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U.S. FORCE

COMMISSION REPORT

(Special to "Telegraph")

Dy Telegraph, Cepuright. Telegraphie Me ongea Urdinanes, 1871, Steveived, January

KIDNAPPER'S

LADDER

WOOD FROM HOME OF HAUPTMANN

PRISONER TO TESTIFY

(Special to "Talegraph")

(ny Telegraph. Córuright. Telegraphia kiss empre findinanes, SW. Kareivid, January zi da.m.)

Flemington, Jan. 23.

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.

AID FOR JOBLESS FARMER

RELIEF PLAN IN BRITAIN

THOUSANDS

BENEFIT.

(Special to "Telegraph")

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,

1935.

THREATS FROM THE DOCK

a lounge robe,

Vengeance Sworn By Prisoners

ASSAULT CASE ENDS

Uttering threats of vengeance, to which Ma Tau-nam smiled, two of the Three young Chinese men arraigned on charges of assaulting him with intent to rob and with maliciously wounding him, left the dock at the Criminal Sessions this morning to serve lengthy terms of hurd Inbour.

ERADIO BROADCAST

Children's Play: From

The Studio

ZE.K. PROGRAMME From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 356 metres (846, kifocycles).

liongkong 5.6 p.m. A

Hotel Dance Orchestra.

6.0.30 p.m. Children's Studio Con-

cert.

8.30-7 p.m. Hongkong Hotel Danco Orchestra,

7 pm. Stock Quotations. 7.03-7.25 p.m. Concert Items. Violin Solos Serenade (Lebar).

ler).

Another damaging pirca of evidence was given at the trial

the Telegrush, Covyright. Telegraphie Ares of Bruno Hauptmann, chargedges Ordinance, 1881. Received, January

The prisonera were Ho Lam-Marguerite (Rachmaninoff, arr. Krols- with the murder of the kidnapped so mj Washington, Jan. 28.

'London, Jan. 23. sang. Pun Fong, and Kwan Yu.

Fritz Kreisler. The extension of unemployment alias Kwan Ng. and all pleaded Song Bolero-Les Alles de Cadiz The chairman of the Federal baby, when Arthur Kochler, wood the Department of expert of

(The Maids of Cadir) (Delibes). Aviation Commission, Mr.

Agriculture to-day stated that the insurance to agricultural workers, "not guilty to charges of assault- intent to

Amellia Gaili-Curci (Soprano), Howell, has recommended to right-hand rail of the third section including men in the forestry and Ing complainant with President Roosevelt the even of the ladder used by the kid- horticulture industrien, is proposed rob, and of maliciously wounding Songs-The Devout Lover (White),

Percy Heming (Baritone). tual construction of 4,000 Army nappers to enter the Lindbergh a report of the Unemployment him at his house, No. 40, High Joggia' Along the Highway (Samuel). and Navy aircraft as well as home nursery window, was mado Insurance Statutory Committee, Street, on November 16.

The case

was heard by Mr. Cello Solo-The Nightingale and the Rose, Op.2. No. 2 (Rimaky-Koraa- kov). from the attle of Hauptmann's presides.

Juntfen, and the following jury: The Garden of Sleep (de Lara).

Beatrice Harrison. home.

Messrs. B. G. Butler (Foreman),

7.25-7.42 p.m. Bolers (Ravol). Wong Tat, D. L. Allen, H. Heit

hin meyer, A. A. Olaca, Yung Hok-ming Willem Mengelberg and and 0. W. O. May.

Concertgebouw Orchestm..

New 7.42-8 pm. Charle Kunz, Rhythm Pianist,

8 p.m.

Time and Weather Report. 8.03-10.30 p.m. Chinese Studlu Con- cert.

two dirigibles of the same type from a piece of flooring sawed over which Sir William Beveridge Justice A. D. A. MacGregor, Chief

as the Macon.

Mr. Howell's Commission has

been hearing expert testimony The prosecution had already 12 shillings 6 pence per man, and from the best aviation brains of made it known that this would be Colonel a part of the evidence. It came the country, including Charles Lindbergh. Navy and na no surprise, therefore. Army experts, and commercial enterprise heads,.

The United States has already laid pinse for a considerable ex pansion of the Air Force, but Mr. Howell's Commission belleves that atill more planes are needed. United Press,

GODOWN COMPANY

CAPITAL

NEW SHARE, ISSUE

TO BE MADE

The report recommends that thei weekly rate of bruent should be shillings and 6 pence for wives, and two to three shillings a week for cach child, with a maximum total of 30 shillings per week.

