1933-10-23 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1933.

FUKIEN RED CRUSH DANCING FRANCHISE UNUSUAL END TO

MENACE

AIR CHIEF'S STORY OF RECENT FIGHTING ·

HEAVY BOMBINGS

How near Fukien province came to being overrun by the "Reds" was revealed to-day by Captain Lou Chik-yim, youthful Commandant of the Flying Squadron attached to the Nine teenth Route Army, who has just Zarrived in Hongkong from Amoy

by the s.s. Tisondari.

The period recently passed' re presented the most critical stage of the military operations, with a largo part of the province in the posscaaton of the Communists from Kiangal, and with two of the most important towns, Yen Ping and Bun Cheong, garrisoned by the "both independent Division, heavily beleaguered.

in the vicinity of these two towns, tho Reus were in strong force, Captain Lau told a Tele- graph reporter, that at one time no lewor thun 30,000 of the eitemy were concentrated around Yon Ping, which howover held out galiantly and successfully against repeated assaults.

XIXTH ARMY,

The position was extremely pre- carious when the Nineteenth Army took charge of the drive. Captain Lau said no had little to do with the ground operations. But from what he could soo for himsoir, they were up against a wall equipped and determined enemy.

The acroplanes in the possession of the Nineteenth Route Army and of which he had command, gave them a distinct advantage.

STUBBORN FIGHTING.

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LONDON'S NEW CRAZE DEMONSTRATED

SMOOTH MOVEMENT

NEEDED

Crush dancing, England's la test ballroom rago, was artistical- ly demonstrated by Mr. J. A. Andraws and Miss Ursula Preston at the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden yesterday afternoon before

crowd exceeding 200.

DOUBTS

MANILA-HONGKONG |

AIR SERVICE

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SETBACK FOR, MR. BIXBY

Manila, Oct. 21. The franchise sought by the Pan American Airways from the Philippine Legislature will not be granted, responible legislative circles have indicated.

TRIAL

JURY'S FOREMAN'S

"SPEECH"

DISAGREEMENT

A fury foreman's attempted cri ticism of the methods of the Crown prosecution in an armed robhory case at the Criminal Ses- sons this morning was terminated by the Chief Justic, Mr. J. R. Wood, who discharged the jury.

Wu Shin-wu was standing his trial for an offence at 276, Des Voeux Road, on July 17 and the jury empanelled comprised (foreman), PE. Barker, F. X. Gomes, V. T. Masera. W. McLean Low, C. L, Kochu, A. W., Ingram, and A. C. Gomes.

E RADIO BROADCAST

TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.

RELAY FROM THE KO BHING THEATRE

6-8 p.m. European programme. 6.6.20 p.m. Orchestral.

Carmen Suite March of the Smug.

glers (Bisat).

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra directed by Leopold Stokowski. 0874 Henry VIII-Introduction and En- trance of the Clans (Saint-Saens). (Saint Henry VIII-Scotch Idyl

Saens).

Walter Damrosch and National Symphony Orchestra, 7292 Leopold Stokowaki and the Holiday in Seville (Albeniz),

Philadelphia Orchestra, 7158 6.20-7.5 p.m. A Concert, Song The Last Roso of Summer'

(Moore).

This form of dancing, introduct ed to alleviate the discontfort

The reasons for refusal have not experienced on the crowded floors bean revealed but it was understood of the London and Provincial that the majority is afraid the restaurants, is really a pocket-minority would capitalise the con- book edition of the steps used in ccasion to the Pan American Air the ordinary quick-step, fox-trot, wayo against it in the coming

general election.

Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant blues and waltż.

Filipino electors are averse to Attorney General, prosecuted.

American or friendship with

The proceedings had lasted for

Frances Alda (Soprano). 1188 foreign big business, it was under-two and a half days and had been stood, and a favourable action by marked by lengthy questioning on Collo Solo-Muselio (Bach-Pollain). the legislature on the Pan-American the part of the foreman when the Cello Solo-Mazurka (Popper).

Tablo Casals. 1349. Airways 25-year franchise would be jury rotired at 11.45 am to con-Song-1 Look Into Your Garden interpreted as proof of friendliness aider their verdlet,

(Wilmott-Haydn Wood). for the majority faction with American corporation.

Song-Devotion

Wood).

Performed by Mr. Andrews and Miss Preston they were made to ook delightfully easy and very graceful. The beauty of the steps lles not so much in their intricacy, as in smooth movement.

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Crush dancing can be just as boneficial to Hongkong as it is to London, for very often one forced to try the normal steps on over-crowded

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floors. Here is

the panacea for bruised backs, skinned shins and solled shoes.

