1935-06-08 — Page 9

INNOCENT CONVICT FREED

WILL AID POLICE QUEST

"I WILL GO STRAIGHT!

sentence

"A man cannot describe his feelings when he is senteneed to seven years' imprisonment for an offence he has not

committed. The first week of the nearly killed mo."

These are the words of John Binney, the 31-year-old-Shefeld fitter, who has spent ten months of a seven years' sentence in Dart- moor Prison for an offence of which he was innocent.

Binney returned to his honie le Rockingham Street, Sheffield, recently. The street, In which the Binney family live, had been decorated by neighbours in honour of the occasion.

TENNIS LEAGUE

THE

Curtailed Programme Played Yesterday

Two matches in the "D" Division and one match the "C" Division were played in the Hongkong Tennis League yesterday afternoon, the reat of the frogramine in the "D" being postponed,

The Indian R.C, maintained their unbeaten record in the "" Division with an easy win over the Radio Sports Club," while the South Chinn |A.A. heat the Kowloon. Bowling

Green Club by 714 nuts to 1%.

In the "C" Division, the Army Tennis Club visited their neighbours, the Indian R.C. and won by 61% nets to 34.

Scores:

ARMY TENNIS, CLUB ». I.R.C.

A. S. Sutil and A. R. Suffind (LR.C.) lost, to E. A. Wilson and D. A. King 1-0; drew with D. A. Ballard and A. G. Crayford 6-6: lost to R. Ridley and 3, Berrymun 34.

M. P. Madar and A. K. Imikil (1.8. lust to Wilson and King 6-6; drew with Ballard and Crayford -8; bent Ridley and Berryman 6-4,

A. R. Als and T. lamet (LRC) drew with Wilson and King 6-0; lost Riley and Berryman 6-4. to Ballard and Crayford 3-6; beat

S.C.A.A. v. K.B.G.C.

Y. H. Leung and Tadpole Wong Knox ; beat W. Knox, ami D. J. (8,6.A.A) hest A. S. Bins and D. Willis 42; bent W. Puller and G. Winch 6-3,

Last July Binney was sentenced at Derbyshire Assizes to penal servitude on a charge of demand- ing runney by menaces from Mrs. Hilda Annie Clift af the Rising Sun Hotel, Bamford. Hinney was alleged to have written letters S. Cheung and M. C. Cheung demanding £200 from Mrs. CHft. (S.C.A.AQJ drew with Bliss The letters contained threats to Knox 6.5; brat Knox and Willis,

63; lost in Fuller and Winch-2-6, kill her if she did not comply.

At the trial handwriting experts differed, but the jury decided that Binney wrote the lettere, Rut since Blaney has been in Dart- moor, ather letters have been received in the same writing.

So the Home Offre took the unusual course of referring the ease to Be Caurl of Criminal Appeal, where Binney's own appeal has already been dismiss

conviction

and

cd. quashed.

the

FULL OF EXCITEMENT

WIN

In an interview with a corres pondent Binney said: "On Tuesday I was mystified at being brought .to London. I know

something was happening, but what I could

The warders

who from Dartinoor an could not tell me anything.

not guess. brought me

"I was taken to Brixton Prison

|

And

.. Trang and O M. Tang (8.6AA.) bent Bliss and Kanx 6-4; beat Knox and Willis 4-2; beat Pulleri and Winch, 6-2,

INDIAN R.C. v. RADIO S.C.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1935.

NOW THAT THE "HONG KONG TELEGRAPH AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPING ' COMPETITION HAS COMMENCED WE WOULD POINT OUT TO PARTICIPANTS THAY PICTURES OF·

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•MUSSELS

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ZUNFISH

FLAT FISH-

COT

OR FRESH FISH - ARE NOT CONSIDERED AT PRIZE-WINNING ENTRIES

SIHONG INVADED.

SZECHEEN TROOPS

DEFEATED

Canton, June 7.

