1937-08-11 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1937.

REGAINING THEIR LOST TRADE

European Firms In

Singapore Benefit

From Troubles

In North China

Lawrence Wright & His Wife

£5,000 GIFT SETS

A PROBLEM THE sum of £6,000 which Mr.

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EUROPEAN firms in Singapore

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are making a big effort to regain their trade lost as the direct result of Japanese com- petition, according to perienced Chinese merchant who has watched the fluctuations of the trade of the European con- cerns over four decades.

A local European firm has re- ceived so many orders for hard- ware and mild steel that it cannot promise delivery of some of the late orders until early next year.

Lawrence Wright, famous The Chinese troders in Slagapore composer and

not started an anti-Japanese of have

boycott, but owing to the uncertain musle, gave to his actress-wife, conditions they have all censed or formerly Miss Betty Warren, at dering fresh supplier from Japan. Monte Carlo, set a problem for Local Japanese firms are being nsked Judge Sir William. Cann at to cancel standing orders until fur- Westminster County Court re- cently.

ther notice.

firms,

Building contractors who have [been getting some of their supplies Mr. Wright, who gave his from Japan, are now ordering their address as Vale-close, Maida supplies from Europe through local Vale, W., and Mrs. Wright were; sued separately by Mr. Johit Curnock, A Wimpole-strect dentist, for £27 6s, in respect of treatment to Mrs. Wright.

Mr. Wright stated in evidence that he was married in 1933 and lived with his wife until about July 1030. £1,500 GIFT

He gave his wife £15 a week and an one occasion-at Monte Carlo-he Have her between £1,300 and £1,- | 500. After this she had no authority to pledge his credit.

Cross-examined, he anid that about 1033 he was interested in the Princes Theatre and lost £75,000. He denied that in 1995 his income was about £20,000 a year, and sald I was about £2,000 or £3,000.

He agreed that he sometimes gambled, entertained a good deal at West End restaurants, and some- umes occupied a suite at the Dor-1 chester.

It was not as a result of a quarrell that he gave his wife the £1,500. "WON AT CASINO"

Mrs. Wright, in the witness box, sald her husband did not live only

on the scale of a £2,000 or £3,000 man.

URGENT MEETING

The Chinese Chamber of Com- merce, Singapore, is calling an or= gent meeting to which representatives of over 150 Chinese public bodies, district guilds, clubs, associations and hongs are invited to discuss measures to raise funds for the relief of the war victims and refugees in China.

The Chamber will also urge the Chinese leaders of the various sec- tions of the Chinese community to ask their clansmen to abstain from

violence or ипу

to do anything that may not be consistent to the peace and order in the Colony.

Man Attacks

Girl In Train

Then Leaps To Death

A VEILED 20-years-old girl,

who was addressed by the coroner as Miss "X," wept at an inquest at Southwark, S.E., re-

The £1,500 gift he had won!cently. at the Casino.

Precautions were taken to prevent It was ridiculous to say that the the girl's identity being disclosed. £1,300 had been given to augment She was escorted into the court by her weekly allowance.

policemen through a side door, and she left the same way,

The Inquest was on Itobert Henry

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PLEIADES

UFS

TO TEST NEW BALLOON-Dr. Jean Placard, famed stratosphere explorer, is shown with the gondola of a new type, with which he hopes to ascend to new heights soon, near Rochester, Minn. In- Atead of a single balloon, a cluster of about 30 small rubber balloons filled with hydrogen will be attached to the gondola, The cluster is said to havo greater lifting power for their weight.

SECOND WIFE PAYS

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PEER'S BILLS

›OBERT Disney Leith, Baron Cobham, of Hill- street, W., described in the London Bankruptcy Court recently how he met a rich American widow with a view to marrying her, and how he had heard she was prepared to make him a cash payment of £5,000 and advance him a further £25,000 on the security of his promissory notes.

Depreciation in the value of his freehold property, Washing- ley Hall, Peterborough, was said to be the cause of his failure. Accounts showed total liabilities of £11,039, of which £2,639 is expected to rank against assets £23.

