1937-10-19 — Page 17

THE HONGKONG

Prisoners' Food Cost:

Increases

$332,000 To Feed

2,395 Daily

TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, OCTOBER

Dorsetshire Arrives

Structural Changes

During Refit

II.M.S. Dorselshire, which recently returned from reft and recommission In England, has not had the same in-structural alterations as have been

hns

made to other cruisers of the same

class which are now on the China

Station.

19, 1937,

Big Airliner Crashes. On Mountain Top

No Signs Of Lifo Seen From Air

Salt Lake City, Oct. 18. The commercial trans-continental air liner, which crashed during storm with 10 people aboard, has been located from the air.

Watch Thief Confesses Pawn Tickets Go

To Prove Guilt

A young man, Chan Hung, 20, un- employed, uppeared before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy this morning, charged with stealing There has been such a large

a gold wrist watch, villyed at $11, crease in the prison population of Hongkong within recent months, that

from Wong Po-kee, masou, at No. 232 Third Street, ground floor, on the original estimate of $270,000 for

I in of Interest to note, however

October 8, and larceny of a white the subsistence of prisoners

that she Bles the Senior Officer'a

metal pocket watch valued at $8 proved to be inadequate.

burgee us her Commander, Capt. F.

The ptune had four women and 15 from Mok Yee-tung, fruit dealer, at According to Government the R. Barry, is senter in the Captair men aboard, and 14 hours after it No. 78 Connaught Road Central, average dally number of inmates hast to Commodore E.B.C. Dicken, hall disappeared in the course of is ground floor, on August 20 risen from 1,017 in 1938 to 2.305 for

who is in charge of the naval flight from New York to Salt Lake Inspector W. Mair and Wong was the first eight months of 1937. establishinent. The duties of the City, it was found lying shattered on working in a house under construe- Therefore it is found necessary to port will still be carried on by the a mountain-side 80 üles casi tion at Third Street and had hung

Salt Lake City, at an altitutle of his jacket ask for a further vote of $20,000 to Commodore. keep these additional prisoners in HMS. Darlag left yesterday for 10,000 feet.

The hope is ex- Swatow: pressed that this additional money. which the Legistative Council wil be asked to vote to- morrow, will prove mufficient to cover requirements for the remainder of the year.

P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND food, and clothing

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS

Taking Cargo For

Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon, East and South Africa, Australia, India, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, Red Sea, Egypt, Europe.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY

DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT

All daten are approximate and subject to alteration without notice.") and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without polles.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS

Destination.

30th Oct. Marseilles & London.

From

5.9.

Tons Hong Kong

About

CARTHAGE *BANGALORE

14,500

6,000

COZARDA

5,000

COMORIN

15,000

RANCHI

17,000

*BHUTAN

RAJPUTANA

6,000

17,000

1

*BEHAR

G,000

RANPURA

17,000

Cargo only.

6th Nov. 'bay, M'seilles, Ire, L'don, 11'burg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. 12th Nov. Bombay & Karachi. 13th Nov. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 27th Nov. Bombay, Marseilles & London, 4th Dec. 'baM'scilles, 're, Lidon, H'burg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Dec. Bombay. Marseliles & London.

in Dec. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull 25th Dec. Bombay, Marseilles & Lan

London.

All vessels may call at Malta.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS

TAEMASA

SIRDHANA

SHIRALA

TILAWA

SANTHA

10/2002h 21st Oct...

8,000

4th Nov. Singapore,

8,000 18th Nov.

10,000

8,0001 18 Dec. I

Port

SwettenhamL-

Ind Dec. Penang, Rangoor & Calcutta.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS.

NELLORE

TANDA

NANKIN

7,000

30th Oct.

3rd. Dec. Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydnej, *7,000 7,000 2nd Jan..

Melbourne & Hobart.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

"BHUTAN

SHIRALA RANCHI

TANDA

BEHAR

TILAWA

RAJPUTANA

•

Cargo only.

0.0001 25th Oct. Japan.

8,000

28th Oct. Amoy & Japan.

17,000

29th Oct. Japan,

7,000

4th Nov. Japan,

0,000

Bih Nov. Japan.

10,000

1th Nov. Amoy & Japan.

17,000

12th Nov.Japan.

All dates are approximale and subject to alteration without noties, For further Information. Passage, Freight, Handbook, etc., apply to

The Agents. Phono 2772}

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO

PICTONBUILDING&CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG

PRISONER DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS

.

CHINA'S EXPORT TRADE GAINS

VERY FAVOURABLE

BALANCE

:

Shanghai, Oct. 19. Despite the war which has gripped Shanghai for the last two months, China's exports during the month of September have shown a marked Increase over her imports,

no

on, the wall. After work that day, he missed his watch, and reparted the matter to the police. signs of life-While walking In Bonham Strand

There were Reuter,

SEARCH PARTY, OUT

Later,

West yesterday, he saw Chan, and salted him if he had taken the watch. Chan admitted doing so, and on being taken to West Point Police station, whs searched. Two pawn

It is not believed the scarch party will arrive at the wreckage of the tickets were found, One related to fnted plane before Tuesday.—United | Wong's watch and the other to Mok's. Press

Chan admitted a previous convie- tion for snitching, and was sentenced to six weeks' hard Inbour on ench charge, the terms run consecutive- ly. He wa also ordered puy $12 compensation to complainants to redeem their watches, or to xcrve ahother, three weeks.