SEEKS NEW RECORD

SIR KINGSFORD SMITH'S

NEXT ADVENTURE

8000

to

Los Angeles, June 7. According to a local representa- | Mr. P. G. Morris, ofcial repre- tive of the 24th. Szechuen Army, sentative of Sir Kingsford Smith. it is stated that over 80,000 Reds said that Sir Kingsford had esbied At Sookunpoo, the Indian Rr. under Chu Teh are now on their from Sydney saying that it was beat the Badia Sports Club by six way to Sihong, crossing the westhis intention sets to three, thus maintaining their ern border of Szechten, near Lu-Lady Southern Cross from Aus- By the unbeaten record, M. 1. Rannek and ting und Hongling.

tralia via New York to London. | D. M. A. Razack voir the best home;

mir and won aff three sets. Scores: A telegram from another Sze- for the purpose of then attempi-

M. Flas and A.. K Mine chten delegate at Kweichow re-ins

brenk

Lordon- (1.R.C.) s 1 W. Chanson and veals that the Reds are entering Melbourne record, B. Kitchell 2-4; lost to . Singh and Sibong by three different routes

The plane in which he will make want Singh 6-1.

Lo

the

K. Singh 3-6 bent K. Mau and Kel-from Luting. Tachina and long- his attempt on the record is now M. U. Razack and D. M. A. Razack ting. Fighting has been reported in Burbank, California. The Aus- (LRC) beat Chanson and Kitchell from these three points since the tralian Government banned it lust 64; hout Singh and Singh 6-2; beat beginning of this week. General year following Kingsford Smith's Man and Singh 6-1,

A. K. Soffind and A. Bakar R.C.) u Wen-hui, Commander of the Australia-United States flight, but beat Chanson and Kitchell 6-3; lost 24th, Szechuen Army left for the Mr. Morris said that Sir Kings- to Singh and Singh 4-4: bent Maul Hongting front on the 4th. Inst. ford hopes and Singh 6-2.

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fly to direct operations there. An- as the Government liffs the other telegram states that the-unless someone should make an Reds concentrated their main unexpected good offer to buy the

to

15

MOKIN

ban

for the night, but I did not sleep CANTON STEEL WORKS force against Luting which is now plane.

for one moment, and I could not

at the breakfast they offered me. People may not believe this of a fairly hardened criminal like myself. But it true. I was fall of excitement.

"Two petitions I had made to the Home Secretary had already failed to get my case reopened.

Unbeknown to me, fresh evidence was being gathered. The first I knew of it was when I spoke to

NEGOTIATIONS FOR MUGE LOAN COMPLETED

Canton, June 7. Further progress has been made Canton Government in the negotiations between the

in a very dangerous position. There were strong indications Lating is an important strategic that the Air Minister would lift point on the Sihong-Szechuen bor- the ban when they had considered der, and its fall may lend to their the evidence we have of Its fitness penetrating the interior of Sihong to y, Province.

pro-

here that General

It is learned in military circles

Uler the auspices of the Liu Wen-hul has fortified Hongling

gramme sub-committee, the With Yan and Past Students' Association. will hold Tachinlu to check the further ad the second of a series of bathing $40,- Vance of the Reds to Sihong and picnics to Big Wave Bay this after-

it is believed that General Liu hoon. As the Inanch Pro- will hold these two important Queen's Pier at 2.15 p.m. sharp, mem- esta-points pending arrival of rein- bees and their friends are kindly re-

forcements from Szechuch.-Wah Kiu Yot Po.

representa- Lives abroad and foreign in- dustrial concerns, for the Mr. Reginald Ashworth, my solici-900,000 loans to the Canton tor, a few moments before step-incial Government for the ping into the dock at the Court. bishment of a steel and iron He did not tell me what it was. manufactory in Canton, The He said should hear il'all.

1 heard

Five Regiments Routed

Canton, June 7.

Szeehuen

Five

quested to be punctual

will leave

go this way in order to avoid the heavy concentrallun ́of provinciaf troops at Hanyuan and Yachow.

