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RICH MERCHANT FINED

FOR POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION

A wealthy Chinese merchant pf Kongmoon, with large intorcats in local leasehold property, appeared Before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Central Police Court this morning on a charge of being in possession of 200 rounds of ammunition.

Mr. M. K. Lo, who appeared for the defendant, entered a plea of guilty and, in extenuation, said he understood the polico authorities were not taking a serious vlow of the case. They were satisfied the defendant was n bong fide mor- chant who had committed what might be described as an error of judgmont.

The defendant, continued Mr. Lo, was 62 years of age and had possenned, a revolver for a great

AIR-MAPPING THE

EMPIRE

SEARCH FOR HIDDEN

WEALTH

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1933.

FACTORY BLOWN

TO PIECES.

EIGHT WORKMEN

KILLED

Berlin, Dec. 7.

A now facory hall, 150 feet long Proposals are now before ac and 45 feet high, at Promnitz. veral Government departments near Rathenow, on the River and the Air Survey Committee Ifavel, was blown to pieces as for the formation of an Imperial machinery was being installed this Air Survey Association with the morning. Eight men were in object of tapping hidden source stantaneously killed, and most of the Empire. of wenith in unmapped parts of those seriously injured are cx+

pected to dio,

At presont some four-fifths of an the Empire are mapped on inadequate scale, and much is not mapped at all.

the

CAPT.`T. T. LAURENSON HONOURED.

FREEMAN OF HON, COMPANY

OF MASTER MARINERS

RADIO BROADCAST

A further honour was conferred PROGRAMME OF RECORDED

MUSIC

on Captain T. T. Laurenson, D. 3. C., J. P., yesterday, when he was admitted_to_the Freedom of ter Mariners. The the Honourable Company of Man-355 metres (845 k/c).

Prince of Wales is Master of the Company. and Sir Burton Chadwick la Des puty Master..

From Z. B. W. on wave-length of

4.30-7 p.m. Chinese programme, 7-10.90 p.m. European programme,

7 p.m.

Closing Local Stock Quotations, Selected London and New York Stock Quotations, etc.

7.16-8.30, p.m.

7.15-8.12 p.m. A Concert.

8 p., (Local Time and Weather

Report).

The explosion was caused by In the presence of Sir William the bursting of a steel cylinder Bhanton, Capt. Laurenson made containing 40 litres of oxygen un- the Declaration of a Freeman of der a pressure of 150 atmospheres the Honourable Company of Mas Some details of the proposals as it was boing rolled into place ter Mariners, and was duly ad- now put forward were revealed by two apprentices for uso in mitted! He la a Life Member of for the first time by Mr. H. Hom-welding. The walls and roofs the Honourable Company, and his

A programme of Victor and H.M.V. ming, a leading authority on air were blown to pieces in the

ax admission to the Freedom is now records kindly supplied by Mesars. S. survey, at a meeting of the Royal plosion.

confirmed by his making the De-Moutria and Co. The two thousand men employ-claration of a Freeman. Aeronautical Society.

ed in the Dye Trust's artificial Broadly speaking, the aim of

silk works, of which the new hall He was one of the founders of the proposed Association, which was to form a part, rushed panic the Woosung-Hankow (Yangtsze) would be independent of

atricken into the streets. Win- Pilots Association, and boing on Government, is to do for the Em-dows wero smashed, and frag- leave when War broke out, at once pire something akin to what the ments of the walls of the new

offered his services to the Ad- Ordnance Survey Department building were carried fnf and miralty. He served throughout does for Great Britain.

wide.

the War in the Royal Navy, and was demobilised with the rank of Lieut-Commander

for specially meritorious service in the Float.