The plan would be that Later in the day. Mr. Edwardployer, employee and the Ex- Reilly said Hauptmann would chequer should each contribute testify at noon on Thursday, in-four pence to the fund. dicating that further cross-examinn-

It is estimated that 703,000 tion will be very brief,

mates and 47,000 females would benefit under this schem:,

DEFENCE READY

The State's case will rest when the present witness, Hochler, com pletes his testimony, - United PreRA.

BETTER

PEACE

OUTLOOK

ARCHBISHOP ON

SITUATION

London, Jan. 23,

In the Upper House of Convoca- tier of Canterbury, the Archbishop. win presided, referred to the in- proved international political situn- tion.

At the forthcoming melting of shareholders the Directors will propose that the authorised capital of the Hongkong and Kowloon -Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., be increased from 80,000 shares of $50 each ($4,000,000.00) to 160,- 000 shares of $50 each ($8,000-

He said the hope was permissible

· 000.00) and that at present the paid-up capital be incr:ased to that in the better atmosphere of $4,500,00.00 by the issue of 10.000 general security the forthcoming shares at a prenilum of $25.00. vinit of French Ministers of Indon giving the present shareholders might prepare the way for a re- the option of taking up one newsumption of the General Disarma-" ment Conference.-British Wire- share for eight old shares.

"STAR" FERRY PROFITS

· The "Star". Ferry Co., Ltd., re- port that the balance at Profit and Loss Account for the year ended December 31, 1934, is $114,- 436.20, which together with $38,- 637:64 brought forward from the previous year makes a total of $152,973.90 nvailable for appro- priation.

RA.

SPEED ATTEMPT

SIR M. CAMPBELL OFF

TO U.S.A.

em-

The Committee points out that agricultural wages and conditions are so diffee:ni from those in the Industrial world that the rates of contribution and benefit in the general schem: of unemployment insurance are inappropriate.

It is learned that the Govern ment hopes to bring the scheme into operation by next winter.

An agreement has not yet been reached with the trade unions concerned, regarding the amounts of the benefits under the scheme.

-Reuter Special.

GOLD SHIPPED TO AMERICA

"

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIGH PRICE

(Special to "Telegraph")

Washington, Jan. 23. London advises that foreign gold holdings totalling cleven million pounds are en route to New York in order to take advant age of the current gold price pend ing the Supreme Court's decision on the Gold Clause en80.

Some believe that the Exchange dislocation during the past week The Directors will, at the ap- Sir Malcolm Campbell, accom-is a major argument for prompt proaching meeting of alare panied by alx mechanics, sailed stabilisation: Agreement with the holders, recommend the following to-day for the United States, whed pound sterling close to $4.87 is distribution: Pay a dividend of where, on the Daytona sanda, he probable. $2 per share, $100,000; pay a will attempt to break his own land. The yen presents serious Bonus of $3.50 per share, $280,-speed rotord in the racing car problem to Britain.-Swan, Culbert- 000: carrying forward to next"țuchird."'—British Wireloan. son and Fritz. account, $12,973,90,

TERRIBLE EXPLOSIVE

MORE POWERFUL THAN T. N. T.

(Special to "Telegraph")

(By Teleproph. Copyright. Telegraphic 'Afup agse Ordinance, 1896. Received, January 231 10.30 4.m.)

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Wilmington, Jan. 23.

London, Jan. 23.

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DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

The.

CURSES ARE LIKE YOUNG CHIC-

Advertising and Publicity KENS, AND STILL COME ROME TO, Bureau forward two copies of the Ovaltine Chinese calendar, which noost.-Bilwer,

Messrs. A. Wander, Ltd, London, have

Sub. Lieut. F.W.B. Webb, of H.M.S. Diana, is at present in the Royal Nained ankle received while playing Naval Hospital suffering from a badly hockey on Tuesday,

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Wong Shing, Alter, dropped 32 feet down a singing on which he was

issued.

Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant At- torney General, appeared for the

·Crown and outlined the facts of the care.

The jury were a quarter of an hour considering their verdict and on ao counts were they unanimous. By five to two, the jury found team-sang and Pun Fong gullty of assault with intent to rob, the accond charge against them there- fore not being proceeded with.

By five voles to two the jury ne quitted Kwan Yu of both charges, and he left the dock.

In yesterday's report of the case it was stated that Ma Tau-nam said, in reply to question from the first defendent: "I do not remember

his

,

name, and I do not know how 1 am supposed to have swindled him." Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist state that his answer to the question was that he had never heard of the 'name, and did not know how he was pposed to have swludled him.

9.30 p.m. Press Bulletins, Stock Quotations.

19.30 p.m. Quotations.

Press Bulletins, Stock

10.35 p.m. Close Down.

Z.E.K. PROGRAMME 8.38-10 p.m. European Recorded Music from Z.EX. on a frequency of 040 k.c'n.

from Operas

8.30-8.56 p.m. Orchestral Selections

La Gioconda-Dance of the Hours

(Ponchiclll).