The distance between Lo-ting and Maokung is about 75 miles.

negotiations have been carried out by the Chinese Consul- TO HELP THE POLICE

General at Honolulu, Mr. Li Fong, "My feelings were mixed when vincial Government.

on behalf of the Kwangtung Pro- my counsel, Mr. A. J. The loan will be obtained from provincial forces were wiped out If the Red forces can merge, their

regiments Flint, tell the Court that since American banking and commercial by the Communists under. Ils combined strength will be about had been in prison Mrs. Clift had interests. or the amount, received further menacing letters

$10,-Hsiang-ch'ien near Changming in 120,000 men. 000,000, Canton currency, written in what was supposed to 00,000 will be used for the pur-are attempting to get to Mackung thence to Maokung, which is fur-

$30-Northern Szeebuen.

Chu Teh's plan is The outlaws to dagh from Lo-ting to Tienchian, be my handwriting.

"1 was elated, and yet fell maining $10,000,000 will be

chase of machinery and the re-In the North-westert. district to ther North. The gap of 75 miles savage that the tan who had exus-the building of the factory

for join up with the Reds under Chuean be covered by the outlaws in ed me such misery and wrong other equipment.

and Teh. imprisonment was still going om Consul-General_at_Honolulu may ordered

The Chineso

less than three days, provided no General Chinug with his vile work. What can one shortly visit Danton to report Shensi

Kai-shek has government forces intercept them. three divisions from The race is now on between Hau think of any one who lets another man go to prison for seven years Government before signing the

personally

advance into Szechnen] Hsiang-ch'ien's men who are mov- fregung to attack Hsu lisiang-ch'ien in the ing southward to afaokuus and the and aufer is I hnd?

Yat Po. contract for the loan-Woh Kinis becoming worse as the despera-Shensi to attack Hau. The next The situation in Szechuen three divisions rushing down from does have penetrated to Lo-ting in few days will decide whether the Sikang and will turn North to oe- Reds will be checked cupy Tienchuan in Szechueu. They menacing than ever.

" at once made up my mind to do all I can to help the police to And this man. Don't forget that I have to return to Shellield, my home, where this man is still at work.

"I am going home to live with

my mother, I have sworn to myself

COMPENSATION POINT

Lo

"BANKRUPP BANKS

Shanghai, June 8,

In accordance with the newly

rear.

DAY BY DAY

or more

NEWS IN BRIEF

I will go straight and never get promulgated regulations govern- into trouble again. Every convicting hank

FIVE GREAT ENEMIES TO PEACE{ A ten dance will be held at Repulse does that, but meas it after allChinese Ministry of Finance has AMBITION, ENVY, ANGER, AND PRIDE.

bankrupcy cases, the INHABIT WITH ON: VIZ.,, AVARICE, Bay Hotel on Sunday at 430 p.m. this."

appointed liquidators to take over IF THOSE: ENEMIES control of the assets of the Ningpo BANISHED,

The name of Mr. N. S. Volko been milded to the list of authorised Industrial Bank, the Minghua BLY

architects, Savings Bank, the Kiangnan Bank Petrarch and ten other native banks all of which closed within the past few weeks.-Central News,

The quashing of Hinney's seven years' sentence after serving part of the time in prison is not without precedent, although there have beeu no notable cases of the kind within recent years.

WE

ENJOY

WERE TO BE SHOULD INFALLI- PERPETUAL PEACE-

The Gazette contains the draft of an Ordinance to amend the Pensions Ordinner, 19832. The purpose of the amending Ordinance is The draft of an Ordinance to amend Indian subordinate

allow further the low relating to merchant Prison Department who have not less officers of the sub-shipping is been issued. This is than 15 years service to retire necessitated by the extension to the pension at the age of 45. Colony of th Merchant Shipping (Safely and Load Line Convention) Act of 1932.

The constitution of the Court of Criminal Appeal was stantially the outcome of the noted Adolf Beek case, in which innocent man suffered over five years' imprisonment and granted £5,000.

was

had written threatening letters."

cirk

It is matified that the name of the Alliance Trading Co., Ltd., has heen struck off the

register.