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DOMESTIC LINES.

Other political sources however intimated that the opposition of the majority leaders to the grant- Ing of a franchise to the Pan- American Airways is due to fear

On returning at 1.15 p.m. the foreman, in reply to the Clerk of the Court, announced that the Jury were divided by four and three in their verdict.

Mr. McLean added that ho thought that "during the evidence given for the prosecution

Song--Robin Adair (Keppel),

(Wenda-Haydn

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Fritz Kreislor. 1980

John McCormack (Tenor). 1147 Pianoforte Solo-Turkish March

(Beethoven), Planoforte Soie-Brooklet (Schubert-

Rachmaninoff),

Sergei Rachmaninc.. 1196 After their exhibition of the

Song-Dixie (Emmott). some Song Old Folks at Home. (Foster). Crush, Mr. Andrews and Miss

Mary Lowla (Soprano). 1345 Preston yesterday repeated that the American air company definite subjects should have demonstration of the Quick-Step. would' compete with the domestic been taken up by them to prove Violin Solo Rondine (Kreisler).

(Kreislar). Unfortunately wo Among some of their best figures air transport companies. It was certain of the points, which arise Violin Solo-Fair Rosemary were the chanse reverse turn, re intimated that capital backing up in the case.

concerns may were called upon to make a de verse pivot turn, swivel and double the local airways cross, zig-zag cross and running exert influences against the legisln-calon in a case which, from our

tive majority in case it approven a point of view, swivel.-S.A.G.

new franchise for the operation of a new air line in the Philippines.

H. M. Bixby, vice-president of the Pan-American Airways, who arrived in Manila two days ago, has conferred with Senator Quirino, In connection with his company's proposed franchise pending in the [ legislature.

BAG-SNATCHER 'CAUGHT

AFTER AN EXCITING CHASE

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The Judge: Are you asking for further evidence?

The Foreman: Ne, it doesn't matter...

The Judge: I think you had better sit down.

Addressing the Assistant At torney Genera!, His Lordship said: think I had better discharge this jury. What do you propose?

Mr. Fraser: I shall ask for a

From September 2 to October 6, the Squadron were engaged in

He urged prompt approval of the series of bombing operations, with

franchise bill declaring that his seemingly excellent results. Some

company has taken the stops 50 bombs wore dropped, by

re-necessary to inaugurate the pro- An exelting chase which many as five aeroplanes engaging sulted in the arrest of a bag Posed Hongkong-Manila airline. further trial. at one time. This phase of war snatcher at the back of the Cen-Manila will be only a passenger fare appears to have been the only tral Theatre, was related by Sub- terminal, he stated, and that the contingency the Reds feared, and Inspector J. Dredge in the Cen-new air company contemplates no their morale in consequence wantral Police Court this morning competition for the locally es-discharge you. I am not criticis-

when Chan Sing-man, an out-of-tablished firms. work, was charged before Mr. Balfour with stealing a handbag

badly shaken.

They withdrew from Yon ping, but continued to fight stubbornly

DELAY LIKELY.

WASTED TOIL.

The Judge: Gentlemen, I shall ing you in any way. It in of course unfortunate that do much tail has been wasted but it is not. You are unable to your fault.. agree and you are discharged.

Prisoner's re-trial was fixed for

as they retreated up the river. from Wong Tsoi-chun, a narried Senator Quirino -töld Mr. Bixby One town after the other was re-woman.

that the legislature could make no covered by Tsof Ting-kal's-soldiers,

The victim was on bor way promise of approval of the Pan until Sun Cheong in its turn came to her house' in Upper Lascar Airway franchise. He declared Wednesday, when in view of the to be rellaved.

Row and was carrying the bay in that there is a plan to invest the Chief Justice's pre-arranged alt her left hand when the defendant department of public, work and ting for that day, the cuse will came up from behind, snatched it, communications with the power to probably go before She Pulsne and fled. Together with a Chinese regulate commercial aviation in Judge, Mr. R. E.. Lindsell. she chased him, and the man the Philippines. Until a policy is

SIECE RAISED.

With the siege on Sun Cheong

raised, the last hopes of the Com-

Denza). Song-A May Morning (Weatherly. Song-Doat Song (Meses-Ware).

Lambert Murphy (Tenor). 4010 7.5 p.m. Closing, Local Stock Quotations, etc.

7.6-8 p.m. Variety. Orchestral-A White House of Our

Own.

Orchestral-Farewell to Arms,

Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, 24280.

Song-Louise. SongWait Till You See "Ma

Chorio".

Maurice Chevaller (Baritone).

21018

Vocal Gems-Whoopee. Vocal Gems The New Moon.

