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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROW FRANKLING at 1 and 3, Wyndham Bireet in the City of Victoria, Hongkong

NOVEMBER

12, 1937.

BORROWED CAR TO KILL HIMSELF

IN CRASH

Coventry, Oct. 3.

A nineteen-year-old engineering student told his friend that he was going to borrow a car and "get smashed up."

hill.

Later he was seen driving at full speed down a steep

As he neared the foot he deliberately swerved, crashed into a tree, wrecked the car and killed himself.

This story was told to the coroner, Mr. C. W. Iliffe, to-day at an inquest here on Derek Offerton Wood, a stu- dent apprentice at a Coventry motor worice.

"You will probably say this is ene of the most outstanding stories outside Action you havo cver heard," was the coroner's comment to the jury.

Agnes Howard Sulir, of Marine Paride, Brighton, Wood's aunt, said that for the last 11 months he had been lodging at Coventry. His father was in India.

"I don't think Derek had, a care in the world," she said.

Animals Die From Dread Disease

Serious Outbreak

In Britain

London, Nov. 11. The extent of a serious outbreni: of food and mouth disease was dis- closed by the finister for Agricul

"He was rather extravagint and wanted more than his people could afford, but he had everything he ask ed for. His expenses were paid but his salary had recently been reduced ture in the House of Cannons to- and he had only 12s. 6d. a week poe-day when he said that since October kel money."

| 16, forty-three cases had occurred in south-eastern

A young pupil at another motor the eastern and worlts, John Fowler Coulson, sald he had lodged with Wood.

counties.

The type of disease appeared to order had therefore been imposed in very virulent, and a standstill

the affected areas.

"On Saturday RIW Derek in be Coventry and had lunch with him. Derek sild something about not hay- ing enough money and seemed to be worried,

Ile quoted figures

showing the

A new type of machine gun which tys no recoll, and considered by experts to be far superior to any weation of its kind produced to date has been constructed for the Indian Arny at rifle factory near Calcutta, The picture shows Indian with the new weapon.

soldiers

Severn Leigh Appeal Opens

Captain Carries His Case Higher

Crew Allegedly Impeded Ship

"That evening after some double whiskles Derek said: I am going to take the car out and get smashed up.'infected animals and compensating

The present policy of slaughtering the "Later he got into a car by the side the farmers was being continued. Jurisdiction, this of the road, and, shouting Cheerlo. The evidence tended to show that the the Chief Justlee, Sir Atholl Mac- started it up and went off.

Gregor.

The hearing of the appeal by the Continent, especially in France. grent spread of the disease on the Captain of the British freighter,

Severn Leigh, was

commenced ai Supreme Court, Appellate morning. before

threat,

"I then remembered his which I had not treated seriously. I Bol ny car out and went to Stone- leigh as fast as I could. I walked to the bottom of the hill and saw him coming down the hill very fast."

Tin

voroner, holding a letter in his hand, said to the jury that he wani-

disease was imported by birds. Reuter Special.

The

SHIPS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

migrant

Notice of motion filed by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Mr. R. M. M. King, of Messrs. Johnson,

Stokes and

Master, on behalf of the Captain, Albert Edward Ford, asked that the judgment of the Hon. Com- mander J. B. Newill, D.S.O., given on September 20, 1937, in the Marine

ed to respect the deceased's wish that to be in wireless communication Magistracy, be reversed.

it should not be

"In this letter,

following ships are expected

with

Hongkong radio station.- Shinyo Mürt, President Adums,

suld the coroner, i

or

The grounds of the appeal were "he tells us what he told his friends Java, Empress Of Canada, Empress that the Magistrate should have con- he was going to do."

victed Japan, Taigen Meru, Koci, had combined to impede the pro- respondents, because they The jury, after reading the letter, Ramses, Flintshire, and Lisbon Marugress of the voyage contrary to Sec- returned a verdict of "Sulelde while!

of unsound mind."

POWERS TO ACT

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(Continued from Page 1.)

might be despatched to Japan early as Saturday.-Reuter,

FAR EAST COMMITTEE TO

MEET

seaman

or

tion 225 (1) (e) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1804, which says, if a lawfully engaged apprentice to the sea service com- Nov. 11. mills any, of the following offences. 147 in this Act referred to as offences 21.59) against discipline, he shall be liable 12.304 to be punished summarily, that is to

547

say if he combines with any of the

EXCHANGE RATES

Paris.

Geneva.

Nov. 147,5/ 21.58

Berlin..

12.97

Athens

54714

Milan

By Conent

Copenhagen.....22.40 Stockholm. .19.391/2 Usla Usio....

.19.00 Helsingfors.. Shanghal.

Geneva, Nov. 11. New York

Amsterdam.. Members of the Far East

Com- mittee of the League of Nations, Vienna.

celing under the presidency of M. Prague Vilhelms Munters, Latvian Foreign Madrid. Minister, expressed the desire that a Lisbon meeting be held only after the end Hongkong. of the Brussels conference, despite Bombay the fact that China and Russlo Montreal favoured an immediate meeting---- Reuter,

BRITISH OPINION

London, Nov. 11. Spentation In political and bus ness circles has been keenly aroused regarding

the

outcome of the Japanese successes in Shanghai and | North China.