Replying to Mr. H. H. Gaine, Senior Assistant Official Recei- ver, Lord Cobham said he succeeded as 16th baron to the title on his brother's death in 1933, but he derived no financial advantage therefrom.

LIVED ON LEGACY

Ban On Business Posts For Crown Officers

NEW regulations governing the

acceptance of business RP-. pointments by officers of the Crown services were issued Inst month in a Government memor- andum arising from the report of the Royal Commission on the private manufacture of and trading in arma,

BUSINESS AFFECTED

It is not implied that there is anything improper or undesirable In officers on retirement accepting

business appointments. But s stated the Government realise there are types of cases which might lend themselves to misunderstanding, and they require assent to the acceptance of appointments within these types.

These would include businesses and other bodies which are in contractual relationship with the Government; in receipt of subsidies or their equivalent from the Government; in which the Guvernment is shareholder; which are in receipt from the Government al loans,

orms of and with which branches of Government are

of

capital assistance or other

A

matter of course in o special relation- ship; and semi-public organisations brought into being by the Govern- ment or by Parliament.

In such cases all officers of the rank of Assistant Under-Secretary of State (or Principal Assistant Secretary or, in missions abroad, Ministers), Rear- Admiral, Major-General, Air Vice- Marshal-and above-will be requir- ed to obtain the assent of the Govern- ment before accepting an offer of -employment.

After the lapse of two years from the date of retirement assent will no longer be necessary..

to

These principles are to apply in the case of officers who in exceptional circumstances may wish

realitn from the Services to take up outskle accupations.

OUR GUIDE TO THE

of a legacy from a relative, and thereafter he had had a voluntary

For ten years before December 1984 he lived on the proceeds CINEMAS allowance by his second wife.

"The Guv'nor" (King's Theatre, His troubles had arisen through his association with one, to-day).-George Arliss has taken no Harry Shaw, whom he met in 1934. Shaw told him he could find more lovable or romantic a role than him a number of directorships. He heard Shaw ring up a man in this picture. called Richards and say, "Willie, I have

He discards his a live lord here. He famous cynical tone of voice and might be very useful."

invests the part with warmth and colour. A delightful picture in every respect, with Arliss standing supreme In a good cast.

He did not succeed in obtain- ing any directorships

und

Judge Conn said it seemed im- probable that these (wo people should choose, Monte Carlo, of all Hull, an ex-soldier, aged 28, of Dac-received no fees at all. He was places, to go into housekeeping prob- castreet, Bermondsey, S.E.

lems, and he was disposed to accept the evidence of Mrs. Wright.

willing to undertake them, al- Miss "X." raven-haired and attrac- though he had nothing to offer tive, who is employed in London. sald that 10:30 pm. last Friday she in the way of experience.

He gave judgment against Mr. entered a first-class compartment of Wright.

u train at Catford Bridge, S.E. She was alone. PULLED THE CORD

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"NATURE'S OWN' LAXATIVE

As

the train was moving out of New Cross Station a man stumbled Into the carringe.

Shuw suggested that he should assist him to find a rich woman with view to marriage. Lord Cobham added that he met a rich American widow who was contemplating second marriage.

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He was prepared to enter into a Her voice dropped to a whisper as matrimonial alliance with her, but

coroner.

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she continued her evidence, and the that time his first wife was threaten after saying that he did not want de-tack negotiations to settle them. toils, asked: "He attacked you?"

Miss "X": Yes.

the

Husband On Murder Charge

of

"Top Hat" (Queen's Theatre, to- day). The return this great! Astaire-Rogers film is bound to be warmly welcomed. "Top Hat" just about tops all of their previous pic- tures, which is saying a lot. The tunes are good, the dancing excellent and the fun maintained throughout.