Victor Light Opera Company;

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36000

Organ Solo-Little Pal. Organ Solo-Why Can't You!

Jesso Crawford. 21951 Orchestral-I'd Write a Song. Orchestral-You Are the Song.

Paul Whiteman and His Or-

chostra. 24238 Orchestral-Medloy from Flying

Colours."!

Waring's Pennsylvanians. 24239 Vocal Gems-Blossom Time. Vocal Gems The Yankee Princess..

Victor Light Opera Company,

85722

8 p.m. Local Time and Weather 8.3.11.30 A relay from the

Report.

11.35 p.m. Close Down.

All records in the above European programmes are kindly supplied by Messrs. Trang Fook Piano Co..

munists were abandoned of an eventually managed to hold him. established, Senator Quirino fore- The entrance of a Chinese woke Shing Theatre, outlet to the son. They retreated The thief struggled and broke saw delay in action on new air man, who wished to give evidence 11.30 p.m...To-day's opening 10 within the borders of Klangs away. Another assistant took up franchises

for the prisoner made a dramatic am." Stock and Commodity Quotations which continues, Captain Lau say, the chase and caught the thief Representativo Buencamino, said break in the Judge's summing up as received from New York by io be as much a stronghold of the at the back of the Central Theatre. that if the Fan American Airways of the case prior to the retirement Messre. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz. Commanists as ever,

Captain Lau was naked to Defendant: I stole because does not intend to complete with of the Jury,

The case was adjourned from olucidate the riddle of how, sur-have no money to go back to domestle concerns, that is, if it

uso Manila 'only as a last week to enable evidence to be rounded ostensibly as they were country. I tried to beg for the plans to

effect by Government troops on all sides. necessary amount but could not terminal, it does not need any called by prisoner to the

franchise. The company can that he was working on the the Communists were able in their get it.

oporate its China-Philippine line "Chang On" ateamer at the time mountain fastnesses to secure war

without securing any franchise of the robbery, and also to sub- supplies and to keep up the

from the Philippine government, stantiate his statement that he interminable struggle of the last

had a twin brother, six or seven years. It was pointed out to him that the fact had be- come notorious.

PROVINCE FREE.

Sentence of three months' hard labpur was imposed.

DAY BY DAY N EWS IN BRIEF

TO SEE AND LISTEN TO THE WICK- The Commandant of the Nine-ED 18 ALREADY THE BEGINNING OF teenth- Route Army air arm, ex- WICKEDNESS.-Confucius. pressed himself as unable to give any assistance there.

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"Guoss Work."Your letter is not accompanied by your name or address,

Two cases of typhoid, one from reported to the local Health An- thorities on Friday.

This morning Mr. Fraser. an. ounced hat it had been impossible to find the witnesses and after Lau Hung-yuet, a convicted accomplice, had been re-called and further questioned, His Lordship proceed-

Li Fat was admitted to the Kew. Vletoria and one from Stanley were led to sum up. loon Hospital yesterday, with serious injuries received in a brawl at Taipo Old Market.

There was little else to say, he continued. The campaign against the Reds was over as far as it

The speaker at the weekly timin of concerned Fukien, which was now

the Rotary Club to-morrow will be ontirely free from the menace, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard re Rotarian it. P. Dunlop, and his sub Sponking of the organization of turned to the Colony by the Presidentfest, "Dollente Alds to the Sensee." the air force of which he has McKinley from Monila. Mr. Howard charge, Captain Lau Chik-ylm is on the staff of the Chase Bank. stated that many of the machines. were contributed by oversens

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The R.M.9. "Empress of Canada" Chinene. It is manned by abouf is dus at Hongkong on Oct. 23 at

a.nl. from Shanghai and lenyes 50 pilots, most of whom had re- ceived their training at the Canton Hongkong (for Manila) at 6 pirn. Aviation College, of which he was director at one time. He himself is a graduate of the Chicago Fly ing School, and was one of the first, batches of foreign-trained plots to take up service with the National Army.

TOBACCO SMUGGLING

Mr. Louis Gourley, Consul for the United States, arrived from Manila aboard the President McKinley on transfer from Medan to Hongkong,

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KZRM PROGRAMME. To-day's broadcast from Manila: 5. p.m.-Tea Dance Programme-- Great Eastern Orchestra.

6.10 p.m.-Spanish Informationot Period.

0.30 pm-English Informational Period.

7. p.m-Dinner Music Bay View Hotel Orchestra.

7.30 p.mLyric Music House Pro- grammo-Chuck Robins at the Seller Grand.

7.45 pm-Momento Lirico con- ducted by Antonio Serrano..

