SIR S. CRIPPS ON THE LAST SHOT
"Number Up" If Labour
•
Fails Next Time
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
1934.
LADY ASTOR AND
LEAGUE POINTS · RACE GROWING
FOR POLICE
CLUB LOSE KEEN
SOCCER GAME
Playing on the Hongkong F.C. ground in a Division I match, tho Police defeated the Clubs By the odd goai in five yesterday.
"I do not think the people of this country are going to have a fourth
The Club took the Iand when shot at the Labour Party. This will be the third, and unless real Drown shot hard at goal, Parker de- and fundamental change to.achic-flecting the ball out of McHardy's ved, I do not think that evon I reach would be in favour of trying an- other."
This was a declaration made by Sir Stafford Cripps when he spoke recently at Stafford, and he added: "If we do not get through our plan in the first Ave years then I think our number la up."
Sir Stafford urged that when the Labour Party were returned to power, it would be essential to take avor the financial institutions of the country and the land as rapidly as possible.
When they had that measure of economic power, they would want five years of Parliament in which to start to bring about the real socialisation of the Industries which was necessary for thin dia- tribution of production which they were after. In these five year they would have to produce so large a measure of Socialism that they would be able to control the siton tion as regards all major industries,
"Everything. In my view, wil depend upon our getting through such a degree of change in the first five years as to enable us to retain the confidence of the people of the country."
Sir Stafford said that if the La- bour Party came into power again and did not bring about that economic change which he believed was the only solution of present difculties, then that would be the
TOO TALL
WOMAN DOCTOR'S
PREDICTION
DRINK TRADE
RENEWED ATTACK AT
BERMONDSEY
RADIO BROADCAST
Lady Astor, speaking at a tem- TO-DAY'S 'BROADCAST. So stendy is the increnao in the perance meeting in Bermondsey
to her speech In the SELECTIONS BY CHEERO BAND height and weight of the average Town Hall made a statement with Australian that Dr. Janet Greig,reference of Victoria, visualises the time House of Commons. when it will be a serious incon. ventence.
"Alrendy," she says, "doorways The Pollee retaliated and Rodger
"In in trains and trams are too low did well to save from Stevens
soon, the another raid by the Club, Baldvin for many men, and. sent across from the left and Poto-average bed and stips-berth will bo too short. For a long time I Hunt turned the ball into the net to.
have been astonished at the amaz give the Club a two-goal lend.
Green reduced the lead with a fast ing height of our adolescents at the age of 14, 16 or 16 years, but shot and Brittain made the score two- all with well placed shot.
In recent years it is the holght Pote-funt missed a sitter from the of girls aged 12 and 13 years that
in surprising." goal area line, lifting the ball over the bar. A fine shot by Parker forced Rodger to turn behind for a fruitless corner. Green took a pot shot from twenty-five yards and Hynes in at tempting to clear sent the ball into his own net giving Hodger no chanco. Resuming a goal down, the Club opened the second half with a rush to the Paleo goal, Earale Strange hand- ling close in relievel. Free kick to the Club twenty yards out was taken by S. Strange, Blackborne turning behind for a fruitless corner. At the other and following a corner kick, McHardy was Green headed wide." forced out to clear from E. Strange and the ball coming out to Fowler he shot in, Parker kicking clear from the goal iine. There was no scoring during the second half.
H.K. Club G. Rodger; Hynes, Dominy, S. Strange, Gamble; Fowler, Drown, E. Stratige, Pote
art and R. Baldwin.
Black-
1.K. Police McHardy; horne, Moss; Brittain, Gongh, Parker C. Pile, Green, Stevens, Brooks and
Manning.
Conta
LEAGUE TABLE.
P. W. D. 1. F. A. Pts.
4 48 19 27
end of Social Democracy in the Lanenin Regt. 81 world."believe," he said, "that St. Joseph's in 12
2 2 39 19 26
in the course of the next week. W. Burderers 1261 29 24 Soelal Democracy in France will uth China
appear, and we shall be the only
hrge country with Social Demo- cracy in the world."
CANTON NOTES
NAZI
WOMEN'S ASSN.
(Our Own Correspondent).
Gunton. M. 27. The National-Socialist Women's
R. Navy.
1 11 1 4 38 15 27 #1023 46 20 22 32 39 15 1. 0 36 40 13
Kowloon F.C. 17 7
|
B.K.F.C. 14 G
East Lanes,
14 6
19 21 38 13
K.K. Police
16 4
2 10 20 29 10
Athletic
16 6
R. A. Recroin
16 1
@ 12 22 U
1
115 1162
3
11 35.49 10
CHANGE OF DATE.
She repeated what she stated in the Flouse, that she made no ac- cusation of corruption against any of the members of the present House. "She did, however, accund the drink trade of trying to cor- rupt Parliamentary candidates.
