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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18,

1936.

CORONATION CENSUS TO FIND

"I Never Intended To

SKIP

Scuttle The

Ship"

-Skipper Orsborne

KIPPER GEORGE BLACK ORSBORNE, of the Grimsby trawler Girl Pat, in the witness-box for four hours at the Old Bailey, declared that at no time did he intend to scuttle the vessel.

He described how at Georgetown, when the ship! arrived, he sold the story of the trip to newspaper in- terests for £5,000.

He was sharing the money with the four members of his crew and they were receiving £5 a week.

James Orsborne, the skipper's brother, denied "fantastic" suggestions that the object of the trip might have been pearl or treasure hunting.

On June 23, the King's birthday, George Orsborne, who is 38,] and James (31), are charged they attended a reception at the invi

tation of the Governor, before Mr. Justice Singleton' with stealing the Girl Pal. They plead not guilty.

Mr. Tom Moore, managing director of the company owning the Gul Pat, had earlier emphatically denied sug- gesting to Captain Orsborne that the ship should be thrown away to get the Insurance money.

Captain Ursborne, continuint in evidence the previous day, sald that when they set out from Dukar they had about 24 hours' stores and water for eight days.

AT DEVIL'S ISLE

rat

It took 10 days to reach the other alde of the Atlantic. They sighted land at Devil's 1stand.

Their boat had then no food on her and they got mupplies from Devil's Inland for a month,

As they approuched Georgetown on

ARRESTED

He offered to take the ship back to England, but got no answer,

Later he went to the police statlon and he and his brother were arrested. They were kept in prison without ball until August 14, when they sailed back to England under arrest,

At no time had he any intention of depriving the owners permanently of the Girl Put,

Mr. Scott, cross-examining: Had you made much money on this voy- age? Nane whatever."

He had sold the story of the Giri Pat for £5,000 to a newspaper com-

pany.

The Judge: i want the 'nume of the person to whom the witness says he sold the story.

Orsborne replied that the negotin- tions were through Mr. King, a

the evening of June 16 an aeroplane Georgetown rulleitor. A contract was flew over and dropped a message ask-signed. ing if they were the Girl Pai.

He signalled back that they were. They anchored that night outside the three-mile limit.

There was nothing to prevent them sailing nway that night. They still had enough of to go about 50 miles and had made five sails.

Next morning the Pomeroon river passenger boat, he explained; approached them

while they were sull outside the three-mile limit.

As she did sa he asked for a Lloyd's agent, but got no reply. He took up his anchor and made straight for the Harbour.

"The Pomeroon," Orsborne added, "tried to come alongside, which was very dangerous. There were 30 or 40 armed black policemen or soldiers.on board her.

"She smashed the ship's aide in as they tried to board. As we got close to harbour our oil ran cut and we asked for a tow and they towed us in. I went ashore and later that day made a statement to the police,

"We were arrested on landing and released the next day at one o'clock."

TO WIFE

All he had had so far was £40, 1lc had sent £5 to his wife.

Scott: What share are the Mr. other men to have in this £5,000.--I gave the other four £1,000 each,

Have you not been making regular remittances to Harris and Stephens ever since they got home 7-No, The solicitors have.

Mr. Scott: How much have they been paying to you every week 2- Five pounds.

You don't suggest they are paying that out of their own puckel?-No. They are paying it out of the £5,- 000.

So, although you would not tell us that clearly they have received the money on your behak?—Yes.

The voyage covered about 8,000 miles.

Mr. Scolt! Did you tell a news- paper man you were known as Dare- Devil Dod?-No.

The Judge: Are you known as that?I don't know. I am known as Dod.

Mr. Scott: Did you say you spent many hours nailing up boards alonr -the-front-of--the ship to alier its ap-

SENT TO PRISON penrance?-No.

"ONE TRIP LIKE THAT"

You are saying definitely that Mr. Moore told you to throw that ship away? He said so in his own words.

IN FRANCE From A Special Correspondent London. Nov. 1. Nappeal is to be made by the AN

Foreign Omee

behalf of Williams Warren, a 70-year-old British subject who was sentenced to five усага imprisonment yesterday at Avesnes, Nord Department, France,ke that.

What were the plainest words he used?-le wanted us to make the biggest trip she could possibly make. Orshorne told the judge he was re- ferring to the Gipsy Love.

Do not all fishing-ship owners want that?-She could only make one trip

Warren was necused of swindling a Orsborne said Mr. Moore offered farmer named Brichant of £250 by him 15 per cent. of the value of the meass of a contklence trick,

The British Consul in Lille brought evidence to show that Warren was In Cairo at the time of the crime. To- day he sent a full report of the ease the Foreign Office with Warren's solicitor.

hip.

Mr. Scott: £545, for taking a ship out? Yes, If she did not come back.

Did you ever intend to scuttle the Girl Pat? No, I never did.