It is notified that the number of

of May was 11,519. emigrants leaving the Colony for the Straits Settlements during the month

three

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His Excellency the Officer Ad ministering the Government has ap- His Excellency the Officer Ad-pointed DF. I. F. Sommers to be a ministering the Government se ap- Mensher of the Dental Board for pointed provisionally and subject to further period of One of the outstanding cases of Monday being Whit Monday is a

His Majesty's pleasure, the Hon. Mr. recent times was the quashing of general holidays. It is notified that. H. Kotewall, C.M.G, LL.D., to be the conviction of Mrs. Johnson, the General Post Office will to open the Executive Council in the place of temporarily an Unolicial Member of who was granted a free pardon branch post offices from 8 am to 9

from 8 am to 10 a.m. and the the Hon. Sir Shawson Chow, K., who after serving 18 months' imprison-re

absent is temporarily ment, it being alleged that shen.m. There will be one

collection from the pillar boxes and one doli-

Ion Colony. very of ordinary correspondence as On the point whether compen- on Sundays and one delivery of re- sation is granted after the quash-gistered correspondence at 30 a.m. ing of a conviction, application | The Money Order office will be must first be made to the State | entirely closed. by the wrongfully convicted per

No decision on this point has yet been made by Binney's legal advisera.

Compensation has been given to soverul persons whose convictions have been quashed, the amounts

= RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of Dance Music From Hongkong Hotel

RECORDED PROGRAMME

From ZBW on a wavelength of 355 metres (815 kilocycles):

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. 7-7.30 p.m. Orchestral Music. Eugen Onegin-Waltz

(Tschaikovsky).

Rosamunde-Ballet Music In G

(Schubert).

Concert Waltz in A (Ginzounov). Witches Danco (La Tregenda)

(Puccini).

Soldiers Changing of the Guard-

"Carmen" (Bizet).

March

of the Smugglers "Carmen" (Bizet).

7.30-7.43

Four Songs by

p.m. Richard Crooks (Tenor).

J.

2.

3.

4.

My Song goes round the world. O Song Divino.

I Love you so--"Merry Widow"

(Lehar),

Kathleen Mavourneen (Crouch). 7.45-8 p.ft. Oclet. Cinvotte, from "Migron" (Thomas).

Cinquantaine (Marie),

J. I. Squire Celeste

In

Operntien (arr. Squire) (Selection of

Tamous Operatle Melodies).

p.m. Tine and Weather Report. 8.03-8.15 0.210.

Variety. Plano Solo-dy.

Carroll Gibbons. Songs --Love's Inst word is spoken, Song Out in the cold, cold snow.

Gracie Fields. Organ Solos-Take a Chance.

Terence Casey, Songs-Slumberland, Songa-Josephino.

Les Allen (Baritone). Orchestra-Fairies in the Moon-

Intermezzo Entr'nete. Voen]. Duet-What a little Moonlight

can do.

Sang--The Night is Young.

Layton and Johnstong

Evelyn Layo (Soprano). Orchestra--Talking Film Memories,

Salon Orchestra. Vocal Duet-Now that I've found you Vocal Duct Fancy mur meeting,

That's a good girl." Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph.

Raindrops--P

8.45-9 p.m. Light Orchestral Mușie.

--Pizzienti for Strings (Riviere). Raindro (Esslinger).

Forest

A Fairy Ballet (White).

The Hermit (Schnalatich). 9-9.30 p.m. Band Music. Paet and Peasant-Overture (Suppo). Hobomoko-Intermezzo (Reeves). Wedding of the Rose (Jessel). with Sousa, Garching Songs of Wales.

9.30 Hotel Dance Orchestra.

p.n.Midnight. Hongkong

(Press Bul letins and Hongkong Lawn Bowls A- sociation League Matches Results, at 10 p.m. Press News at 10.30 pan.).

TO-MORROW'S BROADCAST

Vocal Recital From The Studio

9.10-10 a.m. St. John's Cathedral Military Parade Service.

II

4.m.-12.15 b.m. St. John's Cathedral Service

12.15-2.30 p.m. European Regorded Music (Time and Weather Report at 1 p.m.)..