There was proof, she stated, that the drink trade had secretly offered money to Parliamentary candid ates so as to get their subsequent help, and that in one case the money offered ranged to four figures,
Dr. Greig who is Inspector for the
"The evidence for this statement Education Department referred to
comes, very naturally," she con- statistics of averages taken out one, "from men who have re- fused the offer, and it is therefore, two groups over an interval of ten
In this years.
no proof of corruption House of Commons, but only a proof of the attempt of the trade to get at M.P.s."
These showed that the Victorian child in 1922 was taller and heavier at every age than in 1012.
Freedom from serious dlucases compared with the incidence else where was one of the enused to which she attributed these y
of good health, states ma Austral News,
HOARD OF 6,000
SOVEREIGNS
UNUSUAL GOLD HOARD STORY
An unusual story of a hoard of Kold which contained 6,000 vereigns has just been revealed at Ballarat, Australia.
has just A Sydney resident applied to the mayor of the latter city for permission to sink a hole Afteen feet deep in a certain part of the city to enable him to ru trieve a board of 6,000 sovereighs The man stated that, many years Ago, his father came into posses
new of sion of 6,000 sovereigns
later with- mintage which was 5drawn from circulation, the rea-
The Division I League match, Joseph's v. Lincoln Regt., will be played at Caroline Bill on Saturday March 31 Instead of Sunday, April 1 as shown in the fixture list
The charge, she stated, was made before the Royal Commission on
the written Licensing, and
and algned proofs were handed to the chairman, who stated, after ex- amining them, that he had come to the conclusion that (the withers) had established the necuracy of his evidence on the mutter.
"The conclusion I draw is," said Lady Astor. "that the political in- fluence of the drink trade is as dangerous an evil as drink itself." Dr. Salter, M.P., said that during the last 20 years drunkenness had been steadfly decreasing.
A Volce"Not in the House of Commons."
in the
Dr. Salter-Yes, even House of Commons.
A Voice-With an increasing starvation.
MYSTERY PLANT PHOTOGRAPHED
FUNGUS LIKE BREAD
At last Australian botanists
bread"
son given being that they were have been further enlightened found to contain a higher gold con about blackfellows tent than the ordinary mintage.wonderful Kubterrancan plant which grows near the roots or They were worth 25/- each at a time when gold was valued at less stumps of gum trees. Then an ounce.
The following fixtures in Division I have been arranged for Saturday, March 31, ktek-off at 3 pm.
RA.F. v. R.E. (Chatham Road).
The man, says Austral News, Radio v. R.A.S.C. (Athletic ground told the Mayor that he had been a long The Final match in the Sunday away from Ballarat for
Association, Canton, has recently II.V.).
been formed by the German wo- men of Canton. Their President
M.
is Mrs. E. Wagner, wife of the Gerferid Charity Cup Competition will time and had been unable to get be played on the Hongkong FC.the requisite information as to the locality of the hoard. Ile is now, man Consul-General, and the Vice-ground on Easter Monday, April 2 however, hopeful of finding it and President is Mrs.
Kohler.kick-off at 3.30 p.m.
is busy sinking his shaft. Mrs. D. C. Wilson has kindly con- They recently gave a very interest- ing entertainment in, the German sented to present the Cup at the man Club, Tungshan, showing close of the match.
11 modern amongst other things working camp, in GNE Accue
iz
were
as done during the last century and in modern times: a dance in the style of Frederic the Great, by four ladies; a dance to the Mozart Trin No. 5 by two ladies.
·
•
WILL CONTAIN 100 SOVEREIGNS
FILMING AIR RACE ROUTE
TWO MONTHS IN THE AIR
Quantities of the mystery fung us had been turned up by plough fruiting or spade but never a specimen to help lead them out of the realm of theory.
This month. Mr. A. O. Payner, of Sale, Victoria, secured one and by placing it in a glass case in a wurm room was able to take a series of photographs at various of growth. The results stages were fascinating in the extreme,
stntes Austral News,
Inch by inch. from the ugly blackish-brown mass, dug out of the ground, rose a snowy cap- like mushroom button, on a stout pillar-the stem. It grew four inches tall in a week, while the cap
measured three Inches across. Another week added over an inch to its stature, and the dome or cap had spread to nearly and looked rather six inches, Lo One night this remarkable plant plan, says Austral News, he will exuded nearly half a cupful of return in time to show it a fort-liquid, which had a musty smell. The fruit, later, began to shrink night before the race starts.
lin
When dry, the "native bread" modified for photographic
compact a plane is a Puss-Moth suit- and darken. purposes and his route is via resembles a hard and
North Jump of saxo or unbaked brown Marseilles, Rome, African coast. Aleppo, Baghdad, bread-moat unappetising to the Victoria The
aborigines of Karachi, Delhi, Calcutta, Singn-eye, and to the palate! pore and the Dutch East Indies. ile expects it to be a two months eagerly sought after the "native truffle" as it has been mincailed. journey.
