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MAMAK HOCKEY.

Royal Engineers Beaten by Service Corps.

THREE GOALS TO NIL. At Sookunpoo on Wednesday the Royal Army Service Corps defeated the Royal Engineers in the Mamak

NAVAL OFFICER

DISMISSED

MESS PRESIDENT IN

H.M.S. RENOWN

Sub-Lieutenant Guy Camille Falla, of H.M.S. Renown, was, at a naval Courtmartial at Chatham, found not guilty of forgery, but Tournament by three goals to nit.

guilty of altering an amount in Tournament by three goals to nil. the mess account book and gulity The winners netted two goals in also of fraudulent conversion of the first half and the third in the f£103 58. second session. Senior (2) and Spain were the scorera.

The Court ordered him to be The game was played at a fast dismissed from his Majesty's pace, a feature being the hard hit-service.

ing indulged in by both sides. The Service forwards combined well, while their lucks proved more than capable of dealing with the rushes of their opponent.

Friendly Game..

A very fast game was witnessed at King's Park when the Hongkong Hockey Club seniors engaged the Army, the latter winning two goals

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933.

A NAZI'S DEATH MYSTERY

BODY FOUND IN RESERVOIR

Tho

Dorlin, Dec. 27.

body of a Nazi Storm Detachment man named Hentzsch, who disappeared from Dresden on November 4, has been found with a shot wound in the breast. weighted with stones, in a reser- voir in the foothills of the | Erzgebirge, south of Dresden,

Police made the discovery on Boxing Day after several sasue cessful searches of the lakes near Dresden had been made.

Falla, who is a well-known Rugby football player and boxer, was alleged to have forged name Suspicion is concentrated 011 in a mers account book with in-three fellow members of Nazi tent in defraud; to have altered Storm Detachments with whom an entry in the gun-room mess Hentzsch left the house on the account book with intent to de- day of his disappearance and who frand, and to have fraudulently themselves vanished from the converted to bis own use £103 68. neighbourhood in the middle of November when the poller first Lt. Garthwaite opened the rcoring

Captain R. H. L. Bevan presided for the Ariny early in the first half, over the Court. Captain P. F. Pade it known that they suspect

ed' murder. and Divett equalized before the half | Calvert prosecuted, and the “pri- time whistle sounded. Williams miss-soner's friends" were Mr. Gerald ed what looked like an easy chance Thesiger and Paymaster Lieuten-Hentasch's assassination was pro- in the second half, and a little later-Commander Tucker. Garthwaite again drew load to give

to one.

the Army the lead.

Early in the gaine, the Army right Jack received a kick in the face which

Accused Officer's Denial, Fall, giving evidence, said that caused blood to flow, and the game he had paid the mens men all the

had to be stopped until he had re- covered,

University Braten.

The suggestion is that

bably a case of "Vehm murder" the killing of a member of political organimation because he a suspected of betraying it or of making public unsavoury secrets

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BRITISH CIVIL AVIATION

GOOD NEWS FOR THE

TAXPAYER ·

IRISH FARMER EXECUTED

PROTEST AGAINST ENGLISH HANGMAN

Sir Eric Geddes, Chairman of in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, re- The execution was carried out Imperial-Airways, has left London cently, of Patrick McDermott, the on a Journey by air over the great-young Irish farmer who was found ter part of the 8,000 miles Im-guilty last month of the murder perial Airways route from London of his brother, John, by shooting to Cape Town.

him outside their home September 3. Rosmoyland, Co. Roscommon, on

He called at Rome te discuss questions of international airway operation with the Italian authori from Londen to Rome he travelled tles. As there is no air service there overland.

In an interview Sir Eric Geddes aald:

"The taxpayers of this country in their assistance of civil avia- tion: are obtaining better results than those of any other country, in the sense that British commer clal flying is now approaching more nearly than the air trans port-of any other nation the goal of independent State-free opern- tion."

de.

at

Pierrepont, the English execu- tioner, carried out the sentence. His services had heon specially commianlored by the Government, an there is no official executioner in the Free State.

About, one hundred people kucit on the wet roadway" outside the prison gates and recited the Rosary an eight o'clock, the hour of execution, approached.

Suddenly a youth unfurled a banner Inscribed in largo lotter ing, "Pierrepont, a British hang- man, hangé Irishmen. In this freedom? British hangman des- troya Irishmen. Abolish tho system and abolish crime.”

A strong force of Civic Guards

Due Shortly at the QUEEN'S

South African Service. "It is of great satisfaction to us.". Sir Eric Geddes continued, "that our African air route should be operated already with Auch success. During the recent period of three months trame over then on duty. roule has increased by appro- moneys due to him in connexion

Murders Common. with the gun-room mess accounts.

ximately 60 per cent., while from The sum of £103 5s, was due in Such murders were common in the all-important aspect of The Central British Association de settlement of mess

billa

for the illegal and semi-legat Nation-pendence in operation our latest feated the University five goals to one September, and this sum he had alist military organisations which gures show that the air mall is Germany shortly flying with a reliability of 99 per The Naval Lower Desk Hockey handed to Petty Officer May in his fourlaked in

cent. in northern sections and 100 team defented the Radio Sports Club (the Lieutenani's) cabin on Octo-after the War. They have been by four goals to nil at Caroline Hilber 14. Two days later May sign-defended, as well as other forms per cent. In the south.

The first half was evenly contested,ed the account book as a receipt of political aasassination, by and

hockey

seen. The for the money. acoring in this period was only one

He declared that he made no goal for the Navy tram, but in the second half the Navy sharpshooters | crasion or alterations. of the got on the target and netted three figures in the book after the mess more goals. The nearers were Dorman had affixed his signature. (Parthian), Ratchett (Cornwall) and Allen and McCrae (Medway).

at King's Park.