Но was decorated with tho D.S.C. by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace in Septem- ber, 1919, for service rendered in the North Sea whilst leader of convoya,

many years. He did not keep it in Hongkong but in his family house in Kongnoon and had an Australian as well as a Chinese licenat covoring the weapon. In view of the approach of the Chinese Now Year ho had wanted

Mr. Hemming and practical The cause of the disaster is to replenish his supply of experiencs supports the chief difficult to ascertain since all Ammunition and had requested a claim put forward for air photo those in the neighbourhood of the friend to buy the ammunition,

In a cylinder of oxygen have been kill- which he was about to take backgraphy that it combines

single operation means of ob ed. The maximum pressure in the talning information on many cylinders employed must by law not exceed 260 atmospheres. The economic aspects."

fragments have been experts for investigation.

LOCOMOTIVE LIKE A CAMEL WATER ONCE A WEEK AND

to the country when he Was arrested,

Mr. Lo anid he had consulted the Assistant Superintendent of Police and was informed that the prosecution were not pressing the

спяс

Many Advantages It provides detailed maps on a variety of scales to suit the needs of every Department of State Detective Sergeant Ilimsley. engaged in development work; who effected the arrost on board it enables geological maps to be the 4.8. Tai Lee prior to ita de-made; and it indicates localities in parture lust night, remarked that which mineralisation is likely to he had been Instructed not to occur. press the case.

A fine of $25 was Imponed, his Worship intimating that the de- fendant should have taken the trouble to get an, export permit.

BRITISH THRIFT

SMALL INVESTORS'

SAVINGS

London, Jan, D.

BILL. HALVED

Rent to

new

Air survey also indicates the

Rugby, Dec. 9. zones in which soil conditions are

A royal-blue locomotive which favourable for agriculture, zones may spell the rise of a in which forests should be pre- British export industry is now on served for commerical

pro-its way from Rugby to London. tective purposes, and the most This engine and its two sister suitable alignment for railway locomotives, just built for the vast

and roads.

As British air survey companies have to a considerable extent built up their experience, equip ment, and reputation in carrying out air surveys for foreign coun- |tries, it would be a serious draw-

back if air

were to be survey taken over by the Government it- Returns show that steady pro-self. It is for these and other gresa continues with the three State-controlled thrift institutions, been proposed.

reasons that the Association has and at March 31st Jast the total

The speediness of air survey due to small investors these institutions was £1,163,438,-65,000 square miles of territory through may be realised from the fact that

000.

were aerially photographed for the This colossal sum which shows Government of Northern Rhodesia, an increase of over £7,000,000 an last year's figures was made up follows:-National Savinge Certifientes, £177,000,000; Trustco Savings Bank, $182,659,767; Post Office Savings Bank. £503,787,000. -British Wireless.

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ONLY A CHANGE

PERSIAN MINISTER'S RECALL TO LONDON

Teheran, Jan. 9.

of the Perelan

THE MODERN GIRL

Modern methods of education,

are the first commercial Diesel- Ford works at Dagenham, Essex, electric shunting engines in Eng land and were made at the works of the British Thomson-Houston Company.

move-

at

Through war disabilities Capt. Lauronson was unable to COR- inue his work as a Yangtaze pilot, and was elected to the post- tion of Assistant Secretary, China Coast Officers' Guild; and he took up his duties at Hongkong on December 1, 1921. His locă! ac- tivities include the following:

Appointed by the Hongkong Government Member of the Pilotage Board, 1923-24; appoint- ed by Government to represent the Mercantile Marine Officers of the lation Committee, 1925; appointed China Coast on the Piracy Regu to Government River Steamers Commission,

mads a member, Harbour Board, Hongkong, 1928; 1920; appointed Joint Branch Se cretary China Coast Officers' Guild and Marine Engineers' Guild of China, Ist. February, 1939. Ho

રા gazetted

Non-Official Justice of the Peace, Hongkong, in May, 1932.

WAH

LOCAL WEDDING.

MISS GERALDINĖ SMITH AND MR. P. W. G. CAMERON

of Miss

Plano Solo-Dio Flodermata-Para- phrase (The Bat) (Strauss- Godowsky).

Benno Moiselvitch, 7257. Song-Walata Maori (Hill). Song- Maori Slumber Song

(Te Rangi Pal).

Frances Alda (Soprano). 1330. String Bass Solo-Minuet in G String Baan Solo-Valse Miniaturo

(Beethoven).