They had no bakers und relied on Nature to supply the bread. Huge leaves they got, too, when Jucky, for the fungus may grow until it weighs about 50lb.
An enterprising young English aviator is Mr. Roy Tuckett. On Scottish make a film of the route set down
are for the Melbourne Centenary air pretty, If all goes according
which
represented TEN TON BIRTHDAY all the different national costumes
CAKE of the different provinces in Ger- rany rare-flowers-which have. have been found in China by Prof, Panzer, of the Sun Yat Sen Unf-i versity, which were portrayed on of a screen, and in the centres which were the heads of various. members of the cast; gymnastics Speculation is rife in Melbourne Sunday he left for Australia to
on the reaction of the Delegation who, this year, visiting Australia for the Victoria race. and Melbourne Centenary, when its members hear of the ten ton birthday cake which is to be eut A most delightful concert was and distributed during the cele given by Dr. Otto and Mr. W. brations. Not merely is the cake, Eckert recently in a beautiful old which is made of the finest in gredients grown in Victoria, to be Chinese house In Yeung lai,
maple of distributed free, but it will con- tain one hundred shining golden all nationalities were pre- sovereigns newly minted for the cellent cold, buffet was served be- occasion. fore the performance and during the interval. The concert was held in two large rooms,
which were ideal for the purpose. The artists were Prof. Nicolas Tonoff. Russian violinist and Prof. Harry Ore, who is well known in South China as à very fine planist.
Honam, About
Bent
and
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most
CX-
It is hoped that the cake, wheb in the largest confection ever made In Melbourne, will be cut by Princo George. A copy of the cake will be made in wood and kept as memento.
The Scottish
Delegation
a
are
The evening was voted an excellent timed to arrive before the cere- one. It is hoped that there others mony of the cake cutting. After- of a similar nature may be ranged in the future.
Br-wards a comprehensive sightsee
ing tour has been arranged for them by the Scottish Victorian Societies which will embrace all scenery. They will stay from the 9th October to the 27th November in Australiu,
The Empress of Japan, from Shang-phases of Australian life and
hat, is due here on Friday at 7 a.m.
On account of the inclement weu
ther, the Peak School sports which wero
taken have
to
place
10
"Tanderagee" to-morrow, have been
postponed until Saturday, 14th April ABNORMAL MARINE
Mr. William Keith Robinson, of Monara. To and Hodgson, nolici. tors, was this morning admitted and enrolled as a solicitar at the Supremo (Mr. Court, by the Chief Justico Justice A. D. A. McGregor), on the motion of the Attorney General (Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster).
GROWTH
OYSTERS ON SHIP'S HULL
the
The entire route will be imed from the air, provided deeprooted abjections to aerial photographs on the part of Turkey and Persia can be overcome. Mr. Tuckett filmed the London-Capetown route in the same way.
APPETITES GROW
LESS
SOME FOOD STATISTICS
A blackfellow will eat almost anything, but botanists have urged those who know little about fungi to be very careful.
EXCHANGE RATES
Paris..
Amsterdam Vienna
Ceneva The present generation of Aus-
Berlin. tralians has a smaller appetite than Helsingfors. its parents. This is the interesting Oslo released by the Government statis- Milan.
Buenos Aires, fact revealed by nume figures just Athens.
tician.
Australians are eating annually Shangliai. about 76 pounds of meat per head New York. less than they did 20 years ago, 75 pounds fewer potatoes, 24 pounds Prague. less flour, bread, rico, sugar, Madrid.
Hongkong. Ten tons of marine growth, in-porridge and jam, and are drinking Bucharest.
less tea and coffee. cluding enough oysters to give 1201
On the other hand they are ent- Brussels, deck workers a good meal, were re- moved last month from the steamer ing more butter, cheese and fish Stockholm. "Iron Chief" which had been idle and drinking more milk but are still Copenhagen
ficiency, states Austral News. for three years at Newcastle, New very far from making up the de-labon...
Mar. 26. 70.16/32
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FROM THE STUDIO
From Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 365 metres:
4.30-7.30 p.m. Chinese Programme, 6-0.30 p.m. Children's Studio
Concert.
7.30-10.30 p.m. European Pro
gramme.
7.30-8 p.m. Variety.
Medley. Band-Maurice Chevalier Songe-
Van Phillips and His Band.
Song Zigeuner ("Bitter Sweet").
Peggy Wood. (Soprano). Song If Love Were all
("Bitter Sweet"),
Ivy St. Holler (Soprano). Organ Sold-Rhapsody in Blue,
Quentin MacLean. Song-Lover Come Back to me. Song-Wanting You.
Lawrence Tibett. (Baritone). 8 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.
