1936-10-08 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936.

FRENCH STEAMER MACHINE-GUNNED

Franck C, Havenner, New Deal supporter, former newspapernah and San Francisco city official, will oppose Congresswoman Flor- ente Prag Kahn, conservativo Re- Dublican, in the November election.

NEW CHINA

STATION FLAGSHIP

CUMBERLAND DUE NEXT WEEK

NAVAL reliefs, military drafts, including Royal Air Force drafts, and details for Hongkong garrison will arrive in the Colony next Tuesday by the troopship? Lancashire.

Six days later, H.M.S. Cumber- land, which has been under exten- sive re-fit at Home, will rejoin China Station after an absence of

over a year.

H.M.S. Cumberland, which re- lieves H.M.S. Kent as flagship of the Chinn Squadron,' is under the; command of Capt. J. C. Leach. M.V.O.

The re-commissioned cruiser,

now

leaves Colombo to-day and will ar rive in Singapore on Monday next weck. She will leave for Hongkong two days later.

Hongkong residents will notice considerable alterations to the new flagship. Her profile has bern allered in a starifing manner.

Recent Incident At Pakhoi Made Public For First Time

"Telegraph" Staff Correspondent'

N AMAZING AND HITHERTO UNDISCLOSED STORY OF

AN AMAZING ASAGERIES MARITIMES STEAMER CO. PAUL

DOUMER WAS RAKED BY MACHINE GUN FIRE OFF PAKHOI RECENTLY WAS TOLD ME BY MEMBERS OF THE CREW WHEN I VISITED THE SHIP IN HARBOUR JUST.BEFORE ITS DEPARTURE YESTERDAY.

Evidence of the incident was forthcoming in the num- ber of holes and dents in the upper part of the vessel.

One of the binnacles in the wheel-house was smashed. A machine-gun bullet went right through one of the ventilators.

Altogether I counted ten bullet marks, and was in- formed that there were many others,

The incident occurred during the recent tension at Pakhoi be- tween the Japanese and the Chinese.

Rose Olson, 18, victim of an axe alayer in her Beattle, Wash., home.. Authorities say the mother ad- mitted killing her because she didn't want to nce the girl mised in poverty.

The Gi. Paul Doumer, under the command of Captain BRITISH

Morganti, was flying the French Tricolour when the incident oc- curred.

The ship was entering Pakhoi on its regular run.

When only a few hundred yards away from its berth, a

fusillade of machine-gun fire broke out.

PLANES

At first the people aboard the G.G. Paul Doumer believed that CANNOT

fighting was in progress ashore.

Hurricano of Bullets

LAND

A

Then a hurricane of bullets commenced to fall about the ship. In an endeavour to show that the vessel was of French nationality. NO RECIPROCAL an additional Tricolour was run up at the main-mast.

When, despite this display of nationality, the firing persisted, the Captain decided to turn back. The vessel then went on Banoi.

Hami.

to

The incident was reported to the French Consulate here and at It is understood that representations ure being made by Hanoi to the Chinese Government regarding the incident..

The G.G. Paul Doumer, which is a vessel of 734 tons, cleared langkong yesterday for l'akhoi.

Captain Says "Mutiny"

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RADIO BROADCAST

Children's Concert From

The Studio

Z.E.K. PROGRAMME From 2.B.W. on a wavelength of 350 metres (845 kilocycles):

5 pm. Dance Music from the Hongkong 1otel.

@p.m. Children's Studlo Concert. 6.30 p.m. Concert Waltzes. Evening on the Rhine-(Willy Richartz): In Dreamy Night-(C. M. Zehrer); Moonlight on the Alster-- (Feiras); Wine, Women and Sung- (Strauss).

6.45 p.m. Cinema Organ Music, Film Hits; I Hate Myself" Parade of Parades.

7 pim. gramme.

A Light Concert Pro-

Plano Solos-Mazurka in D Major,. Op. 33, No. 2. (Chopin); Mazurka in A Flat Major, Op.59, No. 2 (Chopin).

