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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 27, 1933.

NANCHANG OFFICER TELLS OF THRILLING EXPERIENCES NAVAL RACE Attempted Escape Drama: "We Were Lucky to Get Back

DANGER to the Bandits Safely!"

WASHINGTON REPLY

BRITAIN HOURS ON

PROGRAMME TO

GO ON

Washington, Sept. 26.

ICE IN

BARE FEET

The State Department has KEPT TIED UP FOR TWO

informed the British Govern-

ment that the United States

is unable to postpone any part of her naval construc- tion programme.

This follows upon a recent Bri- tish .communication regarding thei proposal of the United States to build up to treaty limits.

Great Britain Inst week in-l formally intimated to Washington | through Mr. Norman Davis that the United States naval building programme was dampening the prospects of an agreement at the Ganeva disarmament conference.

According to the information which British delegates to the Con- ferenco imparted to Mr. Davis, many European nations had ex- prossed the view that it would be useless to go on with discussions if the United States intends to in- crease her armaments.

OTHER DAMPENERS. There are reports that the United States army is buying new equip- ment and strengthening coast de- fences and this is also serving to

MONTHS

SHOT IN ARM WHEN CAPTURED

(SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH").

A thrilling story of his experiences in the hands of bandits was told this morning to a representative of the Telegraph by Mr. W. E. Hargrave, second officer of the 8.5. Nanchang, who is staying in the Colony for a short] period on leave.

With Mr. Clifford Johnson, chief officer, and Mr. A. D. Blue, engineer, of the Nanchang, Mr. Hargrave spent five terrible months in the wastes of Manchuria, bound with ropes, bandied from one gang of pirates to another, hidden in junks and trenches, shot at by rival factions and bombed by rescuing forces.

Though not wholly recovered from his ordeal, Mr. Hargrave, who was shot in the arm when captured, and hamper the preliminary conversa leased, is steadily regaining his health and will shortly was suffering from suppurated mosquito bites when re- be joined by his two companions who are also on leave.

tions.

Mr. Davis pointed out in reply that the matter of naval disarma- ment is not related to the Geneva conference. He also said that if naval armaments are considered, the United States is still so far below parity with Great Britain that further reductions could not be offered.

HOPES OF U.S.

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REPLY TO CAPTURE CRITICS

in

WING HU LAUNDR

INTERNATIONAL

·COMPLICATIONS

IRREGULARITIES IN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS

1

(Continued from Page 1.

of the

GERMANY.

FASCISM MEETS NUDISM

I TELL MUSSOLINI ABOUT THIS!

IN IRELAND- FRINGED BLUE SHIRT-WITH- BLACK AND BLUE EYES TO MATCH

I DON'T CARE

ABOUT THE COLOR - Is it BULLET-PROOF?

CUBA

PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE

Non-Payment of Share Alleged

LOCAL WILLS

$1,000 LEGACIES TO HOUSEBOY & COOLIE

NEW LOAN OFFER

CONVERSION · - ISSUE. EXTENSION

TREASURY PLAN

London, Sept. 26/ Particulars are announced of a now Government issue con- sisting of an addition of £150,- 000,000 to the existing 2% conversion laan of 1944-49 to be subscribed partly by cash. and partly by conversion.

The price of the issue for cash- subscriptions is £94 per cent.. giving a yield of £2.13.2 por cont. intérost only and a yield of £3.9.1 or £2.19.7 per cent. allowing for fredemption in 1944 or 1949 rospectively. The prices of the existing lonn, of which 455,000,000. had been issued by tender before the weekly issues were suspended at ond of May, is 043%,

Instalments are spread evenly over next two months, the last payment being due on December 1 The first interest payment of fi will be paid, on April 1, 1984. Holders of 4 per cent. Treasury bonds due on February 1, next may convert their holdings into a loan as from October 1, receiving $106.7.6 of the conversion loan for every $100 nominal of bonds converted, and will receive on February 1, next a special interest payment of $1.7.8 per $100 of such bonds and on April 1, a full half year's dividend on the new loan.

The amount of these 42 per cont. bonde outstanding la £50,- 767,000, and holders who convert will receive a preferential allot ment of the conversion loan.