Der Freischutz-Potpourri (Weber). Pagliacel-Selection (Leoncavallo, arr.

Tavan).

8.65-9.30 p.m. Variety. Organ Solo By a Waterfall. Fox-Trot-Yes Sir, I. Love your Frederic Bayen.

daughter.

Have A Little Dreum on me. Vocal--Florrie Forde Old Time

Medley,

Tangos-Moonlight Klanes.

Poema.

Band-The Gay Nineties-Waltz

Meley.

STRUGGLE FOR KNIFE

Continuing his evidence. In the witness box, Ho Lam-sang said that 9.30 p.m. Press Bulletins. Stock na soon as he saw Ma Tau-nam's car | Quotations.

approach, he hid in the doorway of 9.34-10 p.m. Excerpts from "The the house and struck complainant Mikado" (Gilbert & Sullivan) by the as he entered. Mn ran up the Columbia Light Opera Company.. stairs apparently trying to draw

10 p.m. Clone Down. something out of a back pocket as he ran. Witness. overtook him on the first landing and struck at him with R

knife in his hand, but. Ma eized him by the wrist and they struggled.

got to Ma's house Kwan Yu had disappeared. Witness went to a lavatory and when he came out he saw Ma's car standing outside his house and heard cries of "Save Witness eventually get hold of life!" Witness ran to the house Min's legs, and, pushing him over, and saw He Lam-sang who told dropped the knife and ran off. At him to run. He ran away but was the same time he heard a police caught by a Chinese constable. whistle being blown. Ma's chauf Kwan Yu, who also elected to feur chased and caught witness and make a statement from the dock. brought him back. Witness said said Ho Lam-sang had told him of to Ma Tau-nam: "May your whole the grudge he had against Ma Tau- family die out: you have eaten anam, but when he asked him to great deal of paddy and rich." foin in the assault-witness-ndvised- Cross-examined, witness sug him to drop such an old affair, gested that Ma had fallen on the He went with the others part of knife and cut himself. He had the way to Ma's house, but before taken two knives because

he they reached it he went off home believed Ma carried a gun and he and was there arrested by the wished to protect himself. He police. He had nothing to do with asked Kwan Yu to help him in the assault and although he had the assault, but he did not con, been a servant at the Sal Lam sent.

Club. of which Ma was a member, he did not find out his movements and that he carried large sums of money on him,

Reminded of his evidence given the previous day, that Kwan Yu consented in the tea house to help, wlines aaid his evidence was true. All three arcuser made Rinta- ments from the dock.to the jury. TO REDRESS GRUDGE A would-be suicide, Laj Pak, was

Asked what he intended to do too Im-sang re-lterated that he himself from a Taumati ferry, need to redress the grudge which his he took part in the affair and rescued yesterday after throwing Ma Tau-nam, witness said he wish-assaulted Ma because of his grand- father's grudge. Pun Fong said man had been without employment- for some time.

"moved forward to strike but could not strike." Kwan. Yu sald he wont home before the affair j started.

Cheung Kin, a houseboy employed

at work on the Empress of Japan at 172. Repulse Bay, was admitted to at the Kowloon Docks, yesterday, re-the Government Civil Hospital, yes ceiving a head injury leading to his terday, with scalds in the face, caused

by an accident. going into hospital.

new high explosive, called Nitramon, which is claimed to be twenty per cent. stronger than T.N.T., is announced.to-day by the

The many friends of Mr. 31, S. J. Du Pont de Nemours Company, A fine of $100 was imposed upon greatest armaments manufacturers Captain S. Holinen, of the steamship Walsh will be glad to know he has in America.

Lycentoon, by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at recovered from his recent lines and To test the "fool-proof" qualities the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, will be well enough to leave long- of this explosive it has been shot when he appeared in answer to a sumas Jaunies by the lane on bored with red hot Irons, subject. a.m. on January 9 before the time of Japan for Shanghai.

that

grandfather bore Ma Tau-nam or being swindled by hirn. Mr. arc suggesting Fraser:- You

you took these two men to help you assault Ma; that you then decided to carry out the

although yourself thought he had a gun and you knew his chauffeur was outside.

Witness was prepared to sacrifice myself.

attack

you

Questioned as to the bottle that luud contained ether and the pad of

JUDGE'S SUMMING UP In his summing up, his Lordship referred to the allegations made. against Ma Thu-nam and said that these allegations should have been put to him. He comes here, and he is here to-day, with as clean a record on that of anyone, and, like

at with rilles, thrown into fires, mons for starting a voyage at 2.40 Tuesday, January 29, by the Empress { culton wool, witness adid he knew anyone else, he is innocent until

sub-

notified.