"Motor Madness" (Alhambra Glasgow, July 16. Theatre, to-day).-Outboard racing is, SHORTLY

the latest theme for the clinemos, and before midnight this picture has some exciting racing last night Mrs. Margaret scenes for A background. Allen Gilmour, aged 60, of Duke- Brook, a newcomer to the screen (this being his second picture) shows from her flat with a deep wound perienced Rosalind

Keith plays in her face, and collapsed.

excellently to sustain the Jovo interest.

Mr. A. Douglas Cowburn, ng proceedings, and Shaw under-street, Dennistoun, staggered unlimited promise and the more ex-

There was a struggle, but even-

of

GENERAL SETTLEMENT

Eventually

there was a general

"Trouble In Morocco" (Majestis Theatre, to-day)Strong Man"

tually she was able to pull the comsettlement under which his first wite ried her back and found George A neighbour, John Scallon, car- munication cord.

William J. Holmes, of Dartford, was paid £2,500 by the second wife Elrick, aged 62, of Craigmore-street, Jack Helt gives a very pleasing per-

train in consideration of which the former Dennistoun, tying Injured guard, suld that as the stopped he saw a girl hanging out surrendered bills for £14,750 pre-bedroom floor."

viously given her, and a mortgage coach and screaming,

for £3,000. "GUARD, SAVE ME?"

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went along the line and the girl said, "Guard, save me! This

man has insulted me."

Holmes continued: "I told the men down and he did so for a to sit

I said to the girl, I will stay while, with you to London, and the train started again.

"Suddenly the man dealt me A blow on the jaw and clutched me by the thro, and 1 am certain, his Intention was to throw me on to the

The settlement cost his second wife £12,000.

on the

"SHE COULD NOT SPEAK" "Mrs. Gilmour staggered from her Shaw produced a number of docu-fat. She was wounded in the face ments and asked him to sign them. and could not speak. I carried her He thought they were promissory back laside," Mr. Scallon told me notes. Lord Cobham agreed Mr. Shaw seemed to have feathered his nest very nicely.

that

Lord Cobham further siated that as part of the scheme he purchased Washingley Hall and 50 acres et land for £10,000, which was raised on mortgage.

to-night.

formance in this romance of rival newspaper reporters which takes the two (one a man, the other a woman) Fiery action, smart dialogue and to the sandy wastes of Morocco. generally good production qualities makes this a une film.

In-

"Man Of The People" (Oriental Theatre, to-day).--A very moving "I heard moans coming from the picture of tremendous human bedroom and saw a man lying on terest. It gives Joseph Callela his the floor seriously injured. When I first big chance and he makes the returned with two policemen he utmost of it. Splendid supporting was dead."

cast. A great picture.

Mrs. Gilmour, who was not seriously injured, was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

The Royal Engineers Old Com- rades' Association is holding its next

Show as the vendor agreed to con- lines

tinue to occupy the property at a "The girl gripped the man by the rental sufficient to cover the mort-swift Investigation, arrested James fortnightly whist drive and tombola

Early to-day police chiefs, after collar and pulled the communication gage interest, but defaulted in pay- Gilmour, husband of the injured in the Garrison Lecture Hall on cord a second time.

ment of the rent, and consequently woman. "The train stopped and the man Lord Cobham was unable to pay the assaulting his wife and murdering at 8.30 p.m. Prices to the value of He has been charged with Wednesday, August 18, commencing Jumped out of the compartment. Amortgage interest,

Elrick, and will appear in the Eastern 335 will be given. Admission is 60 second train was approaching, going The examination was concluded. Police Court, Glasgow, to-morrow. cents, including refreshments. in the same direction as ours, and the man was struck by this train.

am certain he did not throw

clear in front, but tried to jump

Summing up Mr. Cowburn sald: The girl's statements indicate the was the victim of a determined, wicked, brutal, cowardly assault. did not go into detalls as I wanted to spare her.

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"When Hall made a violent as sault on the guard, the girl, shaken and upset as she must have been, went to the guard's assistance. think you will agree that she showed remarkable pluck."

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The jury returned a verdict Death by Misadventure while trying to evade arrest, and commended the 000 girl's pluck in helping the guard.

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