The saving on the interest of. the total amount outstanding whion converted will be at a rate of £934,246 por annum.

marked Mr. Hargrave this morning, fatally and wounding three others "There is little to be said," re-, attacked our pirates, shooting two

POST OFFICE SUBSCRIPTIONS. "except that I am now feeling fit who eventually joined up within the Exchange Account has the

Aline Wallace, widow, of Nor- Cash applications will be opened and looking forward to a rest.”

nan Cottage, Victoria, who died and closed on Thursday. Con them."

on March 3, aged 89, left local version applications open forth- Report says later, been verified Prealdent Roosevelt's reply is ruj "We were taken on March 29 by

estate valued at $8,600. Probate with and will be closed on October: garded as informal and repeats the pirates while we were lying at months but after that they didn't presents the balance of the Ex- the Pulsne Judge, Mr. R. E. legacies of a $1.000 each to her the Trustee Savings Banks provid- "We were kept tied up for to correctness of this sum which re- Printing Press Firm, wis before Lewis, solicitor. Deceased left issued by the Post Office and by with the Treasury accounts. The from the failure of the China J.H. Seth, accountant, and D.J.

A partnership dispute arising of the will has beer granted to 3. that the United States still hopes Newchwang Bar. People say we bother keeping much of an eye on chunge Account at the close of the Lindsell, at the Supreme Court this houseboy and house coplic.

Separate prospectuses are being for definite accomplishments at could have done something to have Geneva and will support the reduc-prevented our capture but I can't us because they knew we couldn't year, and which has been carried morning. tion programme that has been think what we could have done." escape."

to the general revenue sponsored by Britain.

ing for cash subscriptions to an "I was in my cabin at the time

Local estate sworn under $800 issue of 21⁄2 per cent. conversion "We tried once, the three of us,servations in view of the transac-and Chan Kwok-kwong, all of Nathan Road, who died at the into that issue of 42 per cent. and Blue and Johnson were but there were miles of mud flate ions which have passed through Princes Building sued Teang Blu Canossa Hospital on August 19. Colony, must be accepted with re- It is pointed out, howover, that the saloon when the junks came up and snow-covered wastes all round the Adjustment of Exchange Ac- tong, alias Blu Bing-tong, alius Probate of the-will--has been bonds held on that registor.-The- Fok Siu-ming, Chiu Keung-wa, Sinclair, master mariner, of 521, register, and for the conversion waA left by George William loan to be held on the Post Office the United States believes that to us." there can be no effective land and

and we just lost our way. air_agreement until France--and-

"They-have-very-high-bows andWe were frozen almost stiff and how the loss on the Sterling Connaught Road Central, for $260 and Sinclair, of 771. Nathan Rond

count: and-of-tho-question-as-to Bing Blu-tong, c/o Germany reach some sort of agree dozens of men came on from all we were glad when we were able tract has been accounted for.

37. Con- granted to the widow, Lai Keng amount 30 Issued will be ment satisfactory to both.

to trace our footprints back to

additional to the £150,000,000 to be Mr. Norman Davis has informed

the bandits. There was a 24 feet

Ernest Overton Brownlow, late issued through the Bank of the State Department that the pos-

rise and fall of the tide there and "Johnson and Blue were chased when I came up it came like a sibility of rearmament by Germany and fired at and they ran down to bore. We were lucky to get back suffered a loss of $314,447.02 on weighs heavily upon the delegates Blue's cabin to get revolver but to the bandits safely!" at Geneva and that the announced other pirates met thom naval programmes of Japan and down the stops and they the United Stated are equally disturbing.

+

ACCEPTED AS FINAL.

Bides."

almost taken."

It is still Britain's fear that the execution of the entire American naval programme may prejudice disarmament, but it understood that Britain has accepted the American answer as finul-Retter.

COOLIE EARNS COMMENDATION

SMART CAPTURE OF A THIEF

་

SHOOTING SCENE.

4

coming

were

"I was fired at three times through my side window and I I got my revolver and went to the knew that fellow was covering it so rear window to shoot." ..

BOMBED BY PLANES,

EXCHANGE CONTRACT.

sterling contract for remittances.

& Co., represented plaintiffs and

CORRESPONDENCE

XMAS CARD PEDLARS.

