

ATTEMPTED MURDER

CHARGE

is loth to restrict British coal im- parts owing to pressure from the fruit-growing interests, who fear rested at his surgery la Notting

Dr. James Isaac Lyons was British retaliation-Our Own Cor- ham last month and taken to respondent.

S. AMERICAN WAR

PARAGUAY TROOPS CLAIM FURTHER SUCCESSES

SCAR ON FOREHEAD.

IIis encape was discovered by a was cycling to work when he saw man named Harry Gambin. whe the rope hanging from the wall Newark on a charge of attempting of the gaol. Two men were stand- to murder Harold Everitt Hitchin ing together near the rope. They (36), a poultry farmer. of Kilving- ran away at his approach, and

he telephoned to the police. alarm was given and an Intensive search was organised. Rond en- trances to the town were patrallad and railway stations were watch-

ton.

An

A second warrant charges the doctor with shooting Hitchin with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Hitchin is in Newark Hospital with a bullet wound in the stomach. ed. London, Nov, 15.

Hla condition is not enuming any Philpot. who is 26. is done-thad concèrn, but two X-ray examina- as Bft. d'in, in height, with a Reports from Asuncion (Para- tiens have failed to Into the fresh complexion. light brown guny) are that the Paraguayans ullet. Ito trceived the wound near hair, blue eyes,, and a small scar Not only are the examinations are in the midst of the long- nia terry farm. to be noro difficult, but, betoro heralded final drive for the Gran When the doctor was charged at being allowed to enter, man Chaco, after fighting two battles Noward Segeant Bray stated that, will have to produce a certificato near the strategically__ 'Important 'whon arrested and charged, the doc. of diligent study from his tutor. Fort Munoz, wherein 580 are re-, tor repiled: "I acted in self-de-

He was sentenced to eighteen This means that there is to be ported to have been slain.

months imprisonment at Leicester The Paraguayana claim to have ball, and Lyons

The police raised no objection to Juno Asefyne hu Mr. Justice Arton' been muccaful in both battles.h meelf In £100 and a surety of stated than that he had previous was romanded for house-breaking, and it was Our Own Correspondent."

15:00

convictions.

no more "cutting" of lectures. If

men want to come to Cambridge, they have got to work.

fence.

In the middle of his forehead.

Ho lived in Camden Town, but

is helloved to be a native of Tun- brideo Walls.

DR305.

and Monckton). Soldiers of the King (Stuart).

The B. B. C. Wireless Military Band DB878, A Musical Comedy Waltz Concoction

(arr. Hall, The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra DB361.

9-9.30 p.m. From the Studio.

"SURPRISE ITEM."

9.30-9.45 p.m. A. Sulte of Victor recorda,

Now Year's Evo in New York. Victor Symphony Orchestra 05086/7.

(Jannien).

kindly supplied by Messrs. Mautrio All the above Victor Records are and Co. except where otherwise stated. The Columbia and Regal Records are kindly supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.

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9.15-10.30 p.m.

From the Studio.

A Concert by the Rand of the Em- preas of Canada, by kind permission of Com. Halley K.N.R. under the direction of Mr. G. Redfern,

Programme.

1. March-Kaights and Ladies

2. Waltz Dream on The Ocean

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(Gung').

3. Selection-Jolanthe (Sulivan). 4. Entra'cto-

(a) Serenade D'Esparnole (b) Danse Orientale

8. Fox Trol

(Dizet).

(Lubomirsky).

(a) Doroanella (Bernard). (b) Love Me To-Night

6. March-Good Fellowship (Daly). (Roger).

10,30 p.m. Rugby Press News. 10:33 p.m. Close Down.

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