(Koussevitzky).

Serge Koussovitzky. 1476. Seng-Thinkin' of Biary (Bennett): Song-Columbino's Garden (Besly).

Walter Glynne (Tenor). B3100. Violin Solo-Caprice in E Flat Major

(Wieniawski-Kreisler). Violin Solo-Vocallao (Rachmaninoff-

Press).

Mischa Elman. 1364, Vocal Duet-I've Found a Whole

World in You (Leaile). Vocal DuotDainty Little Maiden

(Besley).

Winnie Melville and Derck Oldham, B3716. Piano Solo-Le Petit Ano Blanc

(Ibert). Piano Solo-Rococo (Palmgren).

Benno Molselvitch. E402, 500g-Harlequin (Sanderson) Sang-The Tune the Bo'sun Played

(Loughborough).

Potor Dawson (Bass-Baritone). BJ670, 8.12-8.30 p.m.

1812

Overture (Tschaikowsky). Leopold Stokowski and the Phila- delphia Orchestra. 7408/7450.

8.30-10.30 p.m.

loaned by a Listener. A Programme of

Sandy the Zoo Heeper.

records kindly

Flanagan and Allen.

Quartet.

Jack Hulbert.

Instead of grunting into molen after an hour's fevered exertion by the fireman, like a normal steam shunting engine, this 40 ton lo- comotive started up in three seconds at the touch of a button,

pace needed constantly in Bhunt and rapidly gathered speed, It

Sandy Fowoll (Comedian).. "crawled"-that most difficult

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (From

"Words and Music"). ing operations without efort;

Let's Say Goodbye (From "Worda as well as several townships, and stopped dead at the

and Music"). oighteen months.

ment of a switch.

Noel Coward. It is like a camel, for it needs

Ain't Ya Comin' Out To-night. water about once a week only, and

. Ray Noble and his New Mayfair Orchestra. not much then. Its oll fuel bills

011 is only half the coni bill of its

There was a large attendance at The Sport of Kings, One man only is the wedding, which took place in steam rival. and their effect on the girl of to needed to drive it, and he can do St. Joseph's Church yesterday How am I Doing, Hey Hey..

so from either end. It works 24 afternoon, day, are referred to in the will of hours a day for six days a week, ("Toots") Smith, daughter of Mr.

I Heard. Geraldine

Mills Brothers Novelty Malo Miss Charlotte Cowdray, Director-instead of the eight hours of the and Mrs. J.C.H.L. Smith to Mr. The Files Crawled up the Window. Principal of Crouch End College

Peter Weatherdon Grant Cameron, and High School, who left £979, steam locomotive, and when

I Want to Cling to Ivy. rest it hurns no fuel.

son of Rev. and Mrs. Ian Grant de net personalty £833. After

Inquiries are already coming in Cameron, of More, Wilts, Eng. The Sun Has Got His Hat On. acribing the work of her educa. tional establishment,

from railway companies and firms land. The

The Clouds Will Soon Roll By. Mies Cow-

ceremony was per- droy stated:

Ambrose and His Orchestra. owning large factories with shunt-formed by Rev. Father A. The recall

Under the Bed, ing yards in this country, but it is Granelli, assisted by Rev. Father often

Tally Hol Minister to London is simply a found in the modern girl, and we hoped that the demand from R.W. Gallagher, S.J., and was change and in no wise connected have frequently been told that abroad, where coal and water are fully choral, Professor E. Guald! The Younger Generation with the Anglo-Persian dispute, such is the "high school type" in some places almost totally lack-being at the organ.

Mad about the Boy. declared Khan Firoux, Foreign necessary if girls are not to "being, will be even greater.

Ray Noble and his Now Mayfair "This locomotive," said Mr. The bride, who was given away

Orchestra. Minister, to Reuter to-day. The dreamlly sentimental. This

He's Dead But He Won't Lie Down. transfer of the first secretary at not a part of the price which need N. II. Stromborg, chief engineer by her uncle, Mr. W. J. Carroll, was London to Berlin was due to the be paid, for the modern women's and director of the British Thom- gowned in a copy of a Schiaparelli Looking on the Bright Side of Life.

bride's dress of ivory coloured She Was Only Somebody's Daughter. Gracio Fields. fact that a competent Unguist was successful work in the world is sun-Houston Company, "is not a required at Berlin,

abundantly proved by the girls substitute for either main line chiffon velvet, with a long train Marching Along Together.