(To the Editor,

costa,

of Westgate-on-Sea, England, who England.-British Wireless Mr. W. M Brown, of lastings died on February 9, left local During the year the Government Mr. P. Sin appeared for defendant, estate sworn under $10,700. An application by C.G. Marrable, Plaintiffs were stated to be re-attorney, for exemplification of to the Crown Agents for the Colon-ceivers of the partnership which probate of the will to be re-sented, ies. The Government has been re- formerly carried on the business was granted. quested by this Department to ob- of the China Printing Press. All Ezra Edmund Harris, late of "About this time there were at-tain the Secretary of State's cover the partners agreed to contribute Beckenham, Kent, who died on tempts to rescue as by the Man- ing approval for making forward additional capital in proportion to January 30, left local estate valu- chukao soldiery but the bandits sterling contracts, as this is a de- their shares and to the extent of ed at $6,600. On the application them away. We were in the mid-sury practice. ambushed them twice and drove parture from the recognized Trea. 50 per cent. of their shares. It of G. G. N. Tinson, solicitor, pro-

Hongkong Telegraph.) 'le of the shooting but we could In connection with the loss on that defendant did not ay

was contended by the plaintiffsbate of the will has been re-sealed. "Then I heard Johnson, who had not take part and we didn't get this contract, the Government has share which amounted to $250.

bis Local estate sworn under $1,-

Sir, The object of this letter already been caught shout, "Don't hit."

100 was left by Jose Maria Brit-is to ask those who contemplate shoot!" so I dropped my weapon

also been requested by this De

to, of 29, Jordan Road, Kowloon, purchasing. Christmas Greeting and opened the cabin door."

he has shown this loss in his ac-Chiu who were partment to ask the Treasurer how Evidence was given by Fok and who died on June 14 at St. Cards for the coming season, to counts, but no reply has been re- closely by Mr. Sin as to the actors of administration have been the Chinese Hawkers from Shang- cross-examined Raphael's Hospital, Macno. Let-think twice before they do so from coived.

curacy of the Recounts of the granted to Lia

Soares Britto, hai. Further, there does not appear firm.

widow. to have been any notification to The case this contract. this Department of the signing of

was adjourned to IN FORBIDDEN October 17.

WATERS

"As soon as I stepped outside a fellow shot at me from six feet range wounding ma in the arm They were all armed to the teeth

"There are thousands of bandits up there and they occasionally ex- changed visits but we were not keen on being captured by a fresh lot."

with Mauser pistols and revolvers "Thon an aeroplane attacked us which fire 10 shota straight off like and

ment,"

IRREGULAR TRANSFER.

During the year transfers were ZEVEN PROVINCIEN

MUTINY

dropped bombs on the a machine gun. They were not trenches where we were waiting afraid to use them either and for the soldiers. They drove us would shoot at the slightest move back to the junks, the iden being made from the Adjustment of Ex- to make us go down the river Chau Chof, a coolie,,was com junks-there were

"We were taken up the river in where the soldiers were lying in change Account. mended by Mr. Balfour in the them--and we were forced to lie ing and bombing wore going on, the Exchange Account to the Ad: TRIAL OF ACCUSED TO

10 of ambush for us. While the shoot- year a sum was transferred from At the close of the financial Central Police Court this morning at the bottom of the boats with a Blue and I made a dash for it but justmont of Exchange Account for for arresting a Chinese who stole rope round our arms and neck."

about

a rattan basket, containing swim-

he was taken almost immediately, the purpose of obtaining the cor-

FOUR HOURS ON ICE.

.

ming kit, belonging to Mrs. W. D.

Fiddes-Wilson, 194, The Peak,

FROZEN UP.

OPEN SHORTLY

JAPANESE. SHIP IN THIRD INCIDENT

These men are in our midst ped- Jing from office to office and houso to house soliciting orders for Christmas Cards, and evidently making a good living to the de- triment of those traders in the Colony who have to maintain. shops, pay rent. rates and taxes and employ European and local assistants.

The Bataviaasch' Nieuwsblad states that a Japanese fishing ves- not even posscas

Those men from the North..do & Hawker's

our

sel which sought shelter in Wijn-License, yet are allowed to come. koops Bay on the south-coast of here and trade, but pay nothing for Java, has been detained. It was the privilege, whilst aven roct balance in the latter account. It is reported from Medan that necessary to anchor there.

claimed that motor-trouble made it "It has been reported that we The basket was in a car, parked used to sit on deck playing mak-creek with the others and my feet

I had been wading through the counts are irregular.

Transfer between these two ac preparations for the trial of the The journal points cut that this out such a license, is brought up poor peanut seller if caught with- In Rumsey Street while Mra. jhong but I should like to see any were bare. 1 was four hours on

mutineers of the cruiser De Zeven is the third time that this particu- before a Magistrate and probably "Fiddes-Wilson wont into the Wing body doing that. It was too cold to the ice In bare feet, but I had to

SUPPLEMENTARY VOTES,

Provincien are almost completed for ship, Keto Hiramaru, has been fined On stores. On coming out she do anything. The place was ab-give it up."

and it is hoped to begin the trial found in forbidden waters.