Concert Items. Pianoforte Solos--Dance of the

Gnomes (isz!).

Songs-The Late Player (Allitsen). Pianoforte Solos-Etude Tableau In A Minor (Rachmaninof) (Op. 39),

Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Violin Soles-The Fountain of Songe The Flora) Dance (Moss).

Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone).

Arethusa (Szymanowsky). Violin Solon-Flight of the Bumblo

Beu (Rimsky-Korsakov). Violin Solos-Pastorale (Stravinsky), Songs The Memory of a

Joseph Szigeti. of a Kisa Songs- Mistress Fond and Fair.

Arthur Fear (Baritone). Pianoforte Solo-Die Fledermanus Du Und Du-Waltz (Stravas). Pianoforte Solo-Schatz (Strauss).

Ernst von Dohnanyi. Marek Weber and His Orchestra. From Offenbach's Sample Box

(Urbach).

An Evening with Liszt (Urbach). Lehariana (Geiger). Puccini-Potpourri

Voeni Gema-The Three Musketeers.

Light Opera and Musical Comedy. Selection--Monsieur Beaucaire.

C. B. Cochran Medley, Selection-Fanfare.

Vocal Gems--Rio Rita

Bund Music. Hyde Park Sulte (Jalowicz). Woodland Pictures--Rural Suite

(Fletcher).

Golliwog's Cake Walic (Debussy), Dance of the Tumblers (Rimaky-

Koronkov).

2.30 p.m. Close Down.

4-7 p.m. Chinese PrograNINGC, 7-7.20 p.m. Theine and Variations Suite No. 3 in G (Tschaikovsky).

London Symphony Orchestra. 7.20-7.30 p.m. "Swan Lake Ballet" (Tschaikovsky),,

The Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards, 7.30-7.45 p.m. Four Songs by Peter Dawson (Haas-Baritone).

J.

Devon, O Devon (Stanford).

2. He heard the grent sea calling.

Recit: I Rago, I Melt, 1 Burni Arla: Ruddler than the

Cherry.

Ad.

under

4. Honour and Arms.

uf

beet

years. The Gazette contains the draft of an emoluments, pensions, gratulties and Ordinance to reguinte the payment of other allowances due to persons certi- from the fed to be unable by reason of mental diability to manage thele own affairs. His Excellency the "Omeer Ar His Excellency the Onleer ministering the Government has ap-ministering the Government, painted the following officers Le instruction from the Secretary

Honorary Aides-de-Camp: Slate for the Colomies, has Lieutenant John Robert Cragse pleased to recognise Mr. Kunikuta Hamilton, Royal Engineers: Ideuten- ohizuka as Vice-Consul of Japan at ant Clive Charlton Garthwaite, Royal Hongkong. Artillery: Lieutenant Charles Cuell Stanley Genese, 2nd Bn. The East Among those who have received Lancashire Regiment; Second/Lieut. compensation was Oscar Slater, Geofrey Clifford Moutrie, Hongkong who had served many years of a Lieutenant Henrique Alberto

Volunteer Defence Corp; Secund varying from £5,000 in Beck's life sentence for murder of which Barros Betelho, Hongkong Volunteer case to £2 in n case in which two he was wrongly convicted.

son.

months out of a sentence of three years had been served.

his

Defence Corps,

7.45-8 pm, Pianoforte Recital by Denno Moisevitch.

2,

1. Impromptu in A Flat (Chopin). Flirtations in a Chinese Garden, Rush Hour in Hongkong.

been

3.

The following names have added to the list of medical practition. era:-Dr. Khoo Keng-wah, Dr. Lau Yong-boon, Dr. Chung Hon-kwan and of Medicine and Surgery of the Hong- de Dr. Lo Chong-fle, All are Bachelors

kung University.

Chasing.

Jeux D'Eau (Ravel). 8 p.m. Timo and Weather Report. 8.83-8.30 p.m. Light Orchestral Chopinata-Potpourri (arr, Silber-

Music.

man).

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