Ignace Jan Paderewskl; Songs Gentle Zephyrs (Jensen): The Fairy Tales of Ireland (Eric Coats)..... Essle Ackland; Song-Only Fer

You (Doelie, arr. Amberg). .Herbert E. Groh (Tenor): Violin Soles- Tornnielta

de де Sarasate);

Abendlied (omann). ....in

Manuel

Quiroga; Songs-Tramping Through the Countryside, (P. Allison); The Drums Are on Parade (Noville). Peter

Dawson; Instrumental-La Paloma (Yradler)....J. 1. Squire Celeste.

7.30 pm. Closing Local Slack Quotations.

7.33 p.m. The Band of LM. Coldstream Guards.

Martha-Selection (Flotow); War RIGHTS IN CHINA March of the Priests (Mendelssohn): Softly Awakes My Heart-"Samson and Delilah" (Saint-Saens); Rud-- digore-Selection (Sullivan, arr. Winterbottom): Old Panama (Al- ford).

8 p.m. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.

ALTHOUGH the Houg- kong Government has granted landing facilities at Kai Tak to China National Airways Corporation 'planes,. it is understood that recipro- cal rights to land British 'planes in China have not yet

me

8.05 p.m. Chinese Studió Concert, 11 p.m. Close Down. 8.05-11 p.m. European program- broadenst by Z.E.K. on a

frequency of 610-kilocycles.

8.05 p.m. "Symphony No. 3 in F

Peak Residents been granted by the Chinese Major (Brahms) (Op, 00).

Warned

BUT CREW Call It THIEF OPERATING

A STRIKE

Seattle, Oct. 7.

11 Is learned the freighter Tanana is anchored off Kodiak Island, the erew striking for higher wages.

The captain declares it is a muting The Coast Guard Cuiter. Morris has been ordered to proceed to the Tanta And Investigate, United Preas.

NEW BRITISH MINISTER

IN DISTRICT

'Residents in the Upper Levels and Peak districts are warned by the

númber

to

Government.

8.38 p.m. Songs by Georges Thill (Tenor).

1. Spanish Serenade (Bizet); 2. Nuit D'Espagne (Massenet): 3. En- levement (Bordese & Levnde); 4. Barchetta (Hahn).

Underlying the hesitation of the Chinese Government to grant facilities to British or other foreign machines is, it is said, the fear that Japan will immediately make use of the precedent to demand rights which China might from London. not care to grant.

sca,

fairly large number starts the contemplated Shanghai FerefaRhythm on the Range";

The cruiser has o haugar between COMING TO H.K.? indicated that only one man entered

housed

her funnels in which are

8.50 p.m. "Wagneriana"--Fantasia "un Themes of Wagner (Seldel).

9 p.m. News and Announcements

9.20 p.m. A Variety Program- Imperial Airways 'planes cannot | me.

Piano

Solos--Love's Romance; land in any part of China, and most of the route from Singapore Stay Close to me......Fred Stein; to Hongkong is at present over the Vocal-The Trail of the Lonesome The Hill Billies: Instru- Pine.. Unill China

National Airways meatal-Drifting and Dreaming.... und Paalubl; Songs Emply The Scene Changes.

Leslie

But- chinson: Instrumentai-Sweet Geor- gia Brown; Wabash Blues....Harry There'll never be another You Song

Tiger-Ragamuffins: Band Roy's

Pretty

Day; Orchestra-Big Broadcast of 1936--Selection: Every Night at Eight--Selection.

10 p.m. Big Ben from London.

11 p.m. Close' Down.

Dance Musle,

police to keep a sharp look-out for a thief who has recently paid a

Visits unwelcome several houses in the vicinity.