I venture to state, that if any." saw the man with the busket. She solutely frozen up, so much so in

The attention of the Government next-month caught hold of his arm but he fact that no ships can go upriver "The second gong were much Department to several Supple. 186 witnesses have been aum- The first time it was near Ben- dora, the articles imported to that has also been drawn by the

"There is always motor trouble one from Hongkong or elsewhere There are 182 accused, willa at the most inconvenient moment. entered Shanghai and booked or broke away and was chased by a in winter. We were the first to go rougher than the first although we proved by the Legislature and crowd of coolles, Chau Chol even-up this year and we suffered ter-ware more or less scared of being

mentary Votes, which wore apmoned. tually catching him in Wing Lok ribly from the cold."

coolon, then it was near Enggano Port would be taxed at least 50% The trial has been divided into and now it is in the Wijnkoops whilst the Cords in question are Street.

taken by another gang: Some of Secretary of State.

six big cases and nine small ones. Bay".

allowed to this port free.. the followe "I and Blue were beaten with soldiers' uniforms and a No. 1 excess expenditure would be met Madura where they will stay When the defendant, Ho Hau, sticks once but we

wore Manchukuo the Votes ware applied for that the from the laland of Onrust to It was stated at the time when The mutineers will be taken 26, unemployed, came before the such a bad time as the Chinese who man who was later killed, were a from savings on other sub-honds the same barracks where the Magistrate this morning he denied were also taken captive.

uniform of some conatul police. the charge.

"They were not our crow who

of expenditure. "I should like to know whero

natives accused of insubordina Sub-Inspector Smith remarked but other Chinees who had been saw being handed our fore The actual Revenue for the year after the sentences of the court-

ran away when we were attacked, they got their ammunition I accrue.

The savings, however, did not tion were detained; the latter he had been: instructed for a

have now been removed to prison. serious view to be taken of the captured at different times."

"Those poor follows could not!pons and shot. case owing to the prevalence of

there were coolie hats full of wen-amounting to 3,549,716.29 foll martial. thefts in the vicinity of the move without getting a bang on

short of the Estimates by $441,- Sincere, Wing On and Sun Com- the head or a dig in the ribs with

798.71, and the actual Expenditure "It was something like a travel of $32,050,283.52 was $2.031,377.48 pany shopping contres. Residents rifle. Of courso loft their cars, to make purchaasa hadn't anything against us really, had a kind of hut as a land head- $84,081,601,00. **

the pirates ling circus for although the gang less than the estimated figure of and on returning found many all they wanted was money. We quarters, they lived mostly in things missing. Police were daily did not have a good time by any junks and concentrated on the gotting reports of thefts of this means but the chow not so bad. kidnapping business." naturo.

Sentenco of six weeks' hard Inbour was glyèn

'did not have

GENERAL,

·

No material departure from the ESCAPE AND RETURN.

And,"

said Mr. Hargrave, been made.

approved programme of work has #About April 11 we were, cap conclusion, I am glad I am now ment has been greatly increased reaching for his pipe in happy The work of the Audit Depart tured by a gang of bandits who out of the businessN

MORE CASES OF CRUELTY

MAGISTRATE IMPOSES

With all this chatter about "Buying British," for goodness sake buy in the Colony from any- one of those who help to support it, and, therefore assist Home (Hongkong) Stores, whatever the Nationality of the proprietors.

LOCAL.

COOLER WEATHER

FINE OF $15 Fines of $15 each were imposed on two unemployed Chinese who now. methods of the calculation of Central Police Court this appeared before Mr. Balfour in the. duties, the Shing Mun Gorge Dam morning charged with cruelty to Accounts etc. etc.; all of which in chickens by overcrowding them in vidw of the reduction of fatalf three crates. Two baskets can that an anticyclone has developed The Royal Observatory reports makes the audit of the Accounts tained no less than 21 chickens in over N. China fupressure; leirel Increasingly difficult to contend each, while the third had olayon, latively low over the Philippines with

In a third case, a coolle absent It Audit is to be carried out ed himself and had his ball of Local Forecast!

the roar future will be tioned that defendant carried two from Ney satisfactorily, an increase of staff $10 estreated. S. 1. Smith mon

or variables chicken by thick wing hand bhalal

necesa