8.03-8.33 p.m. From the Studio. A Pianoforte Recital by Mr. Harry, Ore.
Programme.
1. 12 Variations (Beethoven). 2. (a) Intermezzo (Brahms).
(b) Asphodel (Cyril Scott). (e) Menuet (Harry Ore). 3. Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody
(Liszt).
8.33-9 p.m. Chamber Music. Orientale (Glazounov), Gavotte ("Stignon") (Thomas) -
Virtuoso String Quartet. Tambourin (Gossec, arr. Sharpe). Molly on the Shore (Granger).
Virtuoso String Quartet. Barcarolle Transcription
(Tschaikowsky, Trans. by Leo Weiner). Gavotte Transcription (Gluck-
Brahms, Trans, by Leo Weiner).
Lener String Quartet. Minuet Transcription (From Sonnta
In G) (Schalert, Op. 78). Moment Musical No. 3-Transcription
(Schubert).
Lener String Quartet.
3.9.30 p.m. Orchestral. Wood Nymphs (Erie Contes).
Now Queen's Hall Light Orchestra. Sylvia Bailes (Delibes).
British Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Oscar Fried. Traume (Wagner). Autumn (Chaminade),
De Groot and his Orchestra. 9.30-10.30 p.m. From the Studio, Selections by The Cheero Band.
Programme.
1. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad
Wolft
2. After You.
3. Oli Mister Carpenter.
4. The Last Round Up.
5. After Twelve O'Clock.
6. Around You (Waltz).
7. Look What I've got!'
8. The Day you came Along.
9. I Had To Change The Words. 10. Weep No More My Baby. 11. Willow Weep for. Me.
12. Moths Around
Flanie.
the
Candle
10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-Day Press
News.
10.35 p.m. Close Down.
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19 TIMES IN PRISON-
NOW VINDICATED.
"NO, COMPENSATION”
What redress has a man who has
been to prison 19 times rather than submit in a paternity judgment and The answer, according to a legal in the vindicated? authority, is-NONE.
This astonishing situation- probably unparalleled in Britain's legal history-arises from a ver diet of "Guilty" returned at Maid-
accused of perjury. stone Assizes against a girl-mother
As the verdict was announced the young man who had instituted the proceedings crashed to the floor of the court,
He had fainted.
And while he was being tended outside the court his counsel, Mr. J. D. Casacis, R.C., was appealing to the Judge on the young man's behalf for mercy to be shown to- wards the girl who had wronged
The man Smith, a Rainham,
vindicated was John maater carpenter, of
The girl, Sophie Agnes Clara Batchelor, aged 22, who lives in the same town, was sentenced to six. Mar. 27. weeks' imprisonment. 77.17/32
NINE MONTHS' GAOL. 18.70 Smith had consistently denied 12.85 that he was the father of the girl's
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child. In the witness box he told the judge that he had spent al- nino months in 59.7/10 together eight
36% prison, although his financial posi 1/4 tion would have enabled him to pay 5.09% the amounts due under the paterni-
7.58ty order.
19.90
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Much of the evidence concerned 122 Thomas Stanley Wakeley, a Chia- 37.70 tham dockyard worker, who was 1/6% stated to have been friendly with 21.88 the girl.
510
.15.79
12.85
.2264
.19.00
6:30 .69.7/16 .88.1/80 1/13 .5.09% 7.607A
1224 .47.13/32
17014
21.80
19.3914
Rio....
In the Sydney harbour further
Bombay
Yokohama. Montevideo
43%
south, saya Austral News, the
0%
The wedding between Rev. E. X Belgrade marine growth on ships hulls ja Quick, Headmaster of the Cathedral The master of the A. On Chao reports that he passed an overturned oven more abnormal probably the School, Shanghai (formerly of St. Silver (spat)... 20
the beavlest in the world. Here, too, Stephen's College, Stanley) and Miss Silver (forward).20.1/10 fishing junk to the south
21.22 N and are found species of plants and Doria Harbor of Kabo, will take:
place at Kobe on April a. Colony in Latitude
animals existing nowhere else, Longtitude 112.24 E.
22.302 100% 1/03/32
1/23/16 .38 .226
19.39 22.00
Montreal
..5.10%
War Lohu
103.3/16
British
The Management of the Hongkong ilotel advises that the usual Chinese dinner dance will function in the Roof Garden Chinco Restaurant of that South Wales. establishment on Sunday, the 1st April from 8 pm.
"NO CLAIM."
The legal authority interviewed 100% concerning the question of compen- 1/0.0/82 Bation alated:
5.10
4% In this case the young woman 1/23/10 has been sentenced to imprisonment
38
for an offence against the Inw, 22 which does not mean that Smith 20 has any claim for compensation 20.1/10 against any person, and certainly 103% there is no, question of the Crown Wireless. being liable."
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