According to a senior police oMeini, on its way to Hungkong

here has been of larcentes in the distelets in ques-Hongkong service, air mail cannot be tion. The thief usually enters the forwarded from Hongkong. houses by an open door in the day Commenting on the recent "Tele- time and when detected V

the excuse that he is looking for another teen fury of the agreement be- excuse that the vicinity. If not con- tional Airways Corporation regarding Hongkong and the China Ne- fronted he

he would steal any valuables facilities at Kai Tack, the North he could lay his hands on. Although China Daily News, in a recent issue, the number of cases so far reported said:

"Although Imperial Airways lands the

it is suspected there is at Hongkong air mail cannot be posted at Shanghol for transmission According to Chinese sources, an accom Hongkong will shortly receive a visit

Residents are

are informed that if by that route. As the C.N.A.C. is from Sir Hughe Knatchbull-strangers are found on their premises now to use Hongkong as a base there Bugessen, the new British Ambas-under the circumstances mentionca is no reason why air mail for that

should not they should no! let them go under roule

be accepted in attor to China:

Sir Hughe recently presented his any plausible excuse but com-Shanghai.

BRITISH COMMENT credentials to the Nanklag Governmunicate with the police immediate- ment.

Dy.

"It only remains for the Ministry Chinese sources report that he will Patty larcenies are on the increase of Communications and the long-dromes as the Far East terminal shortly fly to Canton, and from there not only in the districts mentioned kong authorities to make the neces- statio will entrála to Hongkong, where be but throughout the Colony as in-sary arrangements to enable the route of the Pan-American Airways will confer with the Governor, Sir dicated from the reports of the transmission

of mails via the Int in Canton. Andrew Caldecott.

various Police Stations, which state perial Airways route if the despatch- that during the past 24 hours there er so desires. have been 24 larcenics.

"By Hongkong or Hanoi the time to Europe is the same, namely 11 days, unid it is hoped that Shanghal will soon be enabled to enjoy the benefits of this new development which is destined to have such a great influence on the future of air communications,"

three aeroplanes. The guns in her anti-aircraft buttery have been in- creased from four to eight, of 4-inch calibre, mounted in pairs, and greatly add to her aerial defence.

In addition, deck protection as bren considerably -strengthened nguinst overhead bombing, while nlong her water line has been im-

posed an 8-inch armour belt, extend ing well below, against submarine ntinck by torpedo.

- Over £520,000 was spent on the Cumberland while she was in dock at Chuthum. She was built in 1924- the 28, under the provisions of Washington Pact, her displacement Being 10,000 tons and her armament eight 8-inch guns, mounted on

protected hull, and with no ade- quale means of sheltering her single aircraft.

an

That has been all altered, and the Cumberland, as a fighting ship is well worth the big sum expended upon

her.

Human Ostrich 14 Keys, 4 Penknives -And “Cashbox"

RECEIVED BY KING

London, Oct. 7. Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, who recently return- ed from a visit to the Mediterranean Fleet, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace this İnfternoon. Lord Stanhope, First Commissioner of Works, who is cặc of the Ministers chiefly concerned in the Coronation arrangements, und Lord MacMillan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the King George V Memorial Fund, were other visitors received in, audience today.British Wireless.

TYPHOON WARNINGS

ANGLO-PERU TRADE

NEW AGREEMENT SIGNED

come

Canton circles welcome the report

But the longkong Government has decided to allow Chinn Aviation planes to land at Kui Tek Acrodome, and the projected use of the nero-

for the Trans-Paclfle air.

NEW INTERNAL SERVICE

The action of the British Govern- ment is generally considered a wise move, making for Hongkong's future prosperity. It has been suggested that the China Aviation Corporation is likely in the near future to estab 11sh an airways service in the interior of China to connect with Hongkong.

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

CHARITY AND PERSONAL TORCE AR2 THE ONLY INVESTMENTS WORDI ANY-

London, Oct. 7. The trade agreement between the No.-Walt Whitman. United Kingdom and Peru was signed | at Lima yesterday and is to

Suspected to have fallen or fumped into force on the exchange of rati- fleations. The tariff articles of the from the first floor of Nathan Hotel, agreement are to take effect pro- the body of an unknown Chinezo visionally in about a week's time. found in Pakhoi Street has been re-

The agreement provides for reet-moved to the Pubile Mortuary. procal most-favoured-nation treat-

One case of Diphtheria and three cases of Typhold were reported to the local Health authorities on Tuesday.

The Women's Auxiliary of the Society for the Prolection of Children acknowledges the sum of $7.30 for goods sold through the courtesy of the Thrift Shop.