Co. 8.45 pm-Macondray and Programme Henry Muller, Lorine Nash and Charles Erdman.

8.45 pm-Stock Quotations. 8.55 p.m.-Opera Night, 10.30 p.m.-Sign Of.

Ile stated that both the mistress the house and the concubine had definitely stated that they recognised Wu as one of the rob- bors and he thought this evidence could be accepted. The testimony Notica la given that from Wednes of Lau who was an accomplice, day, November 1, the provision of could not ordinarily have much PO PIU LOTTERY diving rafts, guard boats, etc. at value but in this case it corrobor- Repulse Day will be discontinued for ated and was corroborated by the winter months.

other witnesses.

: THE TWIN STORY,

A rehearsal of the Philharmonic Society's production "Pirates of Penzance" will be held at the Cathe At this point prisoner interrupt- dral hall on Friday next at 8.80 p.med.. the proceedings to ask if a All interested persons will be wel-Chinese woman who had just entered the court, could give evidence for him.

come,

On

It is learned that Coni, Az

A Chinees coolle at the Hongkong Blanconi, Consul-Gonerat for Italy in

Club received injuries to his back Permission was granted and the South China, returned this morning from his trip to Yunnan and Indo-through falling from a height while woman, Yun Chat-koo of

engaged on celting work at the Club Nam Street, entered the witness, China by the s.8. "Ying-chow."

He was admitted to the Government box. Civil Hospital on Saturday.

She stated she had known tal- soner for many years but only be

mail is due to arrive at London on the 17th December,

TICKETS

·PECULIAR END TO COURT CASE

Lau Ngok, a girl aged 15, appear

od before Mr. Balfour in the Cen- tral Police Court, this morning charged with the possession of 439

o piu lottery tickets.

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S. I. Dredge said the girl, when The Christmas Parcel Mail for 108) Great Britain will be closed in the Cheung Tin, n-dockyard coolie, was

arrested, stated she was carrying 240 LBS. LOWERED, FROM

General Post Office on the 10th fined $80 or in default one month's came aware that she was required the tickets for gomo body and SHIP TO SAMPAN

This Novombor per. E.s. "Burdwan

hard labour for having stolen two to give evidence in the case when would receive twenty cents Charged with amuggling 240

brass port nuts from the Talkoo she read the newspapers. She did reaching her destination, Dockyard. Sub-Inspector Logan sakd not live at the house where the lbs. of tobacco, Wu Tam, a coolle,

that it was a rerious offence, beemise police had called to tell her she The defendant was remanded" was fined $2,500 or six months'

Deported from the Colony about the defendant stole the nuts from the was wanted. Prisoner hind a enquiries.. hard labour in default, by Mr. week ago, Wong Fook returned and 3.8. Kwongchow, and they might have brother who was very like him Another case, where a Chinese Balfour in the Control Police this morning was charged before Mr. been required for closing the portholes and she had heard that they were Court this morning, in

Balfour in the Central Magistracy when the ship was at sea...

twins. She had never seen the woman was charged with the Rovenue-Officer Grimmitt said Bentence of seven months hard in- that at noon on Saturday the de- bour was, imposed. fondant engaged a boat at Yaumat

to go to 5.3, Yusang to get some

A lecture on the Infra-red plate other brother in the Colony, rossession of a quantity of po plu was delivered by Dr. K. Mackenzia Continuing his summing up. His tickets took a culiar turn. She charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones before members of the Hongkong Lordship said that prisoner's story told the magistrate that she had

Amateur Photographle was that he was on the steamer paréels. R.O. Ellis and Chinese at the Kowloon Magistracy this University revenue officore kept watch, and morning with riding a bleycle without Club on Saturday afternoon. Dr. but he had not been able to produce boon sont to fetch the tickets for saw four baga being lowered down a light, Szeto Wong said that al-Kackenzie told of the progress of the evidence to that effect. If the her master, who was present in

of the the side into the boat. He was though he had no light, he had a selenes of photography and

existence a twin brother they thoLi Po-hung, of 64 Robinson Road, perfectly cortain that the two torch. The constablo said the torch inventions which had rendered plates Jury thought there was: In Court.

was not working. Defendant was sensitive to a greater number women engaged to manipulate the cautioned, Another yenth charged colours. The lecturo was Illustrated identification of the prisoner by admitted this and his. Worship sampan were not connected with with the same offence said he carried with lantern sildes and at its conclu- the women seemed to be an hosted him #11: The Woman the case. They had boon detained a wax candle A fine of $3 wassion, the lecturer was accorded a vote mlatake,

Jallowed to go with a caution. to give evidence, it necessary. imposed.

of thanks.

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The jury then retired,

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