Expressos or auburban trafle made by Mme. E. Garnett, and

Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. carried electrification."

a bouquet of whito Words and Muate The Party's Over

Cameron Independence to which she aspired

Another industry-in-the-making heather, tied with the

Now. Something to do with Spring, sent by the

Savoy Hotel Orpheans. and was not dictated by the in- fluence of foreign Powers.

Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins and a jury was also demonstrated to-day by tartan, which was

A Hollywood Party. yesterday held an inquiry into the the British Thomson-Houston bridegroom's parents.

Florence Desmond. Moanwhile, the extent of na-death of a coolic engaged on the Shing Company. This was the manu-

The only jewellery worn by the Old Man Bluebeard. tional feeling is shown by the Mun waterworks scheme. It appear facture of a portable sound-film municipality at Teheran having ed from the evidence that the deceased apparatus using nun-inflammable

groom's mother. ordered that shopkeeper's signa

wae attacked Another UID on films, and Intended for use in which hitherto have borne foreign December 8th and died from injuries schools and colleges and for in- half an hour later, his annallant es- names, must bear Pereian names caping. The jury returned a verdiet Struction work in factories and Carroll, who wore a dress of pink and characters with foreign letter ing in amall type underneath.-- Reuter.

A certain hardness is

He emphasised the fact that | here. Persia's policy was to show the

CUBAN SUGAR CROP

PRESIDENT REFUSES TO STOP RESTRICTION SCHEMES

Havana, Jan. 9. President Machado has refused to accede to the demands of the Sugar Growers' Association for the cancellation of all artificial re- strictions on the augar erop. The growers were opposed particular- ly to the Chadbourne scheme. Reuter.

The Ben Line B.s. Benalder is duo here from Singapore on Saturday.

Two men, now in custody, are al- leged to have inflicted a stab wound to the ankle of Shum Hang-chin, aged 38, manager of the Sam Young Silk Factory, of 19, Sung Yeo Street, Kowloon City.

of manslaughter.

hospitals.

DAY BY DAY: NEWS IN BRIEF

the

Tho Mra. G. P. do Martin is to distribute

Hon.

of Treasurer

acknowledge the prizen at Yaumuli

wishes School at S. P. C. A. 11 a.m. on Tuesday next.

with grateful thanks a donation of $100 sent "With best wishes from n

The military authorities notify that well-known Deen Pore." 9.3. inch gun practice will be carried

out from Mount Davis on, Thursday Using a duplicate kry, robbers commencing at 10 a.m. Arca affect broke into the Tai Chung College, gd:-Eastern approaches to East Caine Road, yesterday, and stelo $100 from a locked desk. Polleo aro Lomma Channel,"

ΠΟ investigating but arrests have been made.

*

bride was a brooch from the bride- The bridesmaid was Miss Edna taffeta, a copy of a Schiaparelli model, made by Mme. Garnett, and carried a bouquet of pink

rasca,

Riddles.

Nellie Wallace.

Ambroso and His Orchestra. When the Circus Comes to Town. Song of Happincas,

Jack Hylton and his Orchestra. I Give My Heart, You Are My Dream.

Barnabas Von Geezy's Orchestra. 10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-Day Presa News,

10.33 p.m.

Close Down.

5.30 and 7 p.n. may, on any day be The Studio Programme between replaced by a relay from England reception of the latter happens to be good.

EMPIRE PROGRAMME.

There were two flowergirls, the little. Missca Patricia and Geor getto Croasthwaite, dressed in pink taffeta and carrying silver baskets of rose petals.

The bride's mother was gowned in groy charmeuse and grey lace, with a turban to match.