CAR DRIVERS:

FINED

The death of Wat Fult, prisoner at Victoria Gool, Stanley, was the sub- ject of an inquiry at the Central Magistracy this morning. Mr. S. . Balfour sitting as Coroner, with the According official following Jury: Messrs. 5 N. Fotoullec DR leoneal atalistics - Proteus, by Mr. W. Schofield, at the JAPAN'S MONEY toms to-day experts totalled 827,932, when he was summoned for leaving SEEKS. FIELD. IN

otr (foreman), Ng

Tying Del-yor

Yuk-sang

And

447

while imports

were

A line of $5 was Impased on it. re-. B. C. Trench, R.N., of H.M.S.

Central

this morning. Magistracy

only

WORLD TRADE

London. Oct. 18.

Mr. 11. Barrett, Chiel Warder at the $7,319,714.-Control News. gool, stated that the prisoner ་ཨྰཿi|:་ sentenced to six months hard labour on July 22, and died at the Prison Hospital on October 14. 1 identi fled the body of the prisoner af the Mortuary, in Dr. G. f. Shaw's pro-

sence.

Dr. Shaw stated that the deceased was first seen by him on July 23, and was in a very poor condition, ant oplum addict. He was admitted to the hospital on September died on October 14 of tuberculosis,

The Jury returned a verdict of death from natural entes,

9,

and

Unpleasant Welcome For S'hai People

Shanghini, Oct. 18.

re- A large number of evacuees turned to Shunghat from Hongkong Land Manila to-day by the Felix.

Roussel and the Victoria.

A Geneva message states the effect the For Eastern crisis has had on world trude 12 revealed by the monthly statisites of the League's Economic Intelligence Service,

his ear unattended on October Mr. C. G. Agnew, of the Asiatic

Petroleum Campany, and Mrs. Rose NORTH ·CHINÁ

Tam, of 1 Suffolk Road, were ned $3 each for parking their cars for over two hours in city car-parks on October 5. Mr. V. Singer was also fed $3 for a similar offence on September 22,

Tokyo; Oct. 10. Japanese capitalists are planning co-operation with the Chinese Deve- lopment Company aiming at the The gold value of world trade in

development of China's natural re- Mf. C. G. Scicluna, summoned for sources. North Chinn reports say August was three per cent. less than the pure for July. Not only did driving in a westerly direction along that the project, will begin with a world imports decline considerably, Chater Rond between lee ilouse capital of Yen 3,000,000 which in- but exports were much less-British Street and Pedder Street, which is chides export of aluminium, develope Wireless.

only open to east-bound traffic, on ment of mines and electric power. October 4, was Aned $5. He admit- A-Damei raport adds that the ted the offence, but pleaded that he Anglo-Chinese Kaftan. Mining Ad- had deposited. some passengers at, the minsitration. Is pledged to supply

ADDIS ABABA WON'T BE REBUILT

Cell Hotel, and was looking for a

mace to park the car, so continued along the road.

A caution was administered to) Mrs. H. B. Harrison for causing um obstruction with her gar in Des Voeux Road Central on October 6.

RESCUE PARTY REACHES ISOLATED AVIATORS

Addis Ababa, Oei 10. Signor Musolini has rejected the proposals to build a new Addis Ababa at a lower altitude than the old city,

The Royal Engineers Old Cområdes' thus ending the long controversy rë- garding the future of Addis Ababa as Association will hold its next tort- the capital of Italian East Africa. mightly dance in the Peninsula Hotel, After the conquest of Abyssinia, on Saturday, October 30. Dance Italian residents discovered that only music will be supplied by the band ant of the 1st Bn. The Seaforth High- Europeans with strong be

As the ships' lenders moved up' river with the passengers, Japanese planes began bombing Pootung lunges could live at an altitude of landers, by kind permission of Lt. Reuter.

9,000 feet.-Reuter's Special.

SPEED DEPENDS, ON SPARK PLUGS

-YOU CAN

DEPEND ON

Champions

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Col. J. Mulrhead.c, and Officers.

RE-VITALIZE

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4,500,000 tuns of coal annually.

TRI-MOTORED ROMANCE!

Love that cut through

a malae of time and mystery, "pinning dasth on a kid of ban de.... the parachute |

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REPORTED MISSING!

A NEW GOVORIAL PICTURE MOR

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FITZMAURICE

Started by 100us Corvet

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BIG GUARANTEE FUND FOR

EMPIRE EXHIBITION

London, Oɛl. 18. The guarantee fund for the Em- pire Exbiblion 10 bt opened nt Glasgow, next Bellahusion Park, May, now totals £750,000.-Brisiahı

Wireless,

TWENTY-FOUR SENTENCED

TO DEATII IN MOSCOW

Moscow, Oct. 10.

It is revealed that 24 revolution- "Folt detatis" iwwa" nut been reveated-faries have been sentenced to dealht.

United Press, at present.-United Press,

Love...YOU FUNNY THINGI

And how funny it can be as a boy loses one girl and wins another (with the help of cops,; robbers, milkmen, fire- men) in the exciting hours between, midnight. and dawni

MARRIED Before BREAKFAST

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Rob.YOUNG-Florence RICE

Jona CLAYWORTIS • Dormatt PARKER Screen Play by Ozarge Oppenheimer andreeman

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