What did you take it out for?-I had not made up my mind:

"James Orsborne, questioned by Mr. Scott, denied they were to fish for pearls or hunt for treasure on a corn)

I understand that the case will probably be taken up with the Pubile Prosecutor in Paris, after examina- tion in London by the Consular de-island. partment of the Foreign Office,

THADE

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The trial was adjourned.

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This huge survey will remove the fears of people who have thought that they will either be unable to get rooms or will have to pay exorbitant prices.

The secretary of the association told me "We invite | all proprietors of hotels, licensed and unlicensed, board- ing houses, lodging houses, flats, and private houses within the radius of 100 miles to write to the offices of the association, 11, Southampton-row, Strand, giving full particulars of the accommodation available and the terms.

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King Of Tricksters Jailed Again

Amiens, Nov. 10.

alias

we have completed this census in a few WILLIAM WARREN,

"Bludger Bill," world's weeks, we shall be able to supply all applicants with par- richest "con man," brought from ticulars of where they can stay for the Coronation.

"People who offer rooms at what we consider extrava- gant charges will not he included in our lists. It is the nim of all members of our association and kindred bodies to prevent profiteering of any kind in rooms for the Coranation.

"Applicants for rooms for one or two nights before and after Coronation Day on May 12, however, stand little chance of obtaining them. The demand is very great and many hotels and boarding houses will accept advance bookings only for a minimum of five days."

a French convict prison, where he is now serving his second term of five years' penal servitudo in France, stood to-day in Avesnes Court and listened unmoved while French magistrates sen tenced him on a fresh charge for a further five years' imprison- ment and £30 fine.

Six months ago Warren stood be- So far the association is conducting the census without charge. tore the court in nearby Amiens and OFFICIAL GUESTS

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No applicant need be afraid of being unable to secure accom- modation. In London's most luxurious hotels there will be many official visitors, guests of the. Government, for whom accommodation will be provided. These include reigning monarcha and their suites, and Ministers and offeints who will be arriving for the Imperial Conference, which is almost coincident with the Coronation,

For these guests the association has been informed that the Government will require for a considerable time 900 bedrooms. These will be allocated on a quota basis among London's_beat_hotels. The hotels generally rated na first- class in London number 27, and provide among them 12,000 bedrooms..

There are, according to the association, whose president is Mr. G. Reeves-Smith, of the Savoy Hotel, a further 5,000 good hotels in London, providing 250,000 rooms, and smaller hotels and boarding- houses which normally offer another 250,000 rooma.

RESORTS AID

:

Additional accommodation at seaside resorts and other towns within quick travelling distance of London could, it is calculated, easily provide for at least another 1,000,000 visitors.

The Office of Works announced that it is useless for members of the public to apply to the department for seats, and no such applications can be considered.

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istened with the same impassivity while sentence of five years was pro- nounced for u confidence trick.

Bluff, honest-looking Australlan- born Willlam Warren is now nearly

70.

He is reputed to have "earned" at' one time £20,000 a year. A single swindic of £23,000 on a full ship- owner, Sir Walter Cockerline, brought him his first five years in a French prison in 1923. Prisons of half a dozen other countries have -also-held-William Warren..

LAUREL ASKS FOR DIVORCE

THE matrimonial troubles of Stan

Laurel, the mournful member of the "Laurel and Hardy" film teant, are before the Los Angeles court again. Laurel has begun a divorce suit in answer to the action by his second wife, formerly Mrs. Virginin Ruth Rogers, for separate main- tenance.

He alleges that she is selfsh and Six new members have been added to the Executive Committee obstinate, that she meddled in his of the Privy Council which is making arrangements for the Corons-business affairs, and falsely accused him of associating with other women. tion, the London Gazette announced.

They ara: Major the Hon. Alexander Hardinge, the King's Pri- Opposing his wife's demand for vato Secretary: Brigadier-General Sir Hill Child, Master of the monthly alimony of £250, Laurei stat- Household at Buckingham Palaco; Col. Sir Donald Banks, Permanented that he received no regulur salary but was paid £13,000 a picture. He Secretary to the Air Ministry; Sir Archibald Carter, Permanent declared that his wife had an assured Secretary of the Admiralty: Major Ulick Alexander, Keeper of the income of £34 a month from a £10,000 Privy Purse; Lt.-Col. T. E. G. Nugent, Comptroller of the Lord annuity which he had taken out for Chamberlain's Department.

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He has signed a long-term Tense on

a flat consisting of 10 rooms on the 15th and 16th Acors of a building at Corner Park-avenue, New York's most

fashionable residential

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His house, together with the nd- Joining one purchased by his father 40 years ago, may be demolished to make Way for î more modern structure in a neighbourhood where the Rockefellers have important holdings.

Whether Mr. Rockefeller intends, to move his art treasures to the flat is not yet known. The house he is vacating cost £40,000 to build and 220,000 to decorate.

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