The bride's grandmother was also in attendance, dressed in a grey bouquet of violets:

To-day's broadcast from G.S.D., ensemble, with

Daventry transmitting on a wave- Mr. A.H. Carroll was best-man length of 25.28 metres (11,805 k/c). for the bridegroom's The programme will be relayed by "Severe injuries to his hands, and

as proxy

ZBW if conditions are satisfactory. brother Mr. Ian Cameron. faco were received by a atonebreaker,

It is notified that private rickalın Hang

A rocoption was afterwards held Cheung Ko, aged 20, of Tal

letuses and motor traffic permits are

6.30 pm. Big Ben; Vaudeville, village, yesterday, whilst working oft ue to be renewed as from January 2, at the Hongkong Hotel, where Stonecutters' Island. He was stamp-| ing down a charge of dynamite when typhoid were reported to the local their good wishes to the newly- Ellis Roberta

One caso of small-pox and one of many friends gathered to

0.15 p.m. "Now Books" by Mr. R. health authorities during the weck-wadded couple. Mr. and Mrs. 6.36 p.m. Sonata Recital by Oscar Cameron left later for Macno for | Lampo" (Violín) Alan Paul (Piano- end.

the honeymoon, the bride's going fore).

Spring Sonata, No. 6, Op. 24 marocain, made by Mme. Garnett.

Sonato, No. 8, K. 208. away dress being of wine coloured The guests were received by Mrs.

Andante, ronda, w. M. Cromathwaite and Mr. O. R. Raven. Mrs. Crossthwaite dressed in an ensemble of royal purple and parchment, carried out In angel skin, and grey fox fur.

The wedding-presents receivod

Over-balancing from a stone on which he was sliting in a quarry on the Taipa Road, a stonebreaker,

A concert is to be bold nt the

the Trang Ko, aged 51, rolled down the Kowloon Cricket Club next Thursday, hillside and received injuries to his commencing at 0 pm, when head. He was later removed to the presentation of the year's prizes for cricket, tennis, bowls and bridge will Kowloon Hospital..

be hold. A large attendance expected, the entertainment promis A Lecture will be held at the Kow-ng to be an attractive one in every loon Union Church Hall, to-night, way, January 10, commencing at p.m.

offer

Was

Invitations have been issued for the showing of a film featuring the fes tivities held in Rome on the 10th an- Dr. K. L. Reichelt, who has recently Found suspended by the mock from were numerous and costly. Alversary of Fascism. The show will returned from several months spent a tree at Kal Lung Wan, at the foot take place at the Central Theatre on in travel through Central China, will of the Dairy Farm Hill, Pokfulam, the Saturday next at 11 am, by kind con- speak on "Some Glimpses from the body of a Chinese immigrant · from cennion of Mr. Way, of the Peacock Tibetan Borderland." The general Saigon, was removed to the Public Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Primo Film Company. A short introductory public Is very corHally Invited to Mortuary. The man, whose klentile Minister, returned to London on meech will be delivered by the Italian this. A collection will be taken in was discovered from documents Sunday from Lossiemouth, Scotland,

•Consul General, Signor A. D. aid of the Christian Mission to found an his body, had apparently much benefited in his health by hid Bianconi..

Buddhists, Bhatin

me short holiday-Britisk Wireless. committed suicido,

Boothoven.

Mozart.

7.16 p.m. The News.

KARM PROGRAMME. To-day's Broadcast from Manila; 5.00 p.ro.--Studio Music,

6.10 p.m.-Spanish Informational Period.

0.30 p.m-English Informational Perlod.

7.00 p.m.--Studio Tagalog Pro- Krainme-Amado & Dely Fornando. 7.16 p.m.--Recorded Roquests.

7.00. p.sh.--Lyric Musle HousO

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Piano Requests; Johnny Harris and U. P. Programme. Guest Artist.

7.45 p.m.-Ford Service Programme) -Continental Quartet.

8.00 p.motica Bole Master Muala Programme-Botica Dolo Orchestra,

8.16 p.m. Conservatory of Murio

846 p.m.-Block Quotations. 8.50 p.m-Studio Dialect grammo Ilocano,

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