226 .1/24 .5.01

.0.028%

20%

141

Nom

.1103

1/3

1/6%

4.99

Brussels. Yokohama. .1/2 Belgrade

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4 crew to disobey lawful commands, er 22.40 to neglect duly, or to impede the navi 19.39% gation of the ship or the progress of

10.90

226 the voyage, he shall be liable to im- 226prisonment for a period not exceed- 1/24 ing twelve weeks. Appellant further. 4.98 submitted that the Magistrate 9.01 wrong in holding that the character 26% of the voyage had so changed as to 142

was

Justify respondents in

In their conduct. Respondients to-da were 1. 110 man, M. Paretley rowden,

Nom.

20.

Stein

1/3 Power. F. Trevivian, A. Macdonald, 1/61% R. Redmond, B. Burgess, R. Lambert, 4.981

Stanicy

Comes Willam Matthews, 29.38 F. Davies, E. Todd and E.

1/2 worth Joc E, O. Ganica, James

215: Bassey.

20.39

30

19

Montevideo.....391 Silver (Spot)...10) Rio de Janeiro. 44 Silver (forward) 19 War Loan...

Davies. John Ter Davies, James Isiah, J. Chiku, Dixon 44 Jones, John Stephens and Coxon Ayama (Negrces) and they were not 1994 represented. 10141 British Wireless.

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STOP PRESS

The conspicuous rise of Far Eastern | ———— Joans, which to-day were also steady, inclining to firmness, reflects eity hopes of n not distant peace. A fea- ture of the Far Eastern market is the absence of sellers. The Financial News says that stock in small supply prices has moved out of all proportion to the amount of business.

It is everywhere believed that Japanese, Including the militarists,

are anxious for peare, and it also is considered possible that the peace; party in Nanking may be stimulatéij to new efforts by the crushing loss. of Stanghal,

On the other hand is believed that the Chinese army and

people

will not hear of terms with Japan. Any movement in this direction might

provoke revolution.

PRESS COMMENT

HONGKONG. AIDS WAR VICTIMS

will be recalled that the hear- ing in the Marine Magistrate's Court arose out of the incident which took place in the harbour in September last, when respondents declined to sail their ship to Japan unless a on per cent. increase of wages was grant- ed them, maintaining the

cargo of col they were carrying would ald Japan in her war against China.

MACAO MARKS ARMISTICE DAY

Macno, Nov. 11.

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Armistice of the World War, a two-minute silence was observed at 12 noon tu-day by the entire populace of the Colony, the timing of the interval being set Shanghai, Nov. 12. by the ring of a gun from Monte

The Daily Herald asserts that Herr A campaign to collect funds and Fort, Adolf Hitler, with cordial Italian articles for the benefit of the Chinese Mosses were solemnized this approval, is now bringing pressure to war refugees and wounded soldiers morning at St. Domingo's Church and bear both on Chiang Kai-shek and is a feature of the celebration of the the Se Cathedral "in memory of the Tokyo to accept his mediation and anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun glorious dead." The ceremony was that he warns Chiang that it is use- Yat-sen, founder of the Chinese Re-attended by E. the Governor less to drenin of victory ur

expect public, to-day.

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Comprising:

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Activitios of the Big Sword Corps

3. Shalling from Chinese Artillery at Pootung

4.

Chinese Planes Activo Over Whampoa Rivor

5. Acrial Combats Ovor Nanking

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Consequences

G.

Szechuen Army Marching To Front

7.

Damages Done To Hankow By Air Raids

8.

Bombing Of Sun Yat Son University At Canton

9. Damages Dong To Canton By Air Raids War Nows From Other Parts Of China.

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Macao, Dr. A. Tamagnini Barbosa, help from Brussels, while continuance Meanwhile, it is announced that the members of the Consular Corps, the of war might mean that the Com- Chinese community in Hongkong con- Chief Judge, the Army and the Navy munists would get the upper hand tributed 280,000 winter suits and 50 commanders, Naval and Military and cause the downfall of Chiung and boxes of foodstuffs during the past officers, members of the Municipal friends, af Russian supremacy in fortnight-Reuter,

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Simultaneously he, urges Japan to take what she can get and not lu entangle herself in deßnite guerill warfare, dangerously exhausting to Japan, and inevitably throwing Chlra into Russia's arms.

PEACE HARD TO BRING The Manchester Guardian says that the Japanese military successes do not mean that she has solved her pro- blems. She will have to go on until the whole Chinese nation is defeated and the Chinese armies broken, which is a prospect likely to daunt the most warlike Japanese.

It is extremely doubtful, however, the paper continues, whether even Germany at present could find a bels for peace acceptable to both sides. The Chinese army, at least, is in no mood to accept peace on Japanese ierms.-Reuter.

RE-DIVISIONING OF WORLD

[OBJECT OF NEW PACT, SAYS MOSCOW

Moscow, Nov. 11. Commenting on the anti-com- Įmunist pact, Izvestia declares that il Is an "aggressors' pact" with the object of re-divisioning the world.

It is also Intended, it is alleged in Moscaw, to create stranger operation between Italy and Germany against French and British Interestă, especially in the Mediterranean.- Reuter

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