WILA

STARTING 29th JANUARY AT THE KING'S

NEVER SO MANY® SPECTACULAR THRILLS and LAUGHS!

Greater than "Hell's Angels"

HOWARD HUGHES

PRESENTS

SKY DEVILS

WITH

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WILLIAM BOYD ANN DVORAK GEORGE COOPER

High, wide and then some, it

goos tearing

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UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

the Nazi

"Actually the development of this route is proving conclusive- ly the necessity, which I have em-3 phaaised more than once, for co- ordination and centralising the control of long-distance air lines. Already, for example,. traffic has grown to such an extent in north- ern sections of the route that the original seating capacity has had to be almost doubled, and with £103 for his own use he could have He was condemned recently to our central control syetem obtained it from his family another six months' imprisonment have been able to deal with this Holicitor,

for complicity in attempted very encouraging development by murder fast August, but is liberty, still holds his important of the route machines of our fleet at switching over to these sections narty offices, and is always much which have larger senting

in evidence lobbies when Parliament is sit-use.

Reichstag capacity than those previously in It is now expected that trafle progres in southern

publicists of the extreme Right,

Heines,

Reichstag deputy and chief of the Silestan Stormi Detachments, was in 1928 convicted of such a murder (com- mitted in 1920), but did not even In the middle of October, heserve two of the five years' im- continued, he was in strict train-prisonment to which he was sen- ing for boxing. Had he required tenced.

He admitted having persuaded two other officers to tell a story [backlog up his statement to the Commander that he had paid the

mess' man.

"I was terribly worried and was thunderstruck," he said, "at the charges which would be obviously be made against me ne, although I had paid the mess man, no one had seen me pay him. I did not realise at, that time what a silly thing it was to suggest."

Admiral's Tribute. Roar-Admiral C. W. Round Turner, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, giving evidence for the defence, said that

Falla, when a midshipmann, served under his command in HMS. Revenge. Falla's conduct

WAH

in

ting.

the

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por-

He has even been advertised as tions of the route may, in due the "Vehn Murderer Heines" on course, necessitate the employ bills announcing him as a speakerment of aircraft of a larger capa- at election meetings,

Suspicion Strengthened.

In this case the suspicion of a Vehm murder is strengthened by the fact that the detachment to which Hentzsch belonged made no inquiry as to what was happening to Hentzsch's mother after his disappearance, although she was dependent on him, and the Nazis fre generally active in muslik! assistance.

She has allowed it to be known that she does not wish to see any strictly honourable. " personal-Storm Detachment men at the ly regarded him as being a promis- funeral of her son.

The scandal is particularly in- ing young allleer.” he added,

convenient for Herr Hitler at the Lieutenant-Commander W. D. G.moment, when the tide of his Ware, under whose command popularity is ebbing and his Falla served in H.M.S. Velox, said quarrel with Herr Gregor Strasser that Sub-Lieutenant Falla was has alienated sympathien even outstanding a 非 midshipman. among the organised members of He was strictly honourable and the party. was of more than average promise. Mr. Charles Culross, solicitor to Lieutenant Fulla's mother, said that had Lieutenant. Falla requir ed £103 he could have obtained it through him.

"FASCINATION" OF COINING

ACCUSED MAN'S STORY

IN COURT

Addressing the Court for the defence, Mr. Gerald Thesiger sub- mitted that there was no man in England who on his past i reputa- tion and conduct was less likely to "When you have nothing, there follow the dishonourable course is a wonderful fascination in of conduct alleged.

making colns," said Albert Levy, aged 44, of Rushcroft-road, Brix- ton, who was charged at Lambeth Police Court with coining.

Ile commented on the fact that an handwriting experts had been called by the prosecution.

He stated in evidence that when Captain P. F. T. Calvert, ad- dressing the Court for the pro- he "took this on" he and his family secution, said that when the audit were practically starving. He form was presented to the mess worked 100 hours a week at it, but man he would naturally sign it he got only just a living.

the Court would

because.

FLY

realise, the president of the meas ruled the roost

The Court then gave its de- cision.

Police

evidence showed

that

when Levy's rooms were searched more than 270 counterfeit alx- pences, shillings, florins, and half- crowns were found.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

city, in which case we shall have no difficulty in dealing with the situation.

Australia Next Yeir,

Already

"We are now operating 12,000 miles of Empire_airways," Sir Eric Gaddes concluded, and it is hoped that during this next year the through route to Australia may be in operation.. our machines are flying appro- ximately 6,000 miles a day, and at almost every hour of the 21 somewhere along our far-flung routes we have a mail-carrying

machine in the air.

look for air transport is now de- "Generally speaking, the out- finitely encouraging, but we can- not expert any specific short cuts to success, Air mail flying s mies. It must develop logically. governed by the laws of econo-

It must go forward step by step establishing itself on a basis from which nothing can shake it.

"British civil aviation is mak ing admirable progress in difficult times. Our figures for air income. In relation to subsidy show con- sistent improvement. Our rates are among the lowest In the world; our air liuers carry bigger average loads and cover a bigger average mileage per machine than those of any other nation."

Sir Eric Geddes expects to re- turn to England about the middle of February.

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Detective-Sergeant Smith, answer to Levy, said that it would be impossible to pass the coins in their prouent state.

The magistrate (to Levy)-~ What do you suggest in necessary?

Levy-They need plating.

He was sent for trial at the Old- Bailey.

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