The Manila Observatory reports ment of goods in respect of Customs Rome, Sept. 21.

A collision between two private A report has been made to the hat there i typhoon in about duties, Customs formalities and im-

cara occurred near Mackintosh's this police by. Fusilier. Adame, R.W.F., to PEASANT with a passion for Long. 139, Lat. 12, moving WNW port prohibitions and also in respect mornings when car No. 305 collided the effect that while riding his bicycle A accepting wagers that he would and another in about Long. 128. Lat. of the exercise of commerce and with the rear of car No. 224, the neur Boundary Street yesterday he swallow bits of metal, has been 17, moving N.W. operated upon in a Trieste hospital, of and had a fearsome assortment Ironmongery removed from his in- Bide. The report would be in- credible were it not for the doctors' nssurances.

FAIR WEATHER

the

schedule.

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Industry in general. Peru undertakes latter vehicle being owned by Mr. J. knocked down Lul Tak, 35, causlog to hecord benevolent treatment to F. Sherry. Only slight damage re-him injuries which necessitated his public utility and other undertakings Buited.

removal to, the Kowloon Hospital. in Peru in which British capital 19 invested.

William Clifford Morgan, of the On a charge of possession of 203 United Kingdom goods enumerates The anticyclone remains over in the

schedule

the Royal Welch Fusiliers, made another heroin pilis, Ho Hau, unemployed, annexed, to South Japan. agreement are not to be subjected in appearance before Mr. Macfadyen at was fined $300, with the ulternative Thirteen smail keys, one front door North China, and key, and screw, one sardine inressure is relatively low in a trough Feru to Customs duties higher than the Kowloon Magistracy this morn of four months' hard labour, by Mr. The ing, on a charge of rape of an 18-K. Keen at the Central Magistracy opener, three cigarette holders, one extending. from Indo-Chinn to the specifled in

Western Carolines. Local fore-scheduled rates represent reductions year-old girl, Li Fuk-lin, nt Lalchl- this morning. Defendant was arrest- small spoon, five fountain pencaps, cast:- N.E. winds, fresh; fair. of the higher duties fixed in February, kok on September 28. Hearing was bed at 18 Amoy Street on September 1938, by the new Peruvian Customs

fixed for to-morrow afternoon. Mr. 30, following a raid by a party of re-

venue officers. " Tarif in respect of various classes of G. S. Ford will represent Morgan. cotton, woollen, linen 14

and artificial silk fabrics and some other classes On the application of Revenue Charged with throwing corrosive of goods of interest to the United Officer Stephens, a 24-hours remand fluid on a man named Tong Tak- Kingdom. Conventionalisations of was granted by Mr. Macfadyen in the shing, at No. 198 Johnstone Road, first When the patient recovered con-

Peruvian jurit rates of duty have case of Leung Ko, 20, who was door, on October 8, a woman, Mak sciousness after the operation, he ask-

been secured in respect of numerous charged at the Kowloon Magistracy Kiu, aged 32, appeared before Mr. W. ed if the eight and a half, fire hnd

classes of goods of United Kingdom this morning with distilling liquor Schofield at the Central Magistracy been found. On hearing that the cotton, cinchona bark and specified origin.

without a licence on October 7 at 180 this morning. Inspector S. Logan money was once more available, he varieties of wool, and not to

As regards the tariff treatment of Pelho Street. He was niso charged |tisked for a remand.of 48 hours which exclaimed. "Then buy wine and let duty of more than ten per cent, ad Peruvian products the United King-with the possession of distilling ap was granted. He stated that the us drink to the health of the doctors valorem on Peruvian raw balata-tara dom undertakes to maintain duly- paratus, fermenting material and case was not very serious, and com- who have opened my safe.”

and saw guano-British Wireless. free udinission for Peruvian raw,dutiable liquor.

13 pieces of pencil, two metal pencils, four small penknives, a safety razor handle, two needles, a plece of glass, four two-lire pieces, one halflira plece, and a watch chain were taken out of the man.

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Six further cases of typhoid, five from Kowloon and the other from the New Territories, were notified yesterday,

levy

plainant was out of hospital

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