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Arrested in Laichlkok

the bottle contained "poison" and if he is proved to be guilty. There ed to the heat of blow torches and

When he appeared on a charge of Ma Tau-nam was killed in the strug-may have been for years some beaten with fifty pound hammers.

theft before Bir. E. W. Hamilton, agle he was going to take it himself, grievance in the mind of accused Road near the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. The cotton wool he carried with him and it might have been aggravated And it has not exploded.

Shek Kip Mei Street yesterday on Ng Yan, aged 31; unemployed, pleaded, because ho used-it on a blister on by drink that night, but even If Only a full sized dynamite information received, Wong Wan, that he had only gene into the flats his toe. The bottle was half full there was a grievance, that is no cartridge detonates the explosive. aged 45, unemployed, was brought be to see if they were vacant as he and he poured it out whilst in the excuse." But when it detonates it does fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kow-wanted to rent one. The defendant police station and the Inspector in Mr. Fraser..anid that Ho Lam- great damage.

Joon Magistracy thin morning, was charged with stealing a quantity. It is a nitrosammonia

sang seemed better educated than charged for having possession of six of house fittings from the first and charge remarked on the smell.--

Witness said he gave Pun Fong his companions. He was born in counterfeit Hongkong ten-cent pieces second floor of No. 436 Portland Street and two five-cent pieces. Defendant on Tuesday. Sentence of alx weeks' the toy revolver with the idea of Shanghai, hnd bean educated at a stated that he was a trendicant and hard labour was pasted. The care-using it iv frighten Ma.

school in Wyndham Street, and picked the coins up in the street, not taker of the house, Cheng Tal, ageil Since he was four years old and had worked in the Steam- Laundry knowing that they were counterfeit. 22, appeared as complainant,

was told by his grandmother of until May, 1933. Besides the counterfeit coins only one

his grandfather being swindled, Pun Fong was a Cantonese, and Chinese copper cent was found in de-

witness had had the intention of had been unemployed for a month. fendant's possession. Owing to lack

In pussing sentence, hla Lord- Court,

ship reminded Ho Lam-sang That he was young man but that he

stance, containing forty per cent. of oxygen.--Reuter Special.

ADDITIONAL AIR

SERVICE

SIKANG AND TIBET TO BE LINKED

of evidence, the defendant was die, I was passed by Mr. E. 1, Wynne-Jones, rodressing the grudge, he told tho

charged.

"GET RICH":

Sentence of six weeks' hard labour

at the Central Magistracy this morn- ing, on Hui Yau, unemployed, charged with the theft of a roll of silk crepe That it was an oversight on tho from the Hongkong Drapers Shop, Pun Fong made a statement had carried dangerous weapons and part of one of the clerka was

the No. 17 Jervois Street, ground floor, from the dock saying that these was prepared to take life. He Shanghal, Jan. 24. excune given by Yong Hong-long, of yesterday. Inspector Elila said that things did not concern him. He would be sentenced to four years' The Chinese National Aviation No. 18 Bonham Strand West, when about 7.80 p.m. yesterday the defen had written the note in Chinese hard labour, Fun Fong hud ane Corporation has announced that he was summoned before. Want went to the shop and asked to asking friends to "co-operate and peared to be dominated by Ho preparations are soon to be com- Schofield on two charges of falling to be shown some silk. He was shown got rich" and it referred to an Lamsong, but he had been pleted for the establishment of an notify import declarations within the several rolls by one of the shop

gasworks willing fool and would ero to prison alr extension lina connecting required period. The charger wore assistants, but rald they did not sult appointment at the Sikang and Tibet. This line is that he falled to notify the Import him. He then left the shop. In Whore they were to pray for their with hard labour for three year

As the prisoners left the dock, and Export Department of the import-mediately after he had left, the luck in the Po Piu lottery. On the expected to be inaugurated some ation of 185 bags of salt from Dank assistant missed the roll of silk, and night of the incident all three ac-Ho Lam-sang shook his fist at Ma time next April. Another giant kok on the steamer Hormed on Decem-running out of the shop he stooned cused had tea together, after Teu-nam and he and Pun Fong Ford plane to be placed in this ber 18 last, and 400 bags (salt, from the defendant, and found the roll bid which they walked to Ma's house. uttered threats in Chinese, at sarvice is being ordered in America the

same port on the steamer den in front of his trouser. The de- Kwan Yu had made no reply when which Ma Tau-nam laughed. and will be delivered to the Cor- Klangsu on December 17 last. A fendant admitted the charge, and said chided by Ho for not wishing to His Lordship thanked the jury poration next

month-Central fine of $25 was in posed on each of hd had come down om Canton a few join in the assault, and before they for their services, News.

